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Blogging hardware. From laptops to fountain pens, from Moleskines to smart phones, and everything in between.

Hardware

Mar 23  10
HardwareMusicReviews4 Comments

I love my iPod. I love all my iPods. And being a professional musician who likes technology I have quite a few of them around the house. However, the iPod has a problem. In standard, box fresh, mode it sounds pretty poor. Maybe some people might think that badly compressed sound being squeezed through tiny [...]

How to improve iPod sound quality

Mar 12  10
Hardware2 Comments

I’ll keep this short and sweet. One of my laptops, a Sony Vaio that had been a Linux test bed for several years has finally given up. Possibly because it has, over the years, been trodden on, dropped, and generally smashed around in a way that I would never dream of treating my Apple gear. [...]

Searching for the perfect Linux laptop for musicians

Jan 29  10
AppleBloggingHardware9 Comments

It’s long been Apple’s attitude, some might say its raison d’etre, to lead rather than to follow. And the iPad will lead the way and be the first step in a massive move away from the traditional computer and, perhaps more importantly, the traditional internet. Currently the traditional internet is accessed via a traditional computer, [...]

Why Apple is right about the iPad and everyone who doesn’t agree might need to have a rethink

Jan 28  10
AppleHardwareMusicSoftwareTechnology7 Comments

Yes I know. You can’t technically order an Apple iPad just yet. But if you happen to have a friend who works at an Apple store you can do all sorts of things that can help you get your name on lists. Nothing clandestine. It’s just a fact of life that asking a friend who [...]

Why I just ordered a 64GB 3G Apple iPad

Jul 13  09
BloggingHardware2 Comments

Money is nothing but a means to an end. Your choose the end and then point your wallet in the required direction. And making money with blogs in order to achieve certain ends, support careers, or even fund lifestyles, is something that I have been doing now for a very long time. The money is [...]

Bypassing the need for money by pushing blog sponsorship to the next level