Archives for: February 2009
Why I dislike rebates #59
You know how rebates work, right? You get a certain amount off whatever it is you're buying but you don't get it at the till. You need to submit some paperwork and then you'll be sent a cheque for whatever the amount was. The basic premise behind it is… more »
That can't be right
Recently I was looking at Apple's iTunes FAQ documents and the one on "Backing Up Your Music" caught my eye, particularly this paragraph:
if your hard disk becomes damaged or you lose any of the music you've purchased, you'll have to buy any purchased… more »
MacWorld on audio quality and compression
MacWorld has an interesting post on audio quality in the digital realm. Worth going through are the reams and reams of reader comments at the end.
My personal take:
While bitrate may matter, the quality of the encoding algorithm matters more as does… more »
Cake mistakes
While many cake mistakes that turn up on the web are simply poor craftsmanship, the USB cake linked to here is -- I think -- decently done. Sadly the design is based a misunderstanding but probably ended up being more interesting that whatever image the… more »
