the older I get, the weirder christmas gets.

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@shinmera i got away with it for a few years in my extended family's christmas gift exchange

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

i've got too much stuff i don't need more stuff ;_;

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

ok i put a furby on the wishlist. i'm definitely not going to regret this

[bogpunk@chitter.xyz]

@aeva I've got an old one in my basement that periodically comes back to life and says something in the middle of the night and it's really creepy… I should probably either replace the batteries or remove them

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

what are some good midi / modular synth baubles i should ask for? my mother-in-law has expensive tastes

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@bogpunk that's amazing

[jannem@fosstodon.org]

@aeva
I hear Eurorack stuff is both good and spendy. A case and a few modules?

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jannem i've got a eurorack and i don't know how to find interesting modules for it beyond the three i already have

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jannem it's kinda a funny story, i got into modular synthesis fully expecting it to be an expensive hobby and it kinda bottomed out when I figured out a good way to hook it up to mollytime

[pupxel@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva ask for a moog ring modulator and you can do robot voices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVuvws1rhQU

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva I feel this in my bones

it's like a stand-off twice every year, once for my birthday and once for Christmas

my main strategy in recent years, which might be useful to you, is this: if I need new clothes/shoes/whatever within a few months of either of these, I don't buy them but ask for them as gifts instead

[jonikorpi@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva Do weird keyboards count? I’ve been drooling after this for months https://dualo.com/en/exquis/

[portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza]

@aeva a nice drawing tablet?

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@portaloffreedom already got one, but that is a good idea

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jonikorpi ooo neat

[triplefox@pounced-on.me]

@aeva i have one of these it is good to hack on https://203.io/products/mystrix-pro

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Triplefox ooo that looks fun

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Triplefox what kinds of things can you do with it?

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

ok i got a list of stuff put together and there's a few items i'm genuinely excited about, but i'm not gonna say what they are because i don't want to accidentally whalesplash it

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

side thought, i'm extremely disappointed in the internet the west coast tech oligarchs came up with. i thought google and amazon spying on us all the time was supposed to make it easier to find stuff we want to buy, but even when i'm literally spelling out exactly what i want both really want to push me towards very irrelevant short tail stuff