I figure there's at least one person here who would appreciate this.

Step back, to approximately 1990....

I asked and begged and pleaded for an AdLib music card. I got it. It had 
this weird editing format called "Piano Roll" I couldn't understand how 
in the heck it related to a piano, and why they called a white screen 
with black rectangles a roll.

Step forward to May of 2009....

I'm watching How It's Made, specifically the segment on how how player 
piano rolls are made. Looking at the roll, it suddenly clicks. It looks 
EXACTLY like the piano roll interface used in most music editing 
applications. Literally, the representation had been around since player 
pianos have been around. Epiphanies are so fun...

-- 
~Mike

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