Two Hours with my Sennheiser HD280 headphones
tl;dr – They are awesome! I’ve spent the last two hours working at my desk and listening to my music collection via iTunes Match. These new headphones have a quality that is hard to describe to someone–mainly because I don’t think I have the right words in vocabulary. The sound is certainly clear and well-defined [...]
Sennheiser HD280 Pro are as good as you think
Quick review of the Sennheiser HD280 Pro headphones: Basics Sound quality is amazing. Reveals the quality of source material, whether it’s vintage vinyl (Rush-Moving Pictures) or 256Kbps AAC from iTunes Match (Love and Rockets-Ball of Confusion). Nearly complete sound isolation. Manual that comes in box lets you know you paid for a quality product. Coiled [...]
SOPA Protest
Like many on WordPress.com, I’ve set my site to “blackout” to draw awareness to the internet censorship dangers of the SOPA and PIPA legislation in the US Congress. Please visit the main page and read some of the information and act if you feel it’s important. I do.
747 Crosswind landing into Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong
Video Link: From the notes: “Filmed from the checkerboard used for the approach into Kai Tak. Overshoots and then lines it up just to get caught in the wind…again.”
Starbucks VIA Brewer by Bodum
I picked up a Starbucks VIA brewer for $9.99 clearance price at my local Starbucks. I use the VIA packets on a regular basis and for ten bucks, I figured that the insulated tumbler would be worth the price alone. I was correct! Read on for details: *Fast* The brewer will heat the water to [...]
Blog 365 — Day 2
Today was wrap up day after a long time off from work. Tammy and I both enjoyed time with each other, but we miss the routine of regular work schedules. I have only four work days this week, then I’m flying to Orlando, FL on Monday for work. I’ll be home on Thursday so maybe [...]
Target Store remodel in Springfield, MO
My wife and I were at Target here in Springfield and wondered about the large construction tent outside. A quick check of the city building permits and a chat with a Target worker told us what we needed to know: remodel! Our Target is getting new produce and refrigerated cases plus an air conditioning upgrade. [...]
Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda – interviewed by Matt Haughey
I read this and now realize why open software and systems are so important. We all stand on the shoulders of the generation before. This is true in EVERY medium. Writers, Artists, Programmers, Engineers. The trend in the last few decades to lock everything down… be it with rivets and welds, or with patents and [...]
Don’t pile on Stallman
So Richard Stallman (RMS, father of the free software movement) publishes some guidelines about booking him as a speaker. The “rider” is excessive in it’s detail and that is pushing several people to poke fun at it. Before you jump on that bandwagon, try writing down your requirements in the same level of detail and [...]
Frontier Lives (again!)
So I have a long history with UserLand Frontier, a scripting and database environment that runs on the Mac and Windows. I spent some time in 2004 as a product manager for UserLand, trying to shepherd the Radio UserLand blogging tool in the fledgling community. I wrote my fair share of UserTalk scripts for UserLand [...]
