Playing Computer Part 1

The first in a series of articles that will expose the ineptitude of the common working man when it comes to his dealings with the pinnacle of office appliances: The Personal Computer.

Meisel MCT-7L, The Perfect Tuner!

I've used Boss TU-12H tuners since I was in Jr. high school. They are very accurate, have a huge frequency range, a built in mic, and line-in and out to let you put it in your signal chain. Despite their light weight and seemingly flimsy plastic cases, they are surprisingly durable. I'm only on my second one in 15 years.

Oscar Worthy Performance? Some and None.

I saw Walk The Line this weekend with my sweetheart. It was pretty alright—about what I expected as far as performances and story line goes. Obviously, there was a lot of attention to detail paid to getting a good Johnny Cash out of Joaquin Phoenix, and I think it paid off. I also think I prefer Reese Witherspoon’s June Carter Cash to the actual one.

Photoshop CS2 Color Picker Problem

Four months of just gritting my teeth and dealing with it, I finally invented a solution to my Photoshop color picker problem!

Four

As tagged by Dave Foam. NOTE: Sappy family stuff was omitted to make this more interesting for readers.

Rockabilly Slap Bass Videos

This post is specifically for John E. who is on his way to becoming one of Sacramento's premiere doghouse slappers. These quick little snippets helped me out a great deal when I was learning to slap.

One Billion

Apple is celebrating its 1 billionth song sold in the iTune music store with another contest. There are a couple of bad ass things going on here.

Apple’s iWork Second Only To Microsoft Office?

CNet’s news.com reports that Apple’s iWork took the number two spot in 2005 for retail sales for office software suites. At first, I found that to be a bit crazy sounding, but after a moment of reflection, I can honestly say I use iWork more than twice as often as I use Microsoft Office.

Blistering Bass Chops

Here’s a lesson for you: Don’t under estimate your bass’ ability to blister the ever-loving crap out of your seasoned, doghouse fingers.

Dreamweaver Dumbass Edition

Last weekend, the Adobe acquisition of Macromedia was completed. Its implications have been in the back of my mind since the announcements over the summer, some of which have already come to light.

Last week I voiced my concern over what would become of my beloved Fireworks workflow, and raised a thought about Dreamweaver's shortcomings as a professional web development tool. Now that the proverbial shit is starting to hit the fan, I've had one or two more thoughts about these shortcomings, or more appropriately, inconsistencies with the rest of the Adobe CS suite, and how they might just be able to turn them around.

Adobe’s Acquisition Closes Saturday

Some thoughts about the Adobe/Macromedia merger that should close this weekend…

Firefox: The Best Worst Browser Ever!

It's widely accepted in the Internet world that Firefox is the end-all, be-all of web browsers. Now that Microsoft's long forsaken Internet Explorer is starting to show its age to more and more of the general internet using public, people are touting it as such in record numbers. Come with me; wont you, as I describe in detail the intricacies that make the best browser for Windows, one of the worst browsers for the Mac.

Y Entonces Había Tres

I bought a couple of drives the other day—of the super and hard varieties—for my aging Quicksilver G4 tower. They came in the mail UPS today. Pretty easy install, minus the stupid power cables of the existing drives that they seem to have welded into place for the purpose of maximizing finger pain upon removal.

Rock Star Scabs

I've been playing in moderately professional bands off and on for about thirteen years now. In that time I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to how musicians are treated on the "Rock Star" circuit. I have also seen the good, the bad and the ugly in terms of how "rock stars" treat everyone else. This year, in particular, has been very enlightening.

Firefox 1.5 Beta Friendlier But Still For Windows

Just downloaded the Firefox 1.5 Beta and was curious to read about what people's first thoughts were. Unfortunately, I seem to be the only one awake so far, so I'm going to take it upon myself to give you my first thoughts on the Mac version.

Too Buttoned Mouse

Now that most of my friends are Mac people, we’ve struggled with finding a good computer argument to replace the Mac vs. PC controversy of yore. The browser war comes into play from time to time, as most of us are involved in web development to some degree. However, I think the lines are most evenly drawn over the two-button (or multi-button) mouse issue.