At The Verge, Natt Garun asks: When did human service workers become Google’s to experiment on? Over at Six Colors, Jason Snell quotes Natt and further asks: Does Google think it’s ethical for computers to pretend to be people? Is… Continue Reading
I updated the site theme. Not much new content though. Yet.
A friend forwarded me some links about how the EU’s moronic regulators think that they can somehow force non-EU businesses to collect EU VAT taxes on online sales. This is moronic arrogance of the worst sort. Let me see if… Continue Reading
So we got this fancy dancy Xbox One for Christmas. I bought the Halo Master Chief Collection, and allowed all of the content to download overnight. Now playing through today. I get to the Silent Cartographer level and when I… Continue Reading
So, I bought a Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2 synthesizer.
Let’s have a national conversation about gun control. But let’s have an informed, rational conversation. Let’s not let our justified horror over recent events overshadow our responsibility to consider facts when making national policy decisions; let’s make those decisions based… Continue Reading
In Objective-C, retained object properties are quite common: @class MyOtherObject; @interface MyObject : NSObject { MyOtherObj* mOtherObj; } @property (nonatomic, retain) MyOtherObject* otherObj; – (void) doSomeRandomThings; @end @implementation MyObject @synthesize otherObj = mOtherObj; // … @end Well, that’s all well… Continue Reading
I have a TC Electronic BMC-2 monitor controller, that I use and like, for controlling volume on nearfield monitors and headphones in my studio. But it has a usability problem. We talk about usability in software all the time, but… Continue Reading
Audio Plug-In manufacturers would do well to read and re-read this paragraph. Adding Copy Protection If you choose to add copy protection to your audio unit, it’s especially important to consider the audio unit’s opening sequence. The time for copy… Continue Reading
Here’s a nerdy tip for Mac users. Open Automator, and create a new Service workflow. Set it to receive no input, then drag a “Run Shell Script” item into the workflow. Replace the default “cat” in the text area with… Continue Reading