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The video for this script will be posted on Friday, July 7, at 5 pm. I watch a lot of synth-based YouTube channels, and there’s an almost religious respect for vintage synths. I can’t speak for others, but for me, my love of vintage synths comes from being young and...

A Mac saves you time, and a PC saves you money.  You're welcome. That is assuming that you don't know how to use a computer and no one is helping you.  It is also assuming you don't have custom needs like "I want a super fast laptop with no fan" or "I want to play...

There is no tech company who've had more of an impact than Apple.  Apple devices are not inexpensive.  You can get more bang for your buck elsewhere.  But the Apple I (and II) were the first massively successful person computers, the Mac was the first massively...

All the talk (including my own) about how I will NEVER rent Logic Pro on the Mac has got me thinking... what would change my mind?  So I've come up with a simple game plan for Apple to follow.  If they do these steps, I (and many other people) might be convinced to...

My most recent album came out in November of 2022.  It was called "Attack of the 80s Synths" and was released to no critical fanfare, but I didn't send it to any critics and I'm a hobbyist, so there's that.  On the album, I used a hell of a lot of the Waves Electric...

I've been interested in finding a MainStage alternative for Windows.  Not because I want to run Windows, but because I like to know what all of the options are.  Gig Performer shows up in a lot of lists as a MainStage competitor, so I had a look. I have no idea why...

Of all the stupid, tone-deaf things for Apple to do, they decide to release Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on the iPad using a subscription model.  Ask Waves how that worked out for them.  I'm a big Apple fan, but this is a bridge too far.  Online, people are lining up...

I just bought a reconditioned M1 Mac Mini from Amazon for $440.  It's the entry level, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB internal SSD.  The internal SSD is blazingly fast - I'm getting write speeds of 2,300 MB/s and read speeds of 2,950 MB/s.  As I type this in 2023, that's very, very...

Back in the late 90s and early 00s, I was a shareware developer.  I ran Cool Classroom Software, and put out education shareware titles Secret Agent, Test Pilot Typer, Mr. Fixitup, and Lester McMultiply.  I was teaching 5th grade at the time, so it was really just a...

As I type this, it's April 16, 2023.  And Amazon is still selling refurbished M1 Mac Minis with 8 GB of RAM for $449.  You can't buy a USED Mac for that money that will come close to competing with it. I like Geekbench scores.  They're not perfect, but they're pretty...

The first time I realized that journalists and reporters can be lazy was when I was a semi-expert on a topic.  In my case, I was basically a systems engineer dealing with the Mac OS.  I was reading an article on a major news site about the Mac, and it was really...