3AM Eternal
Feb. 28th, 2003 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tugrikUrg. 3AM, unasleep. Dern flu fragments. Get out of my system already! Might as well do a ramble-update.
On the vehicular side, I took the seats out of the Element tonight out of sheer 'why the heck not' idle time. I'm lacing the seatback bungee-nets together since they don't come pre-installed. The poor GS-motorbike looks all sad with the rear tire gone. It's balacing up on the motorcycle jack because the rim is in at CalBMW getting spokes replaced. The Wing is doing fine, but it's due for its 12k service (which is an ouchy ~$350) so it's sitting idle for a paycheck or two. I could ride it a bit more if I need to without annoying the warranty folks, but I'll be good. Besdies, driving the Element is downright fun in the meanwhile. I need to get back on the bikes soon, though. The rainy season is ending and I want to keep the milage low on the car for a change.
I also finally got around to loading everything (and I mean everything) from the house music collection into the iPod and making a few road-music playlists. I now have the urge to carry a firewire cable around with me in hopes of snagging tunes off of all my mac-toting friends. The wierdest thing so far about it was not knowing how to turn the little bugger off. I finally found the literature and RTFM'd: you have to pause the music (there is no 'stop') and then press/hold the Play key for 2 seconds. Oh, like THAT's intuitive, Apple. I'm starting to see what![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
foofers meant about UI issues. Even so, it's the best MP3 player I've owned. Must. Find. More. Tunes.
On the techno junk front, I'm giving the clear iPod to Roon, 'cause he asked first. Now it's just a matter of our schedules actually crossing for a change. I've been oddly-timed forms of busy lately. The other ones go tofoxmagic, though he's gone quiet of late for reasons unknown. I hope he still wants them; he's primarily the reason I saved them from the throw-away box. I now also have a CF-based MP3 player (windows/USB only due to custom software interface) that I'm hoping someone will want to buy off me as it's still got value. Trades or art are perfectly acceptable. It's an e.Digital with a 320mb microdrive in it. It's a good little trooper that's been with me on all my motorcycle trips, and it's rarin' for more abuse. Tough little thing.
I've also been thinking much harder about photography things and what I want to do. I'm pretty set on getting the 10D body when/if I can afford it: it's going to be my chosen main platform. It simply does a few things that my current gear cannot -- things that have bluntly stopped me from taking pictures I wanted to take. However, before I do anything else photo-wise I'm going to test myself out. I've got a little homework-list I'm going to make myself do over the summer and see if I can produce the types of photo works that I truely want to be doing. In short, I'm going to build a portfolio that I'm going to get myself (and some good photo-trusted friends) to review come summer's end, to see if I've improved since I started fusing with these little click-boxes. If I can prove to myself that I've got the skill, then I'll start identifying the equipment paths I want to take from there. If I can't, then I know I'm not serious or skilled enough to warrant throwing more equipment/money at the problem, and I should level out. It's time to start seeing how good my eye and my imagination are with image creation -- not how good of equipment I can snag.
Well, it's 4am now. I'll try that 'sleep' thing again. At least the bossman has been quite understanding of my tendancy to fall asleep at my desk without warning. He got this flu worse than I have and has taken more naps than any of us. :)
(and now I wake up, at 11a, late for work -- only to find that the silly LJ client didn't send the update. Whoops. *clicks Post again*)
On the vehicular side, I took the seats out of the Element tonight out of sheer 'why the heck not' idle time. I'm lacing the seatback bungee-nets together since they don't come pre-installed. The poor GS-motorbike looks all sad with the rear tire gone. It's balacing up on the motorcycle jack because the rim is in at CalBMW getting spokes replaced. The Wing is doing fine, but it's due for its 12k service (which is an ouchy ~$350) so it's sitting idle for a paycheck or two. I could ride it a bit more if I need to without annoying the warranty folks, but I'll be good. Besdies, driving the Element is downright fun in the meanwhile. I need to get back on the bikes soon, though. The rainy season is ending and I want to keep the milage low on the car for a change.
I also finally got around to loading everything (and I mean everything) from the house music collection into the iPod and making a few road-music playlists. I now have the urge to carry a firewire cable around with me in hopes of snagging tunes off of all my mac-toting friends. The wierdest thing so far about it was not knowing how to turn the little bugger off. I finally found the literature and RTFM'd: you have to pause the music (there is no 'stop') and then press/hold the Play key for 2 seconds. Oh, like THAT's intuitive, Apple. I'm starting to see what
foofers meant about UI issues. Even so, it's the best MP3 player I've owned. Must. Find. More. Tunes.On the techno junk front, I'm giving the clear iPod to Roon, 'cause he asked first. Now it's just a matter of our schedules actually crossing for a change. I've been oddly-timed forms of busy lately. The other ones go to
foxmagic, though he's gone quiet of late for reasons unknown. I hope he still wants them; he's primarily the reason I saved them from the throw-away box. I now also have a CF-based MP3 player (windows/USB only due to custom software interface) that I'm hoping someone will want to buy off me as it's still got value. Trades or art are perfectly acceptable. It's an e.Digital with a 320mb microdrive in it. It's a good little trooper that's been with me on all my motorcycle trips, and it's rarin' for more abuse. Tough little thing.I've also been thinking much harder about photography things and what I want to do. I'm pretty set on getting the 10D body when/if I can afford it: it's going to be my chosen main platform. It simply does a few things that my current gear cannot -- things that have bluntly stopped me from taking pictures I wanted to take. However, before I do anything else photo-wise I'm going to test myself out. I've got a little homework-list I'm going to make myself do over the summer and see if I can produce the types of photo works that I truely want to be doing. In short, I'm going to build a portfolio that I'm going to get myself (and some good photo-trusted friends) to review come summer's end, to see if I've improved since I started fusing with these little click-boxes. If I can prove to myself that I've got the skill, then I'll start identifying the equipment paths I want to take from there. If I can't, then I know I'm not serious or skilled enough to warrant throwing more equipment/money at the problem, and I should level out. It's time to start seeing how good my eye and my imagination are with image creation -- not how good of equipment I can snag.
Well, it's 4am now. I'll try that 'sleep' thing again. At least the bossman has been quite understanding of my tendancy to fall asleep at my desk without warning. He got this flu worse than I have and has taken more naps than any of us. :)
(and now I wake up, at 11a, late for work -- only to find that the silly LJ client didn't send the update. Whoops. *clicks Post again*)
