On a whim, encouraged by having solved a particularly nasty case of cable noise on a new microphone1, I dusted off an old tube headphone amp. The dust had accumulated over the years since I abandoned the amp because of a nasty, persistent, somewhat high-pitched buzz. Well, blow me if the buzz h...
At some point, and past the middle of the month seems way beyond that point, I need to admit to myself that May's monthly report is not going to get written. That isn't because nothing worthwhile happened. On the contrary, the month included a terrific visit to London, which straddled May and June a...
Robin Sloan is always good to read (although I have not, yet, had enough downtime to read Sourdough). His proposal for is no exception and I decided to give it the “close consideration” he asked for. I’m not sure I have any “generous imagination” to offer.
The total indifference to customer service is just one reason to close my account at UniCredit. They insist that I make an appointment. I arrive in good time. They ignore me, keep dealing with someone else with no excuse or explanation. Any minute now I know it will be time for their lunch.
I fina...
It has been a week of catching up with technology, hard and soft. And my conclusion is that if you aren’t paying attention it is very easy to be left behind, such that when you do pay attention again, you are completely astonished.
