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Monthly Archives: December 2003

It’s strange

I spent days and days working on the last redesign of dartreview.com, and ended up with a complex, confused, and befuddling layout. That was arund August, I think. Then, last week, I decided to redesign dartlog.net for the sole reason that I hadn’t in a full year. Starting from scratch, I had a new design [...]

Is it supposed to drip like that?

I’ve never seen so much raw meat on television as over these last days.

Just to be absolutely clear

This is a joke.
It’s a parody of a certain kind of fundraising letter that is often written by a certain kind of fundraiser.
OK?

Proof that I am an idiot (or that digital convergence hasn’t quite arrived), III

The signal path:
START: 24-bit DAT
–>16-bit master (n.b., we’re leaving out a lot of earlier steps here, all of which, obviously, play a large role but are well beyond my control)
–>pressed CD
–>128kB AAC-compression in an MP4 container (with 3-level complexity threshold filter)
–>AAC decompression
–>”Sound Check” dynamic preamplification
–>”Sound Enhancer” (no idea; no reference on this at all; I [...]

Proof that I am an idiot (or that digital convergence hasn’t quite arrived), II

Good: I can use my mobile phone to control my stereo, via a Bluetooth radio connection. The phone’s screen displays information about the currently playing track. I can use the phone to choose between playlists and songs, sorted in several different ways.
Good: Whenever my phone rings, the stereo pauses itself.
Good: When I leave the [...]

Proof that I am an idiot (or that digital convergence hasn’t quite arrived), I

Sent to Angharad last week:

It took me this long to figure out how to add you to my Microsoft Outlook address book.
First, I was against the idea of retyping all the addresses that I had already entered into my computer. So I looked for a way to sync between the Apple Address Book application [...]

Sequel to The Professional

Portman says it’s a possibility. Cool!
Hmmmm…why does my ability to spell deteriorate so?

Merry Boxing Day!

(don’t forget the little people!)

I feel so dirty

I just bought Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” from the iTunes Music Store.
My contribution to the legal defense fund, I suppose.
I feel much better about getting The Buddy Holly Collection. Whatever his faults (no idea) Holly has at least one thing going for him that MJ doesn’t.
He’s long gone.

Wait!

What if the problem is that my ego’s not big enough?
Wouldn’t that be something?