February 2006 Archives

Recently I've been enjoying my new computer speakers, especially noticing the subwoofer adding punch to my "24" viewing sessions. Unfortunately, I discovered the bass was a little too heavy when listening to music, especially the more acoustic and/or vocal driven stuff. I did a little research and decided to make a customized iTunes equalizer setting to adjust the tendency to accentuate the lower range.

Next, I discovered I could assign different equalizer settings to specific songs/albums etc. This customization allows me to have that bass kick in when I'm listening to MC Solaar or my new favorite disc compilation "Kool Moe Dee vs. LL Cool J" (Old School Battles volume 1) without having to manually adjust it each time. (Check out this write-up for a quick summary of this battle rap and others.)

Damn LL, that Star Trek diss is so cold!

I recently decided to give up on my old Epson Stylus C80 printer (mostly due to horrible horizontal lines that refused to go away), and replaced it with a Canon Pixma iP5200. I haven't made full use of its photo printing capabilities, but already I'm not entirely convinced this thing will fulfill my needs (deep blacks show horizontal lines). Oh well, I knew I had to try a different brand, and I've just kind of gravitated to Canon by default for their quality and design of their cameras.

So, basically it at least looks nicer on my desk.

Oh, and in response to Cabel's post about Canon's "secret" clock, here is the clock on the SD10 that he appropriately mentioned as "Tron-like."

Wow, this internet was totally dead. First, a self-imposed exile, and then a server move and some personal turmoil, and here we are in the middle of February, Two-Thousand and Six. I have some catching up to do, but as a dedicated documentarian I will get back on course, and as you can see, I am already at work: