I was a little… early predicting Apple’s big switch to ditch Intel’s chips

Performace extrapolation

It’s been several years since I blogged regularly. Belatedly, here I am cleaning out the dusty attic of this wordpress domain, and I stumble upon this gem in anciently saved drafts. “Apple CPUs should be fast enough to start replacing Intel by 2015”. Even back then it was clear apple silicon was rapidly getting faster, faster than intel chips were getting faster. Apple also seemed to be laying in all the foundations: moving to 64bits to support more memory than any of their mobile devices needed, porting their office suite to iPads and making it free. Starting with relatively low-bar of macbook air, it seemed like only a matter of time before apple rolled over their laptop and later desktop product lines from the bottom up.

Directionally correct, but charmingly naive by half a decade. Goes to show, the future is often more inevitable than we give it credit, just don’t hold it to a strict schedule.

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Tom’s Best Music of 2016

Provisional post while hopping between airports, but here it is on the eve of a new year. A new year that we await with some trepidation as the world seems to slide into uncertainty and insanity. You may need something groovy to listen to as the world burns up or slides into a long nuclear winter, whichever may come first. In which case, I have you covered.

Although a tragic year for the passing of many from old generation of music, for new music, 2016 was surprisingly bountiful. Here is a great list. enjoy in sequence or on shuffle.

Just a spotify list for now, will try and get some other formats together in a later update.

photo: midday sunset in Lapland

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Punk-ass Ska Indie Yidcore etc Christmas Mix 2016 Update

Murray Christmas!
It feels like just yesterday (7 years ago) that I was putting the finishing touches on the last version of this Christmas mix. And although still packed full of timeless classics, it did feel like high time for an update. Here you have it, now an amazing 39 tracks to soundtrack your next holiday party or long drive. And now 50% more inclusive of too! with the addition of some classic hardcore punk Hanukkah favorites.

Download my 2016 mix as one big zip file of songs.

Track listing (in img format to keep the bots out):

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