Until recently, I had a minidisc recorder which I had used to record live music – mainly my own practices and performances – and which I had occasionally used to make digital recordings of public speaking. The latter were mainly sermons at church which I recorded off the sound board so that I, as the […]
Music recording, past and present Read Post »
For about the time it takes to mow the entire lawn, I worked on my weedtrimmer on a recent afternoon. The last of the original line had spooled out, except for about a foot long piece. I looked forward to replacing the line with child-like anticipation. Because my new weed trimmer had a Speed Spool(TM), which eliminates the tedium
Troy-Bilt’s Revenge Read Post »
Okay, I know this is just narcissistic, but my work PC now has 2 GBs more RAM and when I got to talking to my computer tech (Fred Limmer, On-Site Computers) about how I’d like to get one of those new wide monitors, he mentioned that he had one in his truck that a previous customer
My USB tuner, as seen in the previous post, arrived. Works okay, one surprise (because I didn’t read the product description carefully): it is an ATSC tuner ONLY, which means it won’t pick up NTSC. This will be irrelevant after 2009 anyway. I was impressed with how good the images were with a little tiny antenna.
In addition to my being banged up and currently bed-ridden, a tornado went through my fair city this Sunday. Some guys have all the luck (I know, at least it didn’t hit my house). The power was out for over an hour, and cable was out for about 24 hours. At some point in the
Because I need another gadget – a USB TV tuner Read Post »