So now the loony eco-terrorists are targeting car dealerships for their vandalism and detestable acts. It’s far easier to simply slip in under the cover of night and destroy people’s property, than to actually work constructively to change the course of public policy. Just another sign of our lazy, easy-way-out, …
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Today we had an ultrasound for the new baby… the pictures are here and here. Our doctor says everything is perfectly normal, except for the fact that the baby is just a little bit bigger than usual by this age. Of course, Evie was more than two weeks early and …
Band rehearsal last night was great. The CD release party on September 7 at IOTA in Arlington looks like it’s going to be a good show. It looks like we have a surprise musical guest as an opening act. We are also working on shows at Jammin’ Java and some …
More song work done… a solo guitar part (well, the best that a lamer like me can manage) and a bass pad to add some depth. Hopefully it’s a pretty good guide for when we do the real recording soon.
All right, so I got my song down to hard disk this weekend. It is extremely down and dirty, as I didn’t have much time, or any assistance, to do the work. For acoustic guitar, given my “less than optimal” studio setting, I used my Line 6 Variax, the 1959 …
Students from the RCFG symposium: I am working on getting those presentations up at the URL I provided during the sessions. They will be in PDF format, but I am specifically trying to get a hold of appropriate material to license these under either the GNU FDL, the Creative Commons …
This article discusses personal information and hidden text that can turn up in a variety of word processor formats, most notably Microsoft Word. I’ve been aware of this “feature” for a number of years and don’t use Word for publishing anything these days. Instead, I use either OpenOffice converted to …
I understand that in a few weeks, Buena Vista (the arm of Disney that does their media marketing) will be introducing the new EZ-D discs, which are simply DVD’s whose material is made to evaporate about 48 hours after you open the package. So you buy what you think is …
To all those poor, benighted souls suffering from the latest Micro$oft worm: Are you tired of Micro$oft’s lazy programming attitudes and disregard for your security? Are you sick of dealing with expensive anti-virus solutions that only work some of the time? Isn’t it time you did something about it?
My vote for best DVD package so far this year is the new Black Hawk Down 3-disc Deluxe Edition. Endlessly fascinating, with three commentary tracks, a huge documentary that is actually longer than the film itself (even if it is a bit repetitive), and genuine documentary specials regarding the real …