22 november 2016
I'd like to give a special shoutout to ~bofh453 for being a freaking wizard when it comes to audio. (It sounds like they've worked on ffmpeg!) I promptly decided today that I'd try and build a toy mp3 decoder entirely in JavaScript, because reasons. It's going to be interesting, but bofh453 definitely gave me some great starting points. (I'm pretty new when it comes to everything, though I do work as a software engineer, even though most of my experience is with JavaScript) File processing is still pretty new to me. I've toyed around with some ideas, but nothing major. (Ask me about my half-finished IBM punchcard reader written in JS using canvas to get raw data from JPEGs, and individual pixel parsing! I have an idea of how to improve it, but that'll be a little down the road. Haven't had much time to work on it lately, but it's for a CTF challenge on RingZer0Team) This mp3 project will be a more major test for me, and hopefully I can implement playback using the WebAudio API. It'll be a cool challenge either way.
~caff
This song I love because its music video doesn't change the original song at all from what I can tell, and manages to tell a completely new story on top of the song. This is exactly what I want from a music video. Don't change the song for additional story elements. Don't interupt the song for 15 seconds right before the chorus. Just let it play, and tell your story visually! Marshmello, a new artist broke out early in 2016, who always wears his mask, and currently, his identity is unknown. Marshmello's single Alone managed to break 100 million views on YouTube in 3 months, and encompasses exactly what I believe makes a great music video. It tells its own story without the need for dialog interrupting the song, it has a clear plot, and articulates its story very well.
~caff
Hello Townies! It's a new day (well, not on UTC, yet) and I'm barely awake! I hardly got a wink of sleep last night, but I'm feeling good! Got some energy drinks to ensure that I can stay somewhat coherent. See you soon town!
~caff