Done yesterday (20101009 Sa)

[mdlbear]

1009 Sa
  * awake 8ish; snuggle
  * up 8:30; W=195.4; drugs, nose, teeth; laundry, dishes, coffee, dishes
  @ Buy Green: Yoga Mat : Planet Green - eco-friendly yoga mats
  @ awioppffsof: We have a concert stream! =:o}  Cool!
  = lullabye: sync voice with downbeat, guitar one beat after.  Oh.  *thumb*
    on the downbeat.  OK, that makes sense.
  @ Edirol UA-25 - ALSA wiki - looks somewhat complicated
    Midiman Quattro .asoundrc - ALSA wiki 
    M-Audio Quattro - LQWiki
  * walk: 4mi by Los Gatos Creek
  * shopping with the Cat: Persian fruit leather, colander, coffee
  * buy: coffee
  * buy: colander
  * but: fruit leather from Persian store (by Zorba's)
  * sushi with the YD; long drive afterward.
  * dishes
  * load drugs for the week
  * YD's external drive: Jared says enclosure broken(?)
    -> IO errors.  Not cleanly unmounted.  May be fixable on Windows.
  * Lullabye.  Got off-beat about halfway through; need the click track to be
    louder.  But definitely getting there.  May be a little too slow.

A pretty relaxing day. I finally figured out what was going wrong with my scratch track yesterday -- silly bear was mistaken about where the downbeat comes in the picking pattern. I was able to get about halfway through Filksong Lullabye before I got off by a beat; I need to make the click track a little louder, I think.

It looks as though getting USB audio interfaces to work with ALSA is non-trivial. That kinda sucks. I have been trying to figure out how to put together a portable, mini-ITX-based recording box, though just how portable I can make a 4-U rack is something of an open question.

A four-mile walk by Los Gatos Creek, shopping with Colleen, sushi with Colleen and the YD, and a nice drive afterward. Yeah, good day.

A few links up there under the cut.