My name is Brad Root and I'm an artist, software engineer, tech enthusiast, music aficionado, video game junkie, weird coffee person, and occasional unicyclist. Find out more about me at my portfolio site.
I blog mostly about technology and video games over here. If you're interested in music, ſtaires! an adventure in listening may be up your alley.
The Staircase, the new HBO series that just wrapped up, was very entertaining. I didn’t watch the original documentary, but I had read an article all about “the owl theory”, which I had found very convincing, so I was vaguely familiar with the murder of Kathleen Peterson. To someone unfamiliar with some of the details … The Staircase
I recently purchased a cheap electric guitar setup so that I could take my third… fourth?… try at learning to play guitar, in the hopes that I can start writing songs. I knew from experience that I would want some sort of audio interface for the guitar (for recording) and that I wanted to use … Mustang Micro & iRig HD 2 Comparison (for iPad users)
Last week I got my Panic Playdate in the mail. I preordered it last July, and have been following it since the May 2019 EDGE announcement, so you could say it was a long time coming. It’s such a nice feeling device, and good looking, too. Sure, the non-backlit screen can be annoying, but I … What I’m Up To – Week 20, 2022
I migrated this blog from Gatsby to WordPress. I’m sure to many people that sounds insane. There’s so many tutorials online on how to migrate in the other direction, and even plugins that export all your content to Markdown files to stick into Gatsby, but nothing if you want to go another way. I’m doing … New blog, who dis?