Mid-afternoon snow, even a light dusting, guarantees people will be driving like idiots on the way home this evening. (Taken with instagram)
“My Favorite Museum Exhibit”: Arab Courier Attacked by Lions - Boing Boing
This is my favorite museum exhibit, as well, and every time I go to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, I have to go see it.
So here it is: My thing for January.
I covered Warren Zevon’s “My Ride’s Here.” I was going for a more rock feel than either the album version or Bruce Springsteen’s (perhaps better known) live cover, so I upped the speed. Zevon was a studio musician at heart and a hell of a producer, so the original has the slick sound you’d expect from him, and the Springsteen cover is clearly a live piece. I wanted to take a middle way. I thought just playing the guitar and singing would be too simple for this project, so I added the keys and drums. I hope the ghost of Warren Zevon doesn’t haunt me for ruining one of his songs.
The Good: My vocals are pretty much in tune, and I created everything except the drum track myself. I used a loop for that because 1) I don’t have a drum set and 2) I can’t play the drums, hence my not owning a drum set.
The Less Good: My vocal tone/timbre and guitar playing are pretty weak these days. Lack of use will kill proficiency. I can still make the chord shapes and everything, but I’m 10 years removed from daily practice and that makes a difference. The key/synth sounds are a bit cheesier than I’d like. That’s mostly because I don’t have a keyboard, so I had to enter the notes by hand into a sequencer, which made them less expressive than I was hoping for.
I want to write up a few of the things I learned this month, and then it’s on to the next thing!
So here we are. My first thing is finished. Onward!
Reblogging this for the evening/night crowd who might not have seen it. That’s the last of my shameless self-promotion for a while, I promise.
Fabulous!
These all remind me of the apartment building I lived in until this summer. I loved my apartment. It was perfect. It was me. The only downside was the other people that also lived in the building and were disgusting and inconsiderate.
I’m considering nailing something akin to the 95 theses on the door of the upstairs neighbor who I’ve never seen but can only assume, from all the noise coming from there, is a 450-pound tap dancer.
Do you think I can get disability if my eyes permanently cross from all the proofing I’m doing this week? (Taken with instagram)
My 5,000th post on Tumblr was a reblog that (indirectly) complains about Tumblr
That seems about right, doesn’t it?
Life lessons from Jamie
Don’t store your Tide pen in the same drawer as your orange highlighter. That could be a very bad swap.
Get rid of the anti-Missing-E fear-mongering warning in Safari, Firefox, and Google Chrome
tj:
I am tired of Tumblr, Inc.’s ongoing tantrum about Missing E.
If they hadn’t grossly exaggerated and relied on FUD for their message, I might be more sympathetic.
Now I just want to make sure I never see it again.
If you feel the same way, here’s how to get rid of it.
~ Chrome ~
If you use Google Chrome, get Stylish and then install http://userstyles.org/styles/58773/tumblr-missing-e-warning-remover.
~ Firefox ~
If you use Firefox, get Stylish and then install http://userstyles.org/styles/58773/tumblr-missing-e-warning-remover.
~ Safari ~
The easiest way to get rid of this in Safari is with a custom style sheet.
1) You need to put this in a plain text file:
#overlay, #detection_alert { display:none;} body { overflow: auto!IMPORTANT;} }(or download mine from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18414/Safari.css).
Save the file somewhere that won’t be in your way, like ~/Documents/Safari.css
2) Now you have to tell Safari to use it.
Go to Safari » Preferences » Advanced
and click on “Style Sheet” and then select “Other…” as shown here:
3) Select the file that you created from wherever you saved it, i.e. ~/Documents/Safari.css
4) BOOM, done
Now you won’t see the Missing-E fear-mongering warning anymore.
Relevant to my rant-y post yesterday.
So here it is: My thing for January.
I covered Warren Zevon’s “My Ride’s Here.” I was going for a more rock feel than either the album version or Bruce Springsteen’s (perhaps better known) live cover, so I upped the speed. Zevon was a studio musician at heart and a hell of a producer, so the original has the slick sound you’d expect from him, and the Springsteen cover is clearly a live piece. I wanted to take a middle way. I thought just playing the guitar and singing would be too simple for this project, so I added the keys and drums. I hope the ghost of Warren Zevon doesn’t haunt me for ruining one of his songs.
The Good: My vocals are pretty much in tune, and I created everything except the drum track myself. I used a loop for that because 1) I don’t have a drum set and 2) I can’t play the drums, hence my not owning a drum set.
The Less Good: My vocal tone/timbre and guitar playing are pretty weak these days. Lack of use will kill proficiency. I can still make the chord shapes and everything, but I’m 10 years removed from daily practice and that makes a difference. The key/synth sounds are a bit cheesier than I’d like. That’s mostly because I don’t have a keyboard, so I had to enter the notes by hand into a sequencer, which made them less expressive than I was hoping for.
I want to write up a few of the things I learned this month, and then it’s on to the next thing!
So here we are. My first thing is finished. Onward!
