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Home automation is fun!
I’ve always thought X-10 home automation was a very cool thing, and wanted to get into it. It’s so damned easy to install! You don’t have to replace all your wiring, or anything. And it’s evolved way past the clunky-looking plug-in “lamp modules” that they used to stock at Radio Shack. Now, you can just…
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Some updates
I updated my kegerator page with a bit more detail. Namely, the actual part numbers for the Danby kegerator drip-tray, and the name of the parts supplier that I bought it from. I also updated my project studio page, with some of the new toys I’ve added recently. To whit, Cubase SX3, a Mackie Control…
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More copy-protection ranting.
This whole End of the World Party episode has got me thinking more about this stuff. Was the CD I bought actually defective? Notice I said “CD”. I was under the impression I was buying a Compact Disc. It sure looked alot like a Compact Disc, and was displayed in a rack containing many Compact…
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End of the World Party Pooper
I bought the new Medeski Martin and Wood CD today, titled End of the World Party (just in case). I’ve heard some of the sample tracks on the web-site, and it rocks pretty hard. Very rich palette of keyboard sounds here, lots of “voice chorus” Mellotron, bass-heavy analog synthesizer sounds, and of course the usual…
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Canon 580EX revisited
Took it back to Henry’s yesterday. They exchanged it, no problems.