Another Opinion Among Many

Okay, if you’re not a sound engineer, you’ll still like this podcast.  My friend, Jordan, has decided that he had to fill up what little free time he had with a new podcast.  He’s still sorting things out, but his first effort has been posted.  Its about sound.  I found it interesting and I think that you will as well.  I am sure that he’ll shake it up as he gets into a style, but for now, he’s set up with a few “bullet points” followed by a main discussion.  In this first podcast, he discussed current state of the industry’s stance on dynamic range (or the lack thereof) and put forth a few opinions about where it should be.  Go on over and check it out.  Beware, the site’s still under heavy construction, so there’s not a lot of navigation in place yet, but you can get the podcast quite easily.

Head on over to http://www.podcast.robotcousin.com, and check out Robot Cousin’s Audio Feeds.

Wow, its climbing up there in temperature.  Yesterday was so muggy and warm that I didn’t think that I was going to see it cool down in oru apartment.  Today’s forecast is a humid 30°C and it seems that it might be there.

Unfortunately, the air conditioning in our building here at work seems to have an inverse relationship with the outside temperature.  The hotter it gets outside, the colder it gets in here.  I’ve just put on my sweater to stave off the shivers for the rest of the day.  Anybody else in this situation where they have to take their jacket or sweater to work when it blazing hot outside?

I hope that all Canadians are taking a moment to celebrate the creation of our young contry in 1867.  I also hope that your municipalities aren’t planning such a boneheaded family-unfriendly thing as starting the fireworks display at 10:40pm (or later).  I hope that they plan it for a more reasonable time, like 9:30 or 10:00 when it is sufficiently dark to have an excellent display.  With it being Tuesday night and with work in the morning, I have decided that my young children are going to go to bed at a reasonable hour and will miss the fireworks display.  I hope that the city of Fredericton plans its events with all citizens in mind next year.  I may miss them myself this year.  Too bad.

And, they’re over.  Apparently, from the noise, the fireworks started pretty much on time.  Now, 20 minutes later, its all over.  Wham, bam, thank you ma’am.  I didn’t go down to see them, BTW.  I hope that John got a few shots with his camera.  It would have taken longer to walk down to the river than to see the fireworks.  So, to add to my wish list for next year, I’d like to see a choreographer consulted and see if Fredericton can, for once, have an impressive display (its not the quantity - its the presentation).

Here’s what I bought.  Its a 2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8 Special Edition.  I bought it because of its low mileage (66,000kms) and the fact that its only 3 years old, rather than the alternatives that I’ve looked at, which were 5-7 years old.  This is the first vehicle that I’ve owned that has an alarm, so I’ll have to remember that.  Hopefully, it will meet or exceed the EPA fuel economy ratings of 8.4L/100km(28mpg) city and 6.7L/100km(35mpg) highway.  That would be nice.

The air conditioner apparently works, which is good.  It has air bags and a fairly decent CD stereo with an aux input for an mp3 player.  And, it apparently is safe in a crash.

I’m going to a few car dealers today to see what my options are.  Should I look into a used vehicle, or should I get a new one, which will have a warranty for 5 years or so? It’ll have to be cheap.

So, you have been granted Power of Attorney over someone’s affairs or named as Executor of an Estate.  Why is it that you think that everybody that you call on the phone will magically know this? Why do you get all excited and in a huff when its pointed out that you will have to send that document to the company that you’re trying to do stuff with? I mean, really! What makes you think that any company would release private information to you without proof that they could do so?

Relax! Don’t let anyone pee in your corn fklakes any more.  Take a moment and give your head a shake.  When you’re politely provided with a reasonable solution for your unreasonable demand, just take the advise and DO IT.  Your stomach will thank you and the antacid companies can relax their production lines a bit.

We know that its likely an emotional time for you.  That is why you’ll always be provided a solution to your problem.  Sorry for your troubles, but remember…we’;ll protect your information just as vigilantly.

Its been eleven months since I changed the design of this site.  Anyone who has persisted with my drivel over the years can attest that this is probably the longest period that this Wordpress installation has looked the same.  That is when I hacked Srinivasan G’s excellent Evanescence theme into what its become here.  I chose it because of the clean and clear code in the theme.  It allowed me to expand upon it and build something that I liked.  I can’t say that I won’t change again, but i still like what I came up with after all this time.  I may change it a bit here and there to either “tweak” what I have or to change the color a bit to reflect the season.  But, then again, I may not.

I checked out the websites of the commenters on the theme’s page and it looks like over 1/2 of them have kept the theme in use in its original design (which is quite classy, I must say).  I think that Srini should consider that a success.  And, although it really didn’t ever end up on my site in its original incarnation (especially since I snagged some code from another of his themes, which Ray uses), I am still content to use it as well.

So, have you kept the same theme? Are you happy with what you present to the world? Does it even matter to you?