Is the takeaway that users don’t change their settings or that large-scale software projects always leave something unfinished (ha)? Another neat study by Spool.
A little of his usual dynamic range zealotry (which is the kind of zealotry we probably need) and a little information from the mastering guy on what this actually means. Interesting that iTunes is focusing so hard on sound quality when the average customer isn’t listening on equipment that will accurately reproduce the difference.
There are moments when melodies so infinitely, incomprehensibly sublime are married to lyrics of such incredible stupidity that you end up questioning your own sanity
Super Trouper reissue review on The Quietus
This article humorously gets across the internal struggle of listening to an ABBA record. On one side, there is this sublimely amazing pop music that you can enjoy on a simply “holy crap that’s catchy” level, or as deeply as a musicologist. But on the other hand, there’s this undeniable cheesiness that, without any posturing to be cool on your part, is just… just horrible.
It’s a tough life (Taken with instagram)
This Gibson stuff is crazy.
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/gibson-0825-2011/
Apparently the issue is not using endangered woods (although they were raided two years ago for just that, and according to the company still have not been charged), but for violation of the US Lacey Act which requires companies dealing with foreign nations to comply with those nations’ laws. The law in question is an Indian one that requires wood from India to be finished by Indian labor before export.
Gibson claims they obeyed all known laws. Of course they would. But, two separate raids on two different grounds in two years, it does seem a little harrass-y.
The rub for guitarists is, the Lacey act is retroactive and in theory you could have your guitar confiscated at international borders if you can’t account for all the wood sources in it.
via Alex, Greg V, etc
Our mission at Cohdoo is bringing ideas to life. To help us bring our ideas to life we are frequently create little tools enabling us to work more effectively and produce higher quality results. One such tool is our icon grids.
There are a lot of good templates available for creating iOS and OS…
Horrify your kids. This is pretty neat.
You might have learned that a certain upcoming version of Mac OS X may have scrolling that is “bass-ackwards”.
That is, when you push up on your trackpad or mouse scroller, the page content moves up too, just like on iOS devices.
I made a very minimal little app that lets you reverse…
cool little app if, like me, you’re in the minority who likes Lion scrolling. My music computer still uses Snow Leopard for compatibility reasons and this is the ticket.
(via Imgur)
