Stoned Ape Theory
Just remember folks, its just a theory.
Posted: January 5th, 2012 under Featured Articles - No Comments. Tags: convergence culture, music, Stoned Ape, youtube
Music Mondays: Avicii – Levels (Skrillex Remix)
A great song that we’ve heard a thousand times by now, Levels, has been given the Skrillex touch. I love how he made the somewhat generic Avicii tune a dance party / rave vibe while at the same time inserting his signature dub sounds 
Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Featured Articles, Music Mondays - 2 Comments. Tags: dubstep, Music Mondays, Skrillex, youtube
WordPress 3.3
In case you were considering holding off the upgrade to WordPress 3.3, take my advice, don’t. For a free update I have no complaints.
So responsive in my use (Safari on a macbok pro), super fast updates, I’ve never seen performance on my website like this before!
If only there were some sort of simple plugin to cache links before they die to and archive the stuff you link to in case of failure . . . maybe there is, who knows?!
Posted: December 16th, 2011 under Featured Articles - No Comments. Tags: is our future becoming less free, wordpress
Music Mondays: Major Lazer feat. The Party Squad – Original Don (Official Video)
This week’s video needs a bit of an introduction. It’s a Major Lazer video that used a viral video as the inspiration. It basically looks like Diplo found the exact same people and set up the whole thing for a video shoot.
But first, if you haven’t already take a quick look at this “Jian Sword Dancing” video on youtube:
Next the Major Lazer video:
Posted: December 12th, 2011 under Featured Articles, Music Mondays - 1 Comment. Tags: Diplo, Major Lazer, Music Mondays, The Party Squad, youtube
Music Mondas: Iggy Azalea – My World
This is my jam.
Posted: November 21st, 2011 under Featured Articles, Music Mondays - No Comments. Tags: Music Mondays, youtube
Breakz 5 – A Great, Natural Solution to RSI and Carpal Tunnel
Hey there everyone, I don’t often review software,
but I have been using this program to combat RSI for a couple years.
As a producer, I am often sitting in front of the computer in the studio for many hours without a break. Some days I work many hours on the computer in a row, and other days my work is quite varied so I need a solution to keep an eye on my ergonomics while I get lost in my workflow. Enter Breakz, my Personal Ergonomic Assistant.
Breakz 5 used to be called MacBreakz and it is basically a program that reminds me to take regular breaks. While this may seem superfluous since I could just set a timer, the software actually monitors what sort of activity I am doing. This means that if I take a short break it will remove this from the time-to-next-break.
I have found that the program really suits my style since it monitors my keyboard and mouse use and suggests rest time regularly. It also suggests some great stretches that I can do any time.
Check out this software below:
Download the latest version of Breakz from the App Store
Posted: November 4th, 2011 under Featured Articles - No Comments. Tags: in the studio, is our future becoming less free, music, RSI
Lioness – Don’t Tell Me
Big respect to this new EP by Lioness. I love when artists are able to give something for free, and its a great way to generate a lot of buzz for a very little bit of cash.
Anyway, I’m still pretty tied up with school and all that business so I’ll leave you with the music video
Posted: October 28th, 2011 under Asides - 1 Comment. Tags: BBC 1XTRA, free music, Lioness, Mistajam, Music Mondays
Disappearing Wi-Fi Personal Hotspot on iOS 5.0
Hello everyone, I’ve started up another year of school and I’ve been falling a bit behind on my Music Mondays posts. -Alex Massaad
Like many other developers I have been running iOS 5 for the better part of their beta program. This has allowed me the chance to preview and test out some of Apple’s next generation software, as long as I didn’t tell anybody about it.
Now iOS is out of beta and yesterday was made available to all users for free and I can report on this revolutionary update.
I spent about 6 hours updating (apparently I had an unresolved network config error, not a problem on Apple’s end) but now that I’ve got their official release I have a problem: My WIFI Hotspot is no longer available!
At first I thought it had been moved around but I realized it wasn’t anywhere to be found. Eventually I discovered this simple solution which was the following:
- Launch the Settings app.
- Tap the General tab.
- Scroll all the way down and tap Reset Network Settings.
- Restart iPhone
- Launch the Settings app.
- Tap General.
- Tap Network.
- Scroll down and the Personal Hotspot should show up, and will now be activated on the main Settings app tab
Posted: October 14th, 2011 under Featured Articles - 1 Comment. Tags: cyberpunk, iOS 5.0, iphone 4
Music Mondays: Florence + The Machine – What the Water Gave Me
Florence + The Machine just finished recording their new album at Abbey Road Studos, the same studio where Massaad + Garland got our single mastered!
Posted: September 5th, 2011 under Audio, Featured Articles, Music Mondays, Video - No Comments. Tags: Abbey Road, Florence + The Machine, Music Mondays
Music Mondays: DEVolution Good Love Live at Maida Vale Studios
In line with next week’s Music Mondays which will be featuring Florence + the Machine live in the studio, this week I have a BBC live studio session from UK Dubstep Duo DEVoltuion . . . and a bunch of other musicians joining them!
Really great live performance and rendition on my Ottawa-based record label’s homepage
Posted: August 29th, 2011 under Featured Articles, Music Mondays, Video - No Comments. Tags: Coldplay Sucks, DEVolution, in the studio, Music Mondays, youtube