By now I’m sure you’ve heard of the 10000-Hour Rule, popularized in Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers: You need about 10000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in a given field. Want to become an expert violinist? Want to be an elite programmer? Want to paint like the Renaissance Masters? Start …

What do you do when someone knocks on your door at 1:57AM?

If you are me, evidently, you go outside and look around.

Last night I found 3 girls–one pregnant–in my driveway standing next to their car.

“Do you know how to change a flat?”

To set the stage, I’ll just mention that I live way out in the …

Ever wondered how synthesizers make all those crazy sounds? One way has to do with the amplitude envelope.

Synthesizers are an important component of modern music and are also useful for understanding sound design. A subtractive synthesizer is one which uses the application of a filter to alter the …