Rumors are flying that Apple is about to include 24-bit audio in it’s new iOS products, both from the software end of things and hardware – updating the Lightning cable for faster interconnects when HD Audio is being used with … Read the rest
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From Your Face
Save face? About face? In your face? A Chicago artist has decided to have some fun with digital surveillance – he’s printed and is selling a realistic mask of his own face for your public enjoyment.
The idea isn’t … Read the rest
Will Apple Go HD in Audio?
Rumors are swirling that Apple will soon announce a major upgrade to it’s iTunes Music Store, and one of the features will be 24-bit lossless files for sale!
They might even use Led Zeppelin to push the new higher quality, … Read the rest
Falling Debris
Check out this amazing story about a norwegian skydiver who almost got cut in half by a meteorite. Seriously.
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… Read the restHi There I’m Walkman 2014
Neil Young’s preaching has been working — Sony recently announced their latest WalkMan, the 35th Anniversary model, and it’s pretty bad-ass. Save the Audio!
That little slab of gadget-lust has got hi-fi audio specs (DAC, amp, wiring, shielding), excellent … Read the rest
Resolution, Not Frequency Range
Anyone arguing about audio and getting stuck on the overall hearing range of humans is actually missing the point.
What digital audio has really been doing is giving us lower resolutions on the sounds we can hear.
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Digital Audio Verses Timbre
If an electric guitar and a piano both play a C major chord at the same volume, can you tell the difference between them? Would you be able to discern a difference between the guitar and the piano’s version of … Read the rest
Bad Science + Business Interests = Trouble
Computer geeks know lots of things. The sheer breadth of stuff that geeks have crammed in their head is impressive.
But their major mistake is often not acknowledging their own ignorance. Many have come up in a world so digitally … Read the rest
Wow Righteous Indeed
Excellent talk from Neil Young at South By Southwest about his new product – the Pono Music Player. He breaks it all down in simple terms, better than any amount of text I can type:
Righteous Audio – Finally!
I love knowing I’m not alone in my rants. I have been complaining about digital audio compromises since the 80’s, and now, finally, a product is coming for people like me. It’s called “Pono” (Hawaiian for ‘righteous’) and its basically … Read the rest
Small World Big Problems
A good article investigating child labor in the electronics industry, and what Apple in particular tries to do regarding the complex issue.… Read the rest
Follow The Dots
Merlin was one of my favorites way back, and I know I’m not alone, this game was very popular for a couple of years. This guy gives us the backstory on the game, it’s brother Simon, and how Merlin is … Read the rest
The First LP… ever
The year was 1948. The funk was about to go mobile.
Colombia debuted the 33 1/3 RPM long playing vinyl disc.
Some serious fiddle by this guy playing this. The breakdown run at 0:34 is amazing.
The audio linked … Read the rest
Computer Shoes Zap You With Feedback
There have been shoe computers before. Since the early 1980’s people have been shoving embedded computers of some sort into their shoes for mileage and step tracking. Apple & Nike have been doing this for 15 years too.
Now, started … Read the rest
Global Forest Watch
Love those trees. We get help from trees on lots of things, including this little thing called breathing.
Global Forest Watch has teamed up with Google to monitor the planet’s greenery. Knowledge is power!
The Internet Is Owned – Act Accordingly
The top guy at Kaspersky Labs, one of the top security/encryption geeks walking, and one of the more restrained ones, dropped this bombshell during his keynote at their latest security conference:
… Read the rest“I operate under the principle that my computer is
Library sticks 1 million pics on Flickr and asks for help making them useful
Fun times if you are looking to kill a few hundred hours….
British Library sticks 1 million pics on Flickr, asks for help making them useful | Ars Technica.
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