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There are at least 15 projects and a handful of other small tasks running around in my head right now. I apologize if this is scattered, in coherent, or utterly banal.
I decided to simultaneously put the world at risk and satisfy my own sense of accomplishment by purchasing a cheap soldering iron. Wednesday night, Jess [...]

Having an MP3 player — even if only for a week now — has made a huge impact on my life. Music used to play a very large role in my life. I was one of those guys with a thick book of CDs in the car, the best stereo I could afford in my [...]

Unhappy with the "cup holder FM transmitter":http://revjim.net/2006/09/26/in-record-time/ I picked up a few days ago, I've been on the hunt for a better solution ever since. I'm about to give up, though.
The problem with the cupholder transmitter is that it holds the iPod too low to see and operate and, once you pull it out of [...]

I broke my iPod. Yes, already. I was driving down the road while it was playing through my car speakers. Then suddenly, it stopped playing music.
Mostly, I was rating music. Since none of my music is rated, I've been running it on shuffle so I can get a good mix and rate music as [...]

Yesterday I met Jess for a hot Pho Lunch Date in Carrollton. I hadn't been in quite a while and it was sorely missed. We need to make this, at least, a bi-weekly occurrence.
Afterwards, I dug around in the iPoddery section at Fry's for a few hours. I picked up a cup-holder style FM [...]

I spent a few hours at Fry's Electronics yesterday digging through their selection of iPoddery looking for a method to get my iPod to play over my car stereo speakers. The sales person there claimed that if I chose an FM Transmitter with a higher frequency I'd be able to pick up the signal farther [...]

So I did it. I broke down and bought a 8GB iPod Nano yesterday.
And now, less than 24 hours later I can say that I hate my iPod Nano. There's nothing wrong with the device, exactly. In fact, it stores and plays music just like it promised it would. But I'm still left feeling cheated.
First [...]

Yesterday was a typical work Friday. Reporting first thing in the morning, followed by a long conference call, and then small end-of-week emergencies until quitting time.
After work, Jess made a fantastic dinner with sauteed tenderloin and fresh vegetables over a bed of ramen noodles. Very tasty. After dinner, Jess headed out to see Niccem [...]

Among many other things, I bought a Vivitar 283 (flash) off of eBay and it arrived yesterday. Much to my dismay, it was missing one part and when I provided that part from another flash I have I found out it didn't work at all. I emailed the seller and told her that I would [...]

Yesterday I worked from home. Since I didn't have to deal with commuting or other silly time constraints, I was able to get a full 9 hours of work in plus some personal tasks, lunch with my wife, and a bunch of photo editing done as well.
Girl in a Field

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I really like "this [...]