Ask post: Where to change the technological world?

I'm in a very similar situation. My plan is to study graphic design for a year, and then figure something out.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeffj at 7:32 PM on March 20, 2006

Ask post: External audio for Powerbook?

I've been using the iMic for a few months, and it has performed admirably. It does, however, still use the 3.5 mm stereo miniplug adaptors, which are a fundamentally dodgy technology. One of these days I'm a gonna spring for something with real plugs. For casual use, though, it's fine.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeffj at 2:34 PM on November 14, 2005

To answer your original question, though, yes, what you are looking for is an external soundcard, but, as metaculpa said, they do just look like another set of inputs and outputs to the OS.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeffj at 3:59 PM on November 14, 2005

Ask post: Wow, two plugs for Selected Ambient Works 2, and...

Wow, two plugs for Selected Ambient Works 2, and no mention of 1. SAW 1 is absolutely stellar, though it was hard to find the last time I had to rebuy it.

As far as the Orb goes, I would recommend U.F.Orb. My favourite napping music ever.

A couple people have mentioned Autechre - I will enthusiastically recommend their album Tri Repetae, but I'm a little embarrased to admit that I find some of their other albums unlistenable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeffj at 7:57 PM on June 22, 2004

Ask post: I don't think it's all that different from how...

I don't think it's all that different from how science works today, at least at the bleeding edges - you have a bunch of stuff you want to explain, so you invent a system, and then analyze your theoretical system to show that it can explain the stuff.

For example, "Suppose everything is made out of water. That would explain why stuff is moist all the time!" is not all that different from "Suppose everything is made out of probability waveforms, and you... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeffj at 1:44 PM on January 21, 2004