Another Connection

This song is called “Open-Source Rhymes (Sosumi).”...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:09:53 -0500

This song is called “Open-Source Rhymes (Sosumi).” If you’re a fan of Apple history, you probably get the parenthesis title thingy. Let me know what you think.
As always, thanks to Sleaze for the awesome beat =]

Just got a harmonica yesterday, and since John Popper plays...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:02:00 -0500

Just got a harmonica yesterday, and since John Popper plays something fierce, I’m trying to learn the harmonica intro to Run Around by Blues Traveler. I’m not even close yet.

New Bit Buccaneer track called “Sheep.” Let me know...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:28:11 -0500

New Bit Buccaneer track called “Sheep.” Let me know what you think. I really like how this one came together.
Thanks as always to my man Sleaze for the kickass beats.

New Bit Buccaneer track, entitled “Crime Lord.”...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:16:18 -0500

New Bit Buccaneer track, entitled “Crime Lord.” Thanks again to Sleaze for all the awesome beats. Let me know what you think of the song =]

New Bit Buccaneer track, called “Eggman is for...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:42:21 -0500

New Bit Buccaneer track, called “Eggman is for Noobs.”
Let me know what you think.
Thanks to Sleaze for all these awesome beats. I couldn’t do this without you, man.

New Bit Buccaneer track, “Suspension of...

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:17:06 -0500

New Bit Buccaneer track, “Suspension of Disbelief.”
Warning: This track is not for the close-minded. Enjoy, folks.

Phone Numbers - The New IP Addresses?

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:16:54 -0500

Nowadays it seems that nobody remembers phone numbers. You don’t have to — you enter the number once, and never have to look at it again. It’s saved in your virtual phone book, easy to recall by finding the name of the intended recipient.

How long will it be, then, until you can just hold your cell phone next to another cell phone, and instantly swap information? This can already be done with iPhone apps like “Bump,” but how long until it’s a regular feature that everybody has and uses on a regular basis?
At that point, then, phone numbers will mean nothing. They will always be behind-the-scenes, just like an IP address.
When you want to go to Google.com, that’s what you type. You don’t type in 216.239.51.99, because it has an alias to represent it, and make it more friendly to us humans.

So, how long do you think until phone numbers will be JUST like this, to the point where you never lay eyes on anybody’s phone number, ever, unless you make an attempt to for whatever reason?

Evolution of my thoughts

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:06:53 -0500

I had an incredibly eye-opening train of thoughts today about how far we’ve come as a species… We evolved from monkeys. Shit-flinging, hair-picking, tree-climbing monkeys. And now we have vehicles that take us from point A to point B at amazing speeds. Not only that, but they travel on designated routes, with in-depth, complicated traffic systems to make sure the trek is a safe one, even with globally recognized traffic signals and signs. We have technology that accurately predicts the weather a week or more before it even happens. We have been to an orbiting hunk of rock that we call a moon, and brought chunks of it back. But the most amazing thing? I just typed all of this on a handheld device conncected to the Internet, while taking a shit.

This is a brand-spankin’-new Bit Buccaneer track, entitled...

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:42:12 -0500

This is a brand-spankin’-new Bit Buccaneer track, entitled “Pass It.” Please let me know what you think!

New song of mine, entitled “Freedom of Freedom.” Let...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:48:36 -0500

New song of mine, entitled “Freedom of Freedom.”
Let me know what you think, as always!
Props to Sleaze for the beat!

This is my newest song, “House of Cards.” Most of...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:20:36 -0500

This is my newest song, “House of Cards.”
Most of you nerds will get it… If you want to lyrics, let me know, and I’ll upload them somewhere and post them. Just don’t feel like doing that right now.

Anyway, give it a listen and let me know what you think.

I’m getting pretty close to a full-length (which will be free, of course, and properly tagged to fit in with your iTunes stuff), so keep an eye out.

Thanks =]

Modern Warfare 2 Destroys The Market

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0500

I’ve got Modern Warfare 2, and it’s an amazing game. No doubt, one of the best games I’ve ever played.
But, I didn’t NEARLY expect the record-breaking sales that it procured. While I did expect a large-numbered first day of sales, this was simply unpredictable…

Let’s start off by setting the bar.
Last year, Grand Theft Auto IV broke industry records, selling over 3.7 million copies the day the game was released, and 5.92 million during the first week on-shelves. People were amazed, and the news spread like wildfire.
This accounted for all of the platforms the game is available on (except for PC, which was not available until later in the year).

Now, to get to Modern Warfare 2.
This game has STUNNED market analysts, as well as people who give a rats ass, such as myself.
On the very first day this game was out, it sold over SEVEN MILLION COPIES worldwide. On the first day.
This is in comparison to GTAIV’s 5.92 million in the first WEEK, which broke records.

And these seven million copies were spread out among the platforms for which it was released… The Xbox 360, the most popular console so far for this game, had a staggering 5.5 million sales on the first day alone.
This is almost equal to GTAIV’s one WEEK sale, and it’s just for one console!

I am honestly stunned. This game has broken so many records in the 24 hours that it’s been released, and it’s sure to make a huge impact on the gaming scene.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go play for a couple — the rest of the night.

This is my new song, “Roachbusters.” The idea was...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:02:31 -0500

This is my new song, “Roachbusters.”
The idea was thought up by me and my buddy Joe sometime like, two weeks ago, and it’s been in the back of my mind ever since.
So, yesterday I decided to go for it, and this was the result.
Let me know what you think =]

Another new song! Wooo! This one’s called...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:27:36 -0400

Another new song! Wooo! This one’s called “Thirty-One Seconds,” and I took a few days getting it all prepared and done exactly the way I wanted it, and I love it. A lot.
So, let me know what YOU think!
Thanks for checking it out.

This song, “I Raped Bill Gates,” is actually a...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:39:28 -0400

This song, “I Raped Bill Gates,” is actually a remake of the first song I ever recorded under the name “Bit Buccaneer.”

The idea, thought up by my brother (who also provided a few lines to get me started), soon branched into my first song. At the time, it had a shitty beat and was recorded with a shitty mic.

It now has an awesome beat from my man Sleaze, and is recorded with a much better mic. So… It’s better.
I’ve also changed things up just a little bit and also gave it a completely new ending. So, let me know what you think.

This is my new song, called “Transparency.” Let me...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:32:00 -0400

This is my new song, called “Transparency.” Let me know what you think! :D
Thanks to @Sleaze for the awesome beat!

My Problems With the App Store

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:10:01 -0400

superimposition:

Sure, the App Store may look great at first glance, but if you use it a lot or are a developer, you know that it has its downfalls.

Battery apps, fart apps, flashlight apps, soundboard apps; the list goes on. They flood the store like there’s no tomorrow. Developers who make these apps often just want to make a quick buck off of these trends by making quick, sub-par apps. Okay, so maybe some of these are good (such as iStat and Statistique), but most were obviously made in a very short amount of time. With all of these one-trick pony apps in the store, it’s difficult to find all of the great apps the store has to offer. It’s almost like finding a needle in a haystack. For developers it’s often difficult to get their app “out there.” I know of quite a few apps that are just plain awesome that I’ve never seen on any Top list on the App Store.

My second gripe is that developers can’t directly reply to user ratings. As part of the Keymote team, it’s frustrating to see that a good deal of the people who gave it one or two stars obviously didn’t use it for more than ten seconds. Speaking of ratings Apple shouldn’t allow users to rate an app when deleting it. If you’re deleting it, it obviously wasn’t that great. That just doesn’t make much sense. Anyway, I’ll give you a little example of someone who didn’t use Keymote for too long after leaving their springboard.

Okay, first off, this is based solely on one of our “keysets” that I made. You can easily make your own keyset or download others. Second, I, among many others, do not find Keymote to be a “toy I wouldn’t see anyone using very often.” Now, I know I’m biased as I’m part of Iced Cocoa, but hear me out. I know many people who use Keymote when working in Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Aperture, and many other applications to increase their productivity. Thirdly, the one thing I absolutely hate to hear people say is “Oh, this isn’t worth $x.xx, it should be $x.xx.” Many before me have made this argument, but I’m gonna make it again. You bought an iPhone or iPod Touch for a couple hundred dollars and, if you’re an iPhone user, you pay a pretty hefty (in my book, at least) bill every month…but $3.99 is too much? That logic just boggles my mind. I can’t comprehend that argument.

Alright, I’m done ranting. Go back to whatever you were doing. Go…eat a pizza or something. Yeah. Pizza.

Desktop screenshot. Just screwed around, did a bunch of stuff...

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:41:09 -0400

Desktop screenshot. Just screwed around, did a bunch of stuff with Geektool… I like :D Opinions?

Six for Saturday

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:34:00 -0400

In “Six for Saturday,” a new weekly segment, I’ll ask you six questions that you can then respond to in the comments.
This is an attempt to get some communication going on here, and I’ll be asking questions that I truly am curious about. So, make it a weekly habit to check out the questions and take two minutes to post your response!

1) If you have a Google Wave account, what do you like most about it? If you don’t have an account, is it due to a lack of trying, or have you just not gotten in yet?

2) What’s your favourite twitter client, and why?

3) What has been your biggest achievement this past week?

4) What are you most looking forward to this year, and why?

5) How much storage space do you have on your computer?

6) What are some of your favourite websites?

I look forward to your responses. Random questions FTW!

Tweetie 2.0 Review

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:12:00 -0400

Tweetie 2.0 Review:

A few days ago, I posted about Tweetie 2.0 being submitted. Well, today, it was pushed through to the App Store, and I reviewed it over at Razorianfly.com. Click the link above to read it.