Just a little public safety note that I discovered, and I am not particularly angry yet, because for some reason I had made a back up before I tried to upload my file to keep a back up safe. There seems to be a bug when using iCloud to backup a project file in GarageBand... Continue Reading →
Android Catches Up On Prisma
Not only did the photo-into-painting Prisma app create a style for International Women's Day (nice), ... they have also already updated the Android app to match the Store feature just added on the iOS app. I talked about that here in more detail. There are a few interface differences, and you have to add your desired styles... Continue Reading →
What Does Prisma Have In Store For Us?
The iOS Prisma app (and presumably Android soon) now has a Store, represented by a tiny little storefront icon. Click on it to open the Store page and you will be greeted by a bunch of little icons. There are a bunch of new "styles" though to be fair they include a lot of color... Continue Reading →
Her Name Is Rio
And she really likes Duran Duran (my wife) so I thought the new Prisma style would be a nice fit. Yes, those are tall, real saguaros, planted in a pattern outside a museum. One of the benefits of living in Arizona is seeing them around a bit. Though cactus needles are far from friendly. Prisma... Continue Reading →
Today I Learned, WordPress Edition
That if you wrote a post and published it on WordPress using a PC, then opened the WordPress app on your phone and found an empty draft with the same title, which you thought you made earlier (I really did), you shouldn't immediately delete it to tidy up. Because even though it was in Drafts,... Continue Reading →
Music Making Needs Control: GarageBand iOS
I really like Garageband iOS on my iPad. Lately it's been improved to the point where the annoyance of not being able to do something critical has been replaced by the smaller annoyance of needing to learn where they have hidden how to do some things. Did you know that if you long press on the... Continue Reading →
Free NPR Audio Training Online
A primer on audio issues with tips on preferably preventing them or trying to fix them after. This is fantastic if you use a microphone to record anything, for audio, video, music, podcasts, whatever. It will make you think first and have (less) problems later. At the very least, you'll learn the vocabulary so you... Continue Reading →
Build A Better Mousetrap
"And the world will beat a path to your door." That's the saying, isn't it? I don't know why the mice-killers get all the foot traffic, but I get it. Who wouldn't want to be able to mass murder cute little rodents? (I wonder what Walt Disney would counter with. I suppose he just made... Continue Reading →
I Make Music. I Simply Need To.
Usually I just fail to record it, or I will make a simple demo that I don't share. But my wife deserved a love song and I thought I would be grand about it, instead of quiet. So this time it ended up on my Bandcamp page! Click for a free listen. As I said on her... Continue Reading →