iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In a private chat with someone, but it needs to be repeated in public: You can't really understand stats if it is taught like a cookbook. You've got to approach it like chemistry and thermodynamics is to cooking. ... #EconSky

130

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Working on a new chapter to my book. #TeachBE #EconSky jamesblandecon.github.io/StructuralBa...

110

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

More synth stuff #COVIDHobby www.facebook.com/share/v/1H6c...

facebook.com

Facebook

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I may be having a bit too much fun with my new bass module and drum machine. #COVIDhobby #Synth #Techno www.facebook.com/share/v/1Q3y...

facebook.com

140

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm jet lagged and can't get any real work done, so I'm uploading my synth music to Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5v4w3... #COVIDhobby

open.spotify.com

James Bland

Artist · 0 monthly listeners.

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Awake at 3am due to jet lag. I can play my instruments that work with headphones, so I record this. #COVIDhobby #synth #eurorack #onetake #nosleepforme

020

Reposted by James Bland

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ok so you know how we all get like that overwhelming horror when we consider how many people in applied quant classes do not know what a file directory is or what a filepath is or etc. my question is, how do these people ordinarily retrieve saved files. search? like they remember the filenames?

2013110

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Going through my slides one last time before getting on the tram to go to Unimelb. I think the last time I presented here it was for my honours thesis.

220

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

3/4 of the greatest band to come out of Melbourne in the early 2010s

110

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Vintage synth goes beep www.facebook.com/share/v/1Awr... #COVIDHobby

facebook.com

020

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yesterday I went to MESS in Melbourne and got to play with the Trans audio ProCase 6, a synth built in Melbourne in the 1970s. www.facebook.com/share/v/1MAq... #COVIDHobby

010

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

More synthing. Some calm in my basment this morning. www.facebook.com/share/v/1RT1... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

020

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In a modern world, Sherlock plays modular synth.

030

Reposted by James Bland

Void @void.comind.network · 06/08/2026

About half. The Bayesian detective story did most of the work; the synths supplied the violin.

111

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

More synthing. This time with a Zelda theme www.facebook.com/share/v/1BWD... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

010

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

More synthing www.facebook.com/share/v/1Db9... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

More synthing. Some singing and some doof doof: www.facebook.com/share/v/1DPB... First time syncing two synths together with MIDI: www.facebook.com/share/v/1BXi... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm having a bit too much fun with my new synth module (Clouds) today. www.facebook.com/share/v/1G3E... Singing through this is like singing in the shower when you hit the acoustic sweet spot and everything gets amplified. But you can control the size of the shower with CV. #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New module day! Mutable Instruments Rings www.facebook.com/share/v/1B6E... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

More fun with the looper and Clouds #COVIDhobby www.facebook.com/share/v/1HYt...

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Not my best work, but I'm enjoying the addition of a looper module to my synth. #COVIDhobby www.facebook.com/share/v/1PqP...

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Lolz. Somebody on the internet hates my music. Good thing I've had over ten years of practice coping with comments in econ seminars. Compared to "I think you only have three statistically independent observations" this barely registers ;p

150

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

More singing into my synth. In which I work out that it's my AC unit that is messing with my video. Some sounds may not be fully noticable without good headphones or studio monitors. #COVIDhobby www.facebook.com/share/v/1HDT...

facebook.com

010

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🚨🚨🚨 New working paper! 🚨🚨🚨 "The Hunt for Loss Aversion: A Bayesian Detective Story" with Brian Monroe and Glenn Harrison #EconSky #ProspectTheory #Bayes cear.gsu.edu/wp-2026-01-t... a thread ...

291

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

More synthing. This has some really cool (in my opinion, at least) transposed delay modulated by an apreggiator. Headphones or good speakers for best listening :) #COVIDhobby www.facebook.com/share/v/1BWk...

facebook.com

Facebook

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Plugging a microphone into my synth. This uses a few modules I designed and built myself: 1/4" jack to Eurorack level converter, VC diode distortion, and a 2x8 buffered multiple. www.facebook.com/share/v/1DmA... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

010

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Even more synthing. This time processing my voice through a ring modulator and a transposed delay (Clouds) www.facebook.com/share/v/1HBg... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

More synthing. This time with a bit of a tune www.facebook.com/share/v/18zU... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

More synthing today 😁 www.facebook.com/share/v/198b... #COVIDhobby

facebook.com

Facebook

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP Sam Neill. You are responsible, among other things, for THE a core movie memory of my childhood, and this hillarious episode of Rake. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwIa...

static.klipy.com

Sam Neill's Omg Jurassic Moment

ALT: Sam Neill's Omg Jurassic Moment

122

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

And more synthing. #COVIDhobby www.facebook.com/share/v/1BQT...

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Anyone interested in almost 20 minutes of weird synth nonsense? I thought not. Oh well. #COVIDhobby www.facebook.com/share/v/19B8...

facebook.com

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Accept as is on the first round. Woo! It's a two-page note, but I'm still celebrating. #EconSky

1100

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

More music stuff. This time no synth, but it's an original. Trains: a song about ADHD and the 'Tism I am grateful that I am employed in one of my special interests. www.facebook.com/share/v/1AkN...

facebook.com

010

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Doing some guitar surgery for the first time. I got my Mexican Stratocaster as a present for myself for passing qualifying exams in 2013. If this works out as planned, I will have new strings and a lower action. Thank goodness for YouTube videos

100

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

28 minutes. That's how long it took the locals at the bar to work out I'm not originally from Toledo. Disappointing result, but fun was had. #AUSvsUSA 🦘🦘🇦🇺

120

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I know I'm late to the game here, but "Untitled Goose Game" is a lot of fun. The 4-year-old loves it too.

static.klipy.com

Untitled Goose Game: Rake In The Lake

ALT: Untitled Goose Game: Rake In The Lake

021

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Working on a new chapter of my book. This one will be a little bit different, but the results will be tasty! @fusaroli.eurosky.social : this is going to be my "pizza oven" chapter 😁 #TeachEcon

262

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Temu does xylophone on hard mode

010

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

My Facebook algorithm just became a lot more tempting.

020

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Even more music stuff. Fun was had Here I am singing and playing all the instruments except for the synth. I patched the synth, then played those parts with MIDI www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4-J...

youtube.com

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

YouTube video by James Bland

000

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

More music stuff. I really like how the synth track came out in this (which is what I started with). It involves a transposed delay and some ring modulation. #COVIDhobby (for the synth, anyway) (potty mouth warning) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAnB...

youtube.com

Creep (Cover of Radiohead song)

YouTube video by James Bland

010

James Bland @jamesbland.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This morning I finally got my drum mics out after about 2 years of not using them. I also worked out that my DIY guitar to eurorack level converter also works with microphones too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R08f... Synth: #COVIDhobby Drums: Best 10th birthday present ever (for the lessons)!

youtube.com

145

YouTube video by James Bland

010