I just use jriver. No dinking around necessary. Bit perfect output, supports FLAC, supports hi-res and isn't a slow, bloated POS like iTunes.

Now that is dessert!

He was in talks with my old co-worker for a while about being the money for a hi-fi shop whilst said co-worker ran it. Fell through for some reason or another, but it looked like it might get off the ground at one point.

A bear got nailed on the freeway here today :(

http://www.koin.com/2013/06/19/black...-in-vancouver/

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This is what will probably be my new band, Strings Attached. I rehearsed with John and Jean last week, we'll be rehearsing weekly as our schedules permit, they are already gigging, John and I are confident that the band will be ever more marketable with my addition for a few reasons.

https://www.facebook.com/stringsattachedNY

Not sure how long we'll have that young woman percussionist/drummer, she lives 90 miles away now in central Connecticut. We'll figure it out. I'm playing with John again at the open mic on Friday in Warwick. These people are becoming good friends, and on this level of music, that is by far the most important factor. But they are already gigging, and that was my goal from the start, to get out and play in front of rooms for more than a couple of songs, and this gets me there. Jeannie's voice is amazing, John has a good solid rock n roll lead male voice, I strongly feel that our vocals are among the strongest of any local band I've heard. Actually as of right now I'd say they ARE the strongest of any local band that I've heard. And that's 90% of the battle right there. That's what will land you gigs.

I've seen a few, but they're typically a little higher priced than I would expect. Look for HTPC cases - a lot of the horizontal cases are being categorized as such, these days.

Trust me, I've looked at all of them. I'd like something like the SG05, but wider, with the space used for additional hard drives. The Node 304 is pretty, but lacks an optical drive and is just huge for what it holds. Monoeual makes pretty cases, but no room for a real graphics card since they're half-height. I used to have a GD05, which was a nice case, but only held two hard drives (and not even really, at least with the ones I tried it with. Annoying.

Maybe a little taller than you want, but I'm interested to see when this actually hits the market - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nc...tx-case?c=home

Old school bridge action:

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Oh, and why not something like an SG01? I used one for my wife's computer, and it's not bad. It's actually a mATX, so it is a little wider. 2 optical bays, 2 HDD bays (I'm sure you could stuff more in to one of the optical bays if you don't use both).

If it means more music videos. +1.

Do you really need more than this?

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/a...5/C64combo.jpg

Now that was a bridge.

It's always good to have a fan. I'll have two more uploaded later tonight. My voice was in gear that night. It's not always quite that good, but it seems the more singing I do, and the more I get to listen to myself critically back on tape, it's helping me improve and get more consistent. I am singing on key more consistently now, also learning what works and doesn't work for my voice. That does take a while, and you have to keep plowing ahead. Look, just about EVERYBODY I know, including me, HATES the sound of their own voice on tape. I've been working on getting over that for the past 18 months. Regardless of what I think, other people seem to like it, and I can sing my way out of a paper bag, which is something many of the purported local band vocalists here in the lower Hudson Valley seem incapable of. I don't consider myself an American Idol finalist, but you really have to hear what gets passed off as lead vocals up here. Compared to that, I'll do just fine. The reality is that my singing is opening some doors for me on the local music front, and all I want to do is play music with friends and have fun doing it. So if singing in front of rooms gets me there, that's what I'll do. I'm not too crazy about doing that along like on those videos. It will be 10x easier as part of a band.

iTunes runs pretty well on Mac. Wouldn't be surprised if it's crummy on Win.

I started my business 22 years ago on a computer like this:

http://images.theage.com.au/2013/02/...128k-300x0.jpg

That machine is still downstairs. I had originally purchased that machine in mid 1984. At the time it cost about $3K, which in today's money is $8000+. I quickly replaced it with a Mac IIci with a 19" Supermac monitor, a far more capable rig, but at the time that first business computer cost nearly $8K in 1992 dollars, which has to be $15K or so in today's money. The newest desktop I have now was about $2K, it's one of those new iMacs with a hybrid solid state 1TB hard drive, a ton of RAM, and it's very sleek and fast. I'm sure 22 years hence my current machine will look antiquated and sound outrageously expensive too. Hopefully I'll be retired before I'm 77. But you never know.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. I'm home. Wife is not. The CT scan didn't show any clots, which is what they were worried about, but her O2 sats are still too low and they didn't like a "pattern" they saw on the CT so she has been admitted. We'll see how things go. Meanwhile, the cat wants attention.

Renee's Song.

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Good for erectile disfunction. Hope you get it up soon.

Hey pcad, leave your nose and face alone when you're on stage and talking to people!

And, how much to you concentrate on practising pronunciation and ending your words and phrases?

The rain in spain falls mainly on the freds.

Back from my 2 day ride. It was most excellent. Some rain on day 1 but perfect weather on day 2.

Did I miss anything??