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Archive for November, 2006

Brrrr!

It’s been cold here. The low last night was 4 degrees F. The temperature graph for the last 24 hours is kind of fun:

Audio Damage Plug-in Bundle Available from Cakewalk

Cakewalk, long-time and well-known vendors of music software, is selling a bundle of Audio Damage plug-ins during the holiday season. You can pick up the package of Reverence, DubStation, and Phase Two for a discounted price. The relevant website is here. I believe that this offer is only available to registered Cakewalk customers, and that [...]

Wow! Wasn’t That Exciting?

I really don’t follow politics at all, but yesterday was certainly an exciting day. I’ve been waiting for the last bit of good news to be confirmed, and the NY Times just did so: “Allen Concedes in Virginia Senate Race; Democrats Win Full Control of Congress”. How about that. The Democrats have control of the [...]

Yeah, sure

Here’s a product listing that demonstrates why audiophiles are often looked upon with some derision. I honestly cannot tell whether or not this is supposed to be a joke, but the rest of the site looks serious. I am quite sure that the only effect that knobs have on a stereo’s sound quality is psychological.

Vote Democrat to Save American Lives

If you’re still entertaining foolish thoughts of voting for Republican Party candidates next week, you might want to read this op-ed piece by economist Paul Krugman in the NY Times. Since it requires a registration to read, I’ll take the liberty of quoting parts of it here:

Bechtel, the giant engineering company, is leaving Iraq. Its [...]

Another Brand of Epoxy for Metal

If you haven’t been able to find the Plastic Steel epoxy I’ve mentioned for attaching standoffs to panels, there is another brand of apparently similar stuff called JB Weld. A reader of this site sent this link to me. It’s a discussion thread on making inexpensive illuminated pushbuttons, but if you scroll down a bit [...]

Vexed by FedEx

I used to really like FedEx. They were fast, they were efficient, they had excellent customer support. It seems that they are no longer that way. For the second time in recent years they lost a package sent to me from California. There was nothing unusual about either of the packages; they were packed in [...]