Darren Hartland
darrenhartland.bsky.social
Darren Hartland
@darrenhartland.bsky.social
Writer of weird stuff, musician, creator, presenter on Treehouse Radio, lover of technology.
Working on tina Christian's 2nd full album titled "We're Just Having Fun".

Mastered the first two tracks as they needed to be radio ready for today.

And, my word they sound good!
January 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I'll be live on Treehouse Radio at 4 pm UK time, 11 am US Eastern for the Saturday Switch.

Today, it's artists I'd never heard of before presenting on Internet Radio stations in 2011.

Use The Treehouse Radio app or Alexa skill, or find us on Tune-In. #THRadio
January 24, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I also need to continue with the 2nd draft of Melody of Shadows, the first book in the Shadows trilogy. I feel much more comfortable drafting in a dialogue only style then filling out the pros later.
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Morning world.

So today I have a radio show to do from 4 pm UK time. Today I'll be playing artists that I've discovered since ditching mainstream radio to listening to Internet stations almost exclusively.
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Who knew playing pool would put that much strain on your back. Worth it though./
January 23, 2026 at 9:08 AM
I'll be live on Treehouse Radio at 9 pm UK time, 4 pm Eastern for this week's You Time. It's basically 3 hours of chilled out music and relaxed chatter. Listen via the Treehouse Radio Player for iOS or the Alexa skill or the following URL...

http://s6.autopo.st:8515/live #THRadio
January 21, 2026 at 6:42 PM
So I just used chat GPT live video mode to tell me the layout of the balls on my pool table, it didn't get one colour and it's placement correct. I may try Meta AI with the Raybans to do the same and see what happens.
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Reposted by Darren Hartland
Unpopular opinion: building and using technology ethically is not the same thing as going back to a previous era of technology or staying frozen in time. Instead, it's really important to keep moving forward and building the future - new techniques, new platforms, new ideas - in a pro-social way.
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
It's an oddly satisfying sound hearing the correct pool balls dropping into the intended pockets. Luna our black lab wasn't the slightest bit impressed, she'd rather I be throwing her ball around instead.
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
So my lovely wife bought me a pool table for Christmas, a very stirdy 6ft job. might actually get to play today.
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Hi folks. I'm a blind guy in the UK. I do radio shows on Treehouse Radio, I create music and write strange and sometimes naughty fiction. I'll sometimes post about that, also odd shit that happens in life.
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 PM