Archive for December, 2007
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Blues and Scales - Online Guitar Lesson Video Sample
Brad will give you a bit of background and information on the blues, then jump right in by teaching you the 12 bar blues, 8 bar blues, the blues shuffle as well as the first position in the Blues scale. After that ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
(Via myapplemenu.)
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.comAs Amazon's service grows and people realize they can do much more with those songs than iTunes', how long will it be before Amazon becomes the downloading service of choice?I doubt it; so long iPod maintains its lead, the iTunes Store is going to be ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog.)
I asked Santa Steve for iPhone stability, a number of people left comments asking not for iPhone stability but for Leopard stability -- as it seems that not everyone's been enjoying a trouble-free few months with Leopard.Thankfully, if you're waiting with bated breath for OS X ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
(Via Mini Cooper Photo Pool.)
89AKurt has added a photo to the pool:
There's more to HDR than taking a few exposures, like using Aperature Priority.
Or having friend SpeednutDave do the Photochomping thing. Thanks Dave! :^D
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
While the snow falls, the bands play on.
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
I've been listening to CNN on XM at my desk this morning, as I did most of the morning yesterday. The developments in the Bhutto assassination today are telling. They have the distinctive whine of a heavy propaganda machine spinning up.
My first thoughts on hearing of Bhutto's assassination yesterday ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
We've shut the ringers off on the phones at home. For the past few weeks, we've been receiving as many as a dozen calls a day from number 000-000-0000, with the caller ID "Unknown Caller." Remember, we live in Iowa. Under normal circumstances, we might receive a dozen calls in ...
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
(Via ESPN.)
The deadline for baseball's Hall of Fame voters to submit their 2008 ballots is Dec. 31, and once again they must consider the candidacy of Mark McGwire. In his first year of eligibility a year ago, Big Mac garnered only 23.5 percent of the vote, mostly due to suspicions ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
(Via Detroit News.)
TOM : Then we look for comfort. Not in terms of DVD players and electric butt-scratchers, but we want an older driver to feel comfortable behind the wheel, because a person who is comfortable driving his or her car is a better, safer driver.
RAY : There are other ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
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