Sunday, January 31, 2010
Virtualisation
Playing around with openvz on our home linux server. Even though the server is an ages old Pentium III with 386 MB RAM, openvz installs easily. It is along the lines of Free BSD comtainers, and Solaris Zones as opposed to VMware or XenServer. Will post more on this later, along with a mini 'how to' once I get WebVZ up an running. WebVZ is a ruby on rails GUI for openvz.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Smelly Paint
OK, Alex wil be home from Trent in a few weeks, so we thought we better decorate her new room. The new room being Victoria's old one. First thing s first, we have to cover up the stripes that we did for Victoria. A good thing since we never actually finished them. We picked up the paint, and tinted primer, that we were told we would need.So, we are putting on the primer and I say to myself, 'This ain't red'. So I do some more. I say, 'Yep, this so ain't red'. Oh well, will paint red on it tomorrow. And, this 'Eco Paint' stinks. Really stinks.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Dinner Club
Had a wonderful dinner at Frankenbeths the other night (09.01.10). Just fantastic. Looks like the next dinner is set for 20.02.10. After that, holy crap, it's ours to host. Gotta think of a theme, something ... anything?
V i n y l N i g h t
V i n y l N i g h t has it's own page! This is where most of the music related posts will go from now on.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
V i n y l N i g h t 18.09.09
V i n y l N i g h t 18.09.09
Yet another successful V i n y l N i g h t. As usual a great time had by all, looking forward to a full house for the next one, but thanks for all who came.
Tried for a more mellow atmosphere last night, with a pretty soft mix from the 70's. The following is what we played:
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (new pressing)
Only listened to side one of disk one, mainly for Victoria so she could hear 'Bennie and the Jets'. Didn't matter, she went upstairs to watch Hannah Montana. Still, Elton impressed all with the live rendition of 'Bennie", even if it was a little bass shy.
An old one from my sisters collection, one that managed not to melt when it was up at my parents place sitting beside the old Franklin stove. Played both sides, enjoyed immensely. It's an album I had not listened to in years, and then shunned when Mr. Joel came out with his MOR 90's albums. Glad we revisited this one.
From Ceri's brother stash (which he foolishly gave away to me). Had no idea what this would be like, turned out to be a perfect fit, and set the tone for the rest of the night. Vinyl looked to be in rough shape, but the Pro-Ject cut through the dirt and it sounded very good. A nice album. It's great when something unknown worjs so well.
Always a big fan of the Dan. Again, perfect fit for the evening. Played both sides, album was in great shape.
If anything didn't belong, it was this one. This will be the night I learned that the earlier the Styx album, the harder it is. Will need to listen to all the Styx we have one night to figure out what goes with what.
Works with just about any crowd. Almost timeless music.
Thought I'd end it with a splash of 80's. Not the more esoteric 80's that comprises a large part of my collection, but some forgotten mainstream. it worked.
As usual, a great night.
-Andy
Yet another successful V i n y l N i g h t. As usual a great time had by all, looking forward to a full house for the next one, but thanks for all who came.
Tried for a more mellow atmosphere last night, with a pretty soft mix from the 70's. The following is what we played:
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (new pressing)
Only listened to side one of disk one, mainly for Victoria so she could hear 'Bennie and the Jets'. Didn't matter, she went upstairs to watch Hannah Montana. Still, Elton impressed all with the live rendition of 'Bennie", even if it was a little bass shy.
An old one from my sisters collection, one that managed not to melt when it was up at my parents place sitting beside the old Franklin stove. Played both sides, enjoyed immensely. It's an album I had not listened to in years, and then shunned when Mr. Joel came out with his MOR 90's albums. Glad we revisited this one.
From Ceri's brother stash (which he foolishly gave away to me). Had no idea what this would be like, turned out to be a perfect fit, and set the tone for the rest of the night. Vinyl looked to be in rough shape, but the Pro-Ject cut through the dirt and it sounded very good. A nice album. It's great when something unknown worjs so well.
Always a big fan of the Dan. Again, perfect fit for the evening. Played both sides, album was in great shape.
If anything didn't belong, it was this one. This will be the night I learned that the earlier the Styx album, the harder it is. Will need to listen to all the Styx we have one night to figure out what goes with what.
Works with just about any crowd. Almost timeless music.
Thought I'd end it with a splash of 80's. Not the more esoteric 80's that comprises a large part of my collection, but some forgotten mainstream. it worked.
As usual, a great night.
-Andy
Sunday, August 9, 2009
The Spinning Disk
yup, with the 'so far so good' V i n y l N i g h t, i thought that i would start posting some of the records, and on occasion cd's that we listened to. since i am taking the girls up to see their grand parents in the morning this will have to wait. a week. bbut look out, i hope to actually stick to this one.
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andy
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