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HOPE Number Nine

george — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:29:10 +0000

discuss

Anya

george — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:53:46 +0000

Alt Text: Test Your Brain With Trivial Security Questions

george — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:51:36 +0000

Alt Text: Test Your Brain With Trivial Security Questions

bee on statue

george — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:03:46 +0000

bee on statue, a photo by docblade on Flickr.

Spotify, what streaming should be

george — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:57:50 +0000

Spotify is what should have come out around the time of the fall of Napster. It is much more interesting than pandora and music on permanent random mix. There should be no reason to be stuck on shuffle when everything is digitized.

The only part I don’t fully understand is why subscribe, at 9.99 a month I can buy an album a month and build a decent collection in short order.

Updates

george — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:43:28 +0000

There hasn’t been much for updates here lately. Someday I’ll write more.

Flickr Tag

george — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:38:43 +0000

Realized that I needed to update the Flickr Tag auth status today when I saw some broken links.

music and statistics

george — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:55:40 +0000

Most audiophiles will argue that fidelity was lost when we went from analog to digital.

I would argue that what was lost is the transitory nature of music, we know know in great detail what we’ve listened to and when. We also never misplace any of our collection, it’s all right there, searchable and tagged.

The Birds

george — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:15:26 +0000

The Birds

Originally uploaded by docblade

Length of a record

george — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:12:04 +0000

Records were a pain to use, could get scratched, wear out, and had pops and crackles.

The one thing a record has that mp3′s don’t is character, and not just tonality. In order to listen to a record you have to do so with intention, carefully select which album and gently place the vinyl down.

And when those Twenty two and a half minutes are done what you have is silence. You have heard the creation as intended.

Seems like the endless stream of music we have today does not lend itself to a greater contemplation of a single piece. We are constantly being fed the next new piece.

The other advantage of the limited length of the record is that the artist must carefully select what goes into the work.