Talking about the seventies, there is this great new band from Norway. They’re called D’Accord and their sound comes right up from that period. Their self-titled album was released last year and makes you rediscover old progressive rock. It has it all from flutes to great vocals. Stig A. Sund, the band guitarist is also responsible for [...]
Bookeen has released the new firmware on Christmas eve. The thing I am the most pleased with, is the bug fix for random freezes. They were rare but really annoying as you had to press the reset button near the battery. The power plus previous page combination was not working at all. Since the update [...]
Vinland Saga, Ikigami or Iliad (Dossier A in French). If you are not familiar with those names, maybe you’re not yet into manga.
Vinland Saga is a Japanese historical manga about Vikings. Both drawing and writing are handled by his gifted author, Makoto Yukimura. The drawing is extremely well done, very accurate and full of details. [...]
After Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde I am enjoying another classic rap album: The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest. Enjoying is too soft of a term because TCQ second effort is the best hip-hop album I have ever listened to. Q-Tip and Phife rhymes, the lyrics, the beats, the jazz atmosphere, the [...]
Songs from mirage reviewed by Dave Lynch on AMG.
There are multiple examples of notes and information organizer applications on the Mac: Together, DEVONthink, Evernote, EagleFiler, Yojimbo… From time to time I tried one of them but I couldn’t find one that fit my needs or how to use it efficiently to organize my stuff.
Then about a month ago Yojimbo 2.0 was released. I [...]
Until recently I was using RapidoSerial, a free tool. Unfortunately RapidoSerial is slow and not maintained anymore. It has been replaced by SecretBox, now a shareware. I was not convinced by SecretBox, so I tried other alternatives but none of them were enough polished for my taste.
Then came 1Password 3.0. I had already a license [...]
Yesterday night excellent gig by Sporto Kantes at Le Bataclan! The concert started with the video clip of the Slits song:
Most of the songs were from their last album: Concrete, Whistle, Liquid, Da Rock, Sick Song, Roma’s Life, Slits… They played also Impressed and Lee from the 2nd Round album.
Sporto and Kantes form an [...]
Songs from mirage aka Aranis III is the third album by Aranis. Fourteen songs for almost one hour of music:
Ouverture
Fresia
Chamber Rock
Reprise
Lullaby
Airesym
Ayru
Lever In Plakjes
Jelimena
Keria
Out Ama
Enjuminenna
Ilah
Finale
The album opens with Ouverture which features the new element in their music: singing. The singing is performed by three women. Depending on the song one, two or the three of them [...]
One week has passed and I can say that I am very satisfied with my Cybook Opus. This new Bookeen ereader is sold with a leather cover that offers a good protection. You could say that it’s the least we could expect for a 250 € device, but some companies don’t even consider providing one [...]