Archive for January, 2008
Getting Into My Synthesizer
I found myself doing this the other day, and realized that there are some merits to the smaller modular formats that I hadn’t previously considered:
Yes, this photo is staged; I took it with my camera’s timer. However, I really was doing this before I realized how silly it is (and how silly it must look–not [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Studio Nebula.
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Nifty Electric Bikes and Cars
I happened to cross paths with the owner of Small Planet Electric Vehicles recently. The site offers for sale a number of electric bikes, electrically assisted bikes, and a couple of small electric cars. I’m fortunate in that I don’t drive much–my daily commute consists of walking down and up a flight of stairs–but were [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Pee-Chee T-Shirt!
Some fellow left a quiet little comment on my post about Pee-Chees, but his creation seems worthy of special mention. He’s created a Pee-Chee T-shirt, made available from one of the numerous short-run custom-printing services available online. Click here to visit his page and see a photo of the shirt.
Posted: January 20th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Abandoning WordPress–Or Not
Awhile back I wrote here about my intent to cease using WordPress and replace it with a static site generated with other tools. Since then, to state the self-evident, I’ve changed my mind and am stick with WordPress for the foreseeable future.
I changed my mind awhile ago when I was looking at my server logs [...]
Posted: January 20th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Praise for Fluid, Liquid and Vapor from Computer Music
Once again, Audio Damage products have garnered praise from those nice folks at Computer Music. The new issue just arrived in my mailbox today; it contains a two-page spread reviewing Audio Damage’s three most recent products en masse. The review concludes with an overall score of 9/10 and this verdict:
Each of these plug-ins offers something [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2008 under Audio Damage.
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Good Video on Surface-Mount Soldering Techniques
There’s an excellent video here that shows how to do surface-mount soldering by hand. I’ve done several SMT projects now and I’m a complete convert: in some ways, I prefer it to the old through-hole technology. This video will show you how it’s done. It’s very well photographed and narrated. The same site has a [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2008 under Studio Nebula.
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“Mommy, what was a CD?”
If you buy music and/or make music, you might find it interesting to read this post and this post about Positron! Records ceasing to release music on CDs. This is relevant to me because Positron! releases a bunch of good music, including but not limited to everything recorded by Chris, my Audio Damage partner. It’s [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2008 under Studio Nebula, Uncategorized.
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Happy New Year!
I have a feeling that many more people read this blog than I suspect, so I’d like to take the first day of the year as an opportunity to thank all of you for your interest and attention. May you all enjoy a happy, healthy and prosperous 2008!
(Yes, the site has a new look. Like [...]
Posted: January 1st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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