I’ve written the first part of a four part guide to making music with your Mac over at TUAW. This part covers hardware audio interfaces — what to look for and how to choose your gear. Pretty elementary for hardcore music nerds, but I think it’s useful for beginners. The next part’s gonna deal with […]
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I Saw My First Asus EEE 901 Today…
…and I still can’t beat down my hard-on. That thing is amazing. I want one so bad. Especially as my MBP is showing wear and tear — I hate to throw the thing in my bag nowadays, especially as I don’t do much heavy lifting, computer wise, when I’m out and about. The EEE would […]
I've Been Watching Too Much British TV Recently
After watching two episodes of Life On Mars in a row, I almost called my dad “Guv” when he came into the living room a few minutes ago. Reminds me of when Alex was in the middle of watching the first season of The Wire on DVD and, when his mom called him up, called […]
The Enemy Inside
Ben Rubenstein has written a great piece over at PopMatters about the problem with being both a music critic and a friend of musicians. Call it the Stillwater Syndrome. This is always a problem — as a critic, it’s your job to be honest and uncompromising. As a human, it’s your job to want your […]
If One Were To Go To My Muxtape Page…
…one might find some new recordings there, nestled in with the old. I’m just sayin’.
Memorial Day
Tomorrow is Memorial Day, when we Americans give our remembrance of those Americans who’ve died fighting for this country. (Estimates of the numbers vary wildly, but let’s say about 1.8 million Americans total since the War of Independence.) In point of fact, most Americans mark Memorial Day as the psychological beginning of summer. Personally, I […]
Woman Wakes Up After Family Says Goodbye, Tubes Pulled – Health News Story – WEWS Cleveland
Woman Wakes Up After Family Says Goodbye, Tubes Pulled – Health News Story – WEWS Cleveland Doctors are calling Val Thomas a medical miracle. They said they can’t explain how she is alive. They said Thomas suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves for more than 17 hours. At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, […]
Indy Rocked.
Don’t care what anyone else says. I have no cynicism here. It rocked, I liked it all, Shia LaBeouf was great, Cate Blanchett kicked ass, it was a great and worthy Indiana Jones movie. Even the retarded bits were awesome. Would have liked to have seen Sullah in the end. I love Sullah. But that’s […]
RIP, Robert Asprin – Boing Boing
RIP, Robert Asprin – Boing Boing I used to really love Robert Asprin’s Myth Adventures books. I haven’t read them in — God, probably sixteen years or more — but they were some of my favorite humorous fantasy novels when I was a kid. His other books were pretty awesome, too. Sigh.
Dodging The Rain Men
Had a long talk with — or rather, I ranted deliriously for about a half hour or more in my (quite literally) malnourished state at — my friend Gary today, about why I’m getting so fucking sick of the Internet. It was a long and meandering rant, much of which I don’t remember, other than […]