When you’ve been using computers as a serious tool for as long as I have, it’s important that they’re reliable. Continue reading “Potholes in Memory Lane”
Month: January 2016
DSP sleuthing, part 1
This post is the first in an occasional series in which I analyse the performance of DSP code in the wild to identify common quality problems. Continue reading “DSP sleuthing, part 1”
Hard-drive failure
After a couple of weeks of clacking noises from my media machine, and having had more pressing things to do than try to narrow down which of its three mass-storage drives has the problem, I finally got around to removing the failing drive (a 1.5 TB Seagate Barracuda) in the hope of rescuing its data. Continue reading “Hard-drive failure”
Adventures in Modern Restoration
Back in the late ’90s, CDs were still relatively expensive and back catalogues much less complete than today. Meanwhile, I was getting into digital audio on my PC via Cool Edit, so I did the occasional tape/vinyl restoration project. Continue reading “Adventures in Modern Restoration”