https://www.quixfox.net The personal site of David Fox, a software engineer in Chicago https://www.quixfox.net/version-6 https://www.quixfox.net/version-6 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:14:09 +0000 Though it may not be very obvious, back in July I launched a full rewrite of this site. Here's what I did to modernize a homemade blog framework that... https://www.quixfox.net/plantasia-2025 https://www.quixfox.net/plantasia-2025 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:23:25 +0000 I must have been out of the loop, since somehow I'd previously never heard of Plantasia, a "multi-sensory experience inspired by Mort Garson's 1976 album... https://www.quixfox.net/song-obsession-vol-4-blind-by-swans https://www.quixfox.net/song-obsession-vol-4-blind-by-swans Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:55:37 +0000 Since my Song Obsession series tends to follow a stream-of-consciousness format anyway, here's the convoluted backstory of how I discovered (and started... https://www.quixfox.net/logging-song-plays-with-winamp https://www.quixfox.net/logging-song-plays-with-winamp Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:30:16 +0000 If you've ever wanted to keep track of what you've been listening to, the Winamp Community Update Project makes it really easy to do. Here's what I did... https://www.quixfox.net/music/reagan-youth-1061/volume-2-2145 https://www.quixfox.net/music/reagan-youth-1061/volume-2-2145 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:45:11 +0000 The whole album is great, but the B-side rips. Listen as Reagan Youth branches out from the... https://www.quixfox.net/music/metallica-286/master-of-puppets-529 https://www.quixfox.net/music/metallica-286/master-of-puppets-529 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:59:25 +0000 While this is a very, very good thrash album, Reign in Blood edges it out in my personal... https://www.quixfox.net/music/metallica-286/ride-the-lightning-1070 https://www.quixfox.net/music/metallica-286/ride-the-lightning-1070 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:57:49 +0000 Nobody is coming to this site to learn about Metallica for the first time, so no point being... https://www.quixfox.net/music/the-vandals-631/peace-thru-vandalismwhen-in-rome-do-as-the-vandals-1152 https://www.quixfox.net/music/the-vandals-631/peace-thru-vandalismwhen-in-rome-do-as-the-vandals-1152 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:24:38 +0000 The first Vandals album I bought happened to be a collection of the first Vandals albums. I... https://www.quixfox.net/music/centaur-90/in-streams-150 https://www.quixfox.net/music/centaur-90/in-streams-150 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:14:09 +0000 A long-form, shoe-gazier version of Hum, made by the guy from Hum. It works well enough and I... https://www.quixfox.net/music/neurosis-248/an-undying-love-for-a-burning-world-2202 https://www.quixfox.net/music/neurosis-248/an-undying-love-for-a-burning-world-2202 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:49:01 +0000 A surprise return to form (finally!) for Neurosis with all the heaviness and intensity of their...