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If you’re net savvy in any sense of the word you probably know what a mash-up is. It’s when someone takes mutiple works of art and mixes them together to create a new work. Mash-ups are a great example of how technology is enabling average people to easily create digital content. It’s all good creative commons style action. Continue reading ‘What’s up with mash-ups?’ »
There have been lots of developments lately in the music industry. More accurately, there are developments in the lack of a music industry. The old ways of charging for albums and having a controlled radio are going away. Mp3 download services and podcasts are out in full force. Despite this important and beneficial shift in models there is still a major problem that needs to be rectified. Music is still a one way street.
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You may recall a previous blog post I made about games using AJAX. Web pages with the ability to read and write to databases via XML and update the display without reloading allow for the possibility of games that work in any web browser without plug-ins or large bandwidth consumption. But the games would still be limited to what you can draw using CSS and HTML. Thanks to the new canvas element in the newest versions of Firefox and Safari this is no longer a limitation.
I sort of have this pet peeve with computer software. When something doesn’t work exactly the way I want it to I have to fix it. This sort of explains why I keep switching and tweaking window managers and themes. My current peeve is with RSS and Atom feeds, especially when it comes to podcasts.
There is this really old game called M.U.L.E. that was released for the Atari and Commodore 64. This game has a very long and interesting history that you can learn about on a myriad of websites. My roommate and I recently rediscovered this game because we got our NES emulating computer plugged into the television and working. I knew about M.U.L.E. for many years, but I never really got into it very much. It took me until just yesterday to realize that it is really just a very good German strategy board game.