So this old 'puter was recently upgraded to #NetBSD -current as of 2025-06-25. Turned out that someone had snuck in a new feature in the kernel that invokes the rdtsc instruction - too bad that one only exists on Pentiums and up!

Darned snobs with their fancy, modern hardware didn't pick up on this. But, like so few times before: Larry to the rescue!

.. Well actually, the NetBSD crew on IRC to the rescue. Within no time at all I had a patched kernel running. Awesome. The 486 ain't dead!

NetBSD larry.weirdr.net 10.99.14 NetBSD 10.99.14 (486BEAST) #1: Sun Jun 29 15:16:37 CEST 2025 ltning@motherfucker:/usr/home/ltning/github/NetBSD_clean/obj_i386/sys/arch/i386/compile/486BEAST i386

The week-starting-with-my-birthday is ending. This’ll have to do. Between fever, attempted naps, and coughing (oh the coughing), here’s a very special piece at maybe half speed: Medtner’s Sonata-Skazka, Op. 25 #1. https://youtu.be/HijPpVLOmaI #weeklypiano #medtner #romanticism

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Some stay up for New Year’s Eve; some aren’t well rested enough for that. Either way, here’s our final #weeklypiano for 2022: Medtner’s Op. 37 #1 “Insomnia”, with the vocal part played on piano and overdubbed.

https://youtu.be/nkXmiBDDEi8

#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianominiatures #artsong #artsongs #romanticism #medtner #medtnersongs

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I don’t have this #weeklypiano quite where I want it, but that’s nothing new. What’s different is how much I still want to get it righter. A bit off schedule, though, and gotta take my chances when they come.

#Bortkiewicz Nocturne Op. 24 #1 (Diana): https://youtu.be/E1JTPUAD8Pk

#pianominiatures #pianominiature #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianomusic #pianosolo #solopiano #ukrainianpianomusic #ukrainiancomposers #ukrainiancomposer #bortkevych

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Finally a bit more piano time in the morning, so a #pianominiature that’s a bit less mini. For today’s #dailypiano #Bortkiewicz, we open up his four pairs of Lamentations and Consolations. This is the first Lamentation, Op. 17 #1.

https://youtu.be/ubiHP-V4HvU

#bortkevych #ukrainian

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Another strange and wonderful find among Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, heard for the first time yesterday and playing through for the third time here: Op. 54 #1 Gjetergutt (“Shepherd’s boy”).

https://youtu.be/fhn-UjB_YKg

#dailypiano #pianominiatures #grieg #classicalmusic #classicalpiano

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Before we head out for the day, here’s a quick phone recording of Grieg’s Op. 71 #1 Der var engang (“Once upon a time”).

https://youtu.be/CWGR_Y2IJCE

#dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #romanticism #grieg #lyricpieces

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Today’s Grieg Lyric Piece is the Op. 38 #1 Berceuse. It rocks, in the back-and-forth sense. https://youtu.be/atR9sRhlJZQ #dailypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #piano #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism #grieg

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Also not quite a miniature, but more nearly than yesterday’s.
Also chunky in parts, but many more musical lines to be apprehended.
Wrapping up our visit with York Bowen, here’s his Romance #1 in G flat major.

https://youtu.be/GkSzA0wb0iE

#dailypiano #pianominiatures #yorkbowen

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Today’s piece (Scriabin Prelude Op. 13 #1) isn’t so tiny, but that’s okay, I miniaturized the climactic moments in my bumbling.

https://youtu.be/15bTGD7f-4g

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How was my first full #codingtour week? Read and watch "Coding Tour Stop #1: MATHEMA/Redheads": https://schmonz.com/2018/07/13/coding-tour-stop-1-mathema-redheads/

#MobProgramming #PairWithMe #XP #TDD #Hackerkegeln

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