http://secondsalon.net/musing musing Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:32:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know it's cliche to say this, but still, it really bugs me when people drive their outdoorsy SUV's as if they were made of porcelain. Watching 10 Items or Less and am laughing like crazy...there's some great moments, and it's wonderful watching Morgan Freeman having what's obviously a great time ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/07/11/10-items-or-less/ Even since I read Love Is A Mix Tape a few months back, I've been re-examining my own mixtape collection bit by bit. It's interesting to listen to what I thought was hip and current at the time, if for no other reason than I had just head that ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/07/10/obscurity-knocks-so-someday-someway-i-turn-to-the-sky-because-you-have-all-the-answers/ I've spent the last week or so configuring a new MacPro for one of our graphic artists. This this is insane. Quad Core Xeon (2.66ghz, 1333mhz FSB) with 8GB of RAM, twin 500GB HDD's (tho not striped). Dual displays. A 20", for holding the toolbars and ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/06/25/inches-matter/ Found that Towa Tei reissued his 1994 debut album and came across the song Luv Connection. Waaaaaay smooth and all the way up my alley. There's a recurring 8-beat chorded passage that rocks my socks. I'm compiling the tracks to support and surround this wonderful song, the ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/06/13/luv-connection/ 11 days with no bike.  That's where I was this morning, as I had put my bike in the shop that many days ago after discovering my crankset had decided to show off its manufacturing defect my separating itself from the splined spindle that it rested upon, and proceeded to ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/06/05/slippage-of-fitness/ The bride is very happy with the photos, so I can stop feeling weird about it for good.  Now's where I start hoping this success leads to more of the same.  If you've got any luck to spare, toss it my way if you would. For all her wonderfulness, I managed ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/06/03/249/ Am looking very seriously at biting the bullet and upgrading the CPU on the home PC to something dual core to replace the one I've been using for over 3 years now that is going flaky on me.  I was trying to do simple views to wedding shots I took ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/06/01/raw/ via NYT, so if it makes you register, I apologize. http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/05/28/photo-of-the-year/ I came across a lot of new stuff this weekend and am in overloaded bliss. Already made a mix that, to my ears, kicks butt, and the real neat part of it all is that I really don't have any history with any of the artists, save for Son ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/05/20/new-music-may-2007-version/ Just 2 nights ago, gas was at $2.91. What madness is this? Oh yeah, holiday weekend, so let's arbitrarily raise prices because there's going to be some major demand and we need to squeeze every last penny out of the consumer. I don't know...am I turning too ... http://secondsalon.net/musing/2007/05/17/two-wheels-good-four-not-so-good/