teenage engineering’s op-1: a paradigm shift in portable music making

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 2 years, you’ve most likely heard of the of the OP-1 (that is, if you follow new audio device and synth development). Teenage Engineering has been working for many years on this polished product (to the point that people would almost tag the item with […]

kindle 3 tricks & hacks

The Kindle e-Reader is quite the device and in my first review, I brought some ideas on how to maximize its usage. The open source Calibre software and Dropbox library are still some of the best features to keep all of your book library in sync on many computers (and on any platform). In short, […]

why is minecraft so darn addictive?

minecraft landscape

In short, Minecraft is pointless. You live in this generative reality (all worlds are generated randomly with some sort of algorithm). You gather wood, soil, rocks and gravel. And you do what you want, just making sure to have a shelter at night so as not to get killed by monsters. You can’t really win […]

kindle 3 review

I am quite in love with my new kindle 3. It’s a well design device, with good battery life and the management of the files can be quite seamless. BAD SIDE Lets start by the bad side. Why is it that any big company makes their own proprietary usb cord? Don’t they know yet that it’s […]