Saturday, June 19th, 2010
OK this one is for my own reference. While traveling and the time I didn’t have internet at home I was tweeting and I know there was some good stuff in there. So there’s about 3 weeks worth of tweets here to catch up. Read if you enjoy my misery. Everything from more than a week ago is in full post view.
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Ontario sales tax transition benefit. SWEET!!! didn’t know that was coming, with 2 more in december and June. I <3 free money.
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WOOO YEAH!! New IT Crowd episodes coming sooooon!!
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@7eleven you’re the reason I get up in the afternoon.
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headphones acquired. L & M had Shure SRH440 on sale. Hmm not much else to keep me from working now.
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I haz internetz. What did I miss?
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Because I don’t watch Soccer I find the whole thing hilarious.
If you don’t hear his voice saying it, there might be something wrong with you.
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Web Urbanist has an interesting list (with video) of 8 Mysterious Unsolved Sounds. I didn’t know about these before and they’re pretty cool and interesting.
- The Bloop
- The Hum
- Bizarre Booms
- The ‘Slow Down’ Sound
- Quacker
- The Spooky Sounds From Saturn’s Rings
- The UVB-76 Buzzer
- The ‘Wow’ Signal
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Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Did you miss me? I’m still around but I have to go out for internet access. As you may know, I recently packed everything and moved 4000KM from Toronto to Vancouver. I hate moving. This was a real trial and now that I’m in my new home on the other side off the country, I’m reflecting on what could have been done differently. Here are some tips you may find useful should you find yourself in a similar situation.
DIY or professional movers
After a week of driving and another week without furniture I wish I hadn’t gone with a moving company. it’s been a real hassle dealing with this company and there’s not much I can do about it at this point, they have all my stuff! They were 4 days late picking up our stuff, (I was already in Moose Jaw by then) I have no idea when they plan on dropping my stuff off in Vancouver, or how many thousands of dollars it will cost since they don’t return calls.
Lesson learned: if you need your things right away, you have to move it yourself.
Packing
You have way more stuff than you think. Don’t leave packing until the last few days, start at least a month early putting things up on craigslist. Donate what doesn’t sell. We took a pickup truck full of stuff to Salvation Army at 9pm on the night before our move.
As for your studio gear, I hope you kept the boxes and original packing material for your gear. Those will protect your gear better than any kind of cardboard contraption you can scrap together last minute.
I found heavy-duty kitchen wrap to work really well to bundle up my large acoustic treatment panels, mic stands and various furniture pieces.
If you’re using movers, bring the essentials with you.
I packed what my sleep deprived mind thought was the essential studio gear.
Computers, external drives, MIDI controller, audio interface, computer cables, clothing, bedding, pets. Our van was packed to the ceiling with essentials but I wish I had a few more things.
A microphone and cable
A guitar cable
A guitar pick
Headphones
A chair
Coffee Maker
A light jacket or second sweater
Its pretty hard to do any work sitting on the floor with nothing but the macbook speakers. 
I really miss my acoustic treatment too.
Internet
If you’re an internet addict like me you NEED to order the installation at the new address way before you move. I put off doing this for a week and now I have to wait 10 more days. I feel so out of touch with the world. Starbucks only gives us 2 hours a day and make you wear pants in the store. Of course you also have to buy something when you go there and it’s too loud and crowded to actually get work done.
Least. Productive. Week. Evar.
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