When I started listening to this release, I thought “ugh, another techno / house style release”. But, when the keyboard came in and was followed by a nice smooth bass line I was hopeful this wasn’t going to be a typical house release. And I was rewarded with a build up into a nice track …
The story about the U.S. Department of Justice issuing a subpoena for phone records of the Associated Press has spread like wildfire. With good reason, as the EFF reports. There is a major need to look at the laws that affect privacy and information in this country, it is no longer sufficient to believe that …
The range of Creative Commons music that gets the most exposure is on sites like Jamendo, BandCamp, and Magnatune. However there are many different netlabels that get a lot less exposure. To understand SonicSquirrel, a short history of netlabels and the demoscene is essential. Netlabels arose in the late 1990′s from the demoscene. The original demoscene originated in the …
So, the new version of G+ was released today. And, I’m sure that they had very good intentions with the new layout for the most part. Unfortunately, there are several fails. At first I thought the new multi-column layout looked good. Afterall, it’s not too terribly different from the layout of CerebralRift: three columns, tiled, …
There are two ways to look at this release from John 0v3rblast. The first would be to say that it is a show case of of styles that they artist works with, showing a depth and range of proficiency. The other way to look at is as if it was an un-focused work by an artist …
I wrote over a month ago about open source RSS readers in the light of the announced shutdown of Google Reader. The deadline for that shutdown is approaching fairly soon (July 1st, 2013). At the time I was using Feed on Feeds (FoF) for my RSS reading. However, as I noted, the user interface for …
