Mon - Feb 08, 2010 : 01:57 pm
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Alma : 58
PoeticIntensity
Hehe.... According to this verse, I guess even Lamanites can learn!
"Stand fast in the liberty wherewith God has made us free!"
Yeah... I think I'm gonna have that made into a poster, and hang it on my wall or something.
The big message of this chapter, and the few preceeding it, for me, would have to be "Rely on The Lord for y...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Fri - Feb 05, 2010 : 12:13 pm
amazed
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Better All The Time!
AudioGuru
Due to the amazing success Advanced Budget Studios has had in the short time since opening, we've added a few new toys to the studio. We now employ an Audix D6 kick microphone, which adds some serious punch to any acoustic drum tracks.
We also now have some serious firepower on acoustic guitars and drum overheads. We've acquired a mat...
Audio
Tue - Feb 02, 2010 : 01:09 pm
tired
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Alma : 57
PoeticIntensity
Yet another great strategy-based chapter. I'm kind of tired right now, and this chapter wasn't really loaded with doctrinal insights, but I will say that if there's any question about whether or not obedience has its rewards, you'll have to read verses 21-27. Definitely makes me want to both learn about and obey my Heavenly Father...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Mon - Feb 01, 2010 : 11:15 pm
excited
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One More for The Blue Aces
AudioGuru
We recently had the pleasure of working with The Blue Aces again, and as expected, they were stellar. This time around, however, they recorded an acoustic song which really contrasts the versatility in their song-writing. The song is called "One Of The Heart" and should be available soon.
Lookin' forward to doing more work w...
Audio / Music
Fri - Jan 29, 2010 : 03:18 pm
happy
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Alma : 56 - Courage, Faith
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... The explanations of the strategy of war really is interesting to me. But when I come across verses like these, I simply can't help but get chills.
I actually tear up when reading these verses. I guess it's kind of the whole underdog syndrome. Ya know... When there's a conflict, or a competition, and the odds are...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 28, 2010 : 11:38 am
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Alma : 56 - Covenants
PoeticIntensity
With all that I've noticed about making covenants this time around, I can't help but notice that this chapter has some very interesting words.
I really do wonder where the line is with covenants we make. In the days of the Book of Mormon, people would rather die than lie or break a covenant. This is made abundantly clear with the eali...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 27, 2010 : 03:50 pm
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Alma : 55
PoeticIntensity
I love Moroni's strategy. With God on his side, he seems almost unstoppable.
So Ammoron decides to be a jerk about the letter-sending, and what-not, so Moroni's like, "Dude... You did NOT just say that! A'ight, then, we'll see who gets to keep prisoners around here!!"
Let's see what could have gone wrong with this st...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Wed - Jan 27, 2010 : 12:09 am
excited
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First Impressions : MXL V77
AudioGuru
Since the studio's new shining star arrived, we've been having a lot of fun around here. To be honest, the guy who was good enough to sell us our new MXL V77, couldn't say enough about this microphone, which unfortunately is no longer in production, so when it arrived, I had my hopes up quite high - possibly too high.
So, after two successf...
Audio / Mixing / Music
Tue - Jan 26, 2010 : 06:45 pm
content
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Alma : 54 - Moroni's Anger
PoeticIntensity
Wow... Moroni doesn't mix words, does he... Reading this through as much of an objective filter as possible, I'd say there's some serious judgements going on. Moroni blatantly calls Ammoron a "child of hell", and tells him that his brother went to hell. heh... Pretty gutsy, if ya ask me. Going off of wh...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Sat - Jan 23, 2010 : 03:21 pm
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New Addition - MXL V77!
AudioGuru
So, a little over a week ago, I made a phone call on an offer I simply couldn't refuse... A person online was claiming to be selling a MXL V77 tube microphone brand-new in-the-box for incredibly cheap. This microphone didn't mean much to me at the time, but something intrigued me about it. After 20 minutes or so with google, I kne...
Audio
Tue - Nov 03, 2015 : 12:10 am
annoyed
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Thanks4giving 2
PoeticIntensity
So, today's entry is going to be a bit less, but I still was able to see God's hand in my life quite a bit.
I had a late studio session to tend to, but I had felt horrible all day long... I prayed that I would be able to have a great session, and it went really well. Everything that needed to happen, happened, and nothing too t...
Thanks4giving
Sun - Dec 06, 2009 : 01:16 pm
sick
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What's With Snow and Me?
PoeticIntensity
Today, I woke up to about 6-10 inches of fresh powdery snow all over the place. It's actually beginning to feel like Christmas time, now!
Now, most normal people would say within themselves, "Man, I hate snow on the roads.", but not me.
I'm not entirely sure why I'm this way, but it's been this way ever since I can remem...
Life / Personal
Wed - Jan 23, 2008 : 09:47 pm
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1st Nephi : 15
PoeticIntensity
After reading this chapter for no more than 30 seconds, I simply must type.
I love verse 3.
Many, many times have I been in a doctrinal discussion with someone and the other person just can't "get" what a scripture or principle means. Verse 3 could explain why that happens to us.
Some things we just can't understand without th...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Nov 19, 2007 : 01:43 am
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poem3
kelly miller
Poetry 2 with 3 added by Kelly Miller
&n...
Poetry
Thu - Sep 18, 2008 : 03:27 pm
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Mosiah : 11
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... The first thing that hit me while beginning this chapter was this: How in the world did Noah get selected to be king?
I mean, really. Verse 1 lets us know Zeniff had at least two sons. Could his other son be that much worse than Noah was? Burning a prophet of God at the stake? C'mon...
I w...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Aug 24, 2009 : 11:48 pm
okay
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Which Drum Overhead Mic?
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I've decided I'm going to get a little more serious about recording music. I've had quite a few positive comments made about my recordings from 3rd parties, and over the years, I've enjoyed recording it more and more.
So now, I'm here with approximately $200.00 to spend, and I think I'm going to get some overhead mics fo...
Audio
Tue - May 15, 2001 : 11:36 am
no mood
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Rock-star Dreams
PoeticIntensity
As an adolescent I had a dream...
I had a dream of becoming a drummer for a rock-band. I was told that this dream probably would not come true due to the large amount of people trying to do the same thing and that the odds were definitely against me.
Well... Lately in my life I have had the opportunity to be a part of two rock bands. One o...
Music / Personal
Sun - Apr 15, 2007 : 12:06 pm
no mood
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Necessity of Church Membership
PoeticIntensity
An interesting question came to me today, while talking to a good friend at work. The question is simple.
It’s based on the premise of two distinct beliefs.
1. LDS faith teaches us that unless the proper ordinances have been performed by those who are in authority to perform such ordinances, one cannot enter into the kingdom of heav...
Lds
Wed - Sep 03, 2008 : 01:27 pm
sick
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Mustang GT vs Neon SRT-4
PoeticIntensity
So a little more than a year ago, I took my mustang out for the first time on the Salt Flats. I had a blast out there with my good friend Steve.
On the way home, Steve had some problems with salt lining his rims, causing some tire imbalance, so we got off the freeway, I showed him what the problem was, and as I was getting back on th...
Cars / Fun
Thu - Nov 08, 2007 : 09:30 am
happy
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Steve Ballmer At His Best
PoeticIntensity
About a month ago, I came upon this video, which you simply must watch. It's basically a re-make of videos previously posted about a pretty animated Steve Ballmer (Microsoft's CEO) put to music, and hacked up beautifully.
At the time I watched it, I didn't think much of it. It was funny, and it was Steve Ballmer. Hooray.
But...
Microsoft
Sun - Jul 12, 2009 : 03:16 pm
grateful
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Love Through Trials
PoeticIntensity
My marriage, or rather, the marriage I have entered into with my sweetheart for the last 7 years, hasn't really been that bad. In fact, I'd say we're definitely on the upper-hand of "marital happiness" as far as the national statistics go.
There are quite a few reasons for this, I'd say. One is definitely that I feel I'm giv...
Family / Life / Personal
Tue - Mar 25, 2008 : 09:51 pm
spiritual
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2nd Nephi : 32
PoeticIntensity
This chapter, to me, is all about following the Spirit.
Verses 3 and 5 are among the most potent in all of scripture.
"Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do."
"...the Holy Ghost ... will show unto you all things what ye should do."
Doesn't get any clear...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Sep 23, 2007 : 03:27 pm
no mood
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Texture Extraction
orson
(how-to)
Using The Gimp to remove low frequency data from an image.
When I take a picture of something I would like to use for texture, there is often a slight change in the color across the entire image. I want to keep the detail, but make the overall color even across the image.
This is a picture of dusty rain marks on the hood of my car:
It is l...
Sat - Nov 15, 2008 : 01:24 pm
amazed
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Cats Have Nine Lives
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... I didn't know if I was going to blog about anything this weekend, but something just happened definitely blog-worthy. Nothing insane, but something that I think people might find interesting.
You know, I've always heard that cats have nine lives, but I've always kind of been the one to keep that in check. No, I don't shoot ...
Cats / Life
Wed - Dec 17, 2008 : 10:31 am
caffeinated
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Alma : 4
PoeticIntensity
Verses 5 and 6 are cause for simple reinforcement that external events do not necessarily cause internal changes. Yes, they had a horrific war which caused the death of so many husbands, fathers, sons, etc... And yes, that caused a lot of people to become baptized.... but, that didn't seem to matter much. The very next year, it se...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Aug 27, 2009 : 02:01 pm
blah
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Linux + ATI != ETQW
PoeticIntensity
Okay.. I have no idea why I'm writing this, but to heck with it. People should know. Either that, or I need to figure out what the hey I'm doing wrong.
So, about a year ago I began a crusade to help AMD / ATI as much as I possibly could. I've already been buying AMD processors now for at least 5 years for myself, my work,...
Computers / Games / Linux / Microsoft
Wed - Dec 14, 2011 : 11:05 am
excited
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HTF : Carry the Stone
AudioGuru
Herod the Fink is a Christmas collaboration project between Jesse Crowley and Jason Jones which has been going on now for 3 glorious years at Advanced Budget Studios. This year's offering is a 4-song EP.
The music this year ranges from a bluegrass crossing punk style of "Joy To The World" to an introspective look in to each of our...
Music
Thu - Oct 01, 2009 : 04:40 pm
okay
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It's All About The Ears.
AudioGuru
So, over at homerecording.com, we have quite a few discussions about, well, pretty much anything that has to do with recording audio. One of the dicussions we recently engaged in had to do with critiquing a member's song he was working on.
Of course, there were the usual suggestions on what this person should do, whether it be "bring ...
Audio / Mixing / Music
Tue - Jan 15, 2013 : 09:06 pm
tired
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Sooo close!
AudioGuru
What a whirlwind, I tell you what. The usual cliche's about this being the busiest time of my life seem to pale against reality, so I'll just dive into the thick of it all.
I've spent the past 3 weeks working intensely on getting the new studio up and running. Thanks to the help of my brother Ryan, my dad Ray, and a good friend, Jeff Stock, th...
Studio
Fri - Sep 07, 2012 : 10:03 pm
ecstatic
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Progress Update #1
AudioGuru
The studio walls are up! ... and they are ... HUGE! Honestly the level of excitement I have for this studio build is right up there with the excitement of my marriage and the births of my children. I can't believe this is actually happening!
Anyway....
I'll be posting more random updates on Facebook (which will link to publi...
Studio