I am currently getting rid of much old hardware. Some of it is hard to part with. I spend most of my waking time with technology, in particular computers. They become parts of your life.

Today BEK adopted my beloved old G5, I am happy to know it has found a new home where it will be put to good use. Though, even if I know the little fat-ass will have lots of fun, lots of friends and be very much loved, it still is sad to part ways with such a good and trustworthy friend.

I bought this computer just around the release of Cinematronics in 2004, and it was my main studio workstation until late 2007, when I got a Macbook Pro. All of the NDG films, the film music album, Shadow Of The Beat albums, Ugress - Unicorn and much of the EPs was done on this box. 

In 2007 I decided to become location free, and started moving over to mobile technologies. But ever since, I have kept the G5 standby, mostly because it was a portal back to PowerPC plugins and projects - often the only way to open old projects. But it was also a backup, like when my MBP screen kaputted during the Reminiscience preproduction a year ago, the G5 saved the day.

I have now spent the last week together with my old friend, talking about the good old days, exporting tracks and rendering instruments from the old guy. At first I did this just in case I'd might need it up ahead. But then I realized - I was actually taking farewell, remembering the times we had, the music we made.

It was good to have these last final moments together. For the G5, there are new challenges to met in a great, young environment. For me, I'm off to the clouds, there is not turning back. The final string has been cut.

Thanks for the memories, fatso.