Articles
This section of the site holds long-form content about whatever topic happens to be on my mind at any given time.
(This Song’s Just) 76,482 Tiles Long
I assembled and uploaded a video showing a timelapse road trip from Pittsburgh, PA to San Mateo, CA. Here I share the tricks and pitfalls I discovered in my work. More »
Fun with YouTube’s Audio Content ID System
A series of tests designed to try to thwart the audio portion of YouTube’s Content ID digital fingerprinting system. More »
You came and you gave without taking. Like a BitTorrent seed.
Determining the speed and tempo variations in Barry Manilow’s 1974 hit “Mandy.” More »
Everybody Imitates Hypnotoad
Synthesizing Futurama’s “Angry Machine” sound effect from scratch using a noise generator and a few filters. More »
Block Party
A self-made block diagram for the Behringer SL2442FX-PRO mixer. More »
Hey Hey, Ho Ho, QuickTime 7.4 Has Got To Go
In January 2008, Apple released version 7.4 of QuickTime which had the unfortunate side-effect of breaking video rendering in Adobe After Effects. This article explores a method to revert the installed version of QuickTime back to 7.3. More »
0 dBFS for Vendetta
A list of some of the loudest-sounding songs in my music collection, and a plea to bring back dynamic range. More »
The Armchair Audio Engineer
An analysis of strange digital compression artifacting present on certain tracks of Chef Aid: The South Park Album. More »