Wow – what a weird title. If you’re an anime fan, I guess it makes sense. So, what were the issues that brought about Windows 3.0? Let’s dial the time machine back to 1990, back when Windows finally became successful, became king and Lorded it over OS/2 and the other wanna-be UI systems like Digital Research’s GEM, IBM’s text-based TopView and even the Macintosh. I was there.  The story below is a great vignette of

  I just finished watching the first season of Dune: Prophecy and am beside myself. Having read all of the many books in the Dune series from Frank Herbert, and on to his sons, this is the first time that I’ve ever felt that a visual production matched it’s literary equivalent. It was magnificent. The story is told from the perspective of the Bene Gesserit around the time of it’s founding following the Butlerian Jihad

I just came across one of Tantcrul’s videos explaining how musical notation came to be, and the never-ending quest to improve things.  TL;DR Nothing is worse than the current state of musical notation, except for all of the alternatives. Great show – worth the watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq3bUFgEcb4

I recently put out the cash to purchase one of these new NAS (Network Attached Storage) systems for use at home. These are somewhat different than the usual USB-attached hard drives we are all familiar with. I’ve use an external USB-attached drive as a backup target for many, many years. I’ve had 2,4,8 GB versions and so on and they’ve all done OK over the years for the most part. The last one, though started

Cubase 14 is out and has some interesting new features. I’ve been using Cubase for some time now, since 2018 back when Cakewalk closed it doors. I’ve been happy with it.  Initially it took some getting used to but it was worth the effort. In the DAW world, it is the 800 pound gorilla – there’s nothing it can’t do and plenty it can that others strive to emulate. First off, there’s the completely revamped