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It seems like the corner frequency of the filter on this USB soundcard isn’t equal to the sample rate of the audio. You can see some quantization, mostly in the time domain, since the DAC is supposed to be 16-bit. It might be because the filter is set with a corner frequency of 48kHz, which [...]
I’m not a big fan of the new YouTube layout. It’s not just a layout change, it’s a change in functionality. A while back, YouTube removed the Friends feature and combined it with subscriptions. This strikes me as odd, since I don’t want to subscribe to everyone that I am friends with, and not everyone [...]
A while back, I was looking on the Android Market for a widget to display my telephone number. I had recently purchased a new SIM card and couldn’t remember my new phone number. The only built-in way to check your phone number on Android is to go to Settings > About Phone > Status, which [...]
The new Youmu game now has a demo out! I’ve set up a BitTorrent download with web seeding, and added the file to this server to help mirror it, since the other mirrors are terrible. DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.minousoft.com/downloads/kengekiWebTrial.zip.torrent BitLet link (torrent from a Java applet in your browser) If you’re having trouble, you can use [...]
I ran into a problem when I installed Sonic Generations on my laptop: I wanted to select a resolution that wasn’t available in the options menu. The lowest widescreen resolution available in the configuration executable was 1024×600, and I experienced low framerates during certain parts of the game. What I wanted to do was select [...]
A while back, I uploaded this video. It contains 24 minutes of what is essentially just band-limited noise. What is interesting is the fact that it was recently flagged as containing copyrighted content. YouTube’s automated copyright detection scheme must have been tricked by the sound somehow, and it must have found high correlation between some [...]
Yesterday, I noticed that my laptop wouldn’t go to sleep after relocating hiberfil.sys. hiberfil.sys is a file which stores a compressed RAM dump during hybrid sleep and hibernation power states. In sleep mode all components are powered off except for the RAM, so that the computer can resume from a low power state instantly. Hybrid [...]
I recently purchased a PL-2303 serial-over-USB adapter to make up for the fact that PC manufacturers (namely laptop manufacturers) don’t seem to want to include any I/O ports on their products. Now, I understand that we’re in the future and everything, but seriously, guys… I might have bought a new laptop, but this doesn’t mean [...]
Well, here it is – a fresh new install. It’s still got that new-install smell, too. (It’s probably carcinogenic, do not actually inhale the fumes.) Now that everything is more-or-less set up, I guess I have to start making posts. Very well then. I’ll start with what I’ll be doing differently from now on. My [...]