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This place is a website... and part of a system of websites... pay attention to it!

Assembled (with love [and care {speculatively}]) by Troy, a Baltimore-based musician, software engineer, and loading.... You can reach him via email if you'd like. If you're looking for his resume, you can find that here.

Thoughts (no prayers)

  1. Trying out Sveltia CMS for the first time. Hope I didn't break anything!

  2. The year is 2024 and I just burned a CD in Windows Media Player.

  3. I made a goal earlier this year to visit all the state parks in Maryland (an easy choice since I live there). It's not a this-year type of goal, but more of an eventually goal. Last weekend I visited my fourth of the year, Gambrill State Park: https://stateparks.troyv.dev/md/gambrill-state-park/. It was the most difficult trail so far, but beautiful.

  4. Nickelback is fine, actually! I listened to every one of their albums these last few weeks and even listened to a couple of them on repeat. This is more than I can say for some bands I try this experiment with. Check out my full write up at https://www.thisisa.band/nickelback/.

  5. I'm two albums into my listening-to-every-Nickelback-album journey. It's a long road ahead of me, but I left that first album thinking "yeah, all our first albums sounded like that."

  6. I got too excited making a CLI for writing new notes on my site and accidentally left the date of the post in the content. Oops!

  7. 2024-05-23 Heard this song the other day and liked it so much I had to make a playlist dedicated to more songs just like it. https://album.link/i/1584988431

 Articles (all prayers)

  1. Send Honks With Gonk

    The title speaks for itself, doesn't it?

    Published:

    • projects

  2. Song Lyrics

    Do I hear them? Yes. Do I listen to them? Not really.

    Published:

    • life
    • music

  3. Aura Log Upgrade

    I revisited Aura Log and turned it into a site generator.

    Published:

    • javascript
    • migraines
    • projects
    • web components

  4. Webmentions Web Component

    I got overwhelmed by build steps and decided to fetch my webmentions through a web component.

    Published:

    • indie web
    • javascript
    • web components

  5. Physical Media

    A collection of thoughts on why I miss physical media.

    Published:

    • music
    • thoughts
 Music (I make it)
  • Front Royal: A punk/alternative/indie/punkternatindie band. If that sounds like your thing, check out our Bandcamp or visit our website.
  • troyalllowercase: My solo project where I do whatever I want. It's got punk, it's got emo, it's sometimes instrumental. If you like Front Royal, you'll also like this. Listen below, check out my Bandcamp, or find me on your streaming service of choice (fuck Spotify).
Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

I Know I'm Not by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

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Baby Blue by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

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Insincerity by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

Like Sinking by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

Do Better by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

Market Street by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

Alone In A Crowded Room by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

Long Time Caller, First Time Listener by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

Detroit by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

We Can't Rush These Things by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

Closure by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

Alone In A Crowded Room artwork

Like Drowning by troyalllowercase from the album Alone In A Crowded Room

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Hello world by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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In awe of you by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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Flying high by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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Shine bright or all hope is lost by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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Dream state by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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Capstone by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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Doing it right this time by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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Origin story by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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Dizzy by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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The final push by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

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On the decline by troyalllowercase from the album Let's try this again

Want to see my music collection? Or my scrobble history?

Code (I write some)

Yeah yeah yeah, I have a GitHub profile, but you really should look at my sourcehut account for git and mercurial repositories.

I've published some packages to npm. These are the ones I haven't deprecated.

@troyv/auralog
Auralog helps you visualize your headaches.
1.4.1
https://auralog.troyv.dev/
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/auralog.git
@troyv/beats-per
A web component for calculating beats per minute.
3.2.1
https://www.troyv.dev/bpm/
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/beats-per.git
@troyv/cheatcode-component
Web component to add a cheat code to your website.
1.1.1
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/cheat-code#readme
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/cheat-code.git
@troyv/cloudysky
Beautify your content by transporting it into nature.
2.0.2
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/cloudy-sky#readme
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/cloudy-sky.git
@troyv/common-config
Common configuration files I use in projects.
2.0.1
https://hg.sr.ht/~validcharacters/common-config
@troyv/detune
Create an instrument tuner on any website.
3.1.1
https://www.troyv.dev/tuner/
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/de-tune.git
@troyv/glitch-text
Web component for displaying text with a glitch effect.
1.0.1
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/glitch-text#readme
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/glitch-text.git
@troyv/lightboxing
4.1.1
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/lightboxing#readme
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/lightboxing.git
@troyv/overlay
A web component to put interactive captions overtop an image.
2.0.1
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/over-lay#readme
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/over-lay.git
@troyv/the-club
Web component that turns your website into a club (the music kind).
1.1.0-alpha.0
https://github.com/troyvassalotti/the-club#readme
@troyv/typewriter
Make your text appear as if it's being typed right before your eyes.
3.1.1
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/type-writer#readme
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/type-writer.git
@troyv/word-salad
A web component for generating word salad.
2.1.1
https://www.troyv.dev/blog-maker/
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/word-salad.git
plvylist
A web component for playing an album or multiple tracks in your site or app.
4.1.2
https://plvylist.troyv.dev/
https://git.sr.ht/~validcharacters/plvylist.git

Keyboard Shortcuts

Bet you weren't expecting these to exist, huh?

Effect Command Hint
Secret Konami Code It's enter, not spacebar.
Secret Green, Red, Green, Yellow, Green, Blue, Green, Orange, Tilt Grab your Guitar Hero controller.

Bonus Features

Upload an audio file and watch this website turn into The Club.

WARNING: this feature is still in alpha. Do not use if you are sensitive to flashing lights or colors.