Site Archives for the category "audio"

David Gray's Life in Slow Motion

  • Posted by Chris
  • October 13, 2005

When I first discovered David Gray, it was by encountering his song Please Forgive Me, which was quite impressive, stunning maybe, to me as a song in its own right. But when I got the full album it was on, White Ladder, I realized that it was part of a package deal that achieved [...]

Podcasting, another non-fad fad

  • Posted by Chris
  • July 20, 2005

(You can listen to the MP3 audio of this entry, too.)
Back in May I blogged about how blogs are different from the conventional process of putting up content on a website. I have a similar sentiment about the up-and-coming phenomenon of podcasting: people have been putting sound clips on the web for [...]

Suggestions for Timex's Stereo CD Clock Radio

  • Posted by Chris
  • September 25, 2004

I sent this letter to Timex, and have not yet received any response. They may well have trashed it, but I think I would like it if I received this kind of specific technical feedback on the products/services I create.
Timex Audio Products
135 Essex Avenue
Avenel, NJ 07001
September 25, 2004
To Whom It May Concern:
Greetings. I [...]

Vienna Teng's Waking Hour

  • Posted by Chris
  • January 17, 2004

I'd like to sing the praises of artist Vienna Teng. Not only is her music outstanding (more on that in a moment), but her story is quite interesting as well, at least to me. Teng studied Computer Science at Stanford University, and then worked as a software engineer at Cisco Systems in San [...]

Live Free or Die: Maybe Napster Should Call it Quits

  • Posted by Chris
  • April 27, 2001

I should preface these thoughts by saying that I believe the current uproar over Napster, copyright issues, the music industry, and information theory is producing a public debate that is very healthy for our government, culture, and nation. It is forcing us to look in new ways at how we treat information, data, privacy, personal [...]