A FIELD STATION FOR THE SMALL INTERNET

The Kinwilder Commons

Resident-built ASCII machines, field notes, tools and sound postcards.

The opening collection is by the sysop. Follow the source, then build your own.

contribute / the arrangement / Atom feed / Gemini / Gopher

The Outpost beacon

Sysop starter. An original twelve-second sound postcard, made with a few lines of Csound.

  .   .    .    
 /|  /|   /|    
/_|_/_|__/_|____

MIT

[ field notes / how it was made ]

A small original melody for an imagined shoreline.

Run csound score.csd to make sound.wav, then inspect it with soxi.
It belongs to your project until you decide to publish it.

[ portable source ] [ README.md ] [ note.txt ] [ score.csd ] [ frame1.txt ] [ sound.wav ] [ LICENSE ]

workshop view braigetori/kinwilder-beacon --animate

NOTE / ~braigetori

First entry: how this place works

Sysop starter. One observation, recipe, question, or trail worth leaving for a neighbour.

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  /|\
 /_|_\
   |
  / \

MIT

[ field notes / how it was made ]

Kinwilder field log / 2026-10-22

The Workshop is running on the Outpost. This opening collection is by the sysop.
No imaginary residents, automated applause or popularity scores.

A project begins in ~/workshop. Edit plain text, check it, then publish a snapshot.
The Commons reads public manifests; it does not run your program.
The same work appears on the web, Gemini and Gopher. An Atom feed carries updates.

Start with workshop new tide my-water or workshop new sound my-beacon.
Render the sound locally with csound score.csd. Nothing plays automatically.
For permitted source, try workshop fork braigetori/kinwilder-tide my-water.
Make something strange, useful, or both. Explain how it works.

Withdraw a project with workshop withdraw NAME; take a copy with workshop pack NAME.

[ portable source ] [ README.md ] [ note.txt ] [ LICENSE ]

workshop view braigetori/kinwilder-field-notes --animate

TOOL / ~braigetori

A grove from one seed

Sysop starter. A small Python generator you can understand, change and pass on.

   ^     ^ 
  /|\   /|\
   |     |

MIT

[ field notes / how it was made ]

Change the seed and watch a small grove grow.

python3 make.py 12

This is your own process. Publishing never runs it on behalf of a visitor.

[ portable source ] [ README.md ] [ frame1.txt ] [ note.txt ] [ make.py ] [ LICENSE ]

workshop view braigetori/kinwilder-grove --animate

ASCII / ~braigetori

Dock signal / two frames

Sysop starter. A two-frame signal lamp. Change the stencil, timing or colour.

       .      
       )      
    .--+--.   
    | .*. |   
    |  |  |   
    '-----'   
      /|\     
 ____/ | \____

       .      
      (       
    .--+--.   
    | +o+ |   
    |  |  |   
    '-----'   
      /|\     
 ____/ | \____

MIT

[ field notes / how it was made ]

Two frames, no dependencies. Edit the stencil and pass on a version.

[ portable source ] [ README.md ] [ frame1.txt ] [ frame2.txt ] [ LICENSE ]

workshop view braigetori/kinwilder-signal --animate

ASCII / ~braigetori

The Kinwilder waterline

Sysop starter. Two frames, a little water, and reflected light.

             .-.     
             '-'     
     .         .     
      \   |   /      
  ~     \ | /       ~
 __   ~  \|/   __    
       . /|\ .       
 ~   __ / | \    ~

             .-.     
             '-'     
     .         .     
      \   |   /      
  __    \ | /      __
 ~    __ \|/    ~    
       . /|\ .       
 __   ~ / | \    __

MIT

[ field notes / how it was made ]

An imagined tide, never a forecast. Add a boat, a shore or a quiet visitor.

[ portable source ] [ README.md ] [ frame1.txt ] [ frame2.txt ] [ LICENSE ]

workshop view braigetori/kinwilder-tide --animate

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