Comments for Tom Riley's Blog http://tomriley.net/blog Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Making Up MadeUpLists.com by nauki humanistyczne http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/97#comment-729 nauki humanistyczne Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:06:00 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=97#comment-729 I would like to thnkx for the efforts you have put in writing this website. I'm hoping the same high-grade blog post from you in the upcoming also. Actually your creative writing abilities has encouraged me to get my own web site now. Really the blogging is spreading its wings fast. Your write up is a good example of it. I would like to thnkx for the efforts you have put in writing this website. I’m hoping the same high-grade blog post from you in the upcoming also. Actually your creative writing abilities has encouraged me to get my own web site now. Really the blogging is spreading its wings fast. Your write up is a good example of it.

]]> Comment on Using the MP3 format for releasing music by Tom http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/28#comment-127 Tom Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:43:04 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=28#comment-127 Wow, good to hear from you and thanks for commenting! You made some good points there. I wrote this post kind of as a response to some messy/inconsistent official releases I'd seen going about. It's really cool to see artists releasing their own stuff on the web but I find it disheartening to see it done badly. Also I read some horror stories about people making Audio-CDs from MP3s, and sometimes re-encoding afterwards :( But yeh, maybe I didn't consider storage space as much as I could have. Thanks for stopping by! What are you up to these days? Don't be a stranger (add me on Twitter/Facebook/Google+). Wow, good to hear from you and thanks for commenting! You made some good points there. I wrote this post kind of as a response to some messy/inconsistent official releases I’d seen going about. It’s really cool to see artists releasing their own stuff on the web but I find it disheartening to see it done badly. Also I read some horror stories about people making Audio-CDs from MP3s, and sometimes re-encoding afterwards :( But yeh, maybe I didn’t consider storage space as much as I could have.

Thanks for stopping by! What are you up to these days? Don’t be a stranger (add me on Twitter/Facebook/Google+).

]]> Comment on Using the MP3 format for releasing music by David Johnson http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/28#comment-125 David Johnson Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:43:24 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=28#comment-125 Hi Tom, I both disagree and agree about point 1. On portable devices, size is still a consideration. I don't want 320kbps on mymobile memory card if I've only got 8 or 16 gig to play around with. Thankfully, most devices are ok with Variable Bitrate MP3s, and this is definitely the way to go. You're right in saying that quality is a consideration though. Anyone concerned with MP3 quality should be using the LAME mp3 encoding methods - these are specially tuned for the best quality output; in fact at 220-250kbps, blind tests show significant difficulty in telling them apart from the originals. The hydrogenaudio wiki explains it better than I can: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME p.s. Nice to have stumbled across you again, last time I saw you was around 2007 in a pub in Leeds :) Hi Tom, I both disagree and agree about point 1. On portable devices, size is still a consideration. I don’t want 320kbps on mymobile memory card if I’ve only got 8 or 16 gig to play around with. Thankfully, most devices are ok with Variable Bitrate MP3s, and this is definitely the way to go. You’re right in saying that quality is a consideration though. Anyone concerned with MP3 quality should be using the LAME mp3 encoding methods – these are specially tuned for the best quality output; in fact at 220-250kbps, blind tests show significant difficulty in telling them apart from the originals.
The hydrogenaudio wiki explains it better than I can: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME

p.s. Nice to have stumbled across you again, last time I saw you was around 2007 in a pub in Leeds :)

]]> Comment on Beware shapeshifting software by Tom http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/41#comment-19 Tom Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:23:22 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=41#comment-19 Like the old saying goes - "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is". Thanks for stopping by ;) Like the old saying goes – “If something seems too good to be true, it probably is”. Thanks for stopping by ;)

]]> Comment on Beware shapeshifting software by Kevin Yank http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/41#comment-18 Kevin Yank Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:07:02 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=41#comment-18 Nice post, Tom! Wouldn’t it be lovely if we could get all the convenience without any of the sacrifices? :-) Nice post, Tom! Wouldn’t it be lovely if we could get all the convenience without any of the sacrifices? :-)

]]> Comment on Beware shapeshifting software by Tom http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/41#comment-17 Tom Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:24:40 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=41#comment-17 Thanks for the warning Tim, I haven't updated yet. That's a pretty major functionality change so can't believe they've made that decision without the ability to change it in settings! Thanks for the warning Tim, I haven’t updated yet. That’s a pretty major functionality change so can’t believe they’ve made that decision without the ability to change it in settings!

]]> Comment on Beware shapeshifting software by Tim http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/41#comment-16 Tim Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:01:19 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=41#comment-16 Although it wasn't automatic, the recent iOS update for iPad changed the screen lock switch to a mute switch without giving the option to change it back. Incredibly frustrating. Although it wasn’t automatic, the recent iOS update for iPad changed the screen lock switch to a mute switch without giving the option to change it back. Incredibly frustrating.

]]> Comment on Beware shapeshifting software by Tom http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/41#comment-15 Tom Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:39:28 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=41#comment-15 Thanks Patrick, that's true. I think like most people, I had not weighed up the possible negative side of invisible updating because I was too starry-eyed at what a great browser Chrome is. It's this type of thing that ultimately leads to fanatical fanboyism, when someone subconsciously realises that they are too invested in something to get out if they needed to. Thanks Patrick, that’s true. I think like most people, I had not weighed up the possible negative side of invisible updating because I was too starry-eyed at what a great browser Chrome is. It’s this type of thing that ultimately leads to fanatical fanboyism, when someone subconsciously realises that they are too invested in something to get out if they needed to.

]]> Comment on Beware shapeshifting software by Patrick http://tomriley.net/blog/archives/41#comment-14 Patrick Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:22:41 +0000 http://tomriley.net/blog/?p=41#comment-14 Thanks Mr. Riley, for listening to the podcast and for writing this post. I think you make a good point. A point I made while we were discussing this was basically that... people like something until they don't and that you should try to see the general application of things, versus just saying "oh, this is great while Google agrees with me." That's not fair to Google, honestly. If you liked the idea of automatic updates, you also have to be willing to take the consequences of that, as well. Thanks again, Patrick Thanks Mr. Riley, for listening to the podcast and for writing this post. I think you make a good point.

A point I made while we were discussing this was basically that… people like something until they don’t and that you should try to see the general application of things, versus just saying “oh, this is great while Google agrees with me.” That’s not fair to Google, honestly. If you liked the idea of automatic updates, you also have to be willing to take the consequences of that, as well.

Thanks again,

Patrick

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