Hippo, birdie, two ewes...

...to sailorv61!! Have a good one!

Quote of the day

I'll probably post something about Novell's sellout to Microsoft later, but this comment on Groklaw is way too good not to share:

"And MS crack legal team [...]"

Play nice now. Just because you can point to the MS Litigation page for evidence, it doesn't show the MS legal team is on crack. That's only circumstantial evidence. There are other legitimate reasons for all those failures (aka, settlements).

Toy shopping

After my walk (which I needed, having missed yesterday) I went to Guitar Showcase, as I often do. It's not quite on the way home, but it's close, and, um, the car was already pointed in that direction. Yeah, that's it.

Upstairs in the pro audio section I found the display box for the Edirol UA25, which was at the top of my list for a portable recording gear based on my work's Mac laptop. So I chatted with the friendly salespeople, made sure that it had drivers for the new Intel Macs (it does), gave the thing a heft to see how it compares with the Tascam US122 (which was also on the list). And thought for a while.

I could have gone home, thought about it for a couple more weeks, and ordered it online for the same price (and saved myself tax and shipping). But, y'know, I already had the thing in my hands, and I already knew it was what I wanted. So I bought it.

( the techie details for those who care, cut for those who don't )

The other piece of gear that I'm considering is a new gig bag for Plink, my Vagabond travel guitar. They've apparently redesigned it since I bought mine -- it's described as "Heavy duty black nylon shell, plush red interior, heavy padding, zippered pocket with Vagabond logo, shoulder strap." Black... red plush... strap... (\me wipes drool off keyboard) We're talking serious gadget lust here, folks. Wish I could find a picture, but... Guitar Showcase also had a lightweight polyfoam combination gig bag/hardshell case that would work for my Ovation, but with Plink I can carry it on and have one less thing to worry about. It'll wait.

Update: (7:48pm) microphones and case on order.