Monthly Archives: December 2009

On Snow Shoveling

By thomas | Published: December 24, 2009
So, beware. You will encounter spreadsheets that make no sense. You will also encounter spreadsheets that make sense, but require a large portion of your attention to understand. Be careful to not confuse the two. You will be asked to perform hacks and tricks. Your duty is that of [...]
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Where is the bleeding edge of the internet?

By thomas | Published: December 12, 2009
An interesting question by Metafilter[1] user Pastabagel [2], “Where do you people find the things you post to the “blue”, and how do you consistently find them before the rest of us? I should note that Metafilter’s main goal is to be a log of the best of the internet; the main site ( [...]
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a bug report for mozilla, or the importance of randomness and sound

By thomas | Published: December 5, 2009
Because I have found sound data so interesting, and also useful in my attempts to create natural motion and shapes, I have filed a bug with the Mozilla Firefox browser in regards to their audio tag. The current HTML5 audio tag does not give us the capability to analyze sound on the fly. I am confident that, if this feature is regarded as important enough, it will be implemented, and I look forward to the day when I can begin using Javascript rather than Actionscript in my efforts to build instruments.
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