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The 1750 Joseph Gabler Organ at Weingarten December 23, 2020 Michael McNeil Michael McNeil has designed, constructed, and researched pipe organs since 1973. He was also a research engineer in the disk drive industry with twenty-seven patents. He has authored four hardbound books, among them The Sound of Pipe Organs, several e-publications, and many journal articles. Very few organs survive the depredations of time. Some are the victims of wars and fires, but most are th...

In March 2020, as COVID-19 spread around the world and political leaders began to realise that an immediate response to the pandemic would involve personal sacrifices and public action, politicians and their directors of public health policies took to stadiums, lecterns, and cameras to speak about the need to stay home, shut schools and nurseries, ration access to grocery stores and health services. The men, and they were usually men, spoke of social cohesion and a need to act selflessly and re...

The Algorithm Series: Digital Rights Management (DRM) Anytime I write about digital rights management (DRM), Im reminded that the opinions around codec or format wars are simple skirmishes compared to the strong feelings the term "DRM" evokes. On the one hand, theres the fact that many consumers despise DRM. And not just consumers who are bent on piracy. During my international travels, I cant tell you the number of complaints Ive overheard from parents who download severa...

The Algorithm Series: Digital Rights Management (DRM) Anytime I write about digital rights management (DRM), Im reminded that the opinions around codec or format wars are simple skirmishes compared to the strong feelings the term "DRM" evokes. On the one hand, theres the fact that many consumers despise DRM. And not just consumers who are bent on piracy. During my international travels, I cant tell you the number of complaints Ive overheard from parents who download severa...