Month: May 2026

Creating an FPGA SID chiptune player … sort of

Creating an FPGA SID chiptune player … sort of

Published by chaos on May 31, 2026

A while back, I accidentally came across a (beautiful!) guitar rendition of a C64’s Last Ninja game music, and boy, did that bring back childhood memories. The MOS6581 – SID was always my favourite sound chip of that generation, and I’ve wanted to build something around it for a long time. Luckily, I had some spare time, so I finally started a project. The plan was simple: get a SID playing on an FPGA over…

Bakerman is baking bread

Bakerman is baking bread

Published by chaos on May 27, 2026

Like a lot of people I know, I really got into baking during COVID. Started with sourdough of course, didn’t really work out. The love of baking stuck though. Over the years, many great breads made from a mix of buckwheat, rye and whole wheat were baked and eaten, usually while still hot. Also, many, many failed attempts – I even managed to make a normally leavened bread that was flatter than the flattest flat…