16th January, 2006

When the music moves you
Filed under: Music, — bsag @ 07:01 PM

I’ve got used to putting up with the awful techno dreck that seems to get played in most gyms, so I thought I might be dreaming when I heard Pink Floyd as I started my workout this morning. I rowed to ‘Comfortably Numb’, which seemed utterly appropriate in the circumstances. Obviously someone with taste had broken in to the music system. I had the best workout I’d had for ages, lifting heavier weights and doing better in my aerobic workout. Coincidence? I think not.

Aperture
Filed under: Technology, — bsag @ 06:02 PM

I’ve been meaning to write about my experience with [Aperture][1] for a while, but other stuff got in the way. I also wanted a chance to really work with it for a while, especially in the light of various rather [negative reviews][2] that circulated after its release. I should also say at the outset that in three respects, I’m probably not a typical Aperture user, so my opinions should be weighted with these things in mind:

  1. I didn’t pay full price for it—-a very generous academic licensing price meant that I paid about half of the UK retail price, making it financially equivalent to buying iView MediaPro 3.
  2. I don’t own a camera which produces RAW files—-most of the negative remarks about Aperture seem to concern handling and rendering of RAW files (which to be fair, is a feature Apple promotes above all others).
  3. I’m not a professional photographer, just a keen amateur.

[1]: http://www.apple.com/aperture/ “Apple’s Aperture page” [2]: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/aperture.ars “Ars Technica review”

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