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This is the current homepage of James Pearson, known as Xiong Chiamiov across the internets.

2015-05-24

Roland TD-15K Review

I've been thinking about this for a while, so this is a long review in three parts. First, we'll start off with a brief background on me. This will be followed by a review of all the components of the TD-15K and a conclusion comparing the drumset to the other... more

2014-05-17

Software Engineering in Systems Administration

I am a Web Operations Engineer. While this encompasses a broad spectrum of duties, it boils down to ensuring ifixit.com spends as little time in failure states as possible. Or, to be more colloquial:

Ensure shit works.

While there are obviously technical problems abounding in such a technical... more

2014-02-09

Sheet Music: Documentation for Musicians

Musicians of all sorts are constantly practicing to improve their ability to manifest the music in their heads into the instruments they play. Where there is a large split is in how that music gets into their heads in the first place.

Some people are very good at playing by... more



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