Posts from: September 2010

21 Sep 2010

Netscape 4 Source Code Hell

Netscape Navigator 4 was—very briefly—the best browser available, then the best available on certain platforms, then finally for the longest time a terrible wreck of a browser hated by every web developer. So it’s nice to see NN4′s programmers suffered working on it, because tons of people suffered working around it.

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15 Sep 2010

Five years later a “new” French Horns recording

In 2005 I wrote a vocal melody and lyrics on top of a blissy keyboard instrumental by Slavagoh. I really liked the repeating three chord progression and had planned to incorporate his recording into the French Horns demo, but decided to keep it minimal. I kinda had always regretted that, so five years later I

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14 Sep 2010

Cato on Cops and Cameras

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4 Sep 2010

Maria Napoleon “Think of Rain”

Louis Philippe and Maria Napoleon put together a fine version of one of my favorite tunes. I usually don’t like covers that mess with the melody, but at the end of the choruses I really love how the vocal playfully jumps to what a high harmony might sing, if Margo Guryan had written one in.

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2 Sep 2010

StackExchange folks, KeyMinor already exists

Why is there a StackExchange proposal in the works for a “Musical Practice and Performance site” when KeyMinor already exists on the SE platform? The proposed site is “for people who play musical instruments. On-topic questions will be about technique, practice, theory, composition, and repertoire.” KeyMinor already serves this purpose, it’s just not known about.

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