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Posts from August 2006

Ableton Live 5

I am now the proud owner of Ableton Live 5 and Ableton Operator, which I purchased this morning. When I bought my Oxygen 8 in December, I got a Lite version of Live, which is almost useless as a tool for anything significant (it’s limited to three audio and three MIDI tracks). Ableton Live 5 […]


New SlackMistress Project

My friend, SlackMistress is starting a podcast which will prove very insightful to us all (and quite useful to all of us who are single), entitled The Geek’s Guide to Dating. She needs your help, though. If you have questions about dating and relationships, particularly if you’re a fan of geeks, get in touch with […]


Yamaha WX5

It arrived this afternoon. After I went out dancing last night and returned home at about 2:45 am, I woke up this morning at 8:15. The FedEx tracking notification told me that it was on the truck today. Miss the arrival? No, not so much. I am now the proud new owner of a Yamaha […]


Upgrading

After an eon of seeing the zippy wheel header and the same old Oracle for 18 months, I’ve finally decided that it was time to upgrade to WordPress 2.0. I’ve also installed K2, an AJAXy theme, which I’ll be configuring over the weekend. Change is good. I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want […]


Giving Back Again

Last year around this time of year, I asked you all to donate to Seth Dillingham‘s ride in the Pan-Mass Challenge. I was having a great year last year and I already had 4,000 miles on my chart by the time July rolled around. In July this year, I rode about 80 miles. I just […]