“…’tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow’? One tomorrow would suffice, but it’s the other two that have made the thing immortal.” E. B. White, the guru of the written word, responds to a query of conciseness. He addresses the eternal conflict between precision and flourishes. To add words, or not to add, that is the question. […]
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Ghostly Sounds
Ever wonder what the difference between an MP3 and a WAV is and why people make such a fuss over higher-quality files? Ryan Maguire, a Ph.D. student in Composition and Computer Technologies at the University of Virginia, turned wonder into action when he started a project called “The Ghost in the MP3,” a song project that only allows […]