24-Bit Dailies in a 16-Bit World

So you are probably asking, what has BBQ got to do with motion picture sound recording?

On Friday, Feb 16 -- shortly after the horrific Florida school shootings -- there was an "active shooter" scare on the campus of Califorinia State University Northridge, which is where I teach.

That moring, social media was in a frenzy over posted video indicating a THREAT to the campus. Students reported to me that there were helicopters overhead and that their friends were texting them about the possibility of an "active shooter" on the grounds of the university!

Yesterday the world was shaken with the news of Steve Jobs' passing. For some of us, it did not come as that much of a surprise. My wife is a gastroenterology RN at one of the country's top hospitals, and she is all too familar with pancreatic cancer. So we knew that for Steve, it was just a matter of time. But no one can deny that this man truly left his mark on the world during his relatively short lifetime.

On Sept 30, 2011, the USA was able to take out two known terrorists. The story has been on all of the news, Anwar al-Awlaki, a powerful American-born Islamic cleric who was known to be an al-Qaeda operative, was killed Friday in Yemen, along with one of his associates. I believe that the controversy as to whether or not the killing of two former Americans was justified is a no brainer.