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Showing posts from: October 2009

Torpor 1.0

As of this morning, after extensive testing and its first production beta deployment (which did result in a few minor bug fixes), I am pleased to announce that Torpor has reached release 1.0 (slightly delayed to allow for other DataStore adapters and management of pigfluenza in the home, but close enough for open source). Things

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Middling MIDI

About 12 years ago, while playing around with a friend’s recording studio equipment, I had a chance to try out a Casio DH-100 – “DH” for “Digital Horn.”  Basically a small saxophone-esque MIDI controller in the Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI, pronounced EE•wee – not especially dignified) category.  I was astounded at how, with the simple

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Weight Reduction

This post is about my personal challenges with weight, and managing it in light of a metabolic disorder.  None of it is meant to be self indulgent or congratulatory, and I promise there are some geeky bits near the end for those patient enough to wade through the content or who want to skip to

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