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Format Wars

Technology, ranting, satire No Comments

Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD: Ken Kutaragi winning over Atsutoshi NishidaJust great! As soon as I settle for something in the great Format Wars it is the wrong thing. According to CRN Toshiba’s CEO Atsutoshi Nishida made a point a few hours ago and officially surrendered to Sony’s Blu-Ray format after many months of battling.

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The General

music, texx sound No Comments

I haven’t felt the urge to get creative with music since I scored my dear fellow student Zoki’s short movie Sacred Tree which was a lot of work and great fun. Yesterday, however, I was invited by another dear fellow student, Jot a.k.a. Supernintendo Chalmers, to bring my guitar for a jam session. But, no, I won’t post any of my crappy ad-libs.

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The Infinity of Music

Random Thoughts, music No Comments

Two Behringer vAmp2 on the floor during a jam session with my mate Alex at his placeWhat makes a certain piece of music stand out and what just makes is as random as elevator muzak? Yet there’s music for every occasion and in every place: When you turn on your TV, when you go shopping, even when you try to sleep and have Italian neighbors.

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