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gregb
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response 114 of 190:
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Jul 21 15:23 UTC 2003 |
One thing I've wanted to do with my PC is video editing. To that end,
I hooked up a 120 gig SATA HD (M-O-U-S-EEEEEEE!), a Pinnacle DC-500
videocapture board, Premiere 6.0 and my Canon GL1 camcorder. I
captured three tapes of video and now the fun begins!
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tod
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response 115 of 190:
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Jul 21 16:08 UTC 2003 |
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scott
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response 116 of 190:
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Jul 21 17:35 UTC 2003 |
Found a few odd things in my storage locker, and was able to stack things a
bit better than they were.
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lowclass
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response 117 of 190:
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Jul 21 22:53 UTC 2003 |
Uncovered the septic tank lid, in prep for THe septic guy on
tuesday or wednesday.
(and there are random holes all OVER the back lawn...)
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tod
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response 118 of 190:
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Jul 21 23:06 UTC 2003 |
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edina
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response 119 of 190:
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Jul 22 15:37 UTC 2003 |
Took my e-mail box from 500 messages down to 80. PUrge purge purge.
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gelinas
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response 120 of 190:
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Jul 28 04:36 UTC 2003 |
Yesterday, I took a hacksaw to an iron plate welded onto the gatepost at
the Sailing Club. It used to be needed to support the gate when it was
closed, but the gate was replaced years ago. Now, the plate just made a
handy thing to open the side of a car, if the driver misjudged the turn.
So I removed it.
Today, I tore down and rebuilt part of the planter wall on the side of
the Sailing Club boathouse. It had been cinder blocks capped with rocks,
and now it's just rocks.
I also made progress in leaarning to windsurf. Didn't make a lot of
progress in actually sailing the board, but I got my feet properly placed,
for the first time, and so should do much better next time.
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flem
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response 121 of 190:
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Jul 28 21:01 UTC 2003 |
Windsurfing is hard. I've tried it a few times, since my dad went nuts for
it a few years ago. I suspect that at least part of my problems, though, had
to do with light and shifting winds, rather than lack of skill.
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russ
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response 122 of 190:
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Jul 31 23:00 UTC 2003 |
Got the intake manifold pulled off the Taurus, which makes it
feasible to clean out the EGR passage. (Now I know why it
costs so much to pay someone to do this job.)
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russ
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response 123 of 190:
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Aug 3 01:28 UTC 2003 |
Got the Taurus put back together and it seems to be working great.
(I'll never again buy a car where you have to pull the manifold
to change spark plugs.)
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kami
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response 124 of 190:
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Aug 5 21:07 UTC 2003 |
Not much. <sigh> Found my dining table. Now I have to decide what to pack up,
from the dining room, what to leave for whoever rents the house, and what
I really don't need.
How come, whenever you get set up to paint, the weather changes toward rain?
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scott
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response 125 of 190:
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Aug 7 14:21 UTC 2003 |
New brakes mostly installed on my bike, just taking a break to rest my back.
Probably I should get a repair stand one of these days.
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scott
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response 126 of 190:
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Aug 7 17:42 UTC 2003 |
Almost finished installing the new front brakes, when I realized that the
chain would be running right in the same space (it's a recumbent, if you're
wondering why the chain wouldinterfere with the front brakes). So I cleaned
up the old front brakes, stuck on a new set of pads, and rode over to the bike
store. Turned out the newer models with the V-markes have an extra chain
roller/guide to clear the front brakes.
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scott
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response 127 of 190:
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Aug 7 17:46 UTC 2003 |
Er, "V-brakes", not "V-markes". This crazy keyboard has sort of a
spelling-model correction system to compensate for finger drift, since it has
no physical keys. STill learning to type properly on it. The mouse functions
are awesome, though.
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other
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response 128 of 190:
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Aug 8 02:35 UTC 2003 |
I just did a performance of improvisational lighting for a surreallist
performance called "Fabula Rasa" at the University of Michigan Musemum of
Art.
(The equipment was planned, the color scheme was picked out just before
the show, and the cues were improvised as the show happened.)
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gregb
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response 129 of 190:
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Aug 8 17:28 UTC 2003 |
I've heard of improv acting, poetry, etc., but not lighting. How does
that work?
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other
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response 130 of 190:
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Aug 8 18:07 UTC 2003 |
I adjust the lighting manually (as opposed to by preprogrammed cues)
based on how the performers are using the stage, and what they're saying
and doing.
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scott
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response 131 of 190:
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Aug 8 22:11 UTC 2003 |
(Smartass comment on how manual lighting control is sure to be a radical new
invention) ;)
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other
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response 132 of 190:
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Aug 9 01:33 UTC 2003 |
Speaking of accomplishments, how was work today, Scott?
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scott
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response 133 of 190:
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Aug 9 02:12 UTC 2003 |
Work was fine - spent most of the morning straightening out the audio patchbay
and then the rest of the day on cabling. We had to ditch your "audio cables
are numbered 100-199" scheme, though. Wire markers are a finite resource,
and it's not that hard to tell them apart from video cables anyway.
This evening I installed a new chain (2 and a half chains, for a recumbent!)
on the bike, along with much cleaning of gears. By the time I was done it
was too dark for a good ride, so I went running instead.
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other
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response 134 of 190:
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Aug 9 04:07 UTC 2003 |
So you just assigned paralleled runs the same numbers? I had thought
about that, but concluded it would be better for longer term flexibility
to use separate numbers.
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scott
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response 135 of 190:
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Aug 9 11:58 UTC 2003 |
Did you have a plan for getting more '1' markers, though?
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scott
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response 136 of 190:
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Aug 11 12:19 UTC 2003 |
Finally got a fancy collar of sorts done for my chainmail shirt, and have
started stitching the shirt back together.
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other
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response 137 of 190:
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Aug 12 22:58 UTC 2003 |
Arrived in Bar Harbor, Maine, after being completely soaked for about
two and a half days. It will be so nice to put on dry boots tomorrow!
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gull
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response 138 of 190:
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Aug 13 21:55 UTC 2003 |
I replaced the batteries in the large APC UPS at work. This was a lot
harder than it should have been. Someone needs to point out to APC that
when sealed lead-acid batteries fail, they tend to swell and bulge
outward. Since APC designed the compartment to just barely contain the
batteries with almost no extra space, they were firmly wedged in place.
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