Below are a few articles which were originally posted on my personal blog, but which contain a great amount of technical detail or otherwise interesting observations. They deal with audio, music and computer technology while at the same time trying to remain interesting and not overly formal.
Fun with YouTube's Audio Content ID System
A series of tests designed to try to thwart the audio portion of YouTube's Content ID digital fingerprinting system.
You came and you gave without taking. Like a BitTorrent seed.
Determining the speed and tempo variations in the Barry Manilow's 1974 hit "Mandy."
Everybody Imitates Hypnotoad
Synthesizing Futurama's "Angry Machine" sound effect from scratch using a noise generator and a few filters.
Block Party
A self-made block diagram for the Behringer SL2442FX-PRO mixer.
Hey Hey, Ho Ho, QuickTime 7.4 Has Got To Go
In January 2008, Apple released version 7.4 of QuickTime which had the unfortunate side-effect of breaking video rendering in After Effects. This article explored a method to revert the installed version of QuickTime back to 7.3.
0 dBFS for Vendetta
A list of some of the loudest-sounding songs in my music collection, and a plea to bring back dynamic range.
The Armchair Audio Engineer
An analysis of strange digital compression artifacting present on certain tracks of "Chef Aid: The South Park Album."