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SpaceX Starship suffered a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD) 4:04 after launch.Even though the SpaceX Starship exploded at four minutes into its flight, SpaceX pronounced it a unmitigated success as they were able to get loads of telemetry to make the next flight better. However, was the problem a bit more down to earth than that, perhaps SpaceX should look at more concrete examples of what went wrong?
A friend of mine contacted me a yesterday to ask me if I was going to do any more space-related recordings. It was just the kick in the microphone that I needed. This is an introduction to some of the topics I’ll be covering in upcoming space-related recordings. A first one comes up right away in the next post.
Here is a triumvirate of software titles for this the fourth to last #audiomo entry: VCV Rack is a fantastic virtual Modular Synthesizer, what’s a modular synthesizer you ask? Well, listen on and you’ll here me describe what it is. You can read more about VCV Rack at https://vcvrack.com/ VirtualBox allows you to run a […]
I can’t possibly do justice to a subject as wide as the Linux Ubuntu operating system, so go check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com, I mistakenly said ubuntu.org in the audio. As promised here are some pictures of the work in progress on my new office/studio/workshop. Audacity (Audio recording software) – http://www.audacityteam.orgBlender (2D/3D designing and rendering […]
A short #audiomo on the software I use to navigate, search and browse Twitter. Only available for Windows though, but if you’re curious check out https://tweetduck.chylex.com/ Audacity (Audio recording software) – http://www.audacityteam.orgBlender (2D/3D designing and rendering software) – http://www.blender.orgCalibre (e-book management software)- http://calibre-ebook.comDia (Diagram editing software) – http://dia-installer.deExact Audio Copy – https://www.exactaudiocopy.de/Fre:ac – http://freac.orgGimp – […]
This one is a quadruple header, in which I discuss not two, three, but four pieces of software that I use pretty regularly for many of my different projects. You can find and read about Scribus, the free, open source desktop publishing software at http://www.scribus.net If you want to play Astronomer and have your very […]
Trying to catch up with yet another #audiomo for today. This one is an auditory, virtual tour of my future office/studio/workshop.
Behind by a few days on AudioMo, but here is my 22nd installment with the letter “R” in which I talk about my go to Digital Audio Workstation, Reaper. It’s not free, but very inexpensive and feature-laden. You can get more information on Reaper at http://reaper.fm, once again it’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux. […]
So here we are a few hours before the official Summer Solistice and here is my June 21st installment of #audiomo warts and all, as I conducted a sound level check in the car at the start of the recording. 🙂 In this installment I take a look at what is essentially an unknown, but […]
A bit of a confusing #audiomo this evening as I’m so so tired from several days of working in my basement. But here it is, in which I discuss not one, but two softwares with very similar names, but completely different functionality. You can download Pencil2D for doing flip-book type animations at http://www.pencil2d.org The GUI […]
Today’s letter is “O” and I briefly discuss Openshot the free, open source, video editor available for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can read more about it at http://www.openshot.org
OK, I’m back on track (ha! Pun intended) with Part 2, in where I discuss my use of Nightingale the free Open source music player. This particular instalment is a bit controversial at one point as I explain the original music player I used to use and I don’t mean to offend anybody, it is […]
Well, not exactly the AudioMo I was hoping to record. Posting at the 11th hour quite literally as yours truly just go off the couch after a grueling 3-4 hours of moving stuff around. Taking the day off work tomorrow to do damage control, asses the situation and find out what I’m doing next. I […]
A departure from the subject of this year’s #audiomo series, the 2nd special delves into a current project that’s been occupying quite a bit of my time. As you listen in on this audiomo entry take a look at the images I’ve posted below.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it, software allows you to play God! Listen to all about Makehuman where you can do genetic manipulation by clicking and adjusting a slider. You can get Makehuman for Windows, Linux and Mac at http://makehumancommunity.org
A short #audiomo in which I sort of talk about LibreOffice on this 13th instalment with the letter “L”. I also take a tangent and mention a project I’m working on, more details to come. LibreOffice is a free, Open source office suite compatible with Microsoft Office and is a spin-off from the original Open […]
Are you an artist, have you ever thought of doing digital painting? Well in today’s instalment I talk about a free, open source painting software called Krita available for Mac, Windows and Linux at http://krita.org Although I have downloaded it and used it very occasionally, I am by no means an artist, see picture above […]
On this Saturday evening here is my 11th installment of #audiomo recorded while I watch the 99th running of the 24 hours of Lemans. Today is the letter “J” and I discuss how I use the free, open source note taking application Joplin. You can read more on Joplin at their website http://joplinapp.org
On this 10th installment of #audiomo I briefly discuss Inkscape the free Open Source vector graphics editor. As I was typing up this entry and doing research into the website I realized they are now at version 1.2, so I’m eager to see what they changed and the improvements they’ve made. You can read up […]
Several days ago I explained FRE:AC the audio converter, Handbrake is basically the video equivalent is a free open source video converter tool. It’s freely available for Windows, Mac and Linux at http://handbrake.fr
On this 8th day of #audiomo it is my first special of the month, this time dedicated to the UK-based company Serif and their Affinity software suite. I purchased these three software titles for the price that it would have cost me for two months of Adobe suite. The software is top notch and is […]
This June 7th #audiomo sees me once again in the car on my way to work discussing GIMP, the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. (Don’t you just love acronyms?). GIMP is available for Windows, Mac and Linux at the following website: http://www.gimp.org
Fre:ac is an open source audio conversion tool available for Windows, Mac and Linux. If you need to convert audio into different formats, this tools is great and it also rips CDs as well, which I wasn’t even really aware of until I recorded this AudioMo.
On this day with the letter “E” I briefly describe “Exact Audio Copy” used to rip (extract) CDs.
Posting this late as it was a busy day. Today’s letter is “D” and in this AudioMo I briefly delve into Dia, the free diagram editing software available on Windows, Mac and Linux. I made a little error, they are actually called UML diagrams, not ULM. You can check out Dia at the following address: […]
Do you like to read e-books, here is a great software title to manage e-books. Calibre is free and available for all major operating systems. You can download it at https://calibre-ebook.com
Here it is the second installment of AudioMo, this time with the letter “B” for Blender the Open Source 3D creation tool. In this recording I go over some of the things you can do with Blender and some of the very cursory uses I’ve made with it, including the cover art for this entry, […]
It’s that time of year again for AudioMo. This year, like a few years back I’ve decided to pick a theme and create a series dedicated to all the Open Source, Free and Low-cost software I’ve used on my computers over the years. In this first instalment I very briefly describe Audacity the open source […]
This is the first of a series of audio blog entries where I curate and re-post some old audio recordings from my time spent at Audioboo(m). In this first instalment of two recordings I did some eight years ago for someone I befriended on the audio-based social network Audioboo, I answer a request from Jane […]
In what has to be one of the greatest engineering achievements in space history, the James Webb Space Telescope was unfolded from its stored configuration and bloomed into its full glory over a two-week period since its launch on Christmas day 2021.
Here is the original audio post I made over on Audioboo(m) eight and a half years ago when I first got the ICD implanted.https://audioboom.com/posts/1493371-icd-operation-update
A bit of an update on where my audio blog might be going…or not… I can never commit to these things as my dear readers already know. I have some plans on reusing some older content, check the audio and find out.
I’ve always found sockets look like faces and the electrical company here in the province of Quebec in Canada had a campaign years ago on consumption awareness that featured the faces on the electrical socket talking to each other.
Have you ever had a need for an image of someone, but did not want to use a real person. This site creates realistic portraits of people generated from a computer algorithm.