Research
December 20, 2008My research concerns modelling the task of emergent musical rhythm perception. This includes models of syncopation, rhythmic complexity, rhythmic expectancy, similarity, beat tracking, downbeat determination and the use of continuous wavelet transforms for time-frequency representations of musical rhythm.
Biography
December 20, 2008I have worked in commercial systems analysis, software engineering, project management, personnel training, technical writing, system and network administration. Application experience includes music information retrieval systems, audio DSP applications, music composition systems, bank cryptography, EFTPOS, smartcards, language design and compiler construction, embedded systems, communications, computer graphics, geographic/land information systems, GPS based aerial photography positioning systems.
Geekcorps Can TV
November 20, 2006The Geekcorps is a volunteer project to transfer technical knowledge into the third world, typically Africa. Courtesy of Jordan, they’ve updated the old trick of building unidirectional WiFi antennae out of Pringles cans into a method of supplying local video broadcasting, dubbed the CanTV.
Who killed the electric car?
September 14, 2006The excellent weekly news program Dateline, on Australian SBS television has a cracker of a story about the U.S. car company General Motors killing the electric car. For a country like Australia with abundant daily sunshine, it’s a no-brainer. The follow up story on electronic rental bicycles in Lyon also resonates now that I’m enjoying…
Bobcasting
February 4, 2006I’ve been following the press releases of Australian Greens Senator from Tasmania, Dr. Bob Brown for some time. I was delighted to find he is now podcasting, calling in on his mobile phone about his position on issues, called, appropriately enough, Bobcasting. You can find his links also on the iTunes podcast directory.
The Thummer
December 26, 2005A project on which I worked for much of 2005 was The Thummer, an innovative musical keyboard which I’m very pleased to see has now reached public release. In particular, their video news release is well worth viewing.
Oil and Sustainable Energy alternatives
April 9, 2005The Australian Treasury Minister, Peter Costello, openly admitted the likelihood of Australia becoming substantially dependent on imported oil in the next 10 years. The need for replacement of oil with sustainable energy sources has now become alarmingly imperative.
Alphabet Soup
December 16, 2004As some readers may already know, I’ve been squirrelled away working on a music/audio software project for some time. We now (phew) have V2.0 of our product, Alphabet Soup, available as a free demo download.
Columbia Shows The Way in Landmine Demilitarisation
October 25, 2004The welcome news of the Colombian military destroying 6,800 landmines during it’s conflict with guerillas makes even more pointed the Bush administrations refusal to honour it’s landmine removal obligations. This makes the moral argument of the U.S. election even more stark. A vote for Bush condones landmine use and torture.
Adbusters anti-sweatshop shoe & The Take
September 28, 2004The anti-corporate Adbusters group has started an initiative to produce vegan, hemp sneakers which are produced with fair labour conditions. The shoes have a look similar to Converse (which I wear, buying them prior to them going bankrupt and being bought by the sweatshop baron Nike). Each pair purchased buys shares in the fair trading…