It’s nice to see that Ron Velosky’s Sight Reading for the Bass is available again (BassPlayer magazine reviewied it this month, as well). Mr. Velosky, before his untimely death, was kind enough to send me a review copy several years ago and I found it to be a wonderfully comprehensive method, easily the best I’d [...]
Been working up a few flash demos for the technology camp I teach in the summer (for 6th – 12th graders).
Northcode makes a nice product called SWF Studio that extends the possibilities of flash projector files, allowing you to develop powerful stand-alone apps that get past the security limitations in flash mx. (I’ve used flash [...]
Want to play vids in wmv format w/o having to update your old, trusty Windows Media Player v. 6.4 to the latest, bloaty, spy-ware enabled one? Or maybe you’re running some other operating system and don’t want to be shut out of the fun. Try VLC. Also plays mpeg1, mpeg2, mp3, divix, ogg vorbis, and [...]
A new spam strategy I’ve noticed (by the likes of stormpay.com and evocash.com–or spammers reporting to be the same) is to send an email accusing the receiver of being a spammer. This, of course, generates outrage and a quick reply, thus confirming the validity of the email address.
On the whole blog/google debate.
Wikipedia’s list of famous events, births, and deaths that have occured on May 18. (I haven’t made the list yet, but there’s still time).
Saw Real Women Have Curves last night. Really great film, in every respect (especially America Ferrera’s performance).
RadioAmber isn’t a pretty website, but it is a great internet radio site that focusses on the 78rpm erra and earlier stuff as well. Great music and spoken word tracks.
I was amused to see philosopher Cornel West playing a bit part in The Matrix: Reloaded, which I caught last night. I don’t know much about West, but I found an interview between West and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. that should help.
There are still a few kinks to be worked out, but my new portfolio is almost ready for prime time.
PhpObject from GhostWire claims to let you use PHP to connect your data-driven sites to Flash front-ends. They take the idea from Macromedia’s own Flash Remoting app (which is $999). I’ve gotta check that out as soon as possible.
A silly flash piano I built today to use in a training session this summer. No frills [...]