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About me

Hi!

My name is Linus Åkesson, though some of you may know me as lft. I live in Lund, Sweden, and work as a software engineer.

I dabble in many different areas, such as music, poetry, movies, programming, yoga, mathematics, meta-mathematics, Swedish folk dance, books, translation, psychology & sociology, information security, close-up magic, language (Japanese!), discordianism, electronics, type setting, meditation, mechatronics, lucid dreaming, go, cryptic crosswords, interactive fiction etc.

Posted Saturday 23-Dec-2006 10:38

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Jag tar inget ansvar för det som skrivs i forumet, förutom mina egna inlägg. Vänligen rapportera alla inlägg som bryter mot reglerna, så ska jag se vad jag kan göra. Som regelbrott räknas till exempel förolämpningar, förtal, spam och olagligt material. Mata inte trålarna.

Anonymous
Wed 9-Apr-2008 16:43

You forgot to mention Hallucinogen. ;)

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Anonymous
Wed 9-Apr-2008 16:51

You must be older than 115 to get the knowledge you have and such composition skills?...
Mucho respect!

Anonymous
Wed 30-Jul-2008 02:45

If I didn't like your compositions so much, I'd say that, by your self-description, you are a little bit pretentious...

basafa
Alireza Basafa
Thu 28-Aug-2008 18:34

Hurrah for your ambition (no your pretentious !)

Anonymous
Fri 26-Jun-2009 21:33

ql)))

Anonymous
Thu 25-Feb-2010 21:42

I've spent a lot of time programming a range of computers in a variety of languages since the mid 80's. I was part of the demo scene during many years and since about seven years I work as a professional software engineer. During all these years I've had the opportunity to meet quite a few talented people. Let me say that it takes a lot to impress me nowadays, but you certainly have! What's your source of inspiration?

Keep up the great work!

lft
Linus Åkesson
Thu 18-Mar-2010 18:58

Thank you! I'm inspired by everything I see. =) But the demoscene is one great source of ideas, and I often read about other people's projects through make magazine etc. It's really hard to not get carried away and do everything that falls into your head, because then you'd never get anything done.

Anonymous
Mon 22-Mar-2010 09:43

lis6502: hi dude. I really admire you. You programing skills, electronics and stuff. But most of them i really admire your chiptracking skills. The 'Hardware chiptune' which i heard on youtube was so unique, unlike other chips, that i had to make an XM remake of it :D http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=168134 <-check this out plox and tell me how can i make it better.
XMPP:[mynick]@jid.dug.net.pl
Mail:[mynick]_on_gmail
IRC:[mynick]@irc.upnet.org.pl#autom8 {preferably XMPP}
Keep up good work, greetingz from Poland;)

Anonymous
Fri 23-Jul-2010 19:54

You're awesome!

Anonymous
Sat 24-Jul-2010 08:37

Congrats man! Your video made it on Engadget.

Anonymous
Sat 24-Jul-2010 20:19

I don't understand how you find the time for this.
With a full time job programming?

Anonymous
Sat 24-Jul-2010 20:19

If I didn't like your compositions so much, I'd say that, by your self-description, you are a little bit pretentious...

I smell some jealousy In your writing.

Anonymous
Sat 24-Jul-2010 21:38

Linus you are a source of inspiration. Thank you for existing and having your website in english.

from Puerto Rico, xirbin.

Anonymous
Sat 24-Jul-2010 22:35

Linus you are a source of inspiration. Thank you for existing and having your website in english.

from Puerto Rico, xirbin.

Anonymous
Tue 27-Jul-2010 21:51

lft wrote:

It's really hard to not get carried away and do everything that falls into your head, because then you'd never get anything done.

That's exactly the problem i have, but how to solve it?

ralph
Ralph Corderoy
Wed 28-Jul-2010 09:47

That's exactly the problem i have, but how to solve it?

Good question. I find the Internet is to blame for shortening my attention span and making it harder to concentrate on one thing. Gone are the days of reading a book in one sitting. Still, nothing a bit of self-discipline wouldn't fix, I suppose?

lft
Linus Åkesson
Thu 29-Jul-2010 07:21

ralph wrote:

That's exactly the problem i have, but how to solve it?

I try to divide my days into different sections; Mornings are for reading RSS feeds and my list of URLs, at work I can usually find the time to check email and IRC, and when I get home I try to avoid the internet altogether, except when I need to look up something specific. I obviously don't have a TV set. Then, of course, any self-imposed scheme like this can be disregarded as needed on a day to day basis, but it generally pays off to stick to it.

Anonymous
Thu 5-Aug-2010 20:43

Hey Linus, I got acquainted with your work through the Chipophone demonstration video and as if that wasn't impressive enough I browsed through your homepage and other video's a little bit and I'm blown away. I used to be a chiptune (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6f9DqJ4Vl0 - you may or may not have seen my nickname or group come by..) and assembler aficionado myself and I was highly interested in scene productions myself some 10-15 years ago, and I've never or rarely encountered someone with such a diverse and extensive set of skills of you. Anyway, as far as programming goes, have you ever delved into the topic of metamorphic code, ie. code that (fully) reprograms itself? It was (is?) mainly used in (demonstrational) computer viruses so anti-virus couldn't detect it by seeking for fixed binary strings and it's a great brain excercise to program.

I wish I still had the dedication to occupy myself with such pet-projects.

Guido

Anonymous
Sat 7-Aug-2010 02:41

You must be older than 115 to get the knowledge you have and such composition skills?...
Mucho respect!

I wanted to write something, but what is said above is well explanatory. good luck from GBG

lft
Linus Åkesson
Tue 24-Aug-2010 17:48

... Anyway, as far as programming goes, have you ever delved into the topic of metamorphic code, ie. code that (fully) reprograms itself? It was (is?) mainly used in (demonstrational) computer viruses so anti-virus couldn't detect it by seeking for fixed binary strings and it's a great brain excercise to program.

Not yet. =) It's a fascinating subject, but I've only read a basic overview so far.

Anonymous
Sun 2-Jan-2011 08:34

That's really good! Wish I heard this in the 80's... I haven't heard this b4! --- cam at stotz.us

Anonymous
Wed 27-Apr-2011 22:01

Hi Linus,

Thank you for your great contribution to 8-bit music and SID-Chip compositions. If you should ever have any need for webdesign or webprograming just ask, and I'll gladly contribute. :-)

Have downloaded all your compositions and they are now site by site with the Lizardking and some of the other old SID-kings. ;-)

Anonymous
Wed 18-May-2011 06:24

What exactly make his description pretentious? That he seem to be interested and enjoy many different things from an array of different fields? Or that he's better than you at most of those stuff?:P

Anonymous
Wed 1-Jun-2011 16:27

awesome site, a lot of knowledge available in all these articles. i especially like the tty stuff, but also the retro stuff ... please keep your site running ...

Anonymous
Sat 10-Mar-2012 00:02

Have you considered creating VST Instruments? I'd love a software version of the Chipophone to play around with :) I'm always searching for great virtual synths that emulate real, classic hardware like C64's SID or Roland Juno (http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/juno106.php).

I recently found a great VSTi emulating the Juno, TAL (Togu Audio Line) U-No, check that out if you're also into them.

Also, I love this one freeware VSTi called The Pokegy (it's hard to find these days, found one copy through Google - someone had uploaded it into an filehosting-site). It emulates the Moog Prodigy. A great alternative to the software version of Minimoog, if one is on a budget.

Anonymous
Wed 28-Mar-2012 05:56

you can create more Chipophone for the sale? i can get one :c

Anonymous
Thu 29-Nov-2012 06:49

Congrats man! Your video made it on Engadget.

It made it's way to Reddit as well.

Anonymous
Mon 17-Dec-2012 16:39

You're certainly a smart dude, I can only wish I had the drive to do all the stuff that you do.
Keep on keeping on!

Anonymous
Mon 11-Feb-2013 06:37

Linus, I was blown away when I ran Turbulence on my Propeller demo board. If you'd asked me before whether one could cram a piece like that into 32 Kb, I'd have said no way. That's an amazing piece of work.

Ran into your name on the Parallax forums on a Propeller assembler thread. I'll be looking through your source code for neat hacks that might help me out in my project as I'm taking a break from large memory model programming and going back to small address spaces in order to come up with an ambulatory physiologic monitor. Turbulence showed me that the Propeller was more than adequate for the task.

The other thing Turbulence brings up are some interesting speculations on how the brain stores memories as obviously one can use a tiny bit of information as a seed to computationally recreate a far more elaborate structure.

Boris Gimbarzevsky

Anonymous
Tue 12-Feb-2013 13:34

Thanx for your work on the C64, lately. You solved some misteries and got a nice Rasberryproject on the line ;)

Anonymous
Sun 14-Apr-2013 22:29

Everything astonishes as long as it is done by a genius. Still, some occasions I remember more than others, seeing your work will be one of those.

Chebotoid
Fri 9-Aug-2013 02:45

Big respect for you from Belarus, Brest city. I have always admired such people like you are.

Anonymous
Wed 28-Aug-2013 08:57

Linus you are a source of inspiration. Thank you for existing and having your website in english.

from Puerto Rico, xirbin.

nunca pense que fuese a encontrar alguien de puerto rico en esta pagina hehe soy de aguadilla puerto rico tambien

and for you good sir Linus keep up with your awesomeness you keep impressing me everytime amazing work =)

daixtr
dexter aparicio
Wed 18-Dec-2013 23:56

what's your say on computer gaming? And if you are into it, what type of computer games do you play?

daixtr
dexter aparicio
Wed 18-Dec-2013 23:57

also, what's your comment on the dvorak computer keyboard layout. Thanks for any comments. More power to you!

Anonymous
Fri 14-Feb-2014 09:23

Oldtime C64/8-bit scener here. LFT, your knowledge of hardware, low-level programming and music/chip composition is outstanding. I'm suitably impressed, good sir!

Anonymous
Sat 7-Mar-2015 14:19

You seem like an interesting person :).

Anonymous
Sun 3-May-2015 22:27

Hello, Linus! Just wanted to say "hello" and that I'm glad there are some persons out there like you. We pretty have same wide interests and activity. It's hard to find someone like this. Sorry for my not perfect english. Greetings. Long time from Demoscene and found your channel on YouTube... Amazing work! Best wishes and go on the same spirit.

Anonymous
Mon 19-Oct-2015 23:09

Great site - what the web was made for.

Anonymous
Sun 21-Feb-2016 19:35

I like your page. In fact i saved it. I like programming, linux, and meditation among others things. Will we ever know the relation between meditation and knowledge??? With respect and love...

Anonymous
Thu 1-Sep-2016 14:21

Now if you can channel this great programing knowledge to the real world, you would be an millionaire. ever heard of the story of miiliondaollarhomepage-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage

or Plenty of fish- http://moneygeek.blogspot.com/2006/08/plentyoffishcom-10000-per-day-and.html

Anonymous
Wed 15-Feb-2017 01:26

you are genius !!!!!

Eleas
Björn Paulsen
Wed 12-Dec-2018 10:15

ralph wrote:

That's exactly the problem i have, but how to solve it?

When I was younger, I had this idea that you needed enthusiasm to carry a project. I've now come to believe that's wrong. Enthusiasm is fine, but it can't be your foundation, because it's fickle.

So my take on it is this: if you have an idea for some project, don't be afraid to structure it, to ponder it, to build test cases. You may feel as if that kills the magic, but I think that if your enthusiasm for the specific idea is that fragile, then it wouldn't have survived long enough to carry the project to completion anyway.

Anonymous
Mon 11-Nov-2019 15:18

Just found your "A mind is born" through Twitter. That is impressive! I'd like to reference you on Twitter, do you have a handle? https://twitter.com/hiilbig/status/1193895190441930753

Anonymous
Sat 31-Oct-2020 17:35

hey linus... how are you? miss you!
if ya send me your adress... micha@fischfieber.info
than can i send you me little package. it is about futuresound and saving the world and stuff, you know!
would send you mobilnumber, too
mean, if you maybe want to have it?
...than we could talk. i would be happy to talk to you!
how about you?
michael

Anonymous
Fri 19-Mar-2021 13:55

If I didn't like your compositions so much, I'd say that, by your self-description, you are a little bit pretentious...

Why? He just says what he likes doing.

Anonymous
Tue 20-Apr-2021 08:00

What a strange page this is-from an old internet to the present!

Anonymous
Thu 23-Sep-2021 06:56

Hello, Linus. I recently watched your talk 'Poetry for Bugs' and I found it electrifying and quite moving. My sincerest thanks for crafting it and making it available online.

Anonymous
Wed 22-Dec-2021 17:55

Hi Linus, I saw you first as a very young person, nearly a child, sitting on Mekka Symposium or Breakpoint in a row, dunno... but I remember I thought "hey, a new C64 person is coming to the scene, nice at least a young one again." But then you made it up to coding a demo, coming up to get one of the best, even demystified the VSP Bug which even CountZero wasnt able to explain and then you shocked me with you 256 byte intro. Of course composing your own music to it. Now you even keep yourself interesting with nice hardware hacks.

If the next Revision is taking place in a real environment again I *really* would like to ask you some questions on the campfire and maybe share a beer if you like ;)

Greetings, Thomas
[Aka Viscid/Neoplasia]

sungjwoo
Sung
Wed 19-Apr-2023 23:53

Dear Linus,

Please excuse me if you've answered this question before -- in fact, if you have, if you could point me to the page so as not to waste your time -- but here goes my question:

How in the world did you get involved with a machine (C64) that is obviously older than you are? Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, since we all find affinity with subjects and people and art that precede us. Like it's not a shock when somebody reads Shakespeare for the first time and becomes a Shakespearean scholar, or if a young person discovers a band like New Order (my favorite band) and finds themselves attracted to Blue Monday, circa 1983, forty years later.

But I think it feels different with tech, since tech moves so quickly and by and large, devs prefer the shinier, newer stuff.

So if you ever find the time and the inclination to elaborate upon just how you got into the C64, I'd love to know about it, and I have a feeling many of your fans would, too...

Thank you!

- Sung

lft
Linus Åkesson
Mon 17-Aug-2026 14:18

The hell is this??

Yeah, that was a very strange spam comment. Thanks for pointing it out though. =)

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