Michael MD's Report

]> Michael MD's Report http://www.spraci.com/weblog/blog/view/1 spraci.com en SPRACI moving soon! http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1988 "demon", SPRACI's trusty home for more than a decade, is going into retirement soon. Despite sometimes struggling with heavy load in recent years, it was hardly ever down and hardly ever even needed a reboot - full cred to the stability of good old FreeBSD 4.1! .. but its time to move on... and the new server will mean a lot of new possibilities! ... expect to see some big changes on spraci soon! .. starting with a new more flexible back-end and yes probably a new look too... (open to suggestions - if there is something you want to see implemented on spraci, NOW is the time to let me know!) Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:40:39 +1100 Michael_MD bye bye php4 http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1987 given up on php4 - streaming from files it slow whatever I do in that - now finally joining the "php4 is dead" chorus! ,,,,,, spraci moving servers soon anyway... ... until then its going to be perl and c! ... ...and it looks like sqlite's FTS (fulltext search) features might be tha bomb! (yes you do need to edit a file to enable it when you compile it .. but in c that isn't a problem and the perl DBD::SQLite has it enabled anyway (at least to FTS3 level - and from testing so far it seems to be nice and fast!)... Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:17:17 +1100 Michael_MD some thoughts on "social media", events sites and user-generated content http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1844 some thoughts to discuss..Events Sites which have listings of public events.A lot of sites people think of as "social media" these days are culturally closer to the model of an email discussion list (as in free-form discussion between people who have "joined a list") than somewhere people would go to look up "whats on this weekend" and play more of a role for discussion about an event and the sharing of stories, photos, etc during and after the event than they do in letting people know about a future event.To find events outside their known social connections people would go to sites that have listings of public events - events sites, gig guides, etc  (some of which have also been based on a user-generated content model for more than a decade)**** "user-generated content" is not new. ****For a historical perspective look at the use of usenet, bulletin boards ans email discussion lists in the 80s and early 90's - predating the "web" and setting the cultur Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:53:13 +1000 sydney Michael_MD perl music http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1823 this looks like lots of fun .. I remember a few years ago finding some modules on cpan for midi .. http://www.perl.com/pub/2004/08/31/livecode.html Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:21:38 +1100 Michael_MD Facebook Adds hCalendar and hCard Microformats to Millions of Events http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1820 about time! <a href="http://microformats.org/2011/02/17/facebook-adds-hcalendar-hcard" target="_blank">Microformats Blog: Facebook Adds hCalendar and hCard Microformats to Millions of Events</a> Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:11:51 +1100 microformats webdev Michael_MD too hot again http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1809 I was planning to go out last night but within an hour of leaving the air conditioned office the extreme heat & humidity flattened me and I just ended up in bed with a wet towel and a fan... Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:29:46 +1100 Michael_MD http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1804 might go out..hopefully a cool change will make it ok..and if a thunderstorm comes with it I'd rather be outside to watch the lightshow! Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:49:03 +1100 Michael_MD pitchable discman http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1789 decided to pull out the soldering iron today and have a go at that discman that has been lying around here for ages... It now has pitch control. Higher clock frequency (16.93MHz) than the discmans I had years ago, but the mod still works. <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.spraci.com/pages/Michael_MD/pitchablediscman2.jpg" border="0"> </div> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:30:48 +1100 electronics dj diy Michael_MD Dorkbot http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1780 Dorkbot tomorrow (2011-01-13) - http://dorkbotsyd.boztek.net/ Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:17:48 +1100 Michael_MD Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection - out now! http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1504 Clan Analogue is proud to release a slice of Australian electronic music history in Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy CollectionRe Cognition is a collectible three-disc set, containing a selection of the most seminal acts of the era, all of whom started their careers as part of the Clan Analogue collective. Disc A is a collection of the greatest hits from a 15-year era of Australian techno and electronica explorations, encapsulating 24 hours in the life of an electronic music fan. Beginning during the day, whiling away hours in the office listening to radio hits by Disco Stu, Bleepin' J Squawkins, Artificial and General Electrik, we move to glitchy home listening, relaxing with Pretty Boy Crossover, Two4K and Ubin after a hard day. Then it's off to clubland to enjoy the sounds of Deepchild, B(if)tek and the Telemetry Orchestra before moving on to a warehouse party. The chill-out room warms up with Dark Network and Atone before its time to hit the dancefloor for some techno beats from Infusion, Continuum and Itch-E & Scratch-E. Finally, the comedown with 5000 Fingers of Dr T, back home in the early hours. Disc B is an all-new selection of remixes produced from the new generation of Clan Analogue's artists, all of whom remixed their favourite tracks from the collective's back catalogue. Koshowko takes on B(if)tek, Winduptoys resurrect Continuum while Lunar Module lifts Nerve Agent into orbit. Hear the first vibrations of Clan Analogue's next era The set includes a companion DVD. As well as classic filmclips by Deepchild, Telemetry Orchestra, Artificial and others, the disc includes the new documentary Clan Analogue: Plug In & Switch On and the influential 1995 VHS release Clan Analogue Live at the Goethe Institut. A digital-download-only album Cognition X: The Clan Analogue Rarities Collection is available for free to anyone buying Re Cognition triple-disc set. Go to <a href="http://www.clananalogue.org/" target="_blank">www.clananalogue.org</a> for details. Order Re Cognition from <a href="http://www.waterfrontrecords.com/product/74777" target="_blank">http://www.waterfrontrecords.com/product/74777</a> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:05:00 +1000 Michael_MD tip for event promoters! http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1497 Tips for event promoters with websites: If you are going to publish public events on your own website make your markup meaningful! ... make it clear to both machines and humans what is what... - use this: http://microformats.org/wiki/hcalendar anywhere you publish your events. ... or post your events somewhere that does it for you. Event listings on spraci.com are marked up in hCalendar (they have been for years), and spraci's feed aggregator can read hCalendar For spraci listings you should also specity what city it is in - use &quot;geo&quot; and &quot;hCard&quot; under &quot;location&quot;. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:58:00 +1000 sydney webdev syndication spraci Michael_MD long weekend http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1492 thanks to the Sly Fox party on Sat and Dub Club afterparty (Town & Country last night) and the warehouse party afterwoods (last night) for making the long weekend actually fun! Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:53:00 +1000 sydney Michael_MD Swarm vs Index last night http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1491 nice night!These parties always create a friendly vibe. The music ranged from chill-dubcore to dubstep to techno.. and was pretty good quality all night. If you haven't been to a Swarm and like good electronic music I recommend you check it out next time!    Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:57:40 +1000 sydney techno dubstep electronica Michael_MD spraci content manager http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1490 coming very soon to spraci.com...A new interface for spraci users to manage their content ... to make things easier. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:28:00 +1000 sydney spraci Michael_MD Robots and Dinorsaurs http://www.spraci.com/weblog/node/view/1489 I must remember one saturday to go and check this place out! <a href="http://robotsanddinosaurs.org/" target="_blank" title="http://robotsanddinosaurs.org/">http://robotsanddinosaurs.org/</a> Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:36:20 +1000 sydney diy electronics geek Michael_MD