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February 17, 2010

The quest for a simple music player on mac OSX

I have to say this: looking for a simple music player for OSX is like searching for a needle in the middle of lots of big sticks; it should be easy, except the needle is under the carpet. Nevertheless, between trying out iTunes , Songbird , and a few other options, i have always felt like there should be something, you know, simple and memory efficient. (…)
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April 19, 2009

Prime Cuts, by Mike Portnoy

I recently rediscovered this CD I had hanging around for a while in a box. It’s called Prime Cuts and, in my opinion, is a must for all drums players/lovers. Not only it was released by the great Mike Portnoy (http://www.mikeportnoy.com/) but also, since most of the rest of the (…)
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January 15, 2009

RFM online radio on OSX

Oh man, do I love OSX or what? I’ve been trying for ages to get a Portuguese radio stream (RFM) to work on ubuntu (no luck with rhythmbox, or even firefox for that matter). It might be related to the fact that they use an .asx stream (windows stuff, ouch).

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January 10, 2009

Cold in Amsterdam

Listening to the soundtrack of the movie Rockstar. My new favorite song is now “We all die young”, by the fictional band “Steel Dragon”.

In other news, it’s freaking cold in Amsterdam: http://picasaweb.google.com/assuncas/20080110_Cold_Day_Amsterdam