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I have published two videos demonstrating a soundfont created with the wave samples of the Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000, a sound card also sold under the names Reveal SoundFX Wave 32 (SC600) and V7 Spea MediaFX. I think the Soundscape has...
One of the harder truths to internalize is that there’s very little correlation between a problem being difficult and a problem being valuable. It is easy to fall into the trap of assuming the two travel together. If something is taking...
If you haven't had Belvita breakfast cookies, you have probably had Biscoff cookies, which are similar. These are a classic airline snack. You've probably had one along with a Coke with ice in a plastic cup, and thought to yourself,...
We had a really good day at church yesterday at Faith Lutheran in Bristol, Tennessee. I say this with some sense of wonder because I arrived in a grumpy mood: we left ten minutes later than I had requested, which meant I felt frazzled.I...
When it comes to the belief in plant spirits, there may be a tendency to exoticise indigenous beliefs and be biased towards them over other religious beliefs one is exposed to or familiar with. This is despite the fact that both types of...
Magix is a neat tool that lets us run Haskell programs as scripts1. We put a shebang on top mentioning Magix, list the Haskell packages we need, and ./script.hs just works. This post is about running such a script fast(er) on GitHub...
It reminded me of a nineteenth-century Japanese drawing I had once seen - Mice transcribing a book, by Kawanabe Kyosai - in which red-eyed white mice wearing kimonos are kneeling at a low desk transcribing a book, while off in the corner...
By the standards of 2026, March is a long ways away, particularly with respect to this story. For starters, there is that ticking fee, a penalty which Paramount agreed to pay for every day after the end of September that the deal doesn't...
Abandoned Corvair, Sunbury, Georgia.I've been blessed with pretty robust health for most of my life. In fact, I was doing okay at age 87 until I had a bad fall while going down into a canyon to photograph Potter's Falls near Wartburg,...
With most theatre creatives and critics decamped to Edinburgh for the Festival, August used to be a rather barren month for new openings in London, but with rising costs and overwhelming amounts of choice in Scotland, for those remaining...
It seems like for this type of person, the human being behind it doesn’t count at all. Every “content” someone puts out is a meme; further ammo to use to further their view on their own situation, or as self-promotion on their own...
Quick-Draw J. Stuart Blackton Demonstrates His ArtSpeedy and Shorter and Welcome, AIPioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton got a start in vaudeville doing what was called “lightning sketches,” artist and easel on stage to astonish watchers...
"Dayton Daily News," October 6, 1966, via Newspapers.comInvestigating a violent death can be difficult enough if it is uncertain whether it is a case of suicide, or murder. When even trying to establish the identity of the victim leads...
I missed the pre- and post-interval scenes while grabbing snacks—Max was smart enough to stay behind and catch what I skipped. Now I need to rewatch those parts! Marina Mall Inox should seriously consider opening more refreshment...