http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/ I'm haunted by the freakish size of Nancy Reagan's head. No way that thing came with that body. en-us 2008-11-11T16:53:56-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000055.html From an AP article in today's NY Times: "Holocaust survivors said Monday they are through trying to negotiate with the Mormon church over posthumous baptisms of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps, saying the church has repeatedly violated a 13-year-old... Other ... Andy 2008-11-11T16:53:56-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000054.html "It's OK If You're A Republican." That's the only explanation that makes any sense for why there's such the outrage over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's statements. As Jon Stewart rightly points out, to no less a Republican douchebag than Newt... Politics Andy 2008-05-02T18:11:36-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000053.html The SCLM ("So-Called Liberal Media," thanks to Eric Alterman) loves to parrot John McCain's so-called "Straight Talk." But the problem is simple: Every time I hear someone say, "I'm going to give you some straight talk," I know that I'm... Politics Andy 2008-05-02T18:03:09-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000051.html Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know the far-right wingnuts are promulgating this idea, which means it should be dismissed immediately as batshit insane, but ...... Politics Andy 2008-02-29T04:07:41-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000050.html Finally, some pix of the Sound Guys from the Great Cover-up!... Music Andy 2007-01-16T11:35:39-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000043.html The goofballs over at Marlin P Jones had these huge (8.5" x 4.5") 480-pixel by 128-line graphic LCDs on sale for $7/each. Surplus, you know. The gotcha: no controller! Gotta roll yer own. And the data sheet isn't all that... Engineering Andy 2007-01-11T15:26:00-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000049.html (Update 03 Jan 2007: comments closed due to spam. Questions/Comments? Send 'em to devel at latke dot net. Thanks!) My home stereo uses a pair of powered studio monitors, so I don't have an integrated amplifier/tuner. Instead, I have an... Engineering Andy 2006-12-15T17:37:32-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000048.html You heard it hear first: you need to see and hear Asleep In The Sea, three kids from Phoenix with a Moog Rogue and an attitude. New stuff has been recorded here in Tucson with Jim Waters and might be... Music Andy 2006-09-13T18:12:44-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000047.html Funny how the nitwit far-right Republicans are demanding laws--or a constitutional amendment--declaring that English is the USA's national language. I can think of another country that has a national language, one that demands that all business be conducted in the... Politics Andy 2006-09-13T18:07:22-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000046.html I have a PowerPC-based Mac mini that, among other things, is a Subversion server. The repository lives on an external FireWire drive. Initially, the server was set up using svnserve started from xinetd. This works well enough, although I never... Computers Andy 2006-09-13T02:00:37-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000045.html Our mortgage is owned by Chase. Originally, it was with Wachovia, but of course they sold it a month after we closed on the loan. Anyways, like everyone else, Chase has online access to accounts. One login gets me to... Other ... Andy 2006-09-08T16:53:34-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000042.html Dunno what we do right here in the desert (maybe it's in the water), but (from the club point of view) the night went off without a hitch. Yep, the Fall show at Club Congress last night was as successful... Music Andy 2006-05-07T17:48:33-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000041.html The Cold War Kids just came through Solar Culture in support of Two Gallants. Holy Shit, were they great. See them at their next gig. Buy their records. Oh, yeah, they're coming back to Solar Culture on June 15. You... Music Andy 2006-04-10T11:10:16-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000040.html Not much to blog here, because WE DIDN'T GO, and I certainly didn't work it. Why? It's a bi-annual exercise in pure exploitation, that's why. Bands get paid $100 each. (Why an out-of-town band would accept $100 is beyond me,... Music Andy 2006-04-10T11:06:28-07:00 http://www.latke.net/blog/punkengineer/archive/000038.html Well, tomorrow afternoon I head to Vegas for the Punk Rock Bowling Tournament. I've been practicing. Last week I didn't do too well ... one game would be a 165 and the next would be like 120. Not good. So... Other ... Andy 2006-01-19T16:20:34-07:00