Thu - Mar 18, 2010 : 01:03 am
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Marathon Week
AudioGuru
Most normal people would be exhausted right about now, but I guess when ya love what ya do, doing more of it is just invigorating. So, yesterday evening we were at it again with The Blue Aces, recording the last single, which is sure to be a hit, of their first demo! The song is called Dance With Me. Now it's on to the mixing and ...
Audio / Music
Mon - Mar 15, 2010 : 02:29 pm
grateful
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Helaman : 4
PoeticIntensity
Hmm.... Another war started by another group of dissenters. Man alive... Seems like the story is all the same. People who want to rule another nation end up being sparked and fed by dissenters of the nation they want to rule (think of Amalickiah)... *sigh*
The latter half of this chapter is a great reminder of what h...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Fri - Mar 12, 2010 : 04:09 pm
sick
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Helaman : 3
PoeticIntensity
It seems that this chapter is just a informational chapter on the goings on over a space of quite a few years. Heh... That's pretty general, but there's really not any story-line, or analogy, or deep doctrine here...
I did find it interesting how they spoke of using cement, and the sparseness of timber, and such like that. I wonder wh...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Mar 11, 2010 : 05:16 pm
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Ibanez SR-300 + Kustom Amp!
AudioGuru
Since we've opened for business, and even before, I've started to notice a sad trend in recording audio. This is speaking extremely generally, and there have been a few people who have definitely broken the mold, but in my experience, I've noticed that the musical instrument getting the least amount of love is the bass guitar.
For the most ...
Audio Hardware
Thu - Mar 11, 2010 : 02:59 pm
sick
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Helaman : 2
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... I sure would like to know what the politics of the time were back then. Helaman's guard was able to single-handedly save the newly-appointed chief judge, by disguise, intellect, and ultimately a firm blade straight through the heart. Yet, the account says nothing of telling anyone what was happening during the incident....
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sat - Mar 06, 2010 : 10:41 am
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Helaman : 1
PoeticIntensity
Interesting that, again, the pride of one man seemed to be the reason of much wickedness and death. If Paanchi would have just accepted the rule of his own brother because he was voted in by the majority, I'll bet the whole war with Coriantumr wouldn't have happened.
That being bad enough, doesn't hold a candle to what happened with Kishkum...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Fri - Mar 05, 2010 : 02:28 pm
tired
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Alma : 63
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I forgot that Alma had 63 chapters.
This chapter has always just kind of made me raise an eyebrow while reading it. I must say, I felt the Spirit while reading it, and I know it's true, but I wonder why it was written.
Why did Mormon dedicate half a chapter to people "going northward"? And what about the ships?&nbs...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Thu - Mar 04, 2010 : 02:40 pm
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Alma : 61, 62
PoeticIntensity
Reading through Alma 60 and 61, I can vividly imagine what it would be like to live in times like those. I imagine the cry for freedom being heard through the streets, as neighbors and friends decide to take up arms in defense of our right to worship how we want, and for the protection of our families, traditions, and way of life. Putti...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Mar 04, 2010 : 02:06 pm
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2011 5.0 Mustang GT
PoeticIntensity
Although I probably will never own one of these, it's just awesome that the pony cars are gettin' revved up again. Ford is definitely gonna bring up the competition with this beast. Bye-bye imports!
http://www.thefordstory.com/smart-technology/the-mustang-5-0-is-back/
Buyah!...
Cars
Wed - Mar 03, 2010 : 10:06 am
annoyed
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Proper Spelling of "Ridiculous"
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I rarely .... well.. I never have posted something like this before in my blog, but this is getting RIDICULOUS. This is not getting REDICULOUS. It is getting R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S
It seems like when ever I see that word spelled anywhere on the Internet, it's spelled consistently wrong, and I can't for the life ...
Babblings
Thu - Mar 19, 2009 : 11:34 pm
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Obama on Jay Leno
PoeticIntensity
While my wife and I were watching The Office tonight, we got wind of President Obama being on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, so we decided to stay up to watch it.
Well, I just got done watching it, and before I forget, I have to write down some initial thoughts.
To begin, I am by absolutely no means whatsoever any source of any credible politi...
Personal / Politics
Sun - Nov 08, 2009 : 01:46 pm
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Alma : 42
PoeticIntensity
Man.... I'm tired, but I felt I had to read and write about a scripture today.
Alma does a great job of answering his son's question. "Why should sinners be punished?" All sorts of nuggets of truth can be found in this chapter.
Another great chapter on the justice and mercy of God is found in Alma 34.
That's about it for...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Mon - May 05, 2014 : 10:18 pm
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Too Many Goings On...
AudioGuru
So, I noticed I haven't blogged about studio things lately, and I need to get with it.
With that, let me just say this:
Yeah... See that picture there? One of those babies are now in use at Art City Sound, and although it's a bit preliminary right now, as I've only had it 1 day, I can with certainty say, "The drums from ...
Studio
Wed - Dec 05, 2007 : 01:16 pm
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Logitech Orbit AF and Gentoo
PoeticIntensity
This morning, I ended up with a new toy in my hands and as luck would have it, I also had a couple of hours to mess with it.
The device is a Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF webcam.
I've always had a little interest in videography (nothing compared to my interest in audio, however), and from time-to-time I've tried to get various webcams to work in L...
Computers / Gentoo / Linux
Mon - Aug 27, 2007 : 02:30 pm
grateful
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FCKeditor - Thank You!
PoeticIntensity
I've just gotta say.... Man alive, I love open source. I've also gotta pay my dues.
ILMJ uses a wonderful open source editor called fckeditor. It is simply amazing. I haven't done much with it, but without it - this website wouldn't even be close to being usable yet.
I just got done configuring the image-upload process, an...
I Love My Journal / Personal
Fri - Aug 21, 2009 : 03:08 pm
okay
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m4a audio conversion in Linux
PoeticIntensity
Today, an audio file was sent to me in an email. This audio was compressed and encoded using the aac codec for compression and wrapped in m4a. In order to use it, I had to convert this file to a wav format. Usually, I receive files in mp3, ogg, or flac file types, and use lame, oggdec, or flac to decode them back to wav. Wit...
Audio / Gentoo / Linux
Tue - Jun 21, 2011 : 04:43 pm
confused
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Mormon : 9 - Love?
PoeticIntensity
Growing up, I used to have a mis-conception that those who erred against God in their ways were best suited for rebuke the way God gives it in the scriptures. I was ignorantly judgemental, and for a long time, couldn't understand why people tended to shy away from my tactics.
Reading the beginning of this chapter brings back a lot of those ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Fri - Dec 03, 2010 : 11:37 am
excited
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Scramjet X-96 Contest!
AudioGuru
Scramjet, a valued client of Advanced Budget Studios (and an amazing band, as well), has recently arrived in the top-ten list of a contest put on by X-96. Please support them by clicking here and voting for them and their awesome song, "Tread Softly".
Thanks, and thank you, Scramjet! You guys are awesome!
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Miscellaneous
Tue - Aug 23, 2011 : 05:53 pm
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Ether : 11
PoeticIntensity
So, this chapter seems to be about the rise and fall of the people, and the rulers who ruled both in righteousness and wickedness.
It seems to mow through a genration with each verse that goes by - very quickly. I guess this chapter would be a good one to illustrate the Lord's prophets making promises, and then keeping them through la...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Sun - Dec 16, 2007 : 05:31 pm
anxious
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Gotta Start Another Project....
PoeticIntensity
I'm going crazy in my life again. I'm kinda weird that way.
Things are going well and then I finish a project, or get sick of it, or something else. Heck, the whole "project" mentality I have is what started this whole "ilovemyjournal" thing (as well as ldscompanion.org). I also wrote and produced 17 very ama...
Personal
Tue - Oct 21, 2014 : 10:20 pm
content
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Seek God Sooner
PoeticIntensity
So, I thought I'd write something down that happened today.
For those of you who know me, I'm a pretty laid-back, easy-going type of guy.
My wife and I went to sleep quite late, mostly because we couldn't stop talking and laughing with one another (not an uncommon occurrence, unfortunately), and also unfortunately, we were woken up early ...
Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 15, 2011 : 03:48 pm
excited
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ABS + Mixbus = Good Times!
AudioGuru
Man... I've been so busy recording good music lately, I haven't had any time to let you all know what has been going on.
It's no secret that the studio uses Ardour as it's main digital audio workstation. So far, the program has been superb in its stability, scalability, and features to help create great music.
Recently, howeve...
Audio / Mixing
Thu - Oct 21, 2010 : 03:38 pm
excited
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HTF Wants to play for YOU!
PoeticIntensity
So I'm sure many of you know that I've been working on a new project this year called "Herod the Fink". We built a new site for it, and update the project's blog semi-regularly. The site has music, photos, videos, and more, so you can get familiar with us, and know what to expect when we invade your living rooms...
Yes... Y...
Herod The Fink / Music
Fri - Sep 11, 2009 : 01:53 pm
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Main Site
AudioGuru
Click here to go to Art City Sound...
Audio
Thu - Oct 22, 2009 : 05:17 pm
no mood
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Windows 7
PoeticIntensity
Why on earth would I spend $109.00 on a new operating system when I could buy a friggin' 1.5 TERABYTE HARD DRIVE FOR THE SAME PRICE!?!?!? (and that's the cheap version of Windows 7 - you know, the one you'll regret buying even if you do buy in to all this Microsoft crap. The version that'll make you regret purchasing Windows the l...
Computers / Linux / Microsoft
Tue - Dec 09, 2008 : 04:48 pm
content
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Sleep, Cats, and Christmas Trees
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... I thought that with 4.5 hours of sleep last night, I'd feel a heckuva lot sleepier than I do. I guess miracles do happen.
Since our wonderful Samuel was born, my wife and I have been getting considerably less sleep than we otherwise would. This is to be expected; it comes with the whole package of parenthood.
I ha...
Cats / Children / Family / General Insanity
Fri - Nov 05, 2010 : 11:02 am
excited
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Brand-New HTF Album Available!
PoeticIntensity
Okay, friend, family, and others. I just wanted to let you know that the season has finally arrived!
Jesse and I have been working all year long on Herod the Fink's 2nd studio album. We are so excited to announce that it's finally available for purchase!
The album has eight songs on it, and all of them are awesome. I'll post...
Herod The Fink / Music
Thu - Mar 04, 2010 : 02:06 pm
ecstatic
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2011 5.0 Mustang GT
PoeticIntensity
Although I probably will never own one of these, it's just awesome that the pony cars are gettin' revved up again. Ford is definitely gonna bring up the competition with this beast. Bye-bye imports!
http://www.thefordstory.com/smart-technology/the-mustang-5-0-is-back/
Buyah!...
Cars
Fri - Nov 09, 2007 : 10:26 am
content
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Failure and Innovation
PoeticIntensity
I saw a good movie the other day. It's called "Meet The Robinsons".
If you haven't seen it yet, and you like movies which actually have a moral (kind of tough to find now-a-days), I'd highly recommend it.
A specific part of the movie caught my attention and is the cause for this entry. The part basically consists of a li...
Miscellaneous / Personal
Thu - Jul 08, 2010 : 02:42 pm
amazed
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Daddy's Little Soldier - Finished
AudioGuru
Last night, Christie Berube came over for the finishing session on her new song, Daddy's Little Soldier, and to be honest, it was a complete honor to work with her on such a brilliant piece of musical artwork.
As an afterthought, I usually like to listen to the final master on as many different sound systems as possible, just to learn from what ...
Music