Done yesterday (20100918 Sa)

[mdlbear]

0918 Sa
  * up 7:40; W=198; drugs, nose, teeth; dishes, coffee; laundry
  * mail stool sample for colon cancer screen
  * ordered refurb LED SAD light off eBay; created account
  * mail N's package
  @ Upload
  * get bike under cover
  @ Braingasm: Sex and Your Synapses | Going Mental | Big Think
    via this comment
  * scratch track for eyes recorded.  Audacity seriously broken; won't
    overdub.  Hangs when you try.  Bummer.  Also won't make a proper click
    track: always get just one measure.  Click track is pretty lame.
  = no package for ardour.  WTF??  
  * bath 11:15ish; bed !midnight

A rather frustrating day; no real walking, though, just in Fry's and a couple of other places. Shopping largely unsuccessful. Got N's package mailed.

I recorded a scratch track for "Eyes Like the Morning", which I think was pretty good. Then when I went to record a clean vocal track with my new microphone I discovered that Audacity hung whenever I hit "record". WTF? The plugin that records scratch tracks is broken, too -- I ended up just running a metronome app (gtick) on the side. And Lenny doesn't appear to have a package for Ardour, which looks like a good alternative. In any case, it looks like an install of 64studio or UbuntuStudio is in order.

Then all hell broke loose during an upgrade: the disk is toast. Or at least crisp around the edges; I'm not going to trust it. So it's a good thing I was planning a clean install anyway.

So tonight I get to upgrade the file server to the new low-power motherboard, then reconfigure the old file server as my new desktop. Which, oddly enough, is where it started out two upgrades ago, when Trantor was dragooned into service to replace a dead MB on Nova.

What goes around comes around? Whatever.

Time to make dinner. A couple of linkies under the cut.