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The web is getting more savvy →

Matt — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:16:10 +0000

Pretty interesting outcome to a fairly controversial experiment. χ

How Pixar almost deleted Toy Story 2 →

Matt — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:02:27 +0000

Don’t just backup, verify your backups, keep old backups, keep other copies. Make redundancy. χ

DVDs and Blu-Rays Will Soon Carry Two Unskippable Government Warnings →

Matt — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:39:47 +0000

Boggles the mind. χ

Vanilla Forum

Matt — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:39:28 +0000

I recently set up a forum using Vanilla Forums, and have to say I’m impressed. I started with phpbb and found it confusing and ugly. It has a million configuration options, and is probably very powerful, but even adding a new forum is confusing, with lots of permissions settings etc. And the plugin architecture is [...]

HTC’s downfall is a lose for consumers →

Matt — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:39:51 +0000

HTC was doing great, but isn’t anymore. They tried to make their devices more open, and it looks like the carriers’ sales-strength caused HTC’s profits to dwindle. The result is HTC starting to lock up their devices again. It’s sad that carriers have more strength than consumers, and that consumers don’t care about openness enough [...]

The Movie →

Matt — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:21:44 +0000

Looks interesting. Although I’m not sure what it is. χ

what is 18-rated content? →

Matt — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:07:18 +0000

Here’s what Orange UK consider ‘adult’ content. χ

Internet filtering →

Matt — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:27:53 +0000

The real problem with these proposals is that it’s not just porn that gets censored. All the UK mobile operators already have ‘adult’ content filtered out on mobile phones. Adult content like an Internet Freedom group, Internet privacy tools and even a christian church. So, if you want to access a legitimate resource online, you have [...]

Terrifying →

Matt — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:51:00 +0000

It’s terrifying that this sort of thing can continue to happen in a ‘free’ country. The government coerces innocent people into planning criminal acts, and then punishes them for it. χ

Audio recording fidelity →

Matt — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:05:46 +0000

Detailed and fascinating article. It explains why sample-rate and bits/sample are important, and why 16 bits, 44.1KHz (i.e. CDs) are perfect for playback. One thing it doesn’t address is the idea that the higher-frequency audio may not be directly audible, but interacts with the surroundings and other sounds in a way that is perceptible. Maybe [...]