Jason De Quadros

  The first time I ever saw a Sony Walkman was at my Cousin’s house. He had won a Sports model - specifically the F5 model - at some contest. I remember it being Yellow and it had these really cool looking matching headphones. It was a Sports model so it was Water Resistant and had a hard rugged plastic body. The buttons were on the front face and the side has a plastic snap that secured the clamshell lid. Of course after that day I had to have one! Fortunately I had a paper route back then, so I spent about a month and a half of my income and bought a Sony Sports Walkman. Specifically it was a WM-F63. It had AM/FM radio, auto reverse, and Dolby B noise reduction. The coolest part about that Walkman was that I could carry whatever music I wanted anywhere. It sounds like nothing now but back then when we didn’t have the Internet it was fun creating a “soundtrack” for my walk to school. The packed in Dolby noise reduction was very effective in reducing a lot of the hiss associated wi...

  Full disclosure - I’m a writing addict. Albeit I never knew I was - until I took a moment one day and starting counting all the Moleskine journals that I’ve filled in over the years. I own a lot of them. You know the ones I’m talking about. They are mostly black - and have a string bookmark - with a paper pocket in the back. When you buy a new Moleskine you get a small booklet in the back. Essentially Hemingway, Chatwin, and Picasso all used similar journals. All of the “cache” and marketing might of Moleskine is contained in the packed in card. When I write with one - I’m conjuring the likes of some of the greatest writers, artists, and thinkers of the 20th Century. Seriously - I use other notebooks - not just Moleskine - but sometimes the brand name - and the inflated cost of dead tree skin - makes me want to write more. Lots of people write in journals - and I believe we are allowed to have our heroes. My fave artist that wrote in journals was Jean Michel Basquiat. He used Mea...