Melbourne based Kiwi. Posts about tech, design, music, web, observations, pop-culture. The usual.
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If you’ve been wondering what to do when Google picks a bad match for one of your uploaded songs, wonder no more: you can force Play Music to revert to your original upload using the web interface.
Go to: My Library > List by Songs > Filter: Purchased and Uploaded — then right click and Fix Incorrect Match.
So Google Save is pretty interesting. I tend to keep stuff in a weird combination of Pocket (for articles), Pinterest (for mood board stuff), a Twitter “read later” list and a few other places. I wonder if this could become a real catch-all for me.
A few observations:
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The more I think about this the more sense it makes. If you’ve invested time and resources into a feature article, you’re absolutely stark raving mad if you don’t release an audio version of the article simultaneously. (more…)
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“It’s time to embrace $10 games on Android. We’re quickly reaching a point where new technology is going to demand a greater expense for a better product, and there’s no reason any game developer that creates something to entertain you for 2+ hours a week for months is considered less valuable than whatever you had for lunch today.”
– Russell Holly writing for Android Central
The problem for me here is one of comparisons. I’ll happily pay $10 for a game – but what do I consider $10 worth of value?
On sale, Ori and the Blind Forest was $12, and the Abe’s Oddysee remake is currently $10.
To my mind Alto’s Adventure is sure as hell not worth $10. I’d pay $5 to completely remove the ads I suppose – but now I’m acting all arbitrary. (PS – it’s a good game and you should check it out).
I can understand the idea: “games are worth more, so developers should charge more, and gamers should spend more”, but I think the reality is a bit more complex than that.
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Steven Joyce enjoys a rubbery, pink protest.
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At National Gallery Victoria. Captured on a Sony Z3 using Google Camera.
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Recently I grabbed the demo version of Affinity Designer to take it for a test drive. I decided to take a trip down memory lane and revisit my first ever digital camera, the Mavica FD-73.
Further reading:
Wikipedia
Retro Thing
DP Review
Camera Wiki
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Remember when you had to buy magazines to find our about weird little off-shoot bands, then order the CD from overseas? Every once in a while I remember an obscure album from the early 2000’s and have a hell of a time tracking it down. Simply Mortified was easy to find on YouTube at least…
“BS 2000 is the name of a musical side project of Beastie Boys’ Adam “Adrock” Horovitz and Amery “AWOL” Smith also with tracks featuring Janay North. In 1997, BS 2000 released their vinyl-only self-titled debut. Simply Mortified was the final release through the Beastie Boys’ Grand Royal label.” – Wiki
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Few people like quoting lines from The Big Lebowski more than me… Except for Google’s auto-complete I guess.
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New psychedelic hiphop from my pal, So Much Lasagne.
Inspired by Middle Eastern rev heads, spirulina, NBA action and classic and hazy hip-hop beats, Dream Diary is an ode to doing your own thing and not being forced to finish it until you know it’s ready. – Noisey
