Esi

Pronouns: They/Them.

Game dev & a farmer responsible for @kollafoss@mastodon.gamedev and Isolation Jam. Godot Engine and Prehensile Tales developer.

Website: https://www.esi.is

Public Key

npub14nr2nwzwc79phvvqygxqty09wz4t9s7wd6gmmr0z40h7e7qsgmrqkyatl6

NIP-05 Address

esi_at_merveilles.town@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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nostr.mom

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

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2026-07-23 16:47:32 UTC

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Any specific reason for the move from Hugo to Zola? I am still stuck on Jekyll and am having some painful experience with it so I've been considering switching to Hugo for a good while now. But I am trying to figure out if there are things regarding Hugo I should be watching out for.

2026-05-23 09:12:39 UTC

Setting up art games festival Isle of Games in downtown Reykjavík. https://isleofgames.is/
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2026-03-30 22:17:47 UTC

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I need to go find my daughter's spirograph kit...

2026-03-11 11:29:31 UTC

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You might want to check out @npub1afm…5gp4 and his blog at https://rys.io/en/index.html

2025-12-08 09:44:05 UTC

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read this first out of context without the original post. Very different vibe :P

2025-11-27 07:51:47 UTC

I should make my own text editor...
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2025-11-26 21:28:13 UTC

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Looks like a Moshe Linke game https://moshelinke.itch.io/

2025-11-18 16:32:17 UTC

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Me: Mom, i want decentralized web!
Mom: We have decentralized web at home
Decentralized web at home: website relying on AWS, Cloudflare and Azure at the same time.

2025-11-02 01:16:11 UTC

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Damn yes. That is some thick use of shepard tone. I wouldn't mind that "chorus" on repeat for weeks. It's massaging my brain.

2025-10-26 13:43:00 UTC

hear me out... what if...
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2025-10-21 18:16:32 UTC

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Thanks for clarifying. I thought it was this one.
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2025-10-03 12:02:44 UTC

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Icy Tower was quite the part of my childhood. This brings back so many memories. Thank you.

2025-09-22 15:24:20 UTC

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huh that's weird. Sounds like something Flatseal might be able to solve perhaps?

2025-09-22 14:48:40 UTC

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oh so this might perhaps be the issue you were running into? I also tried installing Calf and could not find it listed in Carla.
I then uninstalled Calf and Cardinal, and then installed (via the terminal) the 24.08 branch/version. and voila, it suddenly works. The 25.08 ones for some reasons do not work and I am not sure why.

2025-09-22 14:39:34 UTC

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I was able to install Carla and Cardinal from the software center on SteamOS Steam Deck. (I actually decided to do a fresh install of Bazzite today but decided to do regular SteamOS at first just to see if I would run into any problems with Carla/Cardinal)
With that said, I am not able to see Cardinal listed in Carla.
What exact problem did you run into and how?

2025-09-20 19:51:27 UTC

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hmmm that sounds like a fun project. I can possibly test it out later this evening and report back.
with that said, I do have Bazzite on the steam deck rather than the usual steam deck OS.

2025-08-25 23:52:34 UTC

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these guys are only interested in sowing discord

2025-07-27 13:33:16 UTC

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Yup, we got left behind. Everyone else ascended.
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2025-07-21 23:09:10 UTC

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The offended part was mostly a joke. The impressed part was honest though.
With that said, you clearly can fix this by using Þ more often in your day-to-day activities. Þ is good for the health.

2025-07-21 19:59:57 UTC

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as someone with a Þ in their name i was a tiny bit offended but also impressed at the same time ;)

2025-07-08 18:36:18 UTC

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Haha yeah. I've technically made more from people pirating my music. That's at least officially at $0 (but potentially at a +), while the streaming services is probably around 700 USD in minus.

2025-07-08 17:53:35 UTC

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Technically you've probably made more than me. The majority of these 67 dollars was an indonesian band that asked me to release one of their albums. After releasing it I realized they were like 1000 times larger (following wise) than any of the bands I had released music by in the past, combined. :P (and yet, it was only enough to get like 40-50 dollars. sigh...)

2025-07-08 17:38:23 UTC

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After reading this I decided to check out my distrokid account for my music and my record label. Been meaning to delete at least my stuff there for a while but maybe keep music released by others via my record label.
Well, looks like they took all my stuff offline because I forgot to update my credit card details.
oh no.. what a shame. <3
PS: For those interested, between 2015 to 2025 I got around 67 USD from Distrokid for both my music and my record label. Distrokid costs around 75 USD per year if I remember correctly. So yeah...

2025-07-07 08:58:13 UTC

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perfection

2025-06-04 16:26:30 UTC

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oh i am def. putting it to good use. <3
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2025-06-04 10:16:38 UTC

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decided to start with the zine HPDA. Love it! Thank you
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2025-05-30 23:50:59 UTC

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I for some reason did the farm -> dev pipeline and I seriously regret it. I should go back to the farm part.

2025-05-30 08:00:10 UTC

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I really should follow that guide someday and make one...
Thank you for rescuing that guide Rek.

2025-01-16 01:07:21 UTC

37 years on this planet. That's quite something.

2024-12-27 12:07:12 UTC

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another example: all the icelandic christmas songs that are just italian pop songs from the 80's

2024-12-22 17:27:05 UTC

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Fire ze missiles!
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2024-12-22 16:13:37 UTC

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hah! yes. The lisp effect is very noticable but the main thing for me is that not all "th" in English are the same. The (icelandic) Þ only accounts for a portion of them. Others are more similar to the Icelandic letter Ð (ð, eth). For example "The" would probably be closer to Ðe than Þe. So when I was reading your posts I was reading them with the "harsh" Þ which made words like "The" sound quite weird.
Examples of Þ and Ð words in English based on my limited english knowledge and my non native dialect. Icelandic words in paranthesis for fun and for showcasing the similarities between the two languages:
- Thin = Þin (Þunn)
- Thick = Þick (Þykk)
- Thief = Þief (Þjófur)
- Tether = Teðer (Tjóðra)
- The = Ðe (N/A)
- That = Ðat (Þetta)
- This = Ðis (Þetta)
- There = Ðere (Þarna)
...etc
PS: Oddly enough, there is a rule in Icelandic that says no word can start with the letter Ð. So seeing "Ðe" feels weird grammatically. But it does not make it in anyway less pronouncable.

2024-12-22 09:50:12 UTC

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As a native icelandic speaker reading your recent posts here and on IZZZZI is tripping up my brain and is also making me pronounce the words that have Þ in them in a weird way as I read them in my head. I usually have to do a double take.
I love it.
PS: You might find this intriguing. I used to run a record label called Þ Kollektiv. https://www.thornkollektiv.cc/

2024-10-18 08:13:26 UTC

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Thank you <3

2024-10-17 23:58:15 UTC

I can't explain how satisfied I am with this sweater I found at a second hand market. 🔥
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2024-09-21 08:49:52 UTC

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Old photo thankfully from last winter. Although snow in september can happen and has happened. More common up in north Iceland though. (this photo is down south though).
It probably won't be long until the first snow though.

2024-09-21 01:12:31 UTC

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2024-08-18 23:30:43 UTC

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This is the best lifehack i've heard. I am pretty sure this is applicable to so many other things and fields.
"wait, why are you using systemd rather than..."
"oh it's for an art project"