MICHAEL W. DEAN

When I was a kid growing up in the 70s, whenever I went to the local movie theater, there was this 20-second or so motion logo with some really hip music that would play after the trailers and before the main feature. If we  were still at the concession stand or hanging out in the … Continue reading "Heavy Inspiration for the Boondocks Theme Song"

A lot of ISPs throttle BitTorrent traffic: Charter, AT&T, Qwest, ComCast, CableVision, and many more. There’s a full list HERE. There are lot of tutorials out there on bypassing the evils of throttling. Some work, some don’t, some work for a while then stop working when the ISP figures it out. Below are step-by-step settings … Continue reading "How To Bypass BitTorrent Throttling, step-by-step settings"

This is a VERY simple webmaster trick to speed up the loading of ANY website you create. It is particularly noticeable in WordPress. Simply add this line of code anywhere in the .htaccess file: AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/javascript application/x-javascript application/x-httpd-php application/rss+xml application/atom_xml text/javascript That will enable compression of data sent to from … Continue reading "How to speed up ANY website,

My wife makes me these awesome cookies every Christmas, yum! Mrs. Dean’s Ginger-Toffee Cookies Yummy, chewy, very spicy cookies with a festive crinkled appearance. Great for the holidays. 3 cups flour 2 ½ tsp ginger 2 tsp baking soda 3 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ground cloves ½ tsp salt 2 sticks butter 1 cup packed … Continue reading "Mrs. Dean’s Ginger-Toffee Cookies"

Kinda cool thing I just realized, I named something! In 2008 when the Zoom H2 recorder came out, I dubbed it the “Studio on a Stick” in my O’Reilly Media column, and a Google search shows that “Studio on a stick” has now become the defacto nickname for the Zoom H2. –Michael W. Dean

They say that the Second Amendment protects the First Amendment. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. –Thomas Jefferson Or, if you’re not someone who depends on old dried pieces of parchment to “grant you … Continue reading "Free-Speech Kit (including gun)"

My background: I do podcasting, digital recording and have done low-power community radio. I also used to sing in bands, have done 13 records between 1985 and now, one of those records was on Warner Brothers. And many people who hear my current podcast, FREEDOM FEENS Podcast say it’s the best-sounding podcast they’ve ever heard. … Continue reading "Microphone And Mixer Suggestions For Podcasting And Low-Power Radio"

Howdy everyone, I’ve had this website for a while, but have decided to revamp it, WordPress-afy it, SEO it, and move stuff from a bunch of expiring domains here. I’m realizing that in this day and age when times are tough, smart independent artists don’t need to have 20 or 30 domain names registered, so … Continue reading "Welcome to the revamp of Michael W Dean dot com"