Epic Unboxing

(October 26, 2013)

I got chocolates from Demarquette today. He makes the best chocolate in the world, probably. And just look at this packaging. Nom, nom, nom.

Mercantilism

(October 25, 2013)

As usual, I was more delayed than warranted with the No Gnus t-shirts. But today! It’s packing time. Carrying the shirts up to the fourth floor was kinda invigorating.  I.e., woe is me. Using magical Japanese folding techniques… Quality entertainment.  (Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2, which I bought because Joss Whedon said they were great … Continue reading Mercantilism

My New Concert Blog

(October 22, 2013)

Ick pt II

(October 20, 2013)

In the previous part of this series, we learned that a couple of plants had been invaded by white dust, which is probably a fungus.  Of some kind. I threw out the main offender, cleaned the area, sprayed anti-fungal stuff on the other plants nearby, and scrubbed down like in one of those horror movies. … Continue reading Ick pt II

My New Concert Blog vs Useful Consumer Review

(October 17, 2013)

So I wanted to test the camera again.  I mean, filming.  I decreased the HD-ness to perhaps save some battery life. There’s apparently no way to shut the screen off while filming.  That’s annoying, because a bright screen sitting on a table at the front is kinda annoying. The camera shut itself off every 20 … Continue reading My New Concert Blog vs Useful Consumer Review

My New Concert Blog

(October 15, 2013)

I forgot my camera, but here’s a Damo Suzuki picture from my Nokia E7 phone: It might be Symbian, but at least it’s not Google, Apple or Microsoft.  Evil free!

Useful Consomer Review vs My New Concert Blog

(October 13, 2013)

I got a Canon S120 the other day, because I thought it’d be nice to have a camera small enough to actually schlep around again. So I went to the Deciders concert: After sixteen minutes the “I’m dying!!!” battery symbol started flashing in red, so I switched the camera off.  I switched it on during … Continue reading Useful Consomer Review vs My New Concert Blog

Importing Type1 Fonts Into LaTeX

(October 8, 2013)

Using “foreign” Type1 fonts in X is pretty easy — you just drop them somewhere and tell X about it.  Importing fonts for use in LaTeX/xdvi/dvips isn’t that difficult, either, but requires that you know just what files to alter.  I’ve been using this script for years.  It takes Type1 font files, runs them through … Continue reading Importing Type1 Fonts Into LaTeX

My New Concert Blog

(October 5, 2013)

I’ve been carrying around a Lumia phone the last week, so I recorded a couple of shows. Getting the videos off of the phone proved to be challenging.  Google has sabotaged the Microsoft Youtube app, so you can’t upload directly from the phone.  And using normal HTTP uploads is disabled in the phone, apparently. So … Continue reading My New Concert Blog