This recent experiment falls in to the ‘me too’ category, but I’m still pleased with the result. I saw a recent blog article describing the use of an induction mic, essentially a coil of wire, to collect electromagnetic sounds from various bits of equipment. By wiring a coil or an inductor of some sort to [...]

This is the equipment I’m going to use for an upcoming no-input mixing performance. For the past couple of days I’ve been practising, if you will, making sure that I can keep the various layers of feedback at bay, for a performance I’ll be doing on Friday. It’s very informal, but I thought some preparation [...]

In this photo are my netbook and a bunch of Korg stuff.

On May 18 I joined a new fraternity. That was the day I finished building my Monome 40h kit.

After a lot of research and hand-wringing i finally bought a netbook. I chose the MSI Wind, primarily because the price was right, but also because it seemed to have the best combination of features. I’ve had it for roughly a month now and I’m pleased with this little computer, but it took a bit [...]

It would seem that Asus started something with their EEE PC. Mini-notebooks, AKA netbooks or MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices)seem to be all the rage among PC manufacturers. Some of the noteworthy entries are the MSI Wind, the Acer Aspire One, and, as revealed over at Engadget, the Dell E and E Slim. All of these [...]

I’ve officially retired my Thinkpad T23. Linux ran well on it, even the old Prism II wireless card worked using WPA2-PSK, although I have to say the antennae weren’t the most sensitive. I quite enjoyed using that machine, but there are some bad hardware problems that have arisen, so it’s time to find a replacement. [...]