June 2012
23 posts
How to encode your MP3s
Even without busting out hard-core statistics, I think it’s clear from the basic summary statistics graph that only one audio sample here was discernably different than the rest – the 128kbps CBR. And by different I mean “audibly worse”. I’ve maintained for a long, long time that typical 128kbps MP3s are not acceptable quality. Even for the worst song ever. So I guess we...
Windows 8's problems : big screens
The Windows 8 Release Candidate is out, and I can report that it is a treat. The operating system is coming along nicely, and once Microsoft stomps all its bugs, for tablets Windows 8 is going to be a great product.
However, I presume, most Windows 8 machines will be desktops and laptops, perhaps with touch-enabled displays. Thus, the screens that run Windows 8 the majority of the time will be...
