So it’s Jenny‘s birthday today, and I decided to surprise her a little. I made her a song with Fruity Loops. It has a pretty decent drum machine, and combined with its ability to record velocity while recording loops with a MIDI keyboard and the DVI Les Paul plugin from Sonivox, it actually sounds like [...]
Sunday, June 28, 2009 | 10:00
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As I’m sure everyone is now well aware, Michael Jackson died yesterday from cardiac arrest. When he was first admitted to the hospital, there was some confusion as to his condition: TMZ reported that he had died, while other media outlets said he was in a coma. To supplement TMZ’s reporting, many looked to Twitter [...]
Friday, June 26, 2009 | 10:20
Filed under: Media/Internet/Tech by Dries
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As seen on Reddit: Fox News identified South Carolina governor Mark Sanford as a Democrat, even though he is most definitely a Republican. Sanford disappeared last week, and his aides initially told the press that he was “hiking the Appalachian Trail” to blow off some steam. As it turns out, he was really blowing off [...]
Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 14:52
Filed under: Pictures, Politics/Society by Dries
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So this place is coming together pretty nicely, I think! Jenny whipped up a logo in Flash and Photoshop and I coded around it a little bit. Stay tuned for actual, you know, content.
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This is the first post. Admittedly, I have made many first posts, most of which were soon followed by an unassuming last post. Let’s hope this first post will be different. A little about me: my name is Dries, I currently work as a GIS analyst for a small company in Austin, Texas, and am [...]
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | 20:16
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