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6 Microlog entries tagged with ‘computers’
Jonathan Zittrain: The personal computer is dead
More to the point, the ‘personal’ in personal computer is dying as closed-shop devices and environments become so streamlined as to take the user and their unique requirements out of the equation. I hadn’t been much worried about it before as I always thought there was a place for both: the tinkerer that wants control over every aspect of their set up, and the average joe who just wants something that works. But now I’m not so sure… Technobabble ·
The Restart Page
Geek alert: you could easily lose an hour with these simulated start-up routines for various OSes. A lovely little piece of computing history. Interesting ·
Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer
This is great fun! The computer quickly learns your patterns to anticipate your next move — and it’s also smart enough to figure out when you’re predicting its own moves [c/o @qikipedia]. Interesting ·
How to Create a Stop-Motion Animation Movie on Your Mac Using Your Digital Camera and iLife
For another future project I’m mulling over. It’s how they make Robot Chicken, more or less, so that’s good enough for me. Interesting ·
Making ambient music on a MacBook
Some good links and advice here, but why is Ableton always the stock answer for such questions? Garageband and the like work just fine. Most people simply want to dick around with making sounds; they don’t wanna be George bleeding Martin. Arts & Culture ·
Charles Bukowski and the Computer
Reading this makes me sad at how little the literary world has embraced the digital age. They can’t all be reactionary luddites, surely [c/o MetaFilter]. Arts & Culture ·
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