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When doing some research for a customer I needed a simple way to test the behaviour of a webapplication across several domains. Since I am a mobile consultant, a setup using several servers was impractical. I found a little application that is an (almost) full-blown DNS called SimpleDNS. I could create my own domains and simulate the real world behaviour I wanted. Virtualization with VMware or a similar product is also very useful when doing testing and research. The only drawback is the need of disc. When you have a laptop disc space is not overflowing.

How many times have you experienced the frustration when you are trying to configure some software and that thing does not tell you when you configure it the wrong way. When you do right, the software works as it should, but when you do wrong, it is just silent. What if we developers would take some time when we create applications and write a few statements extra that inform the user about wrong configuration. It is a matter of a few ‘else’s’ that can save hours for some poor deployer.

I absolutely love the sound and feeling of my fretless bass. It was as I suspected, playing fretless is for me. To expose me as much as possible, I decided to play everything with the fretless for a while. That means biting rock, funk, blues and soft ballads. The only thing that is excluded is slapping. I realize that my Warwick Streamer LX is better suited for rock, but the fretless can bite you also. You can create the “mwah”, the typical fretless sound, when you want it and avoid it at other times. It is all in your fingers.

For maximum “mwah” you should have a low string height. On the other hand, if you want to avoid it at times, the height should not be to low. Regarding your playing technique, you get more “mwah” when you play on your pads instead of on your fingertips. If you slide up just a tiny bit to the correct pitch the effect is increased. What we call the “mwah” is really a change of the timbre, the color of the sound as it develops. The amplitude of the harmonics change from the start to the end of the tone. Your fingers has much to do with it. Wow, a naked tone can express so much.