Posts in ‘Reviews’
Software for Web Development
For the most part, I design and develop on Mac OS X and Unix. I thought I might give out a few tips on building your own arsenal of Mac software for Web development. Apache HTTP Server 2 As noted in a previous post, I use Apache, which comes bundled with Mac OS X, to develop locally. That way, I can write dynamic pages and preview them without uploading anything to an external development server or the production server. In [...]
Like Bells’ Palma
I recently saw Like Bells on tour at The Loft at Tommy Doyle’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Like Bells is a progressive post-rock band featuring cymbal-heavy percussion, violin, guitar, bass and sparse electronic accompaniment. Their energetic performance featured new material from their second and latest album, Palma, yet to be officially released. It is a departure from their debut album in that it tends toward being more upbeat and utilizes vocals to a higher degree, though they remain sparse. Check them [...]
Yeasayer @ Pitchfork 2009
I attended Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival this year for the first time. I was only able to attend one of three days, Saturday, which had an attractive lineup including most notably (in order of appearance) Yeasayer, MF Doom, Beirut, and The National. After securing a good position in front of stage C after The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s set, Yeasayer started setting up (what I knew of them came from listening to their first and only album, All [...]