tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805716.post110840124836557758..comments2024-02-10T08:21:19.099+00:00Comments on Kapitano: CoughKapitanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14647896216499813443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805716.post-1108427601406151822005-02-15T00:33:00.000+00:002005-02-15T00:33:00.000+00:00Reinstalling. Ah, you noticed that too :-). Well, ...Reinstalling. Ah, you noticed that too :-). Well, after an evening spent installing windows on my own computer, I spent the night fixing (actually, failing to fix) someone else's printer. Tomorrow there's a soldier with a server and a website that's gone down, and on thursday there's an actor with an *old* PC that keeps crashing, and his lodger who can't connect his laptop to the internet.<br /><br />Oh, and there's a sailor with a virus, probably on friday. So to speak.<br /><br />Exactly how I get to know all these sailors, soldiers and actors is a question. But...um...yes.<br /><br />Cunning plan. Hmmm. If I invent a way to stop windows crashing, Microsoft will sue me. If I invent a super-duper software synthesiser...Reaktor and Reason will make one better, because they've got teams of experts. <br /><br />Tyler of The Cow Exchange and me were working on a searchable rhyming dictionary that allows for several different kinds of rhymes. But he's gone quiet.<br /><br />I did have a musical idea: The Remix Generator. You feed in a selection of drum loops, basslines, vocal tracks and stuff...and it generates a partially random arrangement *in*the*genre*of*your*choice!<br /><br />You've got a pop ballad and you need a trance mix? Easy! Just feed in the sections for each instrument, and the program will shuffle them into a formulaic trance format. Complete with throbby bassline and a bit near the end where the drums drop and you get lots of pads.<br /><br />PS. when I have a cold, I can do a Kenny Rogers impersonation. Kenny Rogers with adenoidal trouble. When it's a bad cold, I can do Barry White. Still, at least it's not Cyndi Lauper.Kapitanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647896216499813443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805716.post-1108412164190768872005-02-14T20:16:00.000+00:002005-02-14T20:16:00.000+00:00You seem to spend an awful lot of time installing ...You seem to spend an awful lot of time installing and re-installing computer software.<br />Here's a plan. Invent a nifty bit of software, and/or gadget that no one has heard of, patent it, become rich and then employ someone to maintain your computers for you! Simple... Not that it's worked for me yet.<br />PS Splutter.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566157204480177842noreply@blogger.com