It's always the cable

[Peter Korsten]

It's been a while since I posted something here. Today, I was 
experiencing some major problem with my PC, which suddenly couldn't read 
a 1 TB SSD any longer. Long story short, it was the extremely cheap SATA 
cable that connected a not-exactly-cheap SSD (>€400 when I bought it) to 
a pretty high-end PC (I bought a 16-core Ryzen 9 CPU recently and it's 
an absolute beast).

And that reminded me: it's always the cable. Those who've known him 
personally might recognise that phrase, but it's something that Gert 
used to say. Got MIDI connection problems? It's always the cable – and 
also always the last thing you check.

I miss my friend. The depression that I dealt with when he died has been 
dealt with, although it will always be lurking around the corner. The 
deluge of serotonin that I was taking prevented me from feeling really 
sad at the time, and also from feeling guilty about not feeling really sad.

Just wanted everybody to know that I'm OK, that I'm still around, and 
after an absolutely mad second half of 2019 at work, things are settling 
down there as well. But I have to limit what I do, and when I do it.

I'm planning to build my own desk, and once I've done that, bring the 
synths down to the living room. Hopefully, I'll be able to enjoy myself 
in other ways than just watching YouTube and Netflix, and posting cat 
memes on Facebook. 😊

- Peter