music

Automobile audio done right.

July 19, 2010

When the mp3 was created, it didn’t take long before people wanted a way to play these digital music files in vehicles. Juggling cassettes and compact discs was cumbersome, and “skipping” discs were exceptionally annoying. The mp3 was a perfect solution for audible, mobile content, but the adoption of this format has hardly been seamless. [...]

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Will MacBook evolution lead to the iTablet?

December 9, 2009

We’ve ruminated at length about the rumoured Apple tablet computer, from the iPhone “dock” that is our Apple Annex, to the Macbook sibling that is our iTablet Excelsior. And with recent clues shoved down our digital throat across the blogosphere suggesting that an Apple tablet will indeed be announced sometime next year, we find ourselves [...]

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Apple to advance iPhone gaming, not join console fray.

August 6, 2009

Despite Apple’s sordid foray into the video gaming market with the ill-fated Pippin, TUAW’s Mike Schramm believes that Apple is willing to give console gaming another go. His speculation is based in large part on a piece by Erik Sherman at BNET, in which Sherman notes various patents Apple filed, and various individuals Apple hired, [...]

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Sexy acorn mp3 player is probably very shitty.

February 13, 2009

We can’t help but love the aesthetic of this acorn-shaped mp3 player complete with wooden enclosure. Sadly, this baby only sports 1GB of data, and it’s not an iPod. Still, the concept is very cool, and one could imagine a pretty cool interface for this baby by changing the track, or volume, with a twist [...]

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Bones Wiley embraces the folk music.

October 17, 2008

Two days ago, Bones Wiley posted two more videos on his YouTube page. The videos suffer from minor synching issues (likely vidnik related), but otherwise showcase a very nice transition of Wiley’s musical style to something more folkish, ala Bob Dylan. We’re quite fond of Wiley finally singing at a lower octave, and this departure [...]

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The ION drum’s weak link.

September 30, 2008

We bought Rock Band 2 a week after it was released, and after getting our groove on, we hopped online and ordered the ION Premium Drums, having sold out Rock Band drums months earlier. We held off on a pre-order because of the price, but who can resist the allure of a more customizable drum [...]

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