A blog about things that interest me.
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NAS and Media Maintenance
I have a problem, I like to own my media. Yes, I know in this age of streaming music, streaming video, and streaming games, why would anyone want to own their media. First off, if you watch the changing landscape of services like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Apple, etc. The various media services are constantly adding…
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Why Digital Downloads Suck
I’ve always had issues with DRM, as I like to own my content. Years ago, I went thru and converted a bunch of my old music collection (Casette Tapes and LPs) to MP3s so I could put them in my digital music library. There were many albums that, over the years, I have replaced by…
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“Collectivity” – I coined a new word today
One of the really cool things about language is you can create new words, that have meaning. Today I was on a call about the Internet of Things, and we were discussing connectivity. That layer of the stack that allows you to send data from a device to the cloud or a data store. As…
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WWDC 2017 Keynote – My Raw Notes
I had the idea to do my yearly write up of all the things I saw watching the WWDC keynote.. instead this year, I thought it would be cool to just post my raw notes.. see how I am thinking while watching the keynote.. Let me know what you think: ============== WWDC 2017 – Keynote…
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A week since MoogFest 2017
It’s been a week since MoogFest, and I’ve started to reflect on the experience. I’ve not seen any published numbers, but it certainly seemed much smaller than 2016’s MoogFest. A report in the local paper said that 2016 was over 10,000 people with 65% or more being from out of town. This year, in the…