Colin Dorman 📯💻☕️

@csdorman
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I’m a #frenchhorn player and #webdeveloper, a consumer of #coffee and #beer, and husband and a father.
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Oh sneaky, they replaced the missing 2/3 of the credits on the Melania doc with Epstein files where no one would ever see them.

I’ve updated my guide for tablets for digital sheet music for 2025. Including both Android and iOS devices, as well as my favorite apps for reading sheet music on a tablet.

https://colindorman.com/tech/digital-music-readers-august-2025-update/

#digitalmusic #digitalsheetmusic #tabletmusic #digitalmusician #tabletsheetmusic

Meanings of the smoke for the upcoming papal conclave:

Black smoke means they're burning oil, which could be a sign of piston ring or valve stem seal wear

White smoke means they're burning coolant and the papal head gasket has blown

Restarting more blogging since, the mainstream social media channels are so much of a dumpster fire right now.

This article about Ghost Artists on Spotify is crazy. It's not a surprise, but it's always depressing when something artistic is commodified and becomes a race to the bottom.
https://colindorman.com/tech/ghost-artists/

Ghost Artists - The Enshittification of the Music Business | Colin Dorman

This article in Harper’s Magazine about the phenomena of “ghost artists” capturing real attention (and taking real money) from already-underpaid artists is both fascinating and disheartening. The general idea of ghost artists is both depressing and fairly simple to understand: Spotify, the rumor had it, was filling its most popular playlists with stock music attributed […]

Colin Dorman
Bummed to miss out on so much teaching this week and last due to schools being cancelled for these flu outbreaks, but happy to have a bit more time to catch up on horn practice, prep for a musical in March, and make sure that our car has working brakes.
@viticci Everlog deserves more attention. Much nicer than Day One…

It’s things like this that really keep me supporting Apple, despite all the batshit decisions they sometimes make.

https://www.404media.co/apple-quietly-introduced-iphone-reboot-code-which-is-locking-out-cops/

Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops

On Thursday 404 Media reported that police were freaking out about mysteriously rebooting iPhones. Now multiple experts have found that Apple introduced code that reboots locked phones after a period of time.

404 Media
Shocking and sad news. This was maybe the best site for actual, in-depth analysis of technology and they were never afraid to really get into the weeds https://eworld.social/@512pixels/113051406068636513
512 Pixels (@[email protected])

AnandTech Closing Down https://512pixels.net/2024/08/anandtech-closing-down/

eworld.social

After using #Obsidian for a while, I’m rediscovering the simplicity and tight Apple ecosystem integration of #NotePlan.

If you’re looking for a flexible tool that can handle basic task management, calendar/time block scheduling, project management, and general note taking, NotePlan deserves a hard look. Totally worth it!

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits was taken in Louisville, KY.

The Kentucky Centre for Performing arts.

#kentucky #louisville #sculpture #architecture