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Comment on Boston Music Hack Day by Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:30:18 +0000

Rock Band Special Edition for a special person.

Comment on Off to Montreal by Elias

Elias — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:23:31 +0000

Congratulations

Comment on Paisley by Ali

Ali — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:41:41 +0000

Thanks.
Using it as my terminal background.

Comment on Outliers by greggT

greggT — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:25:18 +0000

i’ve found that “taking advantage of lucky situations” is an inadequate description of the effect, which i think is “ruthless trimming of losses”. the successful let the good times roll but cut losses immediately, and the more ruthless one is at that, the more successful. this is balanced, in general, by other factors such as home life, morals, ethics and not talking on cell phones while driving. avoid these limitations (like good ‘ole Gates, who stole all the law would allow), and risk the consequences — some will survive and become successful.

Comment on Vijay Iyer and Steve Coleman by mim’s blog » Blog Archive » Buffalo Collision

mim’s blog » Blog Archive » Buffalo Collision — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:39:07 +0000

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Comment on Ground truth by Your mOm

Your mOm — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:55:25 +0000

Sounds like what I’ve learned about sculpture. In order to actually create the sculpture and have it stand up in space successfully, you have to know how it will stand up in space before you build it. Makes it a much different set of problems than those in 2-D work. Also, I find it comforting that you can’t really get computers to analyze exactly like people (even though that makes your work more difficult) because it shows that there is still a need for…people!

Comment on Recti-Linear room simulator by Mike

Mike — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:23:05 +0000

Looking at the Kemar data, I noticed the head had different ears, does this actually give different responses ? Using the L data series at 0 elevation its was possible to reconstruct the speaker locations of my 7.1 avamplifer, and cross correlate the impulses to help visualize the effect – Im using this to give some clues as to whats correct when constructing my own dummy head rigs. By ear they sound different – Im wondering if the kemar data is valid for this method since doesn’t it mean you get the hrtf for just one ear at a time, and substitute the other one from data obtained 180 degrees rather than the true binaural response of two ears (and more importantly pinna sizes being the same) ?

Comment on Body Worlds by Heather

Heather — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:31:39 +0000

I was fortunate enough to visit the Plastination Headquarters in Guben Germany. I had hoped to meet the good doctor, but sadly that did not happen. I enjoyed the entire exhibit and factory. Unlike the aforementioned exhibit, I was able to watch bodies go through the stages of plastination to exhibit. It was absolutely fascinating. I especially liked the posed bodies (like the yoga pose) and hope that my body is used in a sporting type pose someday.

Comment on Thinking about ideas by mim’s blog » Blog Archive » Outliers

mim’s blog » Blog Archive » Outliers — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:25:03 +0000

[...] I’ve said many times, I’m a big fan of Malcolm Gladwell’s essays, so when Uncle Wayne and Aunt Jane [...]

Comment on King Tut by your mom

your mom — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:38:38 +0000

king tut is boring and sucks but if your trying to make a page on him you need more info jeese