Why backup?
Hard drives fail.  All the time.  (Google says so.)
It’s happened to me before, and I’ve seen it happen enough to my friends to know it’ll happen again.  They just weren’t built to last.
Somehow, I’ve been lucky so far in that I haven’t had a major loss due to hard drive failure yet… I’ve always [...]

Last Sunday, a number of us had the opportunity to go to the New York Buddhist Church’s 59th Annual Obon Dance Festival in Bryant Park, NYC. Most of us had never been to an Obon before, so we weren’t sure exactly to expect, but it turned out to be a very enjoyable experience and [...]

On the weekend on May 23-25, myself and two other members of TCNJ Taiko, Chris Leone and Stephanie Pypniowski, had the opportunity to travel out to Stanford University in California to attend the 2008 Intercollegiate Taiko Invitationals.  This was the 14th annual gathering of collegiate Taiko players from across the country, which started in 1995 [...]

This past year spawned so many great mashups that I felt I needed to list a few of my favorites.

A Plus D (Mims vs. Def Leppard) – Pour Some Hot Sugar
DJ Earworm (Madonna vs. Cher vs. Whitney Houston vs. George Krantz) – Believe Somebody
A Plus D (Soulja Boy vs. The Go-Go’s) – We Got [...]

香香-“老鼠爱大米 “(Xiang Xiang – “Lao Shu Ai Da Mi (Mouse Loves Rice)”) + Cristina Aguilera – “I Turn To You” =
DJ MTW – “I Turn To Mice”
[mp3 format, 6.67MB]
After being introduced to the 杨臣刚 version by WoK a month or two ago, 老鼠爱大米 quickly became a staple on my playlist. At some [...]

Finger Eleven’s “Paralyzer” + Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out” =
DJ MTW – “Paralyze Me Out”
[MP3 download, 4.28MB]
This is my second attempt at remixing/mashup, after When It’s Upside Down. The sound quality isn’t that great in this one either, since I didn’t have the best source to work with. If I ever get [...]

So after many attempts, I’ve finally bought a Bag of Crap.
For those of you who dont know, a Bag of Crap is a sought-after item that makes appearances on the online retailer woot.com. Every other time I’ve seen it, it has sold out before I got a chance to order it.
On April 1st, at [...]