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Scoot is a Mac app that helps you move your mouse cursor, using keyboard shortcuts. When I started building the first prototype, I didn’t expect it to actually work (technically or practically, but especially the latter). From an early version of the project’s README: Scoot is experimental. Is it possible to craft a keyboard-driven mouse movement utility that’s actually efficient? Something that…
Robin Sloan has been generating extremely interesting audio using machine learning models (see: Making the music of the Magz and Expressive temperature ). 1 Inspired, I took these techniques for a spin. First question: what audio to use to train the machine learning model? Oneohtrix Point Never’s R Plus Seven immediately came to mind. From Pitchfork’s review : On R Plus Seven , Oneohtrix Point…
I’ve spent the past two weeks with the Fujifilm X-H1, and have been blown away by the image quality and overall camera performance. 1 The only photo in this post not shot on the X-H1. Note that I upgraded from the Fujifilm X100S, a camera that will always occupy a fond place in my heart. (My son is not quite crawling yet, but he’s already moving around more quickly than the X100S’s autofocus…
Many moons ago, I was concussed due to an accident during a sparring drill. The recovery process took years to get a handle on. The experience was isolating, debilitating, and especially terrifying. As a result of my experience, I’m often asked for advice about concussion recovery 1 . My recommendations are straightforward 2 , and (I believe) were very helpful components of my own recovery. 3 But…
My wife Iliana and I have some exciting news. And to share this news with our family and friends, we created a short film (because, why not ). For posterity (and because this really was so much fun), I’m going to share some notes about the filmmaking process 1 . But first, let’s watch the film : Development The script (more cheeky than precise) does differ from the final product. But it did…
Eight months ago, I started writing a screenplay. I’ve been working on it just about every single day since. I’ll save further details about the project for a later post, but, in short, I’ve found screenwriting to be a fantastic creative pursuit. The writing experience feels like just the right mix of exhileration and frustration. (Exhileration when that next challenging problem is finally solved.…
One of my favorite ways to find inspiration is to watch as other creative people work. And one of the best places to find creativity is in the presence of significant constraints. Most indie filmmakers work with a prominent constraint – limited capital – to create an artistic work. The input to the filmmaking process is passion and a small budget, and the output is (at least ideally) a compelling…
Redis (“ RE mote DI ctionary S ervice”) is an open-source ( BSD-licensed ) database server. History The Redis project was started in early 2009 by an Italian developer named Salvatore Sanfilippo . Redis was initially written to improve the performance of LLOOGG , a real-time web analytics product out of Salvatore’s startup . By June of 2009, Redis was stable enough, and had enough of a base…