For the past several years I have for the most part been on the outside looking in. I stop by every so often when I have had a moment while delayed at one airport or another. I even managed to make it to the big San Jose meet; seems so long ago. During this time I have lost contact with friends...

I have been traveling and working so much the last couple of years that I really have gotten behind in listening to new releases. So what has been released in the last year or so that is really well recorded and mastered? Time to get some new music.

I find myself working with colleagues around the globe on several projects and it would be very useful to have their local time on my desktop for reference. I use dual monitors so I would place it on my secondary one alongside of IM. I would prefer if it were free. Is anyone using one they might...

For those of you lucky enough to hear Steve Hoffman at the National meet this past weekend you heard about some re-issued vinyl that was due out soon. I just got this in the mail from Acoustic Sounds announcing pre-orders for some of the titles. Pricing policy seems more than fair as well. No...

One of the few benefits of traveling around the country as I have been doing for the past couple of years is that once in a while I have an opportunity to visit audio stores and occasionally audio vendors facilities. This week I was lucky enough to visit Ultimate Ears in California and audition...

Well here I was minding my own business reading about what is the best solid state amp and my wife charges up the stairs and tells me her passenger front tire is flat. She asks me if I can change it, hops in my truck and goes grocery shopping. Normally this would not be so bad but it is a bit...

I was driving to the gym this morning and was once again struck by the huge difference between drivers in different regions of the country. I travel quite a bit and rent cars everywhere I go so I have a chance to see many different drivers. Here in the Midwest we have some of the least courteous...

She released this a few months ago and I just picked it up on Friday. Many classics done by her make you think of a time long ago. Very enjoyable CD.

Well here I am at Sea-Tac in Seattle hoping to make it to Chicago tonight. So far we are delayed a couple of hours putting arrival at around 11PM. Flights are so overbooked they are telling people without confirmed seats that it may be Sunday before they can get them out. Two people that I...

A friend of mine just got one of these and it on the surface seems like a great thing especially for those of us that spend an inordinate amount of time in airports, airplanes and hotels. While everything that I might want to read may not be available yet there seems to be more good books than I...

I was in the Pacific Northwest this past week during the search for James Kim and his family. It was sad to hear of his or anyones loss. For those of you that have never been in the Northwest woods it is easy to get lost and disoriented and the nights are pitch black when there is cloud cover...

After reading this thread on the Mexican Riviera I thought I would post about my week off as it was at the other end of the scale in terms of luxury. http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=210412 I spent the last 8 days in the woods of Northern Wisconsin deer hunting with my SIL...

Both of my children have made me very proud throughout their lives. Family, school, sports, work have all yielded memorable moments. Over the Thanksgiving holiday my Son and his girlfriend both received word that they had successfully passed the California Bar exam on their first try. From...

I have been traveling extensively this year for business sometimes 3 different cities in a week and I have been using my Etymotics on every flight. In fact I cannot imagine the 7 hour flight to Anchorage without them. Chatty people in adjacent seats, screaming children and on occasion the would...

I will be in Columbus for the near future for work and I am already tired of 3 meals a day in restaurants. So next week I thought I would start to venture out in the evenings and see if I can find some good vinyl or possibly an audio store that is not Circuit City or the like. I am staying in...

The title says it all. We will not argue over what is inane and what is not. You are all smart enough to figure it out. If you persist few days in the penalty box will give you time to reflect on what is inane and what is not.

Well it seems as though my Spring will be spent in the greater Detroit area at my company's offices there. I am expecting to spend about 2 months there helping them with SAP. I also anticipate side trips (2-3 days) to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Columbus. I figured as...

Well we finally bought a new TV after a few months of indecision and debate. The old one we have has served us for a long time but the picture is starting to go and it is time to go to High Definition. We got a Toshiba 72" 72MX195 Cinema Series. It has a beautiful picture and it will be...

My daughter got married last May and she has asked me to edit one of her pictures. What she wants is for the picture to be made black and white (easy part) but leave the bouquet in color. Anyone have an easy way to accomplish this? Thanks

Very well done CD. I have not heard the vinyl yet but it has been released. The CD is traditional Christmas songs done with a Jazz band backing her. I am not all that fond of the normal Christmas stuff that we hear in an endless loop for a month but this one is special.

I have been part of a large scale software conversion at the company I work for. This project will replace virtually all of our self developed software with SAP. We have been customizing, testing and trying to figure out how to migrate legacy datasince January. 6 day 72 hour weeks have been the...

Well I have been using Firefox for an entire day now. I never would have thought that a browser made much difference but I like this one. As the title says what theme do you like the best and why?

Later today I am off to Summer camp. Actually it is a 4 day golf school at Geneva National in Wisconsin. It should be fun, 4 days with as mush golf as you can play, 5 hours of instruction per day + room and all meals. The weather has been ideal the last few days and I am looking forward to...

My wife and I went to Chicago and saw Bob Dylan's opening night performance. It was a very good show and he has surrounded himself with a great band. It was a mixture of new work with a few of the old classics thrown in and reinterpreted. They were done differently that what you remember from...

Well it is starting to warm up a bit here; it is all the way up to 6°F from 0°F. I have nothing that must get done today and I think it would be a good time to clean a few records fire up the amps and sit back and listen to some music. Over the Christmas holiday I got the Bob Dylan 4 record set...