Wilhite was working at CompuServe in 1987 when he invented the GIF. “I saw the format I wanted in my head and then I started programming,” he told The New York Times in 2013, saying the first image was an airplane and insisting that the file had only one pronunciation – a soft “G,” like Jif peanut butter. Those using the hard “G,” as in “got” or “given,” “are wrong,” he said. “End of story.”
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Interesting article
Keeping this one around – from the article:
All I remember feeling was, I GOTTA FIGURE THIS SHIT OUT. NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE ME.
PC4 Multi Calculator – calculate MIDI strings
I wrote a small Kurzweil PC4 multi calculator that generates MIDI hex strings for unrealBook. Useful for quickly finding the MIDI strings necessary to change multis.
https://aronnelson.com/kurzweilcalc/#/
Thanks to Kurzweil for making such great keyboards and for providing the necessary information:
All time great apps
iMazing for iPad. Backup and restore files wirelessly from iPad.
JotNot Scanner iOS. Scan music/documents and save as PDF. Has worked for years with very little problems.
Image Viewer MacOS – Nothing fancy. Just works and is fast!
Default Folder MacOS – Click to switch to a directory, save default folders for apps.
Stats MacOS – info in your menu bar.
Hazel MacOS – keep your desktop/folder clean.
unrealBook for iOS – I wrote it, but it’s reliable and great!
Read Rhythm iOS – practice reading rhythms!
MuseScore – Music notation.
ScreenFlick – Record your Mac screen with video and audio.
Paintbrush – Remember when you could just select areas and copy/paste/move them without layers and complications???? Here is a plain old bitmap editor that runs on M1!
Vaccine QR code verifier
Not all apps work with the Hawaii QR code. Here?s one that works for businesses or if you want to verify that your QR code works.
Register your vaccine card at: travel.hawaii.gov
Smart Health Card Verifier For Android
Smart Health Card Verifier For iOS
Like Airdrop but browser based
Works from Android->MacOS and from MacOS->Linux
Pegasus detection with Android
This site has good info on how to check via adb and via backup.
https://itabcode.net/threads/how-to-check-remove-pegasus-spyware-from-mobile-phone-total-guide.564/
Good utilities for MacOS
NameChanger is a good batch rename utility.
Greenshot is a good screen shot app.
Hazel will keep your Mac tidy.
Hardly any gigs
After COVID, the situation is dire. There are hardly any gigs for bands. Note that there are gigs for singles, duos etc…. There is no one place like Gordon Biersch was for having music regularly although I have heard there’s a place called Work/Play that has bands. I heard the Tapa Bar is having pop bands again.
Android’s biggest weakness is lack of iMessage
Videos come in and transmit small. Pictures are not as clear. But overall Android is useful as an OS. But Android 12 is missing some very useful features that iOS15 will have. Of course these problems only happen when communicating with an iPhone user.