• K9000 - Sun

    December 1st, 2008

    K9000 - Sun album art

    My December single “Sun” marks the sixth song I’ve released in my year-long experiment. I’m definitely getting closer to a tone and feel that I like. Expect more of this style in the future. As always, Sun is available as a zip file containing a high quality mp3 (320kbps) and high resolution album art.

    Download Sun

    You need the Adobe Flash Player to hear this.

    Posted in: Music / Technouveau, Work / Portfolio

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  • Upgrades

    December 3rd, 2008

    Dell 24" Monitor

    In my Christmas list my top item was the new 13” MacBook. I’ve decided to wait on buying a new computer, and instead I’ve been upgrading my current CoreDuo MacBook to get some extra mileage out of it.

    First of all, I’ve been having problems with my Airport card ever since upgrading to Leopard. Subsequent updates to Leopard have not fixed the problem so when I found this tutorial I decided it would be worth opening up the MacBook to replace the Airport card and upgrade to 802.11n while I was at it. The replacement card was purchased on Ebay for $25 and arrived about a week later all the way from Hong Kong (with free shipping). It was a little bit difficult and nerve-racking to install, but when I put it all back together it ran perfectly, as if I hadn’t changed a thing. Except that I can use the internet while away from my desk, and stream high-quality video over our home network.

    The second upgrade was to switch out the 80GB hard drive with a new 320GB drive from Mwave for $75 with shipping. Remove the battery, 3 screws, slide the old drive out, the new drive in, and your done.

    The third upgrade wasn’t to the laptop itself. One of the most common problems I run into is running out of screen space for projects like book design. To remedy this, I went Dell to purchase the 24” LCD monitor from my Christmas list for $530 with shipping. The screen boasts a resolution of 1920x1200 which is 225% larger than my laptops 1280x800. This monitor costs a bit more than other 24 inchers, but for good reason. It has pretty much every input you can imagine: VGA, 2 DVIs, Composite, Component, HDMI, and Display Port. Tack on to that a 4 port usb hub, and 9in1 card reader.

    All in all, I ended up spending about $650 instead of $1400 or potentially $2100 for the MacBook or MacBook Pro, respectively. I could still use a bit more power, but I’m hoping that with Snow Leopard the second core in my CPU might get utilized a bit more.

    Posted in: Assorted

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  • Retro Futurismus

    December 7th, 2008

    Retro futurismus 1

    Retro futurismus 2

    Retro futurismus 3

    Retro futurismus 4

    From Retro Futurismus a collection of futuristic artwork from German illustrators.

    Posted in: Inspiration / Scrapbook, Science / Technology

    3 Comments »

  • Self Portrait in one line

    December 14th, 2008

    Self portrait in one line

    Posted in: Work / Portfolio

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