Because comedy is always the best way to make really scary people look like complete and utter fools. That’s what Trump is. A complete and utter fool, who has enough money to be heard. And that makes him a really scary, xenophobic fascist who needs to be shown for what he really is. After all,…
Now Upgraded With Shiny, Small Things!
Dear people of the Internet, You’ll have noticed in the past few weeks that the www.aminorjourney.com domain has been somewhat missing from the Internet. This is because this site is hosted on an old MacMini G4, complete with a thoroughly ancient spinning hard drive which has, it seems, completed its useful life in this world.…
Resurrequiem – Part of the Four Year Harvest
So, in the past few weeks, I’ve found myself talking about my previous life — as a classically-trained oboist — with several different people. And one of the pieces that I’ve never got around to sharing is Resurrequiem by Julia Usher — a piece commissioned for my final graduating recital at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.…
The Vanity Fair Cover
I’ve kept quiet on the Caitlin Jenna thing. I wish her all the best, but I also had some problems when I saw the cover. It felt too… suggestive. Too posed, as if sex is the only reason someone transitions between genders. But thanks to my friend Jenn Dolari, there’s now an amazing social media campaign…
There’s This Book, And You Should Read It.
<Geekmode squee=”true”> The Martian by Andy Weir is one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time. I’ve read it more than once. In fact, I’m half-way through my third audio reading of it. And you need to read it because of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CumZP6_9sHU No, see, I’m serious. It’s going to be…
[UPDATE] Dear Hackintosh World: iMessage is Broken — and now it’s fixed…
Dear Hackintosh World: iMessage is Broken — and now it’s fixed…”…
Pushing the Boundaries of What’s Possible. Is it the Tech? Or is it Me?
As is the case with many of my Aminorjourney.com posts, this one today isn’t exactly work-related, but it isn’t exactly work-free either. You see, I’m on the lookout for some new camera gear, which I think should help me make better shows… or will it? In the past couple of weeks, I’ve taken to using my…
Smartly Using the Cloud — And Reusing Old Tech
If you’re a regular viewer to this site — and I doubt few are given the low, low Google Analytics figures for this domain — you may have noticed a new, smart theme and a few changes in the past few days. That’s because after hosting my site on an AWS instance, I’ve gone a…
Building the Hack: My Super Hackintosh
What follows below is a copy of a post I made over at Tonymac X86, detailing my main studio hackintosh. It’s a pretty sweet machine. *To see the original forum post, you can look here.* I’m duplicating it here partly for curiosity, and partly because I’m still testing out the server. Feel free to ask…
A Place To Call My Own
When you spend most of your day typing news articles for a rapidly-growing news site and most of your evening being a mom, the reality of trying to find time for yourself — taking time out — is tough. You’re last on the list. Bottom of the pile. Perhaps even below the origin axis. In the…