Rains attack. Tod defends. Communication lines are compromised. Safe mode is engaged and Tod belatedly pounces on the demarc with cutters and splices.
pb-n-fun: bomberman
Replaced Powerbook Hard Drive
Replacing a hard drive on a 15″ Aluminum Powerbook isn’t that hard. Really.
To do: Visit all Funiculars
Here’s something to get done before you die. Visit all known funiculars: Funiculars of the world
pb-n-fun: happy gravel
Lately I’ve been attempting to make music exclusively on my laptop, using Live, Reason and a few plugins. No I didn’t warez them. Or really, I ‘demo’d the software enough to know their worth and that it’s easier and cheaper for me and I’m assured of updates if I just buy the stuff. (But I will not use or buy software that uses one of those hardware dongles, I hate those)
And so, a first attempt:
Thus begins a new era. Let’s see how long it will last.
(oh, and also remember about older stuff. Gotta figure out what I’m going to do with that page, vs. posting to here. And what about getting all those songs off the Motif?)
VKB Virtual Keyboard available
While they were mentioned on Slashdot over two years ago, these “virtual keyboards” seemed to always be just a little bit further on the horizon, and to be incorporated into cell phones and PDAs, not as a stand-alone gadget amenable to hacking.
But it looks like one company, VKB has in production a stand-alone version with a serial port output. And at least one company in the US, “PC-notetaker” is selling them. For $199.
That’s just a bit expensive for casually buying one to hack apart and maybe turn into an interesting music performance gizmo. Maybe I’ll try one out anyway. I wonder how many simultaneous keypresses it can handle?
(oh wait, it looks like expansys has some for $160.95)
Musical illusions
Reminder: look into various musical illusions.