Chris Thomas

Good news from AES: "A Preferred Around-ear and On-ear Headphone Target Defined for the B&K 5128 and GRAS 45CA 10 Headphone Test Fixtures” has been accepted for publication at the 159th AES Convention.

This is work I have been doing with Dan Clark Audio the past 2 months.

Better start a tour of Saskatchewan before all the good venues are booked

I would rather die than create an account to continue

A major earthquake off Kamchatka, Russia has struck and a TSUNAMI WATCH has been issued for B.C.

North coast and Haida Gwaii, central coast and northeast Vancouver Island, outer west coast of Vancouver island and the Juan de Fuca Strait.

Now we wait.

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

It's going to get much worse before it gets better, unfortunately. I've posted before about what's coming to the media industry writ large, but unless something changes fast: we're in for a dark age of fact-checking.

www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...

a green cartoon character with a blue background ALT: a green cartoon character with a blue background

"Hey Chris, it's time to update the dataviz, would you care to design some?"

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) review: boring updates aren't necessarily bad ones An unexpected update from the original, the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) has a lot to offer, but is it for you?

We're adding a toggle to swap between raw measurements and error curves!

Now that I have a bit more latitude again, I'm looking at dataviz alongside some pretty big names in the data science community to improve intelligibility. An early example here:

www.soundguys.com/bose-quietco...

Doesn't surprise me, sadly- the typical avenues for people to get into it/stay in aren't really all that attractive to younger people, and pretty much all alcohol consumption is down here, too

It's tough because the ones that drive volume are generally pretty sweet, but the liquor stores around here do pretty frequent tastings/showcases. I think part of the trouble is that there's such a huge area that grows wine that it's difficult to sift through. Ditto beer, liquor

Oh hey, more evidence for the pile, courtesy of @404media.co
bsky.app/profile/404m...

C. Scott Brown A Pixel user's perspective on all things smartphones and general tech! C. Scott Brown is a big fan of Google Pixel smartphones and the wider Made by Google ecosystem. This is a place where you can lea...

Big news today: I have launched my own YouTube channel! You can find it at www.youtube.com/@cscottbrown It would sure mean a lot to me if you subscribed and watched the first few videos there. I have a lot of people to thank, so here's a short 🧵

BC has a lot of options if you want to buy local!

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain

🔗 www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...

There was mention of earbuds, do I wonder if it's a firmware update feature-add, or a new product

Spent some time with the vivo X Fold 5. Really wish this were available in more countries. First foldie with both water and dust resistance, largest battery in a foldable (6,000mAh), and decent rear cameras (expect the ultrawide).

It's one hell of a learning experience, that's for sure

a man in armor with the words so it begins ALT: a man in armor with the words so it begins

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Confirmed: Nintendo’s Switch 2 can work with existing docks and webcams after replacing their firmware Less e-waste would be good!

Confirmed: Nintendo’s Switch 2 can work with existing docks and webcams after replacing their firmware

When your stuff breaks, what’s your preferred way to get it fixed?

When OEMs decide to support repair—or when the law makes them—they have four options, each with benefits and drawbacks. The best OEMs use some combination of these repair support channels. 🧵

The book is now available for preorder with a picture of the final cover.

a.co/d/iLFoZcW

Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.

Alright folks, we're rounding up stuff for the next ggplot2 release. Now would be an excellent time to probe if your packages still work and report new bugs we may have missed!

#rstats #ggplot

Samsung phones can survive twice as many charges as Pixel and iPhone, according to EU data Energy labels reveal just how many charges you can expect your phone's battery to last.

Samsung phones can survive twice as many charges as Pixel and iPhone, according to EU data

Deerhoof did not want its music ‘funding AI battle tech’ — so it ditched Spotify Drummer Greg Saunier explains the moral calculus behind leaving the biggest streaming platform

Deerhoof did not want its music ‘funding AI battle tech’ — so it ditched Spotify

Do headphone manufacturers lie about battery life? We tested hundreds of products Can you take advertised claims of battery life seriously? Are they simply made up? We compare our findings.

Filed under "duh:" manufacturer claims of battery life vary from test data, but more or less in the right ballpark (provided a similar test is applied)

www.soundguys.com/headphones-b...

AI music ain't got the same soul; I like that old time rock 'n' roll

Bonne fête du Canada!

Happy Canada Day!