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Let’s Talk About: Natural, Melodic, and Harmonic Minors

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Jesse Zylstra

A quick reminder: We tend to remember most scales by thinking about how they deviate from the major (ionian) scale. i.e., we tend to say that the natural minor scale is like the major scale, but the 3rd, 6th, and … Continue reading →

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A Shorter Film about the SAGE Computer

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

For those of you who do not care to watch the 20 minute documentary about the SAGE computer mentioned in our last article, check this one out from the 1960’s: (2:49) (Still has all the CRT‘s, styluses/light-guns, projectors, and crazy-cool … Continue reading →

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Windows vs. Linux

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Today, I present an essay focused towards people who are not familiar with Linux, explaining from an unbiased view (as unbiased as I could get) the differences and similarities between Windows and Linux. Brief: “What are Distributions?” I would like … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Downtime

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Whenever this server experiences downtime, we tend to not only report it, but we also explain how it may have been avoided (if possible) and how it will be prevented in the future. From around 1AM (PST) on January 1st, … Continue reading →

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