Archive for month: August, 2009

Apogee mini-dac works in Windows 7!

29 August, 2009 (21:20) | High fidelity, Tech | By: Torben

Now this is great news folks! I just managed to get my Apogee Mini-DAC to work with Windows 7. Apogee no longer develops drivers for windows, so a lot of folks like myself got left out to dry when Vista emerged. Only windows XP drivers existed for the Mini-DAC. I do most of my stuff [...]

MOTD: Do I hate facebook?

17 August, 2009 (07:46) | MOTD | By: Torben

Well the title says it all – do I hate facebook? The concept drives me mad. Social networking – the most hyped thingomobob on the net. That alone sets the dislike factor into overdrive. However there is a time and a place for such a universal accepted marketplace of the soul. Think about all those [...]

Ist er tot? – a Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles review

14 August, 2009 (07:04) | Science Fiction, TV | By: Torben

Who would have thought it – it’s a Terminator series! Well it’s over now so it is due time to make a final verdict over the show. The series picks up after T2 where John Conner and his mommy (notice that I did not write Sarah Conner, but mommy) fight the bad ass Terminator T888 [...]

Land of the headless and not a headless reader

7 August, 2009 (08:38) | Book review, Science Fiction | By: Torben

Adam Robers writes interesting science fiction period! After I read Stone- a friend of mine lend me another novel: Land of the headless. The story is seen from the perspective of a headless man, which naturally gives the story a novel perspective. This fact alone makes it an interesting read and makes it a worthwhile. [...]

My first David Drake novel: Starliner

4 August, 2009 (09:24) | Book review, Science Fiction | By: Torben

It finally happened. I have read my first David Drake novel. First off let me say that I am a great fan of plot heavy hard science fiction, so the jump from the technologically focused novel to a military one (I am a F14 fanatic) was not a great leap for mankind- nor a great [...]