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The New Famine
Today we are facing an economic famine. Not a shortage of food, but instead a shortage of credit in exactly those parts of the economy that can drive a recovery. Consumers have had their credit cards...
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Preamp Heaven
Musicans and audio people tend to go through a progression. First they are fascinated with musical instruments. Next they are fascinated with microphones. But eventually they become fascinated with...
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The Next Transforming Technology
In the 1970s, the first personal computers did not seem to be very important. Arguably, it took far more time and energy to get them to do something than was ever saved by using them. Nonetheless,...
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Dead Simple Electronics Project: Computer Audio Mixer
If you have a significant geek factor, you may have more than one computer in a room at home. Sometimes you have your old computer plus your new computer, or your home computer plus your laptop from...
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Netduino vs Arduino
VS The Netduino and Arduino are inexpensive (about $30-$35) small single-board computers that have allowed lots of regular people to create devices containing an embedded computer. If you’ve never...
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Jon Anderson Solo
This past Wednesday, Kathy and I got to see Jon Anderson, normally the vocalist for Yes, perform a solo show. Jon was scheduled to be on the last two Yes tours, but due to two severe asthma attacks and...
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Zappa Perfected
Music Box Theatre Friday night Kathy and I went to see Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa at the Music Box theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. In case you haven’t heard about what Dweezil is doing,...
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Watching you like the KGB, there’s an app for that: all of them!
I like Facebook. It lets me stay in touch with people I like, with whom, for a reason of distance or other barriers, I would nornally lose contact. It also lets me publish the occasional bon mot...
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The First Shuttle Landing
STS-1 Landing at Edwards AFB As we prepare for America’s very last shuttle mission, I thought I would share the story of my small role in the first shuttle space mission, STS-1. (No, I didn’t get the...
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!
No, I’m not talking about Steve. This is an Op/Ed piece I wrote and submitted to the Los Angeles Times this week, when a guy much more well known than me will be giving a speech on the same topic. I...
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Crowdsource Me!
Many of my creative friends have been looking at raising money for a project using a crowdsourced funding site like Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. I’ve been reading the advice available for them on the...
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Net Neutrality: The Devil Is In The Details
Many have taken the position that pure Net Neutrality is essential for an open Internet. Today the FCC announced that they will not be requiring a pure Net Neutrality solution, but what they will...
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Giving Good Audio for Music Part I: Vinyl
Vinyl Records Vinyl has become trendy again, and record pressing plants are pumping out as many new records as the plants can produce. Some plants are even expanding. Vinyl records have a mythology...
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