Monthly Archives: August 2010

Another Proflex Elastomer/Elastometer fix

Posted on August 31, 2010 by admin

David E posted a comment about another fix he’d found for a replacement on his Proflex Elastomer, in the comments section of my other post on fixing your Proflex elastomer shock. He said he’d used the rubber portion of a 1 … Continue reading →

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Old Super Computers vs Modern PCs

Posted on August 30, 2010 by admin

Someone had linked to a 1/10th scale Cray-1 super computer, so I googled that, found out that the Cray-2 held the computing record for 10 whole years before being upsurped by the ETA10 a year later in 1989. So what was … Continue reading →

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Steal this Plot

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin

That’s the name of a book I checked out from the library today. Good artists borrow. Great artists steal. Or so the saying goes. True art and writing don’t share a whole lot in common. That philosophy however, applies to … Continue reading →

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Leaving Rio

Posted on August 17, 2010 by admin

This post has been sitting in my queue to finish and publish since March. What happened here occured between Dec 29 2009 and ~Jan 7th, 2010. One of the more interesting experiences I had on my trip was leaving Rio. … Continue reading →

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Espresso Book Machine

Posted on August 17, 2010 by admin

I’d just come up to Vermont from Texas for a distant cousin’s wedding in Burlington. After unknowingly driving halfway across the (tiny) state in search of the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream factory, we decided to drive to New Hampshire … Continue reading →

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Harp Mics (pt. 99)

Posted on August 10, 2010 by admin

I am still trying to figure out how to order a “replacement part” for the microphone element of a Shure Green Bullet. And then stick it — ah, here it is. The part number is “R198″ from Shure and it … Continue reading →

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