Shazam vs Midomi: Testing the Limits of Music Identifying Applications
It’s been about 20 years since Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) denied to sampling Queen’s “Under Pressure” for his hit single “Ice Ice Baby”. I say we play a friendly game of “Name That Tune” using an unobstructed instrumental sample from each song with hopes that one song is incorrectly identified as the other.
Music is My Muse
There isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t feel thankful that my office doesn’t have a soft rock station playing over the intercom. It’s not that I have a problem with Fleetwood Mac or Toni Braxton. I’ve actually found that listening to Genesis is a more effective method of curing hiccups than eating gobs of peanut butter.
Driving Directions from China to Priority: a Google Maps API Exploration
How does one get from China to the Priority office and how far exactly is this trip? During a recent exploration of the ‘Get Directions’ feature within Google maps, I found the answers.
Curiosity got me here. I didn’t actually have a genuine interest in lengthening my commute from 10 minutes to approximately 37 days 22 hours (each way).
