Jack Kincaid's prologue to his serialized creative commons audio fiction work. He incorporates creative commons music from Ghosts and also ATAOIB. I look forward to the upcoming chapters.
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polygomé doing things I didn't know it could do
I'm honored and amused that nerdscroll turned out to be a test application for the Arduinome
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I just came across an excellent article about the events leading up to the death of Gigastudio. It is quite unusual to read something that sees matters from the development and user perspective with such precision.
There are many great points that resonated deeply with me, such as the danger of becoming too feature rich, listening and supporting your customers and a need for transparency. These same issues I see every day.
When viewed from this perspective, it’s evident that there was no such thing in a composer’s studio as “just” upgrading, especially when considering that a composer’s orchestral template running 100-200 tracks governs multiple machines.
If a software update is buggy, then one or more elements within the system can be shut down, which in turn, shuts down music production.
When a composer’s production studio is shut down, cash flow is shut down.
My daughter, who will be three in October, noted a Japanese woman at the swimming pool yesterday. She looked at my wife and the following conversation took place.
Kira: Hee hee hee. Mommy. You're JA-PAN-ESE. Hee hee hee.
Julie: No, I'm Chinese.
(pause)
Kira: Hee hee hee. Mommy. You're CHIN-ese. Hee hee hee.
Then, an abrupt change of tone as tetris blocks of realization clicked audibly into place.
Kira: HEY! WHAT AM I?!
It has been days since the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, and it is still hanging in my mind.
The Summer Olympics have been hosted by US cities four times. The Winter Olympics, also four times. US cities have hosted the Olympics four times since 1980. It could almost be described as common.
I understand that cities, not countries compete for the honor, and the Olympics offers an opportunity for places like Salt Lake City and Atlanta to prove to the world that they are 'world class cities'
Meanwhile, China has never hosted an Olympic event. The timing is right, and 8 is a lucky, important number to the Chinese. So, while Bejing hosts the Olympics, the weight and resources of an entire nation are behind it. Clearly, they want to send a message to the rest of the world, and the opening ceremonies set the tone.
If you haven't seen it, you must do so. If you have seen it, ask yourself if the United States could have pulled it off.
I think we would have screwed it up in some significant ways. First, we'd find some manner of subsidizing the enormous cost. Heck, we'd even sell the rights to name the stadium itself to the highest bidder. Second, we'd find some big-name entertainer with broad market appeal to put on an 'extravaganza' which is fine and all, but it becomes more a commercial for that artist than a representation of an entire culture. Not that mining 200 years of American history can really compare with 5,000 years of Chinese history.
Here are some visuals that popped in my head as I watched the show.
I know it looks like a block of maple wood, but really, it will make your stereo system sound better, and it only costs $200, no, $150 per block. In use, you're supposed to scatter these around your listening space, so I guess you can't buy just one. I couldn't make this shit up, so I'll have to resort to quoting their copy.
When you walk around your listening room you will notice pockets of greater energy density. One of these energy pockets occurs between the loudspeakers and is concentrated at the interface between the floor and the front wall. From the listening position the result is a blurring of the phase coherency. The phase corrector, as its name suggests, attempts to correct this phenomenon by disrupting the energy pocket near the floor/front wall interface through a combination of resonance and diffusion. The degree of resonance can be altered by varying the distance between the phase corrector and the front wall.
I love the design of these glasses - it looks as though the liquid is suspended inside the glass. I bought these for drinking Scotch, and since I drink my Scotch neat, I was unaware of the natural insulating properties of the design.
When the weather got hot, I switched to bourbon on the rocks and was amazed. The ice stayed intact and didn't water down my drink. My hand didn't freeze when I gripped the glass. Condensation does not form on the side.
Knowing my Dad's fondness for bourbon, I sent him a set for his birthday. My parents liked them so much, they ordered another set, and a set of the larger size.
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