The Androids are here……

At long last, I have ditched my trusty Palm 755p in favor of an Android phone.  I got the HTC Evo and it thoroughly rocks.  I suppose I could draw the inevitable conclusions to the iPhone, but I’ll refrain.  I’m a big fan of the “the right tool for the right job” and “stick with [...]

More late night solder adventures…

So the little compass/clock in the center console of my truck stopped working. Fuse? Lamp? Neither. A cold solder joint from Toyota. I searched around and found numerous threads on the subject and all were conclusive: remove the console with one screw, resolder two resistors (whether they look like [...]

This is why I keep my skills up…..

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Recent projects

I recently had the pleasure of doing projection design for Gustav Holst’s The Planets.  The Butler Symphony Orchestra had it scheduled for a while and the conductor, Richard Auldon Clark, and I sort of joked about doing “some projection”.  One thing led to another and whadda ya know- we did it.  I thought that projecting [...]

Apple’s Newest Critter

Well Apple announced the much-anticipated iPad yesterday.  There has been a flurry of hands-on and other reviews, but at the outset I would have to say I’m underwhelmed.  The folks at OWC have been offering a tablet mod for the Macbook for a couple of years now and I’d be more inclined to go that [...]

The new RAM is here!

I know…very exciting.  I have been trying to upgrade the home theater computer but I ran into a few stumbling blocks.  I ordered a GB of RAM, an AGP video card, and a huge hard drive for relatively cheap.  The video card would not get recognized by the motherboard, the RAM displaced one slot, so [...]

New camera…

We have entered the 21st century and bought a video camera.  It is actually our Christmas present to each other, but the reason is simplicity.  We had a camcorder that we bought before Olivia was born, so it’s a bit outdated. Plus- digitizing all the tapes is a pain.  It’s a surprisingly common problem.  The [...]

Nutcracker Time

Oy!  It’s that time of year again.  Nutcracker is in full swing at the theatre.  I have to say- before I came to work here, I wasn’t much of a Nutcracker fan….but the Butler Ballet does a pretty maxed out job.  The set and a lot of the props and such are from the Ruth [...]

The Business of Business

Monday morning and I am doing what thousands of technicians all over the world are doing.
Assisting “professionals” with their presentations.
As an AV technician, I see literally hundreds of presentations a year  (even working at a theatre).  My colleagues in the rental industry see thousands. Most presentations are, for the most part, junk.  Fonts are out [...]

Ustream TV

I’ve added an embed of my webcam at work. I know….who or why would anyone want to watch me at work? Is my work that exciting? No. It’s just an experiment to play with live streaming which is something we’re looking in to at the Hall. I hooked up a small security [...]