Ray Manzarek Rides the Storm to the Other Side

Ray Manzarek Rides the Storm to the Other Side
   Cancer has claimed another one of my heroes. Ray Manzarek best known as keyboard player and composer for the Doors broke on through to the other side. It is my impression that Manzarek was the musical force behind the Doors. His electric organ is quite possibly the most recognizable keyboard instrument sound in the entire rock music and his band is certainly one that changed the world and I do not mean only the world of music.
Posted by:   Stilgar
14:50 21.05.2013

Jeff Hanneman Goes South of Heaven

Jeff Hanneman Goes South of Heaven
   Slayer's guitar player Jeff Hanneman has died yesterday due to liver failure. This was kind of unexpected. While it was known that he has health problems related to a spider bite on his hand nobody thought it was life threatening. Can Necrotizing fasciitis somehow cause a liver failure? Unlike many of his metal peers Hanneman was not known for heavy drinking or substance abuse.

   Slayer's best-known songs are written by Hanneman. Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, Season in the Abyss and Angel of Death will forever hold cult status among extreme music fans.

   I had the privilege of seeing Hanneman play live three times as part of the Big Four of Thrash Metal – Tom Araya, Kerry King, Dave Lombardo and Jeff Hanneman.

Update 10.05.2013
Turns out the reason was alcohol. At least things make more sense now.
Last edited by:   Stilgar
on   16:15 10.05.2013
Posted by:   Stilgar
07:27 03.05.2013

Why I Will Never Buy Dell Again

Why I Will Never Buy Dell Again
   Over the years I have bought a lot of hardware even for a person in IT. I have bought new and second-hand mid-range parts for computers in an Internet café and I have bought a lot of high-end gamer hardware for personal use. One thing I have learned is that no matter how expensive and high quality hardware you get if you buy enough of it you will get a defective piece. I had parts of many different brands fail and I had parts of no-name brands work fine for decades. In my experience the more cutting edge hardware you get the more likely it is to fail. I have had an expensive high-end Asus video card fail and then its replacement fail again. This is why I am no longer impressed by people's stories about their ten year old laptops which still work fine. This is not interesting at all. The interesting part is what happens when the hardware fails because some hardware will fail.
Posted by:   Stilgar
07:03 24.03.2013

Game Review - Chess

Game Review - Chess
   A friend of mine, who knows I am an avid gamer told me of a review he once read for a game called Chess. I was not able to find the original review, so I decided to write my own and let people know what they are getting into if they decide to purchase the latest entry in the tactical board games genre...
Posted by:   Stilgar
19:05 23.02.2013

Why Choose .NET?

Why Choose .NET?
   Just recently I gave an in-depth reply on a forum to a question that I know I have answered before. When you need to give the same lengthy answer more than once you should write an article to save your keystrokes and just link the article the next time someone asks the same question. This particular question was:

   "If I am involved in a web project where I get to make the decision about the technology stack why would I choose .NET. Why would I choose a stack that costs money, makes the project dependent on a vendor (updates, new versions, etc.) instead of use PHP, Python, Ruby or Java. I don't see any serious technical advantages of ASP.NET and the communities of competing technologies are usually bigger and more helpful."

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Posted by:   Stilgar
20:49 13.02.2013
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