Thursday, 29th of May, 2008
I have definitely run out of space on my 32MB SD card now. I'll have to go out and get a 1GB because it sounds like I'll fill up the 128MB card really quickly too.
Wednesday, 28th of May, 2008
I think I didn't fully realize how much the price of gas has gone up until I filled up the Cadillac over the weekend. The last time I had gotten gas for it was February 16th. I enter the fillup into MPG and noticed that the last time I put gas in the car, I bought it for $2.889/gallon. That's almost a whole dollar less than this time around! I guess this is the first time I've realized that gas has gone up almost $1 per gallon in just 3 months.
Some people are at a point now where they are saying, "This is unreasonable, I've gotta do something about this!" But in the U.S., it's mostly just talk - we're not at that point yet.
If you want to see where the true breaking point is, let's take a look at Europe. Truckers parked on the A40 in London yesterday, wrecking the whole traffic situation. Average diesel price there is $9.56 - regular unleaded $8.61. Now that's a protest.
The Samson MRS-8 recording studio I ordered from Audiolines.com finally came in today! After reading a few pages of the manual, it was easy to get going. For versatility, I plugged in the 5-string violin and started going nuts.
Amazing Grace (1.1MB MP3) - Two tracks, played with some basic stereo mastering. Started with someone easy so I could do both tracks on the first take, and spend most of my time playing with the tool.
Blessed Be Your Name (1.0MB MP3) - Of course since it can record 8 tracks, I immediately plunged into something more complicated. I still need to generate a real drum beat, but for now I just went nuts with track after track here. Plucked out the bass line on the 5-string violin, and then went from there! The distortion effects on this are better than the big distortion pedal I have - I'd say it's pretty much obsolete now that I have the MRS-8! There is tons more to do on this song (including re-recording the out of tune tracks) - this is such a fun toy!
Tuesday, 20th of May, 2008
The article points out another benefit in gathering this information, outside of performance evaluations - if a person leaves the company, you are in a better position to plan the overall impact of the person leaving because you know exactly what role that person plays in the team.
Monday, 5th of May, 2008
Picture - Mollie is very involved in Haley's Handmades production.
Friday, 2nd of May, 2008