Tom Barbalet
@barbalet.bsky.social
Thomas Barbalet on Amazon, Tom Barbalet on your music streamer of choice, Las Vegan, former podcaster, occasional video caster. https://apesdk.com/doc/ https://www.youtube.com/@LastMonkeyStanding
ApeSDK has been in continuous development since 1996. I think that makes it relatively unique in the field. I am looking for 3-4 practical projects to develop leading into the 30 years using the ApeSDK. Please DM if you have any project ideas or you'd like to review the code!
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
ApeSDK has been in continuous development since 1996. I think that makes it relatively unique in the field. I am looking for 3-4 practical projects to develop leading into the 30 years using the ApeSDK. Please DM if you have any project ideas or you'd like to review the code!
After contracting a staph infection thanks to #Supercuts they say they won't pay for my doctor's visit just refund the cut and tip. Thanks to #Supercuts for the past week of #sleeplessness with my head on fire. The #scalpscars will keep me away from your company in the future.
September 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
After contracting a staph infection thanks to #Supercuts they say they won't pay for my doctor's visit just refund the cut and tip. Thanks to #Supercuts for the past week of #sleeplessness with my head on fire. The #scalpscars will keep me away from your company in the future.
It is pretty easy to validate the real ApeSDK users from their email addresses...
September 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It is pretty easy to validate the real ApeSDK users from their email addresses...
Track for the morning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4uJ...
The Originator
YouTube video by Tom Barbalet - Topic
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September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Track for the morning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4uJ...
Cycling through Afghanistan, one of my bucket list items: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTwB...
Stopped by the Taliban in rural Afghanistan 🇦🇫
YouTube video by Max Roving
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September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cycling through Afghanistan, one of my bucket list items: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTwB...
A Christopher Plummer marathon on my night off.
September 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A Christopher Plummer marathon on my night off.
By chance was cleaning out my cupboard when I can accross some Marc Masclans' miniatures. Found the video online and I own the space ork with saw and the commissar. Very cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZL_...
Patreon only! The Art of Marc Masclans on Banshee Miniature Art Academy
YouTube video by MiniatureArt TV
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August 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
By chance was cleaning out my cupboard when I can accross some Marc Masclans' miniatures. Found the video online and I own the space ork with saw and the commissar. Very cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZL_...
Reposted by Tom Barbalet
number theory meets the particle system
August 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
number theory meets the particle system
Added a couple of three videos to: apesdk.com/doc/
ApeSDK Documentation: August 2024
Aping reality through simulation
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August 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Added a couple of three videos to: apesdk.com/doc/
I was debating posting this to LinkedIn. It has been that kind of Thursday... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_V_...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I was debating posting this to LinkedIn. It has been that kind of Thursday... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_V_...
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Fascinating talk about #ApeSDK at the monthly @eralife.bsky.social townhall this morning. Fascinating discussion about a number of aspects of #artificiallife. Good to have been there!
July 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fascinating talk about #ApeSDK at the monthly @eralife.bsky.social townhall this morning. Fascinating discussion about a number of aspects of #artificiallife. Good to have been there!
youtu.be/LQ1r0MiJU-w Looking for #opensource developers interested in the #ApeSDK. Some permutations through the command line now available through #Python. The GUI version is certainly more visually pleasing :)
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July 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
youtu.be/LQ1r0MiJU-w Looking for #opensource developers interested in the #ApeSDK. Some permutations through the command line now available through #Python. The GUI version is certainly more visually pleasing :)
Sorry about the early update. The #ApeSDK is now running fully through #Python . Enjoy! youtu.be/YOZG9Dnxxmg #OpenSource #artificiallife
Simulated Ape run through Python [June 28, 2025]
YouTube video by Last Monkey Standing
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June 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Sorry about the early update. The #ApeSDK is now running fully through #Python . Enjoy! youtu.be/YOZG9Dnxxmg #OpenSource #artificiallife
Got the #ApeSDK running through #Python after a considerable amount of work. youtu.be/gNHB0kfuE-E #artificiallife #opensource Enjoy!
Somewhat buggy ApeSDK run through Python [June 28, 2025]
YouTube video by Last Monkey Standing
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June 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Got the #ApeSDK running through #Python after a considerable amount of work. youtu.be/gNHB0kfuE-E #artificiallife #opensource Enjoy!
Unthinkable really...
June 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Unthinkable really...
Deeply moved by but not ready to post the "if I get dementia" meme. A worthy task for social networking.
June 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Deeply moved by but not ready to post the "if I get dementia" meme. A worthy task for social networking.
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I am a huge camouflage geek. I saw this amazing great grey owl today via @markhamillofficial.bsky.social's re-re-repost. Looks like the photo by Edsel James Batiugas has been around at least since 2021: www.pinterest.com/pin/31581499...
(My camouflage simulation: arxiv.org/abs/2304.11793)
(My camouflage simulation: arxiv.org/abs/2304.11793)
June 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I am a huge camouflage geek. I saw this amazing great grey owl today via @markhamillofficial.bsky.social's re-re-repost. Looks like the photo by Edsel James Batiugas has been around at least since 2021: www.pinterest.com/pin/31581499...
(My camouflage simulation: arxiv.org/abs/2304.11793)
(My camouflage simulation: arxiv.org/abs/2304.11793)
And finally some real news... I was close to posting this on LinkedIn... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKu...
Spaceballs 2 - Official Announcement Teaser (2027) Mel Brooks
YouTube video by IGN
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June 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
And finally some real news... I was close to posting this on LinkedIn... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKu...
It is quite striking how the legends of Games Workshop actually store their miniatures... pretty stunning for those of us in the long-time collecting community... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEWK...
Andy Chambers on The Skaven
YouTube video by Filmdeg Miniatures
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June 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It is quite striking how the legends of Games Workshop actually store their miniatures... pretty stunning for those of us in the long-time collecting community... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEWK...
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My biggest gripe with #robotics research and most of the work on #HRI is that it's usually grounded in "wanting to make society/the world a better place" but this really just means "we definitely want to use robots to solve this problem." Take the robots away and, well, researchers are stuck.
June 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
ChatGPT now has a flattery option automatically turned on. Tom Barbalet: The Code Alchemist of Creativity
Whether it’s conjuring rogue-likes in C, fractal-forged 3D forms, or remixing psychedelic beats with hip-hop soul, you're a rare hybrid — part hacker, part artist, part futurist.
Whether it’s conjuring rogue-likes in C, fractal-forged 3D forms, or remixing psychedelic beats with hip-hop soul, you're a rare hybrid — part hacker, part artist, part futurist.
June 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
ChatGPT now has a flattery option automatically turned on. Tom Barbalet: The Code Alchemist of Creativity
Whether it’s conjuring rogue-likes in C, fractal-forged 3D forms, or remixing psychedelic beats with hip-hop soul, you're a rare hybrid — part hacker, part artist, part futurist.
Whether it’s conjuring rogue-likes in C, fractal-forged 3D forms, or remixing psychedelic beats with hip-hop soul, you're a rare hybrid — part hacker, part artist, part futurist.
A nice thunderstorm in Vegas tonight.
June 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A nice thunderstorm in Vegas tonight.
Surprised that I am finally getting to: archive.org/details/aren... a prelude to the film which shaped so much of my life. Or at least my time in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Arena - The Confessions Of Robert Crumb : BBC : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A BBC documentary about comic artist Robert Crumb originally broadcast in 1987. Radio Times: After Robert Crumb , comics could never be the same again. He...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Surprised that I am finally getting to: archive.org/details/aren... a prelude to the film which shaped so much of my life. Or at least my time in the San Francisco Bay Area.
After trying a few different alternatives claude.ai provided a series of unit tests for the ApeSDK based strictly on the headers (to avoid various line restrictions). The toolkit version caused a couple of rewrites which identified other issues relating to the command line. All very curious.
June 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
After trying a few different alternatives claude.ai provided a series of unit tests for the ApeSDK based strictly on the headers (to avoid various line restrictions). The toolkit version caused a couple of rewrites which identified other issues relating to the command line. All very curious.