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Music Mondays: Chilly Gonzales Solo Piano 2
Read more . . . →The incredibly talented Chilly Gonzales has released a follow up to his album Solo Piano. The first solo piano has some of my favourite contemporary, solo piano, songs. The album is light and easy to listen to. I work at an art gallery and this will be on frequent rotation (provided I can get it playing on the CD player). A while back we wrote about his performance of The Grudge on piano. This album, and the original Solo Piano, feature no speaking parts, only piano. Check it out on iTunes:
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Apple vs. Samsung
Read more . . . →We hedged our bets with Apple at ColdplaySucks.com, not because of some fan-boy obsession but because we were guessing that Apple would win this modern-day Goliath vs David given the technologies and patents that were being infringed. Earlier this week the jury in the case between Apple and Samsung in the United States revealed their decision. This could result in Samsung paying around $1 billion (that's billion, not Bitcoins ;-) in damages to Apple (unless additional litigation changes these figures) I have been a long believer that certain Samsung devices have been designed to duplicate the features in iOS, and...
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new maul album >album title goes here< announced
Read more . . . →The mau5 may not be happy, but he is putting out some new(isn)tunes soon. The canadian electronic music producer will be putting out a new album September 25, 2012. He just recently reconstructed his home studio (pics on his Facebook & blog) so he probably used the newly constructed space to polish up some stuff he's been working on for a while. The new 13 track album will feature an already released track, Failbait (featuring Cypress Hill), and Professional Griefers (featuring Gerard Way), out this week. Exciting to hear the full quality .wav versions off beatport once this drops!
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Earbud Review: Klipsch S4i vs S4i Reference
Read more . . . →[caption id="attachment_1506" align="alignleft" width="260"] Detail view of the S4i Reference capsule I am using today[/caption] Over the course of the last two years I have used over a dozen different headphones and earbuds with my iPhone 4 and now with my iPhone 4s. My first set was the included white earbuds by Apple. My first upgraded set was some über-cheap in-ear earbuds from CanadaComputers. The price was right and at $8 I decided to buy 2 pair. A month later I got another three, as my first 2 stopped producing sound out of one side and the connection became weakened...
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Siri feature request: continuous listening
Read more . . . →Apple's new Siri voice assistant is a really useful feature but a few improvements could be made. I have read several forums with users requesting continuous listening and I can hear the privacy critics howling already and it goes something like this: "Coninuously listen??! But then Siri will know all about my planned defection to the Communists! Unacceptable." All jokes aside, one of the biggest hurdles to using the assistant is getting Siri to begin listening. In order to signal to Siri that you want to give it a command you need to hold down the hold button for almost...
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Music Mondays: firewire - Telepathic
Read more . . . →This week's Music Monday goes out to one of our close associates at ATAM Productions with the release of ATAM 007 which is the single Telepathic by the new artist firewire. This artist is actually part of the group Massaad + Garland that we've covered before. Go check them out! From the record label homepage: This song was written in 2010 while firewire was working on music for film scores. It never was selected for anything at the time, but now has been released for your listening pleasure. You can listen to a preview on SoundCloud below or buy it...
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Goodbye epic back ache, or the end of the 17 inch MacBook Pro era
Read more . . . →Hidden away within a torrent of updates and announcements at Apple's WWDC 2012 was the news that they are discontinuing the 17-inch MacBook Pro (a machine which I am writing this post on!) I am a lover and user of this desktop replacement laptop. Do you realize what this discontinuation means? If the logic board fries on this laptop while writing this post it will never even exist! All joking aside the 17-inch MacBook Pro's disappearance is a little more than a personal problem, its a community problem. While the laptop has traditionally been unpopular with consumers, professionals and special...
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Defend our freedom to share (or why PIPA and SOPA is a bad idea)
Great TED talk on why SOPA and PIPA are a terrible idea. The internet's freedom to share is at stake and corporations are pushing hard for these laws.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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Where is the good tech analysis:Apple Obsolescence Debate
Read more . . . →Do we need to stop being good analytical thinkers because we're dealing with technology? I don't think so and I'm always wary for misleading analysis. I recently read a five point article online from Information Week supporting their earlier criticism on the Apple Obsolescence Debate (something one doesn't experience if you're upgrading constantly I guess) The main part that irked me was the subtitle "More Analysis Please, Fanboys" which the article failed to provide. . . You can look up the original article here below I have provided the titles and my analysis 1. MobileMe vs. iCloud. This argument regards...
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The nitty gritty on how to use a DI box aka "Direct Injection Box"
Read more . . . →A DI box, or a direct injection box is an audio device that allows you to plug instruments into an audio system. I was going to create a video to cover the basics but I came across a very good description that gets into the nitty gritty details about how the direct injection box would work. This video goes into describing the differences between Active and Passive DI boxes, why you would choose one or the other, and also the basic setup for the device. I often use my DI box in the thru mode in order to record my...
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