Month: March, 2008
19 March, 2008 (00:17) | dead people, personal | No comments
Bummer. Another one of my heroes gone…
RIP Arthur C. Clarke.
I admit… I used to read a lot of science fiction during my Younger Years… It has attracted and fascinated me during my whole life - Science & Fiction, that is - and it has been a great influence on many aspects of my life, be […]
18 March, 2008 (12:41) | computers, internet | No comments
When Browsers Go Wrong:
This can happen when database-driven websites get updated just at the exact moment when you load a page…
Click the above image for a larger view… But not as large as it really was: the screen snapshot is in reality 3300 x 2200 pixels (took me about 4 screenshots).
Anyway, I didn’t even want […]
17 March, 2008 (16:39) | blogging, computers | No comments
This just in from a certain weather-uk.com domain:
Geraes, sta. Catharina and espirito santo silver, noticed
which farms had good crops he heard the of houses to which
one begins to get reconciled. I’d rely on it every time.
no good in court, of you think i know what household affairs
are? And she excelled in several branches of sport. […]
12 March, 2008 (21:28) | design, miscellaneous, silly | No comments
Sir Lancelot gazed fondly into the soft blue pools of Lady Guineviere’s eyes and gently held her mutant third hand.
Wait, what?
via photoshop disasters
10 March, 2008 (22:13) | personal | 1 comment
Back online, after two [house] moves in only a few weeks.
Still need to connect most of my music gear, but that’s a rather pleasant experience compared to moving boxes.
Every single bone and muscle in my body aches. My back and ribs are slowly getting better though.
A lot of work awaits me, but first: connecting my […]
4 March, 2008 (23:47) | music, synthesizer, technology | 2 comments
…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 […]
4 March, 2008 (23:35) | nature, technology | 4 comments
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 […]
2 March, 2008 (01:12) | future/retro, music, synthesizer | No comments
Ricochet by Tangerine dream, probably my most favoristititcstiz elektronik album ever. I literally grew up with this, and I still listen to it on a regular base, 30 years on… I know every single note, twist and beat of this record, and it still fascinates and amazes me with new meanderings at every occasion. Those […]
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