January 4, 2004
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So we have to be at LAX three and a half hours before departure. That’s a long time to be hanging around an airport. And then we have a 2 hour stopover in Manila before arriving in HK on Tuesday morning. Total tavel time (including hanging-around-airport time) = 25 hours.
… Flashback to LAX just after 9/11 when we were stuck in a queue for 3 hours… The line leading towards the Security checkpoint was so long it extended outside and wrapped around the building.
… Two months ago our flight was delayed fifteen hours because of an airline mechanical issue.We were stuck in the LAX departure lounge for at least 4 hours before they (very slowly) carted us off to a hotel for the night.
We are praying that there will be no complications at LAX this evening and that the flight with Philippine Airlines will go smoothly. I’ve checked the movies and they’re not too thrilling. I guess we’ll be needing lots of reading material.
Random Links
Kozyndan Online Shop – Incredibly affordable prints!
Eye of the Goof weblog. A new favorite.
Music: From Vinyl to MP3
There’s an article at NYT (linked from boing boing) about converting music from vinyl to mp3 format (so that it can be played on an ipod or whatever). Sounds like a really major operation, but according to Eddie it’s really a pretty simple process that he does all the time.
Eddie: There are two ways…
1. From turntable to computer.
You take a line-out (2 to 1 stereo cable) from the stereo outputs on your turntable amplifier/mixer to the line-in on your PC. Basically, the results you get stem from the quality of the turnatable/pre-amp/mixer you are using; I use a DJ turntable and mixer set- up, which allows me to EQ the vinyl. You can also use an RCA turntable from Radio Shack, but you won’t have the same control over the sound quality of the vinyl output. It will still get your vinyl on to your computer, though…You then need a program on your computer which can record the audio. I use Cool Edit. So basically,while the turntable is playing, the music is being recorded in Cool Edit. You then save as .mp3 or .wav or whatever format you want. Too easy!
2. From turntable to mp3 player.
The same process as above except that I use the record function on my Nomad Jukebox and can set the sample rate (128 mhz mininum). I prefer Method 1 because Cool Edit has some nifty edit functions (fade in/out, volume control, cut and paste) while Nomad only has an auto-naming function when saving the tracks (time and date). Still, this is useful if you’re away from your computer, and want to get your vinyl onto your mp3 player.
Comments (1)
Hey Lili
Here’s something to read!
I bought a gorgeous sexy Casio Exilim camera – the one that gives you such great shots for your blog.
I have just used it to take pics of The Mot House – my little place here in Motueka that is being used by holiday makers here now for the first time.
The pics are ok – takes some getting used to the lens and framing/composition poss’s.
But I may take advantage of Dick Smith’s 14 day cooling off period to swap it for one that has optical zoom.
I was being lazy asking you what you used and not doing enough homework of my own.
It seems to boil down to what you want to use it for – you seem to be going great using it for the blog.
Do you use it for other stuff?
Do you do much photography?Do you mainly take blog type snaps?
I think I do a lot of documenting too, but more with an eye to using them across media ….. hmmmm so have to figure out if maybe I can’t go completely digital coz the high end ones are too spennie. etc etc.
Are you off to do something with CB?Look forward to seeing it take off.
All the best to you guys for 2004.
Sparx