Radley Marx

Glittergasm – a new happy chill mix

Very happy to share a new mix with everyone. Glittergasm is a collection of the most glittery blissful chill music and artists I’ve gathered over the years.

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Despite the title, this mix isn’t meant to be silly or cheesy. I thought the title was simply cheeky clever. The title was also somewhat inspired by a Something Positive comic that set a new standard for awesome.

This isn’t your typical chill mix. Most commercial releases are usually popular downtempo artists from the late 90s & early 00s. Meh. This mix is the before and after stuff: the glittery happy variety from pioneers like The Orb, Pete Namlook, Fluke, Jam & Spoon, Orbital, and more than a few tracks and remixes by Mixmaster Morris (aka The Irresistible Force)… those rare gems that nobody knows and always make ambient fanatics smile. The selections include old school ambient and hip hop along with modern ambient trance, dubstep, electro, and mashups.

I put these together because, well, nobody has done a mix like this in a long time and few people have the experience to mix together these generations of music. I wanted something bright and vibrant that not only made me feel good, but my co-conspirators as well. Thus I added in a few hooks for them including Chicane, PVD, Roy Two Thousand, and The Land of Green Ginger.

For me it’s “finally making that mix” that starts with MMM’s remix of Speedlearn. A mix that follows Chicane’s Overture with School of Fish by Namlook/Morris. A mix that I get to drop in Hey by Jurassic 5 (in an ambient mix??) as well as The Dream by The Orb. And so on…

EL Disco Chair

(via Fubiz)

Clever Gestural User Input

Two MIT guys, sixth-year grad student Robert Y. Wang of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and Associate Professor Jovan Popovic, have come up with a brilliant and inexpensive hand-tracking interface.

(via Core77)

Steve’s Folly and the Ignorance of Flash

I’ve been trying to sit down and write this for several weeks but each time I’ve inevitably waved it off thinking the debate was over and we could finally move on. But no, there’s always some computer industry idiot who pops up and declares Flash all-but-dead as if it were nothing more than a mere browser plug-in.

But Flash isn’t an interloper any more than H.264 is the end of the world of video. Flash is a core component of several massive creative industries who could care less about web standards as long as their content continues to attract massive attention. The big picture is that this is about engineers versus creatives, and engineers are mad and confused that content is king.

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Apple: can I get a refund of my developer program fees?

I’m more than a little shocked and appalled at the general reaction in the Flash community towards Apple’s recent devblock. I don’t see a need for selling Apple stock (I don’t have any), nor do I think Adobe should cancel Creative Suite for the Mac platform. Both are spiteful and way over the top.

OTOH the $99 developer fee paid to be part of the iPhone Developer Program is significant. If you’re a Flash developer who was looking forward to developing for the iPhone in Flash, only to be hit by a classic “bait and switch” TOS change, well then it may be time to ask for a refund. Which I did:

Request for refund of program fees.

Due to the recent changes in the iPhone SDK agreement, I will no longer be able to create applications using my preferred development platform (Flash/AS). Since I paid $99 to be part of the iPhone Developer Platform and do not have the same quality of access that was offered at the time I signed up, I hereby wish to terminate my participation in the program and request a refund for my fees.

Since this change was willful on the part of Apple, I expect this request (and your refund) should not provide reason for you to prohibit me in any way from participating in the program in the future, provided I pay a new enrollment fee and agree to the terms required at that time.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

I will post their response (uhm, if that’s permitted?) once received.