29 Today

29 Today

Today I turned 29 years old. Wow. Last night Horseman Holbach flew in from Berlin and we blew the foam off a few cold ones and eventually got submerged into a surprisingly fun bunch of people from The Courier Awards. No, not the font, the package delivery people. I...
Denied By Reign Completed

Denied By Reign Completed

Well, at 2.48am, *Denied By Reign*, the debut [Severed Fifth](https://www.severedfifth.com/) album, is finally complete and I am really proud of it. It has been by far my most ambitious project yet – eight songs, 39m 57s of music, 91 guitar riffs, 35 instrument...
29 Today

No, Malmsteen. No!

Wow, [Yngwie Malmsteen](https://www.yngwie.org/), notable guitar virtuoso, who I have been a fan of for years has just announced the cover for his new album *Perpetual Flame*: Oh dear. That is very bad indeed. Notable reaction from the album-buying public includes *...
The Jaunty Jackalope

The Jaunty Jackalope

I am really happy to see [Mark’s announcement](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-September/000481.html) of the codename for the 9.04 version of Ubuntu – the Jaunty Jackalope. I am really excited for the new challenges and...