Fast Week!

• Chris Liscio

This past week just flew by. I've been working on various aspects of FuzzMeasure 1.2 ranging from multiple colored curves, to license key entry, to payment processing on my web server. </p> <p> My motivation to get the license key generation and payment processing sorted out sprouted from the high processing fees on the eSellerate side, as well as the lack of security involved in their license key generation. Also, I'm planning to raise the price of FuzzMeasure, and I'd like to keep more of that money for myself. There are a lot of expenses I will be incurring as FuzzMeasure progresses, and I want to be sure I can handle them all. </p> <p> I've spent all the money I've made on FuzzMeasure thus far, and every single penny has gone back into improving FuzzMeasure. I purchased a bunch of USB audio devices to ensure that FuzzMeasure is compatible with various device behaviors. I have also purchased a small selection of books that cover the theory of loudspeaker measurement. </p> <p> There are a bunch of other purchases I plan to make in the future, like the materials required to build a set of speakers that I can fully document. I want to fully illustrate the process of measuring a raw driver, deriving the T/S parameters, designing the box, and measuring the finished product. </p> <p> Also, as I continue to gain recognition, and purchases increase, I will have to graduate from my home DSL connection for hosting my site. I resolved a few issues with my DSL provider a few months ago that have really solidified my connection, so I will try to hold this off as long as possible. :) </p> <p> The other reason I want to improve the process is because eSellerate's built-in eSeller is just not cutting it for me. I really dislike the fact that it looks like a Mac OS 9 app slapped into OSX. Also, it bloats FuzzMeasure unnecessarily. When I tried to customize my web store using their interface, it was so painful that I decided to "roll my own" using PayPal. PayPal has been great to me so far, and their instant payment notification API is very nice. </p> <p> So, yeah. A lot has been going on. The 1.2b1 will be out soon. I swear. :) </p>