2001feb02. I recently made the administrative decision to leave my computer speakers on even if I’m not actively using them, because of California’s continuing power crisis. However, this means that when I run into a website that uses background MIDI, the MIDI will suddenly blast away on my speakers, startling me. I already hate MIDI as much as one can hate a file format, I don’t need any help. I have attempted to remove all of MIDI helpers my little asinine Netscape program has pointed to, but the MIDI continues. The worst part is trying to find a solution to this nightmare – I end up on pages that have reams of information on how to play MIDI, but none on how to remove it. Of course each of these pages is overly-eager to demonstrate exactly how to embed MIDI into their pages. The web needs a new filter which I call “Reaching Through The Screen And Strangling The Person Responsible For Making You Listen To ‘Lean On Me’ In MIDI Format Format.”
