Michael Wesch has an amazing video called An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube. Though it’s well worth watching the full hour, I wanted to highlight a particular moment which really stood out for me. The overlay of the video, Us (which is already a remix of Regina Spektor and popular films), […]
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I’ve recorded and uploaded a new song – Wings. [audio:http://audio.blaise.ca/songs/wings/wings-0.2.mp3|titles=Wings (0.2)] This is the first original tune I’ve recorded using Ardour in Ubuntu Studio (GNU/Linux)! I’m excited (in the geekiest way possible). I’ve decided that I have no interest in recording albums or EPs or whatever at the moment, so […]
I recently stumbled upon the Ubustu Feed when I began learning Ardour. They have a great tutorial on how to sync Hydrogen with Ardour: This tutorial will show you how to sync up the digital audio workstation, Ardour, and the advanced drum machine, Hydrogen. This will allow you to have […]
I’m listening to my music library on random right now, and a song just came on that was playing on my digital audio player when I was arriving by bus at the Mathausen Concentration Camp a few years ago. When it started to play on the bus then, it sent […]
[This originally appeared on Techdirt.] Legal trouble for Girl Talk — an artist named Greg Gillis who released a “mash up” album using the pay what you want model — is almost inevitable, but the situation gets even more interesting when you consider how the music is licensed. Girl Talk […]
I have a new post at Techdirt, from the nobody-likes-anti-features dept: Rogers Looks For New Ways To Annoy Customers, Hijacks Failed DNS Lookups. Yeah, I’m just a little bit annoyed. I’m working on a post to detail how to circumvent it with OpenDNS, which is my short-term solution while I […]
Given the tabing of Bill C-61 this week (aka “the Canadian DMCA”), I’ve decided to put the coverage in context with some practical examples and questions. Under the new legislation: It will be illegal for anyone in my house to watch a DVD on a computer, since we run GNU/Linux […]
I have a third generation 40 GB iPod. In the past year, I’ve hardly used it for two reasons. First and foremost, the battery was pretty much dead. I couldn’t get more then a few subway rides of play time or a few minutes of transfer time to my computer. […]
[This post originally appeared on Techdirt.] Hockey Night in Canada is an award-winning program that airs on Saturday nights on CBC Television featuring eccentric hosts, Ron MacLean and Don Cherry. The show has been broadcast on television weekly since 1952 (Wikipedia claims it’s the “oldest sports-related television program still on […]