Sweet iPhone app: Simplify Media

So I found this iPhone app called Simplify Media.  It’s awesome.  Now, even though my phone only holds 16gb of stuff, I can play over the air any song I want to hear from my computer at home.  Granted, the audio quality isn’t quite as good as having the MP3 right there, and there’s a small delay as it buffers before playing, but the sound quality is comparable to maybe a mild-strength FM station perhaps,…

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One man’s loss…

That nefarious vending machine seems to have snared another unwitting victim today: This time, however, the victim was not me! I’d approached the sweets dispenser looking for something in “chocolate”.  Being presented with this scenario, my decision seemed to have been made for me.  Milky Way(s) it would be.  But how many would I get for my hard-earned dollar?  (Those were only $.75 last year, I think…  33% increase in one year, go inflation.) I…

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Self-Duet: “Saw Red”

I played a duet last night with my favorite musician: me!   🙂 I’ve been listening to a lot of Sublime lately, and so decided to learn this song. Then I thought this would be a good tune to try this “self-accompanying” video idea out on (that I’ve been meaning to do for some time now). As evidenced by the mic stands and pop filters in the video, I had big plans to record each…

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Death Star Egg

This egg was from the same batch as that last, yolkless, one.  This would explain the weirdness, perhaps. These eggs weren’t laid by a chicken after all!  They were laid by the DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE.  Or something like that…  (I haven’t seen the new Star Wars films yet, and it’s been a LONG time since I’ve seen the old ones.) For your review: For comparison:

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