I discovered something this morning. I discovered a practical reason to add to my intellectual annoyance at the way compound time signatures are handled in at least GarageBand. Simple time signatures – basically – are things like 2/4 3/8 4/4 and so on. Compound time signatures are when that top number gets above 4...
I’ve rearranged my iPad’s home screen again. When I first got it, I had a couple of apps on the home screen itself, and the rest were in folders (I have a lot of apps). After a while I decided that I should put the apps I use most (after those on the dock) on...
Facebook apps on the iPad have caused me much pain in the couple of months since I got my iPad. – Because generally, they suck. In one way or another every one of them is lacking, and while most of them have a strength or three, they appear to randomly just stop working (which...
You might have noticed lately that I’ve been largely absent – from my own blog. I’ve also been mostly absent from my Posterous; been much less frequently Tumblring; been posting my Blips and running, not doing much looking around or commenting … I’ve even been checking Facebook (by the way I’ve finally found an...
I was struck today, when considering my daily photograph, by how much it is possible to do after clicking the shutter. Of course the better the actual in-camera image, the better the end result – but there is a lot that can be done. Consider the photo that I took: The sun was too bright and...
Australian Census Insulting the Psychiatrically Ill
I’ve just seen a cartoon video produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, purporting to address privacy concerns – which is pretty important, as it’s likely there are a fair number of people with concerns over what information is asked for, and what will be done with that information, or how securely it...
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