Friday, January 30, 2004

Good Reason to Google on the First Date I sure don't missing being single these days... The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that a New York City woman decided to Google a man she met on the Internet before meeting him for dinner. Turns out, there was an FBI warrant for his arrest and that he had eluded police for more than a year. She called the FBI, and he ended up in custody at an Applebee's restaurant on Long Island. "We had surveillance there to see if the tip was good, and lo and behold, the tip was good," said Jim Turgal, spokesman for the FBI in Cincinnati. [this is a summary - go to our web site for the complete entry, links, comments and categories] [Up2Speed] 1:43:10 PM    trackback []

Pixar dumps Disney Take that Disney! Hah! Love it. Rumor has it that Pixar is starting their own 2D animation shop. Sounds like retro is on the return. [Driving Sideways] That would be odd. More likely, Pixar will develop some 2D shaders... 11:53:04 AM    trackback []

Budding Rockstar This morning, Jackson came into my office while I was gathering things for work, and started playing with the keyboard. I set him up on my knees, and he sat still while I placed the headphones over his ears. Then he played with a bunch of instruments, and kept looking at me with glee and wonderment whenever the instrument/sounds would change. Perhaps one day he'll use the picture above as an album cover ;-) 11:49:28 AM    trackback []

Recording studio, kinda I set up a bunch of my musical equipment last night. Got my Mackie mixer plugged into the Line In on my PowerBook, and got my mic and Prophecy hooked into the mixer. The Prophecy is also sending MIDI data to the PowerBook, so in GarageBand, I can either control a software instrument, or record Prophecy instruments into an audio channel. I also discovered that the Prophecy, while being a monophonic instrument, sends polyphonic MIDI data. My ultimate goal is to start recording some vocals and songs that I've been developing over the last year or so. I've got the ability, but I'm woefully out of vocal shape, and the office isn't very conducive to vocal recordings. Besides the constant grind of the iMac server fan, there are precious few times when the house is empty enough for me to belt out some lyrics. On the other hand, I don't have the budget to rent a practice space. 11:48:50 AM    trackback []