jmr

Any chance that you'll make the videos available for download, as a torrent or otherwise?

That's the one. I've only got two lenses as of now, the Pentax kit one, and my father's old Rikenon 135mm 1:2.8 telephoto. I dunno, my old old Kodak digital camera wasn't THAT horrible for it's time.

My parents gave me a Pentax K200D for Christmas. It's quite the step up from the camera they gave me last year (which happens to be the same brand name as our washer and dryer... if that's not the sign of a cheap camera I don't know what is!). I'm still figuring out the ins and outs of SLR photography, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. Here's some of the shots I've taken since Christmas: Shot from my bedroom window using my Dad's telephoto lens. (currently used in my sig!) Mom's Christmas Village Miniatures And here are a few I've taken with my old camera: Shot this one on a rainy night while walking home from work. The Christmas tree in my apartment.

I've used the XSPF Web Music Player in the past. The playlist format took a short while to figure out, but once I got the hang of it, it was pretty simple. I've seen sites that have used playlist.com, but I've never used it myself, so I can't really vouch for it.

That site's primarily for Game Boy Advance music. If you're looking for Game Boy / Game Boy Color, look here.

Spaghetti by Ror-Shak

Isn't this basically an anti-favorites thread? ... Even though it barely counts as a movie, but whenever I'm asked what I think the worst movie is, "Grizzly Rage" always the first to come to mind. I saw it on one of the digital cable movie channels; I felt my brain rotting more and more with each passing second. It was like I couldn't stop watching, not because the movie itself was engaging, but because I wanted to see just how ridiculously horrible it could possibly get.

Gave: -two framed photographs (mother) -Sansa Clip (2gb) (father) -iPod dock / clock / speakers (younger brother) -Lord of the Rings Middle Earth map gold foil poster (older brother) (I helped my parents pick out a few gifts too; my younger brother got The One Ups Vol 2 CD, Okami (for wii).) I also gave out homemade Christmas mix CDs to friends / coworkers. Got: -Pentax K200D DSLR camera :DDDD (with lens / camera case) -Indiana Jones series 5-disc set -Pair of Sony earbuds (haven't tried them out yet, but anything's better than what I'm using now.) -Coffee percolator -7-piece dish set (perfect, since I broke the one we had at our apartment) -Monopoly World Edition -a few smaller things...

Wow, my song was included? I never managed to finish it, so I wasn't expecting for it to be on the album. Dyne, I won't ask for it to be removed from the project, but could you replace it with this one? http://jmr.sitesled.com/wips/sbl_10_overdub.mp3 It's still no where near finished, but it's much more complete than the one I sent to you earlier. I still haven't recorded all of the lead parts yet, but at least that one has some form of melody; I overdubbed a few midi / synth parts. edit: Haven't listened to the rest of the album yet, but looking forward it.

Wow, that was much faster than I expected. Thanks!

A while back, there was a DJ at my university's food court. For the most part he was playing remixes of known, recognizable pop songs, but in between a Rihanna song and a Gwen Stefani song, he played an instrumental song that I didn't recognize. I recorded a sample with my MP3 player's voice recorder. The recording's pretty distant (I was waiting for the bus a few floors down at the time) and the quality's horrible, but you can still hear the main riff well enough. I'm hoping someone here can help me identify it.

I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to finish the song I intended to. I'm going home for Christmas a few days earlier than I originally expected, and I won't be able to record the lead guitar parts my track is lacking before then. I will attempt to cook up another track, though; something I'll be able to work on while I'm home. I've got a few ideas bouncing around in my head that will be pretty easy to execute.

Here's a band I probably would have never heard of if the singer wasn't a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend: The Disengagement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oruz2C7uSY (it's a live acoustic performance; the studio version's on their myspace.) They're a 4-piece rock band from Newfoundland, currently based out of Antigonish, NS. To borrow a quote from their myspace: "Their music has been described as densely textured, lyrically surrealistic "intelligent rock" and encompasses several genres including hard rock, folk, progressive rock and 60s guitar pop." Their debut self-titled album is out now, and their next album should be out early next year. And if you enjoy that, check out a few of their side projects: Greg, the drummer, plays in a dnb / electronic / jam band, and Lanny, the vocalist / guitarist has done a fair bit of solo work, including a free ep. (He also contributed to a VGM compilation, NES Buzz, but nearly all evidence of that CD has vanished from the internet; all I can find are broken links to one of the songs.)

We need a nice wedding guy. Where's The Coop when you need him? Congratulations to the both of you!

Loving it so far. Great stuff.

That's the first I've ever heard of a toner region lock. Seems like an attempt to sell more printers to me. I looked into it, and I came across something that might be useful for you. I don't know what printer model you have, so it might not be relevant at all, but it's worth a shot I guess. EDIT: I just came across a slashdot article which sort of explains the reasoning behind the region lock... "Looks like the printer cartridge manufacturers will be borrowing techniques from Hollywood. HP introduced region coding for some of the newest printers sold in Europe. HP's US location and US dollar sliding lead to the situation, where cartridge prices in Europe are significantly higher than those in the States. In the Wall Street Journal article HP representative in Europe claims the company doesn't make any money off regional coding for cartridges, and that consumers will win once the US dollar rises over Euro."

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19837

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19384 There are a few mentioned in that thread... just ignore the Dream Theater shilling and subsequent bickering.

I'll ask Ryan (Random Hero) when he gets home from work; he did all of the decorating, so he's the one that should be in the photo.

I love how the Wingless quickly reduces you to incoherent giggling and squealing... and still manages to keep up the act. That's talent, folks. ... Thanks for reminding me of how much I miss VGDJ.

I found that album in a bargain bin at work back in November, and bought it without hesitation. A great Christmas album.Also, now that you've got me thinking Peanuts... I know it's a bit cheesy, but I really the song 'Snoopy's Christmas'. If you can find it, get the full 'Story of...' version with the mock wartime radio broadcast introduction. (I found it on vinyl earlier tonight; got it for free due to how badly it was warped. 'The Story of Snoopy's Christmas' plays through fine, albeit very crackly.) The rest of the album is mostly non-Christmas-filler stuff, although I kinda like 'Down Behind The Lines' as well. Boney M's Christmas Album is alright too, if you're into that sort of thing. My grandfather and my mother/brother (can't remember which) each had a copy of it on cassette, so I ended up listening to it a fair bit growing up. It's been re-released several dozen times with various edits, overdubs, and 'new' tracks, but prefer the original versions.

Same here. Here's my solution. .

...really? If I'd have known that you were selling it, I would have GLADLY bought it. Nintendosploitation is definitly one of the best arrangement albums I've ever heard.To answer your question: I prefer whole, cohesive albums over individual songs. Sure, I'll admit I've loaded my MP3 player up with individual, randomized songs, but I much prefer popping on a CD / record / etc and listening to a whole album. Plus, if you choose, you can include art and liner notes (which is still possible with individual tracks, but not nearly as common).

Also a brief fyi: I've made a tiny, tiny bit of progress on my remix WIP, but it's still not close enough to being finished that I feel that it's ready to be shared.