LOLBOOT: Verb. 1. Replaces the word “reboot” when nobody knows why a particular problem is occurring on a computer or server, they’ve spent hours researching it and everyone is stumped. 2. Acknowledges the irony of throwing expertise out the window, assuming the crash position and simultaneously conveying the need to reboot. Usage: “Try lolbooting.”, “I have know idea why air […]
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We’ve all seen the articles about WD-40 and alcohol…but I did an interesting test. Actually I didn’t start the test…I just finished it. The test was STARTED when one of my children decided to take Silly Putty to bed to “help me fall asleep.” Hey, it’s not like I could say,”Dude, you should just try
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Who’s blog is this? Mine. Who’s opinion do you see here more often then not? Yeah, nuff said. America is a unique place, and I know how speaking in generalities gets people in trouble, but how else can big topics get discussed? If I go to my friend and say, “You have credit card debt,
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You heard right. I’ve been having issues with my system handling the latency on virtual synthesizers. Luckily I found ASIO4ALL – and this has done the trick. I have copies of Ableton Live 8, Sonar 4, Music Creator 4, and have recently added Sony’s ACID Music Studio 8 to my list…for this track, I am
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History My first job was at Taco Bell, in high school. I worked the whole summer in 1987 with one purpose in mind. I wanted to save up $1,450 to buy a Yamaha V50 Music Workstation. I am sure my parents thought I was nuts… most kids wanted to buy a car, or…or…whatever else it
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DISCLAIMER I am conducting an experiment on my equipment that is hopefully to your benefit, but I am not a repair person, and if you blow up your gear while referencing this post, my sincerest condolences will have to suffice. Use this information at your own risk! IN THE BEGINNING OK, so the truth is,
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For reals. This is a billboard near where I work. I saw it… and had to take this picture.
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I will always think of her as the young girl who was an amazing gymnast. The one who studied Japanese and wrote me letters with purple ink and bubbly-girly letters. She was my cousin, and she is gone now. Drug overdose. In life, I have heard the phrase,”You are your own worst enemy.” Now, with
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“The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased hapiness to you” – Grenville Kleiser
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So, today I got my hands on another outdated movie: Spielberg’s War of the Worlds. He usually does a good movie, so I thought maybe a remake by him would be done right. Nope. Nope Nope Nope. Where to start… the coolest thing about the movie was the microbe zoom out, and quoting the book
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