Joe Jackson

3 October 2007
Anyone who knows me, or has spent any time with me, knows that music is a passion. Almost all types of music at all times of the day. Terrestrial radio just doesn't do that. The inance, frequently banal, blathering of the disc jockeys proved to be more than I could handle. I subscribed to XM Radio.
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At first, I just bought my wife a subscription because she was travelling so much. I wanted her to have one-button access to the traffic & weather of the major cities she was visiting. Soon, however, as I listened to hers more & more, I realized what an absolute treasure satellite radio really is. Sure, I pay $14.00 a month for the 2 subscriptions; but to not have to suffer through the endless verbal masturbation of jockeys or the increasingly idiotic commercials is completely worth the expense. On the trip I have to make this weekend which will involve about 6 hours in the car by myself, XM radio will be a fine & welcome companion. I do not work for XM Radio or its competitor or even in the industry. I'm just a satisfied customer.
Cheers.

~KR (3 October 2007)

Listening to:
Here We Go by C+C Music Factory
on Gonna Make You Sweat

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
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Tags: XM+RADIO, JOE+JACKSON, C+C+MUSIC+FACTORY, RADIO, PHOTOBLOG, CANON

rld Book edia

2 October 2007
On the way into work this morning, I took that alternate route I sometimes take when I'm looking for a photo op. And, again, i wasn't disappointed. Although the photo tells a story that saddens me, it's a story and worth the telling. I'm a bibliophile. The subject of this photo is one that no bibliophile should ever be forced to see. This is a World Book Encyclopedia:
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There were dozens of them in a dirty, partially burned refuse pile at the dead end of a street. What prompts someone to seek to "destroy knowledge" by the burning or other destruction of books? Do they not know that that knowledge will persist no matter what ardent steps they take? I weep for the person(s) that performed this despicable act and hope fervently that the victims in this vilification remain only the inanimate, but no less lifeless, books.
Cheers.

~KR (2 October 2007)

Listening to:
Moments in Love by Art of Noise
on Moments in Love, Vol. 1

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 58 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode

Orange, Green & Blue

1 October 2007 The best month of the year has just started. And you know what, it was a decent day. Marita Beth continued working on East Wind Games and making the inventory mess much happier, while I slaved away at my day-job. On the drive home, I passed through a typical construction zone in South Arlington and grabbed this photo while stopped at a stop light: . It's a good thing I did, too, as it was the only photo I took. After gettting home, I ran around pulling together my footy kit since I had a game last night. I didn't get home from the game until just about 11:30. I was knackered and not up to more photography. So, I just hoped that the single shot would be ok. As it turns out it is. I like the way the orange pops out against the green hillside and the bluesky. I also like what I believe is a spider in the hole at the top of the pylon. Of course, I'd have never seen that from the car, it's just a serendipitous inclusion. Cheers. ~KR (1 October 2007) Listening to: Wearing the Inside Out by Pink Floyd on The Division Bell Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000) Aperture: f/4 Focal Length: 58 mm Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode

Pirateology

30 September 2007
The final day of September, and although I never could recall that crazy little poem my wife so loves to quote, I'm well-aware of the day. We're moving into my favourite time of the year, and even here in Texas, it starts getting cool enough to be bearable. I'm hoping that we had enough rain over the spring and early summer that we'll actually have a fall-season. I'm hoping. Yesterday I had to make a quick trip back to Fry's because the 2.5" enclosure I bought was the wrong kind. I didn't even know what a SATA connection was until I was face-to-face with one. I guess I had assumed that the PATA (ATA/IDE) connection would just continue to remain the standard. I was wrong. But, after figuring out exactly what I needed and returning the unneeded one, I headed back home to get it all set up. Painless, really, once the enclosure bit got sorted. Marita Beth now has all the bits & bobs she needed moved onto her new computer, and she has a built in portable back-up solution in the process. So, with that all done, it was time to teach her how to enter products into the inventory system within East Wind Games. Something that she is actually better suited to do than I, but didn't know how to accomplish. Well, like all good things, it did not go as planned. She got to looking at the existing category (non) orginisation and went slightly crazy. The next several hours were spent with her organizing (thank goodness) the haphazard category system I had established, while I entered some new products into the freshly organized listings. So much better now. This picture

is one of the newly acquired items. It's Pirateology, a fast-paced, enjoyable little card game. This version is the Splice version and comes in a little tin for easy transport. I needed to take some product photos, but it was too late, and I didnt' really want to drag out a light-box or anything, so I just played with Depth of Field photos. Certainly it won't be included in the product catalogue.
Cheers.

~KR (30 September 2007)

Listening to:
Red Hot by Ellegarden
on Riot on the Grill

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 0.4 sec (2/5)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Tags: PIRATEOLOGY, CARD+GAME, EAST+WIND+GAMES, CANON, ELLEGARDEN, SATA, GAME