The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web. Happy reading! Continue reading
Category Archives: music
Saying Good-Bye to a Reluctant Superstar
Marking the passing of a reluctant superstar, Neil Peart or Rush. His impact on drumming and music in general is unquestionable. His impact on my life, personally, is equally so. Good-bye for now my unknown friend. Thanks for the inspiration, travel safely… Continue reading
Today’s Readings
The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web. Happy reading! Continue reading
R.I.P. Mr. Clive Burr
If you’re here for my usual techy-geeky-stuff, sorry, this post is a personal note. It has taken a few days for me to be ready to write this… Clive Burr, the former drummer for the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, … Continue reading
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I wrote some time ago about the Tractor Beam and the Tricorder both slowly moving from Star Trek to reality. Now we’re talking about the Universal Translator. “But we already have Google Translate and Siri,” you say? Well watch this … Continue reading
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Change the Tune: a great way to keep the office harmonious, let out a little pent-up frustration, and give everyone a little exercise! A really great, easy-to-follow tutorial on how to build a responsive design site, from the ground-up. For … Continue reading
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As a (semi-)”reformed”-80s-metaller, I find the Metal Bands per 100,000 People infographic fascinating! The obvious curiousity is why Scandanavia has so many bands per capita, but I’m also intrigued by the apparent plethora of bands in what appears to be … Continue reading
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With my recent move to Germany, I’m passively looking for work. You have to love the honesty in a job postings like this: “Creative and professional website at low cost”… Hey, sounds like a great opportunity, eh! Finally! A website … Continue reading
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From National Geographic, comes the Public Profiler, an interactive world map of surnames. Where do you have family? Was surprised to see “Grogg” so prominent in Switzerland… A great-looking product from Adobe, Adobe Nav, let’s you use your iPad as … Continue reading
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For lovers of Pandora, Shuffler.fm provides a similar “assumption-based” streaming service. You pick a genre and they automatically bounce you from audio site to audio site, playing new and interesting tracks for you, all from within their portal. It’s a … Continue reading