A totally amazing series of photos of the preparation of the Discovery Shuttle. Very rarely seen by the general public…
To me, this is ehm, rocket science (pun nr.1). It goes way above my comprehension how on earth (pun nr.2) human beings are able to put together something like this [and make it actually work]. Not […]
Sometimes IT-technology can be a wonderful thing. Especially when it’s applied properly to a Mac.
As if I have nothing else to do — about 4 or 5 incoming design jobs, my music, my music app development, a bit of life itself, etc — I decided to hack into theme development for Wordpress. I simply need […]
You know what the uncanny valley [wiki] is, right ?
Well, ehm, this is uncanny valley. Really.
Urghh. Now I can’t sleep anymore.
…and I dare to run the same test as the previous post with a real vintage analog MiniMoog, compared to some VI (Virtual Instrument) software clone [as in: a digital emulation or copy of the MiniMoog’s innards].
I already know what the outcome is gonna be.
So puhlease, can we stop about that ridiculous hype about analog […]
From a post on the Audioholics forum:
We gathered up a 5 of our audio buddies. We took my “old” Martin Logan SL-3 (not a bad speaker for accurate noise making) and hooked them up with Monster 1000 speaker cables (decent cables according to the audio press). We also rigged up 14 gauge, oxygen free Belden […]
Awesome stuff in Dan Paluska’s and Jeff Lieberman’s ping pong ball hurling, robotic Absolut Quartet orchestral machine.
Stunning.
Gartner: HD DVD price cuts only prolong agony
“Price cuts by Toshiba on its HD DVD players in the U.S. earlier this month may prove to be “useless resistance” in the battle against the rival Blu-ray Disc optical disc format, according to Gartner.
The market research company expects Blu-ray Disc to win the battle against HD DVD […]
This is basically how I would want my hifi to look (and behave) like, all under my 50-year-old motto Less is More, Simple is Better.
The stereo amplifier has the following controls (left to right):
- Headphones output jack.
- Mute button.
- Micro-stepped volume button. Push to power on/off; also switches off all connected peripherals.
- Four source select […]
Wanna see the difference [in resolution] between regular DVD and High Definition ?
Here you go…
Death of HD DVD ?
It sure looks like it, now that Warner has decided to fully back Blu-ray, and is going to abandon the HD DVD camp completely in a few months…
Personally I feel rather good about this - for some reason unknown to myself I felt more comfortably with Blu-ray, although I am […]