Archive for January, 2007
Working with RAW
Realized yesterday that I didn’t have a case to protect my new investment and went down to the camera store and picked up a nice little Tamrac bag for $40 or so. Adding lenses to my collection is probably quite a ways off, so this little bag should do the trick for quite a while. [...]
My Camera’s In!
Well, when you order 2nd day air, UPS clearly does not fuck around.
Nice one, UPS.
…but it’s here! My initial reaction after tearing the box open was “NO WAY!”, then a sort of sinking feeling set in: “This is entirely too much camera for me”. I screwed the lens on, secured the strap on (last thing [...]
Insane Woman Saga: Part IV
Okay, turns out the insane woman is literally insane.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Fun insight:
• “WBI” is the Wyoming Behavioral Institute
• This woman has absolutely nothing to do with the railroad
• My dad’s mom has been dead for 21 years
Need for Speed is Stupid
So it occurred to me, nearly a year after I purchased it, that my computer still has really impressive specs and can actually run PC games. Well, since I have nearly a terabyte of storage, I decided to busy myself filling it with some new computer games. I snagged both Lego Star Wars games (super [...]
New Camera!
For quite a while, I’ve had a running list in my head of “expensive things” I can’t live without, and occasionally I get to check one off. When I was working in networking, I got to check “silly computer” and “car” off that list. My girlfriend checked “80gb iPod video” off the list for me [...]
Loose Thread
My wacky singer/songwriter/audiophile friend Jake has been working on self-producing and EP of his material for EVER now, and I think it seems to be finally coming together, because he just got ahold of me yesterday to tell me he has some songs up on Myspace. I like what I hear, and you should too.
www.myspace.com/loosethreadband
Ice Cream Psychological Analysis
A while back when I was working at the liquor store, a regular struck up a conversation with me about how much you can tell about a person from their favorite flavor of ice cream. So he asked me. I told him it was butter pecan, and he went off about how I must enjoy [...]
Insane Woman Saga: Part III
I got this message a couple weeks ago, but amidst a backup and format of my computer (and subsequent reconfiguration), I haven’t had time to get it onto my system and upload it. This time the insane woman lashes out at me personally. I laughed…really hard.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Using Your Wiimote on Your PC: A Brief How-to
What’s going on:
The Wii modding/hacking/homebrew scene is slowly maturing to the point to actually produce some useful and/or fun projects. One fun (and easy) “hack” is using your Wiimote to control your PC’s mouse, or act as a standard joystick for PC games and emulation. Connecting your Wiimote to your PC opens up a lot [...]
Bye, Gramma
Well, my grandmother passed away early yesterday morning of pancreatic cancer, not quite a month after she was diagnosed.
Though Amanda and I spent some time with her before Christmas (Amanda baked her muffins, and we hand-made her Christmas cards and brought her flowers), and I got to see her during Christmas with the rest of [...]
