Brian Grant-Paul, you’re my hero. Brian offered up an old tube amp he had kicking around. It’s an old school 3 Watt Heath Kit that looked in pretty reasonable condition. Lots of grime throughout the inside, but that’s to be expected for something of this age.
I brought it home and [...]
Entries from March 29th, 2006
Mmmmmmm… Tube…
March 29th, 2006 · Comments Off · Music Equipment
Tags: Music Equipment
Can the Web be Won?
March 28th, 2006 · Comments Off · Web Development
I’ve had a thought bouncing around my brain this evening. That thought is whether or not the web can be won. There’s much discussion about the major search engine battles going as of late. Google’s the clear leader but Yahoo insists that it’s still in the fight and Microsoft has set the [...]
Tags: webmaster
Tube Radio Conversion Temporarily Down the Tubes
March 27th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Music Equipment
After talking to Dave and getting some feedback on yesterday’s idea of refurbishing an old tube radio amp, I’ve decided to shelve the idea. When Dave chuckled at me and mentioned all of the times he was electrocuted while restoring an old tube radio I thought I should start with a slightly simpler project.
After [...]
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Turnitin.com Getting Much Needed Attention
March 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Topics Of Interest
Last week I was extremely pleased to see that Mike’s press for more information on Turnitin.com was getting some rather public attention from the Gazette. Unfortunately the responses to concerns thus far have been less helpful than I’d hoped. The quotes in the article responding to student concerns are really a shame. [...]
Tags: Turnitin.com·university
Planning to Build a 1 Watt Amp
March 26th, 2006 · Comments Off · Music Equipment
As I’ve been saving up for a guitar, the topic of an amp has come up more than once. Since I’m recording on my computer at the moment there’s no immediate need for an amp, but over the longer term, an amp really does seem like a good idea to help me turn rough [...]
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A Wordpress and RSS Learning Experience
March 18th, 2006 · Comments Off · Web Development
When I first started to use wordpress, I was displeased with how the RSS feed worked. Or at least I was displeased with how I thought it worked.
You see there was this field called “Optional Excerpt” that I thought was where you had to fill in anything you would want in the RSS feed [...]