Monday, September 10, 2007

A tribute to the nerds


Just came back from my trip to the US. Jet lag is not too bad, got a decent nights sleep. On the plane back it just came to me that this whole project would not have been possible without the net. I have no training in acoustics, I have never studied proper studio design. I would never have gotten the idea of re-building my garage into a studio without the net. Guys like Paul Woodlock (see his building diary here) or web sites such as the Studio Design forum and even the swedish Studio forum, really help and inspire to do things like this. And who are contributing to the forums? The nerds. Those who like reading manuals and really want to know how things work. I would say I am a proud member of that community, at least in some areas. Think about it; can you name a computer support department which can in 2 seconds give you the answers that you'll find on some appropriate forum on the web? If the currency in future sociteties is knowledge, I know who the future belongs to. And nowadays, glasses can look really nice!

1 comment:

Torsetn said...

I’m impressed! I would like to have a studio too. But my neighbours, I think, like to hear me playing viola at midnight, so far they haven’t complained …. It might be because they are Turkish and don’t speak Swedish …. Or they are just music lovers!

Today we just found out by searching on databases on the web that one the new tuberculosis proteins we are working with is common to all infectious bugs, but so far we don’t know its function ….. very exciting!

But now it’s tea time …….

Torsten