My wallet lost, my ears won
I skipped the 2500€ Composer and spent half as much on three upgrades instead: the HEDDphone D1, CrinEar Reference and Topping DX5 II. For now.
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The Odyssey
There's this meme about asking men how often they think about the Roman Empire. Despite being half Italian, my answer would be "not that often." Greek mythology, 1 however? Far more than I'd like to admit. All that to say: yesterday we watched Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey . The tl;dr version: it's great. 9/10. Also, wow, that soundtrack... I'm listening to it while typing this. The longer…
Nine headphones and one dilemma
Nine headphones, 14 tracks and three hours later, Austrian Audio left me with a problem.
A home-brewed Steam Machine: Part 1
A couple of weeks ago, I shared how I am planning to transform a Bazzite PC into a multimedia console. The goal was to use it both as a Steam-based gaming console and as an Apple TV replacement. With the Steam Machine rumored to be coming pretty soon, I started working on this new living room PC. The goal is to build something that would make me not regret skipping the Steam Machine, which —…
Do I want a smartwatch/fitness tracker?
Since switching over from iOS to Android (see here , here , and here ), my first-gen Apple Watch Ultra is lying in a drawer. Even when I was still using an iPhone, I stopped wearing it the moment I bought a proper analogue watch. Except for when I exercised. A few weeks into this Android lifestyle, I started wondering if I want a smartwatch or fitness tracker to pair with this phone. I can't use…
All the apps I use on my Pixel 10
In a recent piece , David Pierce shared this: The Pixel 10 Pro solidified a feeling I’d been having through all of my tests: Android is a better operating system than iOS. Gemini is a useful and usable voice assistant, neither of which you can say about Siri. Android is excellent at sorting and triaging notifications, which meant far fewer buzzes in my pocket. I also got far fewer spam and…
Some notes on AI
I am very skeptical of AI. I also use it heavily on a near-daily basis. Currently, I have three paid accounts running: Claude Code through my work, ChatGPT Business through overkill 1 , and Gemini Pro , which I pay for myself (it comes with 3TB of Google Drive ). On top of that, I have a bunch of credits loaded in OpenCode Zen whenever I want to try one of the other models (e.g. Qwen , Kimi K2 ),…
Linux on the Odin 2 Mini
Before I crowned the Thor as my current favorite handheld, that honor went to the Odin 2 Mini . I seem to really like AYN as a handheld manufacturer. But despite my love for the hardware, I do not like Android as a gaming platform. There are just too many things you need to dial in, making the whole process a chore. Well, recently, I came across Rocknix , a Linux distribution available for a bunch…
A few thoughts on the AYN Thor
The AYN Thor is currently my favorite handheld due to its versatility and portability.
Google Pixel 10 hardware: good, practical, unexciting
The Google Pixel 10 hardware is good, practical, but mostly unexciting. I like it!