Microlog | macdaraconroy.com Self, aggregated. tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009-01-20://2 2009-12-06T17:08:39Z Self, aggregated. Movable Type 4.24-en Khoi Vinh on the tradeoff between convenience and high-definition tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2588 2009-12-06T17:02:07Z 2009-12-06T17:08:39Z Khoi Vinh on the tradeoff between convenience and high-definition... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Khoi Vinh on the tradeoff between convenience and high-definition]]> "The essence of [the] argument is dead on: superior fidelity and resolution is terrific but overrated in comparison to convenience... Actually, it’s the content that really matters." Hear, hear! Fidelity is great and all, but there comes to a point when I care less about the quality and more about the content. Actually, it's more a spectrum of appreciation than any fixed point on a graph. Google Zeitgeist 2009 tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2586 2009-12-04T18:51:30Z 2009-12-04T18:52:41Z Google Zeitgeist 2009... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Google Zeitgeist 2009]]> The annual Google Zeitgeist seems like the only time of year when us English-speaking Westerners realise that there's a whole other world out there using the web just like we are. Inside the topsy-turvy world of record label royalty reporting tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2585 2009-12-04T18:50:16Z 2009-12-04T18:51:15Z Inside the topsy-turvy world of record label royalty reporting... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Inside the topsy-turvy world of record label royalty reporting]]> Do people really still believe that (the vast majority of) artists get anything like a fair deal from major labels? Trailblazing tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2584 2009-12-04T18:48:45Z 2009-12-04T18:50:05Z Trailblazing... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Trailblazing]]> Courtesy of the Royal Society, a pretty neat timeline of cultural and scientific achievements from 1650 to the present (and beyond...) Man 'finishes' World of Warcraft tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2583 2009-12-04T18:47:30Z 2009-12-05T18:12:32Z Man 'finishes' World of Warcraft... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Man 'finishes' World of Warcraft]]> I thought this was an Onion story for a minute. Lou Albano obituary tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2582 2009-12-03T23:39:18Z 2009-12-03T23:41:54Z Lou Albano obituary... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Lou Albano obituary]]> Nice of the Guardian to pay tribute to Captain Lou. Immaterials tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2581 2009-12-03T23:28:25Z 2009-12-03T23:37:23Z Immaterials... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Immaterials]]> Matt Jones of BERG describes the company's work in the tangible-ness of intangible things. I particularly like the idea of raw data as a material to tell real stories that are 'human readable', for lack of a better expression. Is modern web design too like print design? tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2580 2009-12-03T23:24:17Z 2009-12-03T23:27:57Z Is modern web design too like print design?... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Is modern web design too like print design?]]> "If I was standing in 1995 and looking ahead to 2009 and was told how all of those technical restrictions would be lifted, of what would be technically possible, I’d imagine 2009’s web to look a lot more exciting than it does. I’d expect it to look less like a magazine or a newspaper and to look more like what the web could be." Agreed. But I think that the fact that this question is even being asked is a sign that we might see a more exciting web in the near future. The last few years have mostly been about function, about what's under the hood. But we've got that sorted, more or less; now's the time to have some fun with the web again. Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2579 2009-03-25T14:11:39Z 2009-03-25T15:43:11Z Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows is streaming online... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows is streaming online]]> Hosted by the National Film Board of Canada, no less. I never got around to seeing this the first time round. Wikipedia entry on trolleybuses tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2578 2009-03-25T14:09:50Z 2009-03-25T15:11:21Z Wikipedia entry on trolleybuses... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Wikipedia entry on trolleybuses]]> I'm fascinated by trolleybuses. Probably because I've never been on one or even seen them in operation. Formula 1 user interfaces tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2577 2009-03-25T14:08:37Z 2009-03-25T15:13:53Z Formula 1 user interfaces... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Formula 1 user interfaces]]> Daring Fireball].]]> The Onion: Oh No, Performers Coming Into Audience tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2576 2009-03-25T14:06:36Z 2009-03-25T15:08:09Z The Onion: Oh No, Performers Coming Into Audience... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com The Onion: Oh No, Performers Coming Into Audience]]> My greatest fear realised. And I'm going to see Cirque du Soleil next week; I swear, if they try it I'll run screaming out of the building. Kottke on the origins of Green Eggs and Ham tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2575 2009-03-25T14:04:02Z 2009-03-25T15:08:26Z Kottke on the origins of Green Eggs and Ham... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Kottke on the origins of Green Eggs and Ham]]> I had no idea. Israeli troops describe shooting Gaza civilians tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2574 2009-03-25T13:52:28Z 2009-03-25T15:03:39Z Israeli troops describe shooting Gaza civilians... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Israeli troops describe shooting Gaza civilians]]> Why am I not surprised? Irish ISPs rally against record label anti-piracy threat tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009:/micro//2.2573 2009-03-25T13:44:03Z 2009-03-25T14:47:06Z Irish ISPs rally against record label anti-piracy threat... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Irish ISPs rally against record label anti-piracy threat]]> A good thing, too. The mainstream can suck a lemon; real music needs the audience the internet can provide.