It took me a little while to process the results from last week’s Jam session. The new gear (especially the AT2050 mic) performed way better than expected but there was still some elements that I was less than happy with. … Continue reading
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Audio Technica 2050…and friends
I’ve been generally disappointed with the recording quality I’ve been able to get at gigs and jam sessions lately. I’m not a good enough musician to need pro gear but I was curious what I would need to get a … Continue reading
Vancouver Bike Map
Continuing on my new obsession with mapping and open data here’s a map I made showing all the bike routes of Vancouver in an interesting way. The first few maps I’m making are going to be just tilesets. The whole … Continue reading
Cloudscape
Here’s a map I made for Cloudscape Comics for the inside cover of their upcoming book “Giants of Main Street” I used Tilemill to get all the elements together. All the map layer data is from the Vancouver Open Data … Continue reading
Ode to Muffin
This is hard. Sometimes in order to let go of a thing you need to weigh it with all its glories and pitfalls. I chose the word “weigh” with intent. I love muffins. I simply do. In times of trouble … Continue reading
MapWonk
A few months ago I set up a site at mapwonk.com…..because apparently with my day job of building and maintaining websites, various pro-bono work and lifeoutthewindow I don’t feel like I have enough web-work to do. Now apparently I’m even … Continue reading
WordPress Users Beware!!!
Ok, if you’re a wordpress user you need to do the following things right now: A: look for this file: wp-content/plugins/helo/helo.php B: Check if you have two “Hello Dolly” plugins If either of these are true you’ve probably been hacked. … Continue reading
Musician’s Earplugs
Most of us take our hearing for granted. We joke about how loud concerts are and the morning-after ringing in our ears is synonymous with having had a good time somewhere the night before. Except it isn’t funny. Every time … Continue reading
The Dusty Shelf, Brain Crack and Moleskines
I have a dusty shelf full of half-finished ideas. There’s S.L.R, the Sad Little Robot who was to become a graphic novel. There’s my home automation project in pieces, strewn about my tiny apartment. An adventure game I started making … Continue reading
How to write a cop Drama
Lately I’ve been watching a lot of cop dramas. TV is the only thing that Netflix Canada does well and once I finish the shows I’m interested in I’m planning to quit my subscription. Anyway while watching cop shows I … Continue reading