Ruslan Gordeev

Song 5

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:10:45 -0700

Song 4

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:09:33 -0700

Piano rules :)

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:34:41 -0700

Back to playing piano again. After two decades of hiatus. :)

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:03:00 -0700

It’s been four years without a new ablum from Dark Tranquillity. Life is cruel.

Fri, 01 May 2020 16:40:42 -0700

🗣 Katatonia 📀 City Burials (2020)

https://album.link/i/1494960292

Katatonia put out a new album. A very good record.

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 14:27:00 -0700

Ok, Costco, I will never buy any appliances from you again. Your deivery service sucks.

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 12:08:38 -0700

It’s kinda sad to see an empy list with the “find friends” button on dark background.

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:41:08 -0700

I just discovered the full discography of Tool on Spotify. Surpise!

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:50:31 -0700

Ok, Microsoft. It’s 2019, and Outlook for Mac still doesn’t support email aliases.

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 01:38:43 -0700

It seems that there’s no such thing as a decent car dealer…

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:07:14 -0700

It seems reading programming books is my new hobby.

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 17:33:03 -0700

Since my MacBook can’t stream audio to a stereo pair of HomePods (come on, Apple!), I decided to give iTunes another shot and subscribed to Apple Music. Nope, iTunes is still a complete dumpster fire. I’m back to Spotify.

Mon, 27 May 2019 11:55:00 -0700

Trying pu-erh tea. Again. :) This time I did some home work and am trying to steep the tea the right way. Will see if I become a pu-erh addict by the time this 19 pieces package is gone. I like the color of the brewed tea the most so far. :)

Antelope Canyon

Wed, 01 May 2019 12:07:58 -0700

Saturday

Sunday

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:21:17 -0700

I saw many very positive reviews of Curt Mangan strings and decided to give their 10-50 set a try. Installed them today and I’m pretty happy so far. Harsh and piercing high end went away, guitar sounds nice and smooth now. Bending string is a challedge, though. :)

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:23:52 -0700

ML Sound Lab is officially my new favorite IRs vendor. I just got myself a pack of absolutely awsome Mesa IRs.

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 22:18:48 -0700

Great Ceylon tea. The trick is to find just right amount of tea when brewing.

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:58:03 -0700

There is no such thing as too many ports.

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 19:54:39 -0700

2018 was an amazing year in the guitar department. There is another amp sim I came across several days ago and it’s absolutely amazing: PRS Supermodels.

Archon’s clean channel is my new favorite sound and it takes pedals really well. Great job, Waves!

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 12:41:34 -0700

I’m not a big fan of a sport band that comes with Apple Watch. I went through cheap options on Amazon but didn’t like the looks of most of them and I wasn’t sure if genuine leather was a real thing in 10 bucks bands. So I got this one from Southern Straps. Looks great.

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 21:25:55 -0700

Stocked up on tea.

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:09:07 -0700

It seems that Apple Watch is pretty useless for steps counting, giving me crazy numbers.

Tea Hunt

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:32:36 -0700

I've never been a big fan of green teas, always prefered black tea or a mix of black and green teas and rooibos. I usually drink Assam or Darjeeling which are great but lately I’ve been looking for something new and exciting. It suddenly hit me: what about Chinese black teas?! I decided to give it a try. I don't like Pu-Ehr for its fishy taste so I went with regular black teas.

I’ve tried three teas so far: Fujian Baroque, Keemun Concerto and Yunnan Jig. All three are great, but I like Yunnan Jig the best.

Will keep trying, that for sure!

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:25:57 -0700

I wonder if anyone at Google uses Google Play Music or Youtube Music. Both products are just crap.

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:20:45 -0700

Ok, I think I don’t need more pedals unless I buy a real 100w amp with 4x12 cabinet. :) Just kidding. It’s a digital era now, no more real amps. :)