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16 November 2024

UoP is the personal blog of Minneapolis-based freelance web developer and independent musician Scott Anderson @room34.

Scott is the sole proprietor of Room 34 Creative Services, and creator of ICS Calendar, No Nonsense, On This Day and other WordPress plugins. You can find Scott's music — as Room 34 — on YouTube, Bandcamp, and all major streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify. He also plays bass with 32nd Street Jazz, South High Community Band and Lake Country Jazz Collective.

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Can a music genre die? Only if you cast it in amber

2024
Today I’m considering the fate of a particular music genre: big band. Big band, swing band, stage band, dance band, jazz orchestra, whatever you choose…
Some thoughts on 5 of my favorite Prince songs

2016
Confession: I was never that big of a Prince fan at his peak of popularity in the ‘80s. I watched MTV incessantly, so I had…
Beware the self-identified “expert”

2012
Every field of human endeavor has its experts: those individuals who, through the right combination of talent, practice, and experience, acquire the highest levels of…
I think Psystar is mocking itself now…

2008
I hadn’t been keeping up with the saga of Psystar this week, so I assumed they’d crawled back under their rock. No, apparently they’re still…
OK, winter, we get it

2008
I knew it was probably coming, so it wasn’t a total shock. But still… I woke up this morning to this: Ugh. It will most…

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16 November 2024
Safari vs. WordPress 6.7 Block Editor: Who’s to blame for forced PNG-to-HEIC conversion?

16 November 2024
tl;dr update: I submitted a bug report about this issue to the WordPress Trac, it was fixed in 6.7.1, and I was even credited as…
Covering Kraftwerk: the process (part 1)

16 November 2015
As my Twitter followers know, I’ve concocted a harebrained scheme to record an EP of Kraftwerk covers, using solely the Pocket Operator calculator-esque synthesizers from…
New Room 34 CD coming soon…

16 November 2011
The time has come once again for me to engage in the extreme narcissism of producing a compilation album. I’ve recorded a crap-ton of music…
Reason enough (for me) to install Windows (and Google Chrome)

16 November 2009
Sure, I own a real NES. Two, in fact. I also own a GBA Micro, Nintendo DS, and a Wii, with emulated versions of all…

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