Mixcloud

2012.01.24 - Tuesday

Alexander Hamilton

I've uploaded all of my DJ sets to Mixcloud, which I'll be using instead of Soundcloud for posting mixes from now on. Since they've dropped their 100MB file size limit, Mixcloud is a way more attractive option. No time limit or file size limit means I can leave my sets online, instead of having to remove old ones to make way for new stuff. The only downsides are a lack of waveform, which isn't a big deal, and the requirement that sets must have at least eight tracks, but that's not so bad.

I've changed the link on the side bar to reflect the new site, so check it out if you're interested and enjoy!

3D Sucks

2012.01.24 - Tuesday

Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed.

This is a fantastically simple explanation for why stereoscopic 3D movies were stupid when the technology was invented, are stupid now, and will be stupid in the future. It just doesn't work. End of story. I'd be happy to work at 60 frames per second instead of 24, or to work at Imax resolution instead of standard film, because those at least produce a noticeable improvement in the experience for myself and the audience.

Stereo? No thanks!

If Hollywood really wanted to blow audiences away with a "new" film format, they would be shooting everything at 6K Imax and every theatre would be a wrap around Omnimax room. I'd actually pay their ridiculous ticket prices for that.

Good Job Timmy

2012.01.23 - Monday

Bruins' Tim Thomas refuses to meet with Obama

Good for you Tim Thomas. Even though he beat the Canucks for the Stanley Cup last Spring, it's hard not to respect him for taking this kind of stand. Yes, it's not proper or polite. Yes, he broke from the team, which for the Bruins and their pack mentality is especially egregious. That being said, there are some things that are bigger and more important than hockey. I know that might be tough for some hockey players to understand, but I'd say the strip mining of America's present and future by an elite, barely accountable political class certainly qualifies.

I don't buy for an instant the notion that Americans should respect the Office of the President of the United States. Not with what's happened in that office's name in the past ten or so years. People barely respect the political process anymore, and with good reason. In less than a generation America has gone from being a productive, profitable, powerful influence on the world stage to a bankrupt financial basket case who's dominance is being challenged at every turn. It's not about Republican or Democrat, it's about the government itself. It's about the very functioning of that government on the most basic levels. How can you ask someone who genuinely believes that the growth of government is the problem to respect the offices of that government?

Tim Thomas's stand isn't about politics, it's about civics, a class that old people used to take in school but which, conveniently for the political intelligista, isn't really taught much anymore. When things were good Americans could afford to think of their politicians and institutions like royalty, but things aren't good. The President isn't a King, and members of Congress aren't Lords. The whole point of America in the first place was to respect people for what they've done, not what position they happen to hold. It's too bad so many Americans have forgotten that.