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Barfield Crescent Park

melissa and i took the dog for a walk to Barfield Crescent park today. we’ve been there before, but never with Güenther. i have to say that i am really enjoying having a dog, and ours is especially fun. we let him off the lead for a bit when we got further into the woods, [...]

31Dec2007 | Jim | 1 comment | Continued
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Adobe onAir Event

I’ll be leaving this evening for the Adobe onAir event in Atlanta. I’ll be there all day tomorrow. onAir is Adobe’s 18 stop bus tour where they code while on the bus, and stop in these cities and show off what they’ve done while on the road. It’s all about Apollo and Flex (Apollo is [...]

13Aug2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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M-Audio Keystation Pro 88

 
I’ve been thinking of getting back into music again. It’s been several years (read that as ‘decade’) since I’ve played piano. I’ve been playing around with B4-II by Native Instruments… which is a pretty cool Hammond B4 emulator. Anyhow… I’ve been looking around at the different options for Midi controllers, and the M-Audio Keystation Pro-88 [...]

11Aug2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Onkyo TXSR674 already broken!

This is the receiver I got about 3 months ago for my home theater. It’s actually a really nice sounding unit, and I’ve always enjoyed the simplicity of Onkyo equipment. The fact that it is not THX certified really does not hurt it because honestly the only reason it wasn’t certified is because of [...]

9Aug2007 | Jim | 4 comments | Continued
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Uncle Dave Macon Days

This weekend has been Uncle Dave Macon Days here in Murfreesboro. Traffic has been horrible down broad street around Cannonsburgh, as 40,000 people gathered to hear banjo pickers, fiddle players, and watch clogging competitions. Melissa and I went last night for a couple of hours and just walked around. It’s fun to a point for [...]

15Jul2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued