Mon - Mar 01, 2010 : 04:52 pm
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AES and PHP
PoeticIntensity
After receiving a warning in my PHP implementation of AES encryption (which is called Rijndael), I did a quick google, and found one match - and it happened to be in planet larry, so... I clicked on the link to go to the blog which contained the fix, and found it wasn't there anymore... So.. I thought I'd just copy the answer and ...
Computers / Gentoo / Linux
Sat - Feb 27, 2010 : 10:05 pm
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Blue Aces Bring The Heat!
AudioGuru
With as little sleep as I got last night, when I woke up this morning, I was a bit worried about the Aces' session today. Man alive! I don't know what I was worried about! These girls nailed their new song, Fooled Twice, wholeheartedly! Spot-on timing, vocals, tunes, and had a great time, to boot.
You're gonna love it!&nbs...
Audio / Music
Sun - Feb 21, 2010 : 05:43 pm
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Herod the Fink Session
AudioGuru
Man... 11 straight hours of tracking can sure be....... FUN! Yup... Herod the Fink is still on schedule, and after yesterday's session, I can say the end product is gonna be something you've never heard in a Christmas album before, guaranteed.
To give you an idea of what was recorded yesterday, the title of one of the songs we ...
Audio / Music
Thu - Feb 18, 2010 : 03:59 pm
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Alma : 60
PoeticIntensity
Hmm.... I can't help but contrast a note like this one being sent between friends today. Holy cow.
If I were to send a message like this to any one of my friends (Pahoran was a good man, and a friend to captain Moroni), I'm fairly sure I would at very least offend them to the point of damaging the friendship, and at most, cause them t...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Sun - Feb 14, 2010 : 11:28 pm
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Happy Valentine's Day
PoeticIntensity
I spent today away from my sweetheart, so I thought I'd see what kind of a "1 day love song" I could write to her. So, I took approximately 5 hours and wrote her a love song.... or something... It's my first attempt at recording myself playing guitar, and the lyrics consist of 8 whole words. So... Here ya go. ...
Life / Personal
Sun - Feb 14, 2010 : 07:30 am
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Life, Music and Possibilities
PoeticIntensity
It's been a while since I just sat down to write about whatever comes out of my fingers. I now have about an hour of free time, so I think I'm gonna do just that.
It's been kind of interesting that in various points in my life, I've wanted to get rid of the thoughts of doing something musical professionally, but it always seems to come back...
Life / Music / Personal
Thu - Feb 11, 2010 : 04:53 pm
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Session with Fatigi
AudioGuru
So, last night we finished recording the first two songs from a band called Fatigi. One of the best recording sessions ever.
So, on Tuesday evening, Adam, Christian, and Robert came in, with drums in hand, ready to get to work.
We tracked drums first, which, for my studio, is rare - mostly because drums can get monotonous with nothing b...
Audio / Mixing / Music
Thu - Feb 11, 2010 : 04:16 pm
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Lucky Day...
PoeticIntensity
So... This week has been just one blessing after the other. I mean, seriously, it's been an amazing week! I've been recording this great band in my studio, I've been rockin' the code at my day-job, and things are just great.
So, to celebrate my happiness, and general good mood, I decided to take myself out to lunch. I wen...
Cars / Life
Tue - Feb 09, 2010 : 05:00 pm
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Alma : 59
PoeticIntensity
Okay... First question about this chapter which really intrigues me is this: Why would Moroni immediately assume wickedness on the part of the Nephites as soon as Nephihah was taken over?
I don't ask this question rhetorically, or sarcastically because if I were him, I guess I could think of a thousand other reasons why a city would g...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Mon - Feb 08, 2010 : 05:31 pm
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Audix D6 / AT 4041 Review
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So, about a week ago, I recieved shipment of my Audix D6 Microphone, and was pretty anxious to get it working to see if all the hype I had read about was true...
You see, for the past year or so, I had been dead-set on getting a Shure Beta-52A to use on the house kick-drum here, but for the past few months have been getting more and more good fe...
Audio / Audio Hardware / Mixing
Sun - Dec 02, 2012 : 10:08 am
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Live Room is framed!
AudioGuru
Well, I'd say last week was a success for the progress of the studio! I'd also say it was a pretty big failure for the state of my body. Man, I'm getting old. Even my 70-year-old dad out-did me, and that's just sad. Even though my fingers are swollen, and my feet hurt, I've gotta say it was 100% worth it.
We started ...
Studio
Wed - Oct 03, 2007 : 02:00 pm
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Sony's Digital Rights?
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I think I'm beginning to understand why I hate Sony so bad. Their stance on digital rights' management is absolutely astounding.
According to this article, Sony's cheif anti-piracy lawyer stated that "...making a copy of a purchased song is just a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'"
So, in a nutshell, Jennifer Pariser i...
Drm
Fri - Jul 25, 2008 : 04:16 pm
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Gen. Conf. - Today - Wickman
PoeticIntensity
I enjoyed this talk, but to tell you the truth, I have no idea what to write about it. I think it has to do more with my current mood than anything else.
The talk made a great point that we need to live in the now. We need to utilize the atonement of Christ in order to secure a great tomorrow.
And as far as yesterday goes, I believe...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Dec 27, 2007 : 11:16 am
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Writing...
PoeticIntensity
I've been finding it hard to write / blog lately, simply because I have no desire to write. I've been thinking about this for a bit, so I decided to write about ... writing.
In order to write / blog, I have to have something to write about - obviously. What isn't so obvious is, I always have something to write about.
I came to...
Miscellaneous
Fri - Dec 07, 2007 : 05:43 pm
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Service Through Love
PoeticIntensity
A little less than a month ago, my best friend's wife called me and told me she was planning a birthday party for her hubby. Well, Scott being my best friend and all, I thought this was a fantastic idea! After that, I didn't think too terribly much about it.
A couple of days after that, I remember Scott telling me that he really want...
Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jun 15, 2009 : 01:36 pm
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Alma 30 : Korihor
PoeticIntensity
Beginning this chapter, another testament to the correlation between peace and keeping God's commandments is apparent. Giving "strict" heed to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel undoubtedly brings peace.
Now, on a totally different note, I wonder where Korihor came from? It just says that he came into the land. Was ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Spiritual
Thu - Jun 07, 2007 : 10:56 pm
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Here we go -a-changin'-jobs again...
PoeticIntensity
I've been strugging on how to blog about what's been going on, and I'm sick of thinking about it, so here I go.
About a month ago, I was sitting at my happy job, getting paid pretty well, liking very much, for the most part, the environment which I had been blessed to work in for the past 1 1/2 years, when an email came to my inbox from the UPHPU...
Sat - Apr 26, 2008 : 10:02 pm
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Vegas Birthday Craziness!
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Wow.... This is gonna be one of those entries which might just take up an entire novel, if I were to write down what I wish I could.
To begin, yesterday Sarah and I went to Vegas to celebrate Shaun Roos's birthday.
The whole kit-'n'-kaboodle began about a month ago when Tiffy, Shaun's girlfriend, emailed me asking me if I thought I coul...
Personal
Wed - Jul 18, 2012 : 12:06 am
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Getting Real...
PoeticIntensity
Today was spent with my good friend, and brother, Ryan (and his family, who happens to love my family!)
We spent the day moving all sorts of large items from our home into the storage space we're renting. From the kitchen table and chairs, to the couch downstairs, to the hutches - we made two trips full of items, with our mini-van and Dad'...
Personal / Studio
Wed - Sep 05, 2007 : 11:14 pm
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I'm Glad I'm Not Crazy.
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I've got to start off here on a postive note, or I'll bring up all sorts of crappy emotions which I'd just rather not get into right now. I'm sure they'll be brought up sooner or later, but for now, I'd like for you to just take a moment and sup in the absolute goodness found in the photograph on your right.
Yeah... Just ...
Personal
Tue - Jan 08, 2008 : 09:42 pm
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1st Nephi : 4
PoeticIntensity
One way I really enjoy reading the scriptures is from a very empathetic point of view. I find I learn more when I study, if I try to imagine what would *really* be going on if I were actually within the scripture.
Chapter 4 is perfect for this. Reading somewhat between the lines of the first part of this chapter allows us to imagine ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Sep 08, 2009 : 10:12 am
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Hard Drive Crisis
PoeticIntensity
Okay... So three days ago (that would be Saturday morning), I found that my server was having weird problems. I was getting an I/O error when I tried to start a movie for my daughter. Yeah, that can't be good. I'd seen that problem before when LVM got out of sync somehow (after about 6 months of uptime), and decided to reboo...
Computer Hardware / Computers / Linux
Tue - Dec 09, 2008 : 09:23 pm
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NVidia TV Twinview
PoeticIntensity
The new lamp for my projector arrived today and much rejoicing was heard among the land.
Since our lamp burned out 5-8 months ago, we've been using a TV to entertain our kids, providing them with movies and TV cartoons and all the other goodness with which MythTV blesses our lives.
With the return of our lamp, I wanted a way to extend the life ...
Computers / Gentoo / Linux / Video
Wed - May 16, 2007 : 10:50 pm
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What does "rich" really mean?
PoeticIntensity
I've been reading the scriptures a bit lately, and I came upon a verse which intrigued me. That verse quickly made me think of this one, and this one. Let's not forget this one - that's a good one, too - verse 33 being the focus.
Here's another really good one warning of the dangers of the previous entries, and further proving the point that at l...
Sat - Jul 27, 2013 : 02:56 pm
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Music Speaks For Itself
AudioGuru
With everything going on that has to do with running Art City Sound, and making sure everything is taken care of, it's easy to forget what is really important. Of course, my family is, and always will be, #1 in my life, but aside from that, the most important thing in this studio is good music. Having a good time is a definite plus, but...
Music
Tue - Dec 09, 2008 : 04:48 pm
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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
Tue - Mar 25, 2008 : 10:03 pm
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2nd Nephi : 33
PoeticIntensity
Verse which popped out at me this time around was verse 1.
This is probably the best illustration in all of scripture of how the Spirit works among people.
When someone speaks according to the Spirit of God, the Spirit breaks all barriers of communication and carries the message through a language agnostic medium which all hearts understand.
...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sat - Oct 06, 2007 : 11:44 am
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Conference 1
PoeticIntensity
Brother Packer's talk about everyone in the church being the same, and no office being more important than the other was very inspirational to me this conference, along with Thomas S. Monson's talk about Sister Patton and the talk he gave in 1969 concerning her and the death of her son in the Navy.
I feel inspired as I sit here listening to the l...
Lds / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 15, 2011 : 03:48 pm
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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
Mon - Jan 26, 2009 : 08:56 pm
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Alma : 14
PoeticIntensity
This chapter is quite possibly one of the most potent chapters in all of the Book of Mormon. It ranks right up there with the story of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi's willingly laying down their lives in the midst of thousands of people wanting to kill them, and thus, converting even more to the true faith of Christ.
All I've got to say is, "Wow...
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