Monthly Archives: December 2009

Zoom R16 Review

December 25, 2009

The Zoom R16 is a multi-track solid-state recorder, capable of recording 8 tracks simultaneously and playing back an additional 8 tracks. It retails in the UK at about £350. It is a much more complex and sophisticated device than the Zoom H4n which I reviewed earlier this year. This is evident from the proliferation of [...]

Going out with a rock and roll star

December 22, 2009

A while ago Jono posted an article in which he praises Laura for all her hard work in the FLOSS community: By day she is a technical writer, user experience advocate, and geek, but by night she joins the other reprobates on the rather excellent ubuntu-uk Podcast and she was heavily involved in the planning [...]

Help support a FLOSS project you rely on!

December 20, 2009

As I’ve done a few times before, I’ve made a seasonal donation to a FLOSS project. This year I have chosen to make a donation to the Ardour project. We use Ardour to produce the Ubuntu UK Podcast and it’s fantastic to have a sophisticated, professional-grade digital audio workstation package available on Linux. Ardour is [...]

I am a photographer, not a terrorist.

December 5, 2009

The British Journal of Photography has reported a protest being arranged on twitter outside Tate Modern today over the rights of professional and amateur photographers. Photographers are being stopped from taking photographs in public places, typically but not exclusively in London, on the grounds that they could be carrying out reconnaissance for terrorist operations. The [...]