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balbaugh··on Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial
There is a Substack associated with the suspended twitter account [0].

They have made a recent post about the suspension of said account and all of the users other twitter accounts [1]. It states that twitter told the user "the account was “artificially” amplifying information".

[0] https://patriotone.substack.com

[1] https://patriotone.substack.com/p/twitter-suspension

balbaugh··on Donda Stem Player
According to the FAQ, it seems like you can add your own music to the player as well. So portable DJ device. Plus, clever tool by the Kanye team to get a bunch of fan remix tracks in the wild when the album is finally released.
balbaugh··on Becoming a Lawyer Without Going to Law School (2015)
The NY bar exam can be taken until you pass[1].

[1]see NCBE Bar Admission Guide http://www.ncbex.org/publications/bar-admissions-guide/

balbaugh··on Waning ranks at law schools
Two recent Slate articles on why now is actually a great time to apply to law school.

[1] http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/06/appl...

[2]http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/06/why_...

balbaugh··on Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,” study finds
Here is a link to the actual research article, "Enhanced repertoire of brain dynamical states during the psychedelic experience."

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1002/hbm.2256...

balbaugh··on Why does the sum 7x8 catch people out?
One of my grade school teachers taught me a trick for 7x8. She would tell us to think of the grades one would have to pass before reaching the 7th and 8th grades of school... 5th and 6th. Thus, I will always remember that 7x8=56.
balbaugh··on Scientists find how magic mushrooms alter the mind
Link to research article in the journal Human Brain Mapping: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1002/hbm.2256...
balbaugh··on The Major Labels Are Trying to Sell Spotify for $10 Billion, Sources Say
A new post on digitalmusicnews.com points to Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.

"Now, according to more sources talking to Digital Music News, Microsoft, Google and ‘possibly Amazon’ are all entertaining the idea of buying Spotify, though $10 billion could be considered an aggressive ask."[1]

[1] http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/06/12/microso...

balbaugh··on The Major Labels Are Trying to Sell Spotify for $10 Billion, Sources Say
The article mentions various large telcom and mobile companies like Orange and Verizon but I find it hard to see such a thing as a good fit.
balbaugh··on The Major Labels Are Trying to Sell Spotify for $10 Billion, Sources Say
Apple just recently purchased a streaming music service called Beats.
balbaugh··on Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
I don't understand why everyone has focused so much on the beats headphones side of the acquisition instead of the fact the this is a way for apple to get into the streaming market without having to negotiate from the get go with labels who have been weary of them gaining even more control in the music market. When they negotiated the deals for iTunes they were not even a blip on the radar in the eyes of record labels. Sure, the headphones are the immediate value with the price margin, etc. But, in the end, I see the biggest benefit being gained from an apple backed streaming service.

REMEMBER, Apple didn't create iTunes, they bought it.

balbaugh··on A free cookbook for people living on $4/day
I believe that you are mistaken here. The first cookbook listed is all vegetarian while the cookbook this post is referring to is the second one listed and includes various non vegetarian dishes such as roasted chicken.
balbaugh··on CocoaPods acquired!
Yes
balbaugh··on When, not if: how do San Franciscans live with the threat of the next quake?
This article states 6.7 or LARGER, not 6-7.
balbaugh··on [dead]
More of a "heads up" than anything else. Signed up for the extended free trial through the Beats site a while back. Only opened the app once since then and received this text today: http://i.imgur.com/R8OPMMc.png
balbaugh··on Show HN: Automated Discounts on Amazon
"We use a number of strategies to maximize savings, including discount codes, optimized credit card rewards, and strategic order timing. You can expect to save between $1 and $5 on most orders, and even more for large orders!" [1]

[1] https://www.zincsave.com/faq

balbaugh··on French startups disrupting the way you experience fashion online
One example comes to mind, Instagram. Succeeded very much solely on iPhone platform.
balbaugh··on Show HN: Fiddlewax
Downloaded it and I am really enjoying the app. Keep up the good work.

Just a comment on one thing of interest which I ran into upon first messing around with the app... While moving my fingers about, the four and five finger gestures kept taking me out of the app and into the next in my multitasking queue. I did not know until now that these gestures even existed. But, I know now that I can turn such gestures off in the general settings.

I wonder if an app is allowed to automatically disable/enable these gestures for a user upon entering and exiting the app. Could be useful for music apps such as this.

balbaugh··on Show HN: Fiddlewax
I know a few people using a iPhone 4 that choose not to upgrade to iOS7 because of performance issues.
balbaugh··on Grandpa’s iPad
To quote John Gruber on this post:

"With so many people using their iPads as their primary cameras, I really hope Apple can figure out a way to get the same camera used in the top-of-the-line iPhone into the same model year’s new iPads. And I worry about how someone like Blanc’s grandfather is backing up those photos."[1]

[1] http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/01/27/grandpa-ipad

balbaugh··on Wozniak: “Actually, the movie was largely a lie about me”
There are new comments from Woz posted today on the original Google+ post's comment thread.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CarmsPerez/posts/GnVTvQNgvpf

balbaugh··on Spotify Adds Led Zeppelin as It Focuses on Mobile Business
http://www.spotifyartists.com/spotify-explained/
balbaugh··on When Did Two-Strapping Get Cooler Than One-Strapping?
When I first moved to a large city, I felt susceptible to theft with my bag only being strapped to one shoulder and two straps made it feel more secure.
balbaugh··on Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Leader and Rock Pioneer, Dead at 71
Lou Reed reviewing the new Kanye West Album Yeezus.

http://thetalkhouse.com/reviews/view/lou-reed

balbaugh··on The E-Cigarette Industry, Waiting to Exhale
One thing these e-cig companies could try in order to boost their rep is raising public awareness of the importance of recycling batteries.

Imagine battery recycling stations at all the places that cell these e-cigs which contain batteries themselves.

balbaugh··on The iPhone 5s Review
This is a possibility, not a definite. The courts will have to decide.
balbaugh··on Along For The Ride
iPhone 4 user here. I am repeatedly finding that the lag to view the multitasking leads to me double tapping the home button for a second time resulting in the assistive touch button appearing on the screen. Annoying.
balbaugh··on Banks forgot to renew domain registrations, knocking services offline
Same thing happened with Regions Bank back in April of this year.
balbaugh··on Spotify responds to Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich criticism
One of my biggest fears, as someone who enjoys such wide access to music, is that the number of services will increase to such a large a number and result in such catalog segmentation that I will have to be a member of numerous streaming services to actually listen to what I want.

Maybe this is the what is needed, though? Each major has their own service? Each independent label or groups thereof then do the same? One interesting service I have seen lately is http://drip.fm/ I am really curious as to the success of it so far.

balbaugh··on Spotify responds to Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich criticism
Boilerplate response. One would think that they would want to nip this in the but. At least cite some specifics, there are clearly lots out there...

Writing or speaking about streaming music screwing artists? Read these articles first http://musically.com/2013/02/13/streaming-music-screwing-art...

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