Bravo Anya for your HSC results
Bravo Anya for your HSC results today. We’re all very proud of you. Enjoy your university time in Toulouse, France, and see you next year.
View ArticleA car is not an investment
When walking in Port-Louis or driving on the motorway, one regularly comes across big and expensive limousines (such as the ugly BMW i7 above). I always wonder why people would put so much money into...
View ArticleHow to discover new music?
Since stumbling upon this article in The Atlantic on whether old music is killing new music, I have been thinking a lot about the process we use to discover the wonderful albums being released today...
View ArticleThe audio plugins I need to learn in depth
I agree with Warren Huart: we have too many audio plugins. I did an interesting exercise today. I chose 10 software instruments, which I have purchased over the years, sorted in alphabetical order,...
View ArticleRIP Fred Brooks
Fred Brooks has just passed away at 91 years old. He was a computer scientist, computer architect and software engineer. He managed the development of IBM’s System/360 family of computers and the...
View ArticleSo many saturation and “mangling” plugins…
I have a lot of saturation plugins and I need to properly evaluate them: Baby Audio Parallel Aggressor Black Box Analog Design HG-2 Black Box Analog Design HG-2MS Elysia Karacter Elysia Phil’s Cascade...
View ArticleA second life for my Canon EOS 60D
In 2010, I asked a good friend, who was on vacation in China, to purchase a fixed 50mm lens for me, the famous Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II aka the nifty fifty. With this lens, I managed to obtain beautiful...
View ArticleAnya is 21 today
We wish you a wonderful 21st birthday, dear Anya. The world is yours to discover and we are really happy for you, young woman. As parents, Christina and I have done what we felt was important for Anya...
View ArticleHappy 19th birthday Kyan
For the first time in his life, Kyan is celebrating his birthday without us. He has started his first year of university in the beautiful town of Aix-en-Provence. We did speak (together with Anya too)...
View ArticleLe Règne Animal is an excellent movie
Christina and I watched Le Règne Animal (The Animal Kingdom) with my cousin, Suneelah, yesterday at the movies. Truly, it was quite an experience for the three of us and, one day later, I am still...
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