I came across an interesting and really well done Guitar Lesson site. The site is basically a video lesson site providing lessons that teach songs and providing lessons on certain techniques. Their gimmick, at least with songs, is that some of the lessons are actually provided by real NAME artists. I can see the benefit [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2008’
New Guitar Toy
I got to sample this cool device at my local Music Store and I was way impressed by it. The device is a Vox PreAmp which is battery powered and plugs directly into the guitar and the speaker is a pair of headphones. According to Troy (again at my local music store), a good pair [...]
Kathy is back
Kathy is now at home though getting her home was interesting… Over the weekend, the weather people were constantly predicting icy and snowy weather and while it was very cold, it never snowed. In fact, both Saturday and Sunday turned out to be gorgeous days – sunny, clear, though cold and crisp. So when they [...]
Busy Weekend as Single Parent
Kathy took a trip to visit with some girlfriends, kind of a long weekend. Part of the weekend was supporting a friend (cheering up) who has a spouse who’s very sick so it’s something I am very empathetic with. Anyway, this left me as a single parent for the weekend. My nature is to overdo [...]
Security Video Cameras – Analog vs Digital
Quite awhile ago, I installed my first security video camera in my home. This was long before the notion of digital or IP based security video systems so I created a system that took the analog camera signal and placed it on a UHF channel that was then broadcast through my home cable which I [...]
Harmonic Minor Scales – Guitar
So in my last post, I shared with everyone the generated printouts of the various scales that I’ve produced via the lessons that I’ve had from my teacher over the last year and half (Mick Radcliff). My motivation for the last post was that Mick was teaching me about a new scale (new to me) [...]
Guitar Music Scales – File Download
I’ve cleaned up all my guitar related PDF’s in my download area so check them out. They include Modes (Ionian, Dorian, …), Pentatonic, Blues and such. They include scales for the keys of A, C, E, and G as well as some useful diagrams. I’ve added a new scale which I’m learning about called the [...]
Internet Security for Families
Last night I attended a meeting that our local Sheriff’s office presented on Internet Security and how it relates to families. With 2 boys getting increasingly interested in the world out on the internet (and being a geek dad), I was hoping for some stuff that I could use. For the most part, I was [...]
I’m Superman…ok maybe not!
Maybe I’m not Superman, but I did swoop in an save the day today. A neighbor and friend was very worried about another neighbor’s cat that was stuck in a tree. Apparently, the neighbor that owned the cat tried some pretty silly things to get the cat down and chased the cat higher up. When [...]
OS X vs Windows
As a OS X user and recent switcher, I’ve found lots of things to like about OS X. Applications install simpler. Lot’s of built in features. Usability and security are more integrated and easier to use in a way that I don’t have to think about things – just do them. There are a few [...]
New Pronto NG’s via Ebay
As posted previously, I bricked a Philips Pronto NG touch screen programmable remote. Before these remotes were discontinued, they retailed for more than $400. They are very cool and I like them a lot. I had 2 of them for 2 rooms. Anyway, I ordered 2 on ebay at a severe discount. I received them [...]
VMWare’s Fusion (I’ve left Parallel’s)
I’m very dutiful about upgrading my versions of software and making sure that they are up to date and working as the developers tell us they should. I’ve actually purchased both VMWare’s Fusion and SWSoft’s Parallels and tried them both. I’ve actually preferred Parallels as it seemed simpler though perhaps it was nothing more than [...]
Ecto 2.4.2 Blogging Software
As, I’ve stated in past posts, I use WordPress (it is at 2.3.2) for my blogging software. This is the software that is hosted on the server and is a database of the posts that I’ve written over the last 3 years. It is also the software that allows me to manage, track and even [...]
Xander and his classmates made a commercial
Xander is part of a gifted program for one day a week. In this program, they focus on going into 5 topics over the year really in-depth rather than re-doing what the “home” class does. In watching this and Xander’s reaction to it, I am finding this program to be an excellent addition to his [...]
Returned Toshiba HD-DVD Player
Well, after about a week of using the two Toshiba HD-DVD players that I bought (see previous posts) I decided to return them. I had several motivations. First and perhaps least, the video from the Toshiba HD-DVD player was great but the video on upscaling DVD players is pretty good too. I know my kids [...]