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PCOIP Articles, Posts, Blogs, Videos - Technorati

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2009-11-09T00:00:00-08:00

Electrical Receptacles, Electrical Outlets, Electrical Plugs, Adapter Plugs

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How to Wire Your House With Cat-5 (or 6) For Ethernet Networking

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2009-11-01T23:00:00-08:00

KeyHoleTV & KeyHoleVideo
watch japanese tv at home
mi madre's restaurant
Welcome to Lamberts - Fancy Barbecue?

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2009-10-31T00:00:00-07:00

April Winchell » Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit

COmpression Sound Art

2009-06-12T00:19:00.001-07:00

Usavich Prison Break

2009-05-30T20:29:00.000-07:00

Great Head

2009-05-16T22:27:00.000-07:00

If you've purchased an inexpensive or entry level tripod it is likely that the head that came with it is not the best. Assuming that the head is removable this problem is easily remedied with an upgrade.

I chose the Manfrotto 484RC2 to upgrade my Velbon ULTRA MAXi mini travel tripod which came with a decent head that lacked a quick release. For me a quick release makes the tripod/head much more convenient with the ability to quickly mount and remove your camera. The 484RC2 comes with a great quick release that includes a locking mechanism which prevents accidental removal of your camera. This is an excellent safeguard.

I also like the plate that comes with the 484RC2. The mechanism used to screw the plate to your camera includes a flip out arm for easy tightening. Other plates just have a slot that requires a coin or screwdriver to tighten. If you don't have one of those it's difficult to get the plate tight on the camera which means it's going to slip around.

I was recommended the 484RC2 head since it was relatively light, came at a reasonable price and would work well with my camera. I'm using this with my Canon XTi and a borrowed Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens (my heaviest lens) and although the recommendation was to go with a bigger head, the 484RC2 holds steady with no slipping.

I'll be putting this head through its paces shortly but initially I'm very happy with my purchase.

Japanese Restruant Playlist

2009-05-16T01:43:00.000-07:00

Recently on ask.metafilter someone asked for a list of Music to eat sushi by so I answered.
And here's the list that I came up with:

Audio Sports - hip hop with Yamatsuka Eye of Boredoms, electronic composer Aki Onda and then-battle DJ Nobukazu Takemura
Bulljun - producer of mad beats
Cappablack - down tempo hip hop/illbient beats
Fantastic Plastic Machine (FPM) - Shibuya-kei at its finest
INO hidefumi - Satisfaction is his take on the 70s standards. Very jazzy stuff.
Jemapur - electronic hip-hop
Kahimi Karie - subtle breathy vocals.
Lullatone - electro-pop duo
Nao Tokui - some nice electronics
Riow Arai - electronic hip-hop
Takagi Masakatsu - has an album Eating and another one called Eating 2. Rehome is pretty nice too

please post if you have anything to add.

High Technical Gum

2009-05-09T00:28:00.000-07:00

Black Black - my favorite high technical gum

Entire Yamanote Line in Less Than 4 Min

2009-04-27T21:58:00.000-07:00

David Choe on Spark

2009-03-14T13:52:00.000-07:00

KQED's Bay Area art show, Spark, features a piece on David Choe
A Los Angeles born renegade street artist who relocated to the South Bay
He does some amazing work and has a very different philosophy
about using the street as a canvas

SymmetryS

2008-12-14T00:20:00.000-08:00

yo, yo-yo, yo-yo, yo, yo
yo, yo-yo, yo-yo, yo, yo-ye-ah

Sun Blackbox vs Earthquake

2008-10-14T14:37:00.000-07:00

See what happens when Sun's modular datacenter (aka Blackbox) meets with a simulated 6.7 magnitude earthquake.

McCain Drum Solo

2008-10-13T16:07:00.000-07:00

not bad for an old guy

Thumbnails from Japan

2008-10-11T22:33:00.001-07:00

thumbnails of some of my pictures from my honeymoon in japan.
More from my Japan 2008 Flickr set here.

2008-08-31T03:12:00.000-07:00

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Jemapur - Maledict Car

Best Of Netlabels Vol. 4

2008-07-30T23:32:00.000-07:00

Ante Up

2008-07-20T11:32:00.000-07:00

2008-07-20T02:37:00.000-07:00

Ableton Live's Drum Rack

2008-06-22T01:08:00.000-07:00

I've been using Ableton Live off and on now for a few years. I love Live for it's ability to easily and endlessly tweak, manipulate and change sounds. I could spend hours twiddling knobs and shaping new clips.

As I tend to prefer using my own samples in Live the real light bulb went off for me when I figured out how to build my own Impulse instruments. This allowed me to clip short sounds and trigger them with MIDI which is perfect for making minimal blipy tracks.

A recent upgrade to Live 7 took this to the next level with the introduction of the Drum Rack. This new instrument is like Impulse on steroids. The same concept of sound clips triggered by MIDI still holds true but added is the ability to tweak each individual sample with things like Filter, LFO and any of the variety of effects included in Live.

Another light bulb went off for me last night after watching the video above at about 2 min 41 sec in where it is explained that you can automatically slice an audio file and dump it into the Drum Rack. This saves hours of manual slicing, although some slight adjustments may be wanted.

There is still so much that I need to learn about using the new Drum rack but for now I'm content chopping up sounds to make a few of my own preset racks. I highly recommend watching the videos found on the Ableton site to learn more about the features in Live.

It's Not All Good

2008-06-21T01:09:00.001-07:00

bowl of ramen from nantsutei ramen shop, originally uploaded by cjw333.

Some of my favorite meals of all time were those that I've had in japan. I just can't get enough ramen, udon and curry not to mention wonderful sushi and a variety of regional dishes. Not all of the food in japan makes my mouth water, however.

Matthew Firestone covers 5 Japanese Foods You Might Want to Avoid on Galding. And you thought natto was bad.

my muxtape

2008-04-19T03:45:00.000-07:00

go to my muxtape

International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation

2008-04-18T22:32:00.000-07:00

Various - International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation
1984
R Radical Records
Punk

This 2 LP compilation released in 1984 features a lineup of punk and hardcore bands from around the globe. In addition to 60 tracks from countries like Italy, Japan, Germany and the USA it came with a 72 page booklet, each page featuring a different band.

All profits from this album were to go to anti-nuclear groups & activities worldwide

see more of my Top 100 Albums here

A Video Interview with Monome

2008-03-16T01:11:00.000-07:00

三日月サンセット - サカナクション　PV

2008-03-08T00:05:00.000-08:00

i bought an album by this band
while i was in osaka for my honeymoon
i can't read the band's name
but it was definitely a good find

James Brown + Michael Jackson + Prince

2008-01-18T23:23:00.000-08:00

a crazy good video with mike and prince paying homage to the godfather. prince it out of control.

Taking Obsession To The Next Level

2008-01-13T02:53:00.000-08:00

Taking the Japaneses obsession with noodles to the next step the Tokyo Noodle website features a blog, pictures and even a DVD of various Japanese women eating noodles in random places.

How To Enjoy Suhi

2008-01-12T11:29:00.000-08:00

Guerilla Flowerpots in Tokyo’s Public Spaces

2008-01-12T04:12:00.001-08:00

Tokyo Wall Scene, originally uploaded by cjw333.

PingMag provides an overview of guerilla flowerpots in Tokyo, Japan