Freedom vs Power
You clamored for freedom, but what you really wanted was power. What good is freedom if you can't actually do anything?
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Printing Online
Printing postcards, posters, buttons, bags, t-shirts, cups, etc, etc
Just my reference on what I've gone with over the years. Not necessarily the cheapest or the best quality but what best suites what I needed (maybe cheapest for that particular item or whatnot).
Postcards
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Limiting Per Each Group in MySQL
Not sure what this type of query is actually called. The basic idea is you have multiple tables linked together, but you want to only grab n rows from Table C per iteration of each row in Table A.
A more illustrative explanation: Suppose you have a table listing 10 albums and a table listing 100 records. You only want 5 records per each album.
As you might expect, Googling such a solution was pretty hard. A common solution was:
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A more illustrative explanation: Suppose you have a table listing 10 albums and a table listing 100 records. You only want 5 records per each album.
As you might expect, Googling such a solution was pretty hard. A common solution was:
Code:
SELECT r.* FROM albums as a
LEFT JOIN (
SELECT * FROM records LIMIT 5) r ON r.album_id=a.album_id
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Ignorance on MIDI - It is Not Sound
There seems to be a trend going on lately that whatever was used back in the 90s must be dated and irrelevant today. This isn't just on MIDI but more on that maybe some other time.
Some of the more frustrating comments I've heard these days is that somehow MIDI "sounds" dated or cheesy. There is always so much surprise when someone finds out I use MIDI to record my music but worse is when they suggest *not* using MIDI as a way to improve the quality of the sound.
Now you can say - sure, there's always going to be misconception about various things, especially technology related. The more troubling thing is this was being taught in a few university classes I took on music and computers. Hard part is hearing the lecturer rant against MIDI as some old way of making music that sounds cheap to the ear, when really MIDI does not "sound" like anything at all. It is merely a sequence of recorded notes in digital form (like digital...[More]
Some of the more frustrating comments I've heard these days is that somehow MIDI "sounds" dated or cheesy. There is always so much surprise when someone finds out I use MIDI to record my music but worse is when they suggest *not* using MIDI as a way to improve the quality of the sound.
Now you can say - sure, there's always going to be misconception about various things, especially technology related. The more troubling thing is this was being taught in a few university classes I took on music and computers. Hard part is hearing the lecturer rant against MIDI as some old way of making music that sounds cheap to the ear, when really MIDI does not "sound" like anything at all. It is merely a sequence of recorded notes in digital form (like digital...[More]
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Imperfect Genesis
In the beginning, the world was but a blank canvas, a fresh landscape for gods to shape as they saw fit. After they added life and other final touches to their work, they decided to strip themselves of their power, join their creation as mortals, so that their emotions and imperfections do not allow them to destroy what they so cherished, perhaps as they once did in another time. What they did not realize, however, was that the capacity for their destructive nature came not from their omnipotence but from their ability to reason. Thus even without their power, the destruction they feared for their creation came to be nonetheless, only this time they would not remember it.
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Wanting Everything
You may feel like you want nothing from the world... but then you realize what you actually want is just unattainable.
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Growing Up
Sometimes you wish you didn't have to grow up. But you do want to grow up. You just don't want to become a different person.
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Machine with No Confidence
Work like a machine, yet have no confidence. What good is that?
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Left Unsaid
So many things left unsaid... so many things written but left unread.
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Head in the Clouds
Some watch the clouds and say they're beautiful.
Others stick their heads in and can't see a thing.
Others stick their heads in and can't see a thing.
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Speak For Yourself
Stop saying 'we' and say 'I'. Speak for yourself before you speak for others.
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