LinuxMusic

LMMS: Linux MultiMedia Studio

From http://lmms.sourceforge.net/: LMMS aims to be a free alternative to popular (but commercial and closed- source) programs like FruityLoops, Cubase and Logic giving you the ability of producing music with your computer by...
General

Lisp is Sin

A Microsoft employee talks about his experiences with Lisp/Scheme, the current state of the Lisp world and how Lisp might and should change. And how alluring Lisp is to the non-Lisp programmer yet being unaccessible. My favorite...
Programming

Static typing vs. dynamic typing

Michael Feathers has an interesting post: Is Static Typing a Form of Bad Coupling? To me, it's a tradeoff between error checking and flexibility. Error checking takes on greater importance in shrink wrap software and libraries...