I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2007 8:10:28 am PDT #1973 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Tom Tom's are damn cool.

Toms are pretty cool, too.


esse - Jun 25, 2007 8:23:19 am PDT #1974 of 25497
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Someday I'll have one for my very own!


Theodosia - Jun 25, 2007 11:33:34 am PDT #1975 of 25497
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Does anybody have any elderly relatives who are using one?


NoiseDesign - Jun 25, 2007 1:21:00 pm PDT #1976 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

I picked up a Garmin Street Pilot for my niece for her graduation gift. I think it was the c340. It's a touch screen interface and appeared to be pretty straightforward.


flea - Jun 25, 2007 2:47:55 pm PDT #1977 of 25497
information libertarian

This would probably be the right thread to note that over dinner tonight mr. flea said he wants to go down to the Mother of All Malls on Friday night, to see the people lined up/buying their iPhones.

Not to buy one ourselves, mind you. Just to see the people getting theirs.


amych - Jun 25, 2007 4:23:52 pm PDT #1978 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I can so see mr. flea doing this. (He should take pictures).


beekaytee - Jun 25, 2007 6:54:57 pm PDT #1979 of 25497
Compassionately intolerant

Question for the folks who manipulate sound:

I did a workshop yesterday and now have a shiny cd with truly excellent material interspersed amongst, long silences, silly comments and odd sounds.

I'd like to tighten it up, make the file shorter and then post it on my site and send it via email for a short e-course.

In other words, I'd like to produce a coherent 15 minute mp3 file out of an hour and twenty minute cd. Preferably using a low or no cost tool Mac-based tool.

What are my best options?


Steph L. - Jun 25, 2007 6:57:00 pm PDT #1980 of 25497
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Beej, there's a freeware program for the Mac called Audacity that's a great tool to edit sound files. Lemme look where it is....


Steph L. - Jun 25, 2007 6:59:12 pm PDT #1981 of 25497
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Okay, here: Audacity.


beekaytee - Jun 25, 2007 7:34:57 pm PDT #1982 of 25497
Compassionately intolerant

Tep rocks! Then again, we knew that.

I've downloaded Audacity and the am importing the file now. Gotta figure out what to do.

I'm so excited to get this file out there.

Thanks Hon!