I just needed a place where to ramble and dump all my crazy stuff
Following the suggestions of several people I know, I decided to (re)watch Slam Dunk, the original 101 anime episodes. I already watched some of it when it first aired in Italy on MTV, but unfortunately I missed most of the beginning and the ending and lots of episodes in between. It was also a lot … Read more
There’s a recurring question in my life which never seems to find a proper answer: “Why?” Thanks to a certain someone on Twitter, I got the itch to get my hands on a PowerPC Mac and while browsing the various wikis and websites about vintage macs, I already had in mind what I was looking … Read more
How do you compile static binaries on macOS? You don’t. Thanks for reading. In other news: on Linux you can easily compile static binaries because, as you might be already aware, most software on Linux is open source. That’s not the case on macOS because there are some system libraries which are, obviously, closed … Read more
Since I’ve bought my 49″ Philips ultrawide screen, I’ve been unable to play the only game that I’m aware was specifically made for a 32:9 aspect ratio: Dariusburst. Back when I was using 4 monitors (2 vertical at the sides, a big central one and another smaller one at the top center) with my Mac … Read more
There’s nothing more disheartening than working for an entire week on a track and then finding out that your sound module completely forgot all of the settings of the various instruments you carefully altered, layered and assigned a certain effect to (oh right, all the various effects settings are gone as well). Of course, that … Read more
I honestly think that Yamaha XG is one of the most underrated MIDI systems ever made. It got the bad stigma of being just a “better General MIDI” box (isn’t that the case with Roland GS as well?) without people realizing how flexible and powerful this system is. And not just for playing back MIDI … Read more
This post was triggered after the shitstorm that hit social media in the previous days and was directed at the art direction that Return to Monkey Island took. A quick TL;DR for those unaware: yes, Monkey Island is coming back, and in great style. Made by its original creator, Ron Gilbert, along with all the … Read more
EDIT: Looks like the posts are back up. I swear I’m just as confused as you. Oh, well. Today I woke up to discover that Facebook has decided, out of the blue, to nuke my latest two posts on my page. Just like that. Poof. Gone. Those were two posts linking to this blog’s articles … Read more
Last time I used an OCR was… uh… who am I kidding, I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast, let alone something that happened at least 20 years ago. I remember I had this scanner connected through the parallel port to my PC. It was a nightmare and it was dishearteningly slow. But then … Read more
In the age of ray tracing, virtual reality, augmented reality, quantum computing and incredible, beautiful images of the universe, some of the finest minds at work in some of the biggest companies in the world seem to struggle with simple concepts such as the need to backup and restore the content of our own social … Read more