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

Thanks to the genius of some people in the Pure Data community, I’ve been able to assemble a very handy music-making environment.

In March Neutral Ground invited us to perform at the gallery…

pulsewidth-fake holiday by ernst.pulsewidth Here’s a track I’ve uploaded to Soundcloud… Some loopiness in puredata. I used Axiome by Gwen Coffy, augmented by delay and pattern-controlled filter patches from Martin Brinkmann, and finally a pureverb abstraction from Hardoff’s DIY2 collection from the Pure Data Forums.

It finally happened. I played laptop music in front of people this past weekend.

A new year is always a good time to change a few things.  I’ve just exported my blog to WordPress, just like all the big kids…

I’d like to wish anyone and everyone who follows this blog a safe and happy festive season. See you in 2009!

Every once in a while I change the Linux desktop that I live and work with. Early on in my Linux use I adopted Blackbox, then Fluxbox, as my window manager. This choice came from owning computers that were lacking in resources, and also because Fluxbox provided a cool way to dress my Linux desktop. [...]

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 [...]