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By Brian, March 27, 2006 1:16 am

This weekend I was examining the parts to a swing arm lamp that was broken¹ during a past move. Somewhere a creative spark clicked and I figured I could re-assemble it and use it as a retractable microphone stand.

Occasionally I record musical ideas I’m working on, and it doesn’t happen as often as it should since I’m always looking for my gear that gets scattered quickly. Since I don’t have a microphone stand but do have the end-clamps for the microphone I usually end up sticking one of them on something with some tape and it works… Sort of. Eventually I’ll need to dismantle it, or it falls apart on it’s own. The whole setup is so… Wrong… That I loath to use it unless really feeling the urge.

So, I’ve attached the microphone holder to the end of the adjustable lamp arm and fashioned a sturdy cable guide/protector below it. I’ll need to tinker with adding weight or removing springs to get it to balance right.

Other than that, it’s been a pretty quiet Sunday. I got some screws and other various parts organized (how exciting!) and managed to get a clogged print cartridge to limp through a 15 page print job. It may not have been a glorious and exciting day, but at least it was relaxing.

^{1: My old apartment claimed two swing arm lamps… One going in and one coming out. Odd.}

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By Brian, March 27, 2006 1:04 am

This is a true story:

So there’s a rave. They happen all the time, not sure about the Zombie theme but to each their own. That’s totally beside the point.

This guy who was invited by someone at the after-party leaves at dawn. Then he walks back to his pickup truck which just so happens to have spray paint and enough arms to supply a militia.¹
He spray paints the word “NOW” twice on the sidewalk then busts up the joint shooting the place up like Scarface ten minutes after leaving. Apparently pretty much everybody was asleep.

It’s enough to make you look around and wonder just what the heck is going on nowadays, isn’t it?

^{1: What on earth would anybody need to be toting this stuff around for?}

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By Brian, March 26, 2006 5:01 pm

I was at Grand and Toy yesterday and noticed a few cool gadgets. This is not a formal endorsement of these, mind you, since I didn’t actually try either.

USB Flash Wristband: Yeah, it’s a flexible wristband that when removed has a USB plug you can stick in and use the flash like a drive. Very cool.

Pocket Scanner: A small scanner, approximately 9 inches long and about the thickness of a permanent marker. Drag it over any page and it scans to onboard memory (I believe it could do 11 pages) then you can unload it to your PC. If I where a spy, I’d find this very cool. But I’m not, so the chances of me buying one is slim to none.

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