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I had a similar situation with a rental car, driving on winding roads.

The beeping happened periodically as I was driving around hairpin bends, and the eye detection was triggered by me turning my head to look towards the oncoming sharp corner.

Not the best situation to have a "safety" alert start chastising you!

This is terrific. I love reading about the creative process involved in a project like this, finding cool solutions to self-imposed boundaries.

I think the mix of highly rational reasoning and "it just feels right" is a killer combo too, it gives a rigorous basis for a lot of the decisions made, while also allowing for a strongly personal aesthetic to emerge. Very cool indeed.

Yes, I'm definitely thinking I'll update it with the 2026 - seems like there's quite a few pieces so far this year that didn't appear in the 3 years I chose.

I also thought I might be interesting to do a version with the film/screen specific years

All good! So glad to hear that you've listened to them, they're some of my favorites

Ooh nice pickup, might have to track down the original playlists on Archive.org and see if I can verify if it was indeed Goldberg.

I did think it was odd that Goldberg didn't show up in 2001.

Thank you! I really appreciate it. The eCharts bump charts look great.

I kind of rolled my own generated SVG paths. I wanted to learn a bit more about how Bezier curves worked, and this seemed like a good opportunity to figure it out.

Not 100% happy with my implementation, but I learned a lot from tinkering with it.

Interesting points around what can be categorised as classical music.

I took the data as a given from ABC Classic FM, and as you mentioned it's voted on by listeners in Australia so that might affect what shows up. I'm listening to the 2026 countdown right now, and it does seem like there's a broader range of less traditional pieces appearing this year.

Partly this might be because ABC Classic has expanded into a broader range of genres (e.g. There's a whole program dedicated to video game music) to increase their accessibility to a wider audience.

I personally don't mind this, as there are many pieces from screen music that I love and that I think hold up as great orchestral music (Lord of the Rings has wonderful music).

I also love some of the newer music they play - e.g. I strongly suspect Joseph Tawardros will be highly ranked this year, as they have been (rightfully) playing his pieces a lot over the last few years.

I'm not the biggest fan of video game music though, unless it's in the original context.

Would love it if some Latin American composers made it in this year! Will have to wait and see...

I wondered about that as well! I suspect it might have been different songs or movements from the opera, but it didn't specify on the ABC site so I thought it would be a fun Easter egg to include. Glad you found it!

Good point, thanks for the suggestion - I made the svg non-selectable because of some quirks when tapping the dots on mobile, but I might see if I can override that for the text elements.

The YouTube link is a great idea too, might see if I can find some good recordings, although will probably take a little while

I'm currently waiting for my kid to arrive on a bus that may or may not be running late. With regards to tracking, it would be really handy to be able to check their location to get a sense of how long I'll be waiting (and how late I'll be for my next appointment).

I mean, reliable public transport and a good bus tracker app would be better, but probably not realistic in my city.

Honestly, I think there's value both in riffing off rules of thumb and using that riff to revisit and re-contextualise things we already think we know.

Everything is new to someone, and even if this was just confirming my own biases I found it an interesting take.

100% agree. I used to use pencil and paper (and still do if I'm in person), but for a quick and dirty sketch to communicate ideas over screen share, MSPaint hits the sweet spot between speed and flexibility