Knuckledragger

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When I was a kid, Lego minifigs all had the same face: the eternally happy, somewhat maniacal grin. My favorite set was 6075, the original castle. For a six year old, it was an epic set. As an adult, I love how it's built primarily out of basic bricks, the way a real castle would be made out of stone. I still have most of the pieces upstairs in a box. Every few years I toy with the idea of trying to rebuild it.

I don't so much have "facial hair" as I have a wire brush that emanates from my face. I started shaving when I was 13, and had Glenn Danzig style sideburns when I was 14. The flip side of this is shaving is an absolute chore for me. I use two electrics and a razor to go from scruffy to clean shaven. When I was younger, I had some interesting arrangements. These days I keep have a minimalist "soul patch" (I loathe that name.) Shaving is bad enough without having to carve fancy shapes. :thereshouldbeabearedsmiley:

As I'm sure you know, most ADJ-branded gear is utter crap, but the PocketScan is a notable exception. You've touched on most of their strengths, but easy on-site DMX programming is a plus, so is master-slave operation (for the occasions when I don't have a controller.) Also I can fit four of them in a case I can pick up with one hand. Now that I have all four working, I doubt I will lug out my big Geni Shivas or MojoScans anymore. The Shivas are much, much brighter, and have rotating gobos, but are really a two-man job to set up. Martin is great if you have a large budget, a big crew and lots of time to set things up. All things my lighting company lacks. The MiN Spot is cute, but even at 8 lbs I have an aversion to moving heads. They're great for installations and large mobile productions, but not practical for one man operations. Certainly LED fixtures are the way of the future for lighting. I'm eyeing some of the LED color tubes, waiting for them to come down in price a bit.

two 52mm inner-pinch lens caps two 58mm inner-pinch lens caps one set of 49mm stack caps (to hold filters) one set of 52mm stack caps one set of 67mm stack caps one 49mm UV filter one 52mm UV filter

Aye. It is, at various stages over the last few years. I just got all four of my ADJ Pocket Scans working again. The first time since 2005.

Neat lights, but you need a real camera. Allow me to demonstrate:

:eyebleed: it's graphics like this that make be thankful for the existence of ABP.

I'm not exactly a big fan of NiN (or Trent Reznor in general) but I really respect how he's gone about circumventing the major labels. I did download a copy (h/t tkam) and I'm going to listen to it with an open mind. If I like it, I'll cheerfully give him my cash. I wish more artists understood. We, as consumers, are willing to pay for digital downloads of sufficient quality (for me that means "FLAC") that are uncrippled by DRM or other such malarkey. As I said in another thread, I've purchased FLACs from Music is Here on serveral occasions, and been very happy with their service. It's a shame sites like beatport and juno are so crappy.

I haven't bought anything today, but I spent an hour looking at last year's paypal transactions...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC9FtLQJoGM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ZSMAtzBSY

Season 1 of The Riches.

Wired presents: Audiophiles vs. Audio Files.

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I was 13 in 1988. I had a mullet, a jean jacket, stonewashed jeans (that were ball-crushingly tight, IIRC) and a few dozen metal albums on cassette. I had certainly discovered cuffing my carrot by then.

A cardioid. A blow dryer.