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Snow Leopard Screenshots

By • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Photo

Here are some screenshots of the new Macintosh OS 10.6: Snow Leopard.  This is a Facebook album, so you can leave comments if you are on my friend list, otherwise you can browse the photo album. Go to pictures



How to re-enable printing to PDF with Finale 2009 after upgrading to Snow Leopard

By • Aug 31st, 2009 • Category: Tutorials

If you just upgraded to Snow Leopard, but you haven’t re-installed your printer yet, you may be having trouble printing PDF files from Finale 2009. This will normally result in blank pages.  If your business is sharing sheet music, then this is a big problem. Finale has a workaround listed here: [go to workaround] This [...]



How to use the Alesis IO26 with Logic Pro 7 without getting distortion, dropouts, and ultimately having the thing die on you

By • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: Tutorials

After two months of problems, I’ve finally figured out why my Alesis IO26 would die after 10 minutes of use with Logic Pro. It turns out that the device is very fussy – no surprise there. A call to a very helpful “Andy” at customer service got me going in the right direction. Thanks, Andy. [...]



Golden Mean Finder: A Max/MSP standalone that lets you see the Golden Mean of any sound file graphically

By • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Software

The Golden Ratio (or Golden Mean) is an area indicated by a proportion based on the Fibonacci series [more info]. Since the Renaissance (and likely before), artists, architects, and composers have been aware of the importance of the Golden Mean and have used it in numerous works. Therefore, it’s only natural that we should be curious as [...]



Safari 4, a good thing made slightly better: Review

By • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Tutorials

Safari is a good browser. No, Safari is a GREAT browser. I use it exclusively and have for about 3 years.  For me, it beats Firefox hands down.  Safari 3 was fast and efficient and, from what I can see after today’s release, Safari 4 is even faster.  It’s got a nice streamlined look, with [...]



Tilt2Joystick: play games by tipping your laptop in different directions

By • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Software

Tilt2Joystick is a revolutionary application that allows users to tip and tilt their laptops to play games, draw, scroll, and press any number of configurable keys for use in any application.  With Tilt2Joystick, you can use your entire laptop like a joystick controller. Who says iPhone owners should have all the fun?  Tilt2Joystick is lightweight [...]