Learning music and the guitar as the never-ending failure.

TLDR; I’ve spent 10 years trying to become good at guitar and music, failed at it almost completely, and now give a last chance before understanding, that the whole stuff is just not my cup of tea. Preface I strongly believe that people nowadays do not share enough the ways they fail in life. Everywhere you look you will see the history of success, social media feeds will make you feel bad for sitting the evenings in front of your TV watching that new anime series....

January 1, 2024 · 11 min · 2329 words · Andrei Sviridov

A Rant on New Bluetooth Headphones

Disclaimer First, let me clarify: This post is not a sponsored advertisement. It’s simply a recounting of my journey and the satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) I derived from it. Any links here are not affiliated and are used only for reference. Recently, I made a significant stride in keeping up with the latest tech trends by upgrading all of my frequently used devices to the USB Type-C standard. This transition, largely influenced by EU legislation and the pressure it put on Apple, has been a game-changer in my tech setup....

May 19, 2024 · 5 min · 1040 words · Andrei Sviridov

Book Review Blindsight

Blindsight is when someone is blind and cannot consciously see things, but their brain can still sense and respond to visual information without them realizing it. Even though they are blind in some areas, their brain can still detect and react to things shown in their blind spots, without the person being aware of seeing them. This shows that there are parts of the brain that can process visual information without the person consciously perceiving it....

March 31, 2024 · 5 min · 951 words · Andrei Sviridov

Why yet another blog?

Really, why? Hey there. It’s been a long time (as of this moment in Dec. 2023 ~10 years) I’ve been a software developer and throughout these 10 years I’ve been wanting to have my own blog and website. The biggest problem for me was always the thought that there’s nothing for me to write about that can be of interest to the people outside of my life. Everything’s been written and for every minor and major topic there’s already an expert in it, writing lengthy explainatory posts or large tech company blogs having enough resources for their articles to be professionally written, polished and reviewed....

December 26, 2023 · 2 min · 419 words · Andrei Sviridov