https://aneeshsathe.com/tags/childhood-memories/Recent content in Childhood Memories on Aneesh SatheHugoen-usThu, 10 Jul 2025 04:51:52 +0000https://aneeshsathe.com/nothing-ventured/Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:51:52 +0000https://aneeshsathe.com/nothing-ventured/<p>The wave towered over me. Then the sound filled my ears. Not the calm breath of the waves;  but it was <em>surf music</em>. I was maybe 3. Song names and artist names were beyond me. There was only the blue-green wave and the twang of the guitar.</p> <figure > <img src="https://aneeshsathe.com/media/2025/07/image-1.png" alt="Image"> </figure> <p>I have chased music all my life. Just had to figure out the tools. The record player and the giant speakers taught my first lesson: pressing buttons was joy.  In my pursuit I learned in about records, tapes, CDs, mp3, flac, streaming, Napster, torrents, Winamp, VLC, blanks, CD-R/RWs, compression, bit rates, conversion, transfer, backups, VPN, networking, impedance matching, DACs, amplifiers, calibration, ARC, fibre, buying, licensing, and streaming in approximate order.</p>