This Flash-based drum machine is the first one I’ve seen where the notes aren’t quantized, which produces an interesting, sloppy feel. Cool sounds, too.

Has Gibson announced the beginning of a music technology revolution, or signalled their own demise with the announcement of the new digital Les Paul guitar?

I was honoured to discuss my perspectives on open source mapping and GIS with the developers of Quantum GIS (QGIS) - an excellent open source desktop application. They questioned me, interview-style, and made the results available through their community site.

OASIS is stuggling with a basic issue here: is the US patent system so out-of-control now that it is difficult for any standards body to operate?

In the age of always-on broadband, I think that it is time for someone to build a service around live (or pre-recorded) television content. Think about it. Beyond financial programming, there are logical applications around music, news, sports, reality television and educational programming.

Mobile PC magazine’s feature article on history’s top 100 gadgets is immensely fun to read. But some of the choices are just bizarre.

W3C char guru new plop victory

A possible software design pattern for bipolar programmers and nasty data with outliers

My handy pocket voice recorder finally snapped after three years, so I thought I’d replace it with a model that also plays MP3s and works as a flash drive. But finding the ideal balance has been tricky.

"Please Google, don't hurt 'em." Let's see if Google's lawyers drop the hammer on this satirical homage.