I previously documented my odyssey to find the “best” earphones for me. For the past 18 months or so I’ve been using RHA T20i monitors with over-ear hooks and here’s my verdict. By the way, the reason I eventually replaced my beloved Klipsch earphones that I had been using for years before was the rustling cable […]
I’m an avid proponent of free and open-source software (FOSS). All the open-source services and applications I offer are of course free but I accept donations (i.e. donation-ware). The inflow of PayPal donations is very moderate but that’s alright. Fortunately I don’t have to live off of that – I would have long starved to death. […]
Self-charging robots sorting system helps Chinese delivery company finish at least 200,000 packages a day in the warehouse Chinese delivery firm is moving to embrace automation. Orange robots at the company's sorting stations are able to identify the destination of a package through a code-scan, virtually eliminating sorting mistakes.The army of robots can sort up […]
Issues around privacy and freedom are very dear to me but they’ve come under a lot of pressure in recent years. So, it’s no surprise I was hooked by an article with the catchy headline “Why I told my friends to stop using WhatsApp and Telegram. Even with end-to-end encryption Big Brother is still in […]
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Over time I collected a few very odd photos and screen shots that were just waiting to be published somewhere. Attention test You may know that I’m active on and off on Stack Overflow. For the first time in all those years I was recently spending some time to review low quality posts. After a […]
Sadly, there’s no Magsafe on the new MacBook. But there can be… on any device you own, thanks to MAGZET. This add-on to your current audio port relies on magnets to snap your headphone cable into the port, protecting your ears, your ‘phones, and your device from potential ruin. It’s also designed for modern gadgets, […]
What a fantastic statement by some ‘rp’ in a comment to a “iPhone Bendgate” article on MacDailyNews. Physics is a game you will lose if you are not careful
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2014/08/30/sea-shepherd-crewmembers-arrested-for-intervening-against-brutal-faroese-pilot-whale-grind-hunt-1617 Fourteen Sea Shepherd Conservation Society volunteer crew members of pilot whale defense campaign Operation GrindStop 2014 were arrested today on the Faroese island of Sandoy, as they entered the water to defend pilot whales from the brutal mass slaughter known as “grindadráp” or “grind” – putting themselves directly between a pod of 33 whales […]
Anyone ever noticed that the beat in Paul Kalkbrenner‘s Aaron is veeery similar to the base line in Meshell Ndegeocello‘s Late Petite Mort? Hear for yourself: