Alex started the project (including fiddles) and then handed it off to me; I added some guitars and bass (and of course it needed cowbell) and tweaked it a bit.  Lots of fun with GarageBand’s Nordic Fiddle loops…Here’s an m4a…

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For our Applications presentation, our plan was to open up class with yogic breathing exercises & have them interrupted by a coordinated set of cell phone calls.  We had some issues (primarily due to networking being very iffy in the auditorium where the presentations take place), and ended up resorting to our backup plan, but [...]

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While I essentially agree with Clay’s general claim that micropayment systems are likely doomed to failure, I also believe it is important for new systems for paying for content to be built and tested.  Heck, 10 years ago I never would have suspected Paypal would make it off the ground.With content we are, and have [...]

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I think a lot of my feelings in general on this I expressed in my response to Clay’s article, though I do have to say that I think Scott is looking a bit lightly at the “mental cost” of a transaction.  I think it is a real deterrent to paying for content — that in [...]

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I tossed together some parts to test ideas on how to do our physical sequencer… step 1 — test: – magnetic-based phase sensing for rotation – use of acrylic pieces lit from below – some crappy SMD 3-color LED’s (this part failed IMHO) Results: with the magnets I have, I don’t feel the rotational sensors [...]

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