By John, 7 March, 2012

Moving notes, and a brief note on international orders

Alright, we're moved in the new house. It went reasonably well, now we just need to finish unpacking.

Of course we still don't have internet because of some phone company shenanigans. And until we have internet, I cannot ship internationally because I cannot print out the customs forms on my printer without a connection to the internet.

I should be all connected and set up by March 16th. Feel free to order before then but don't expect anything to ship until then.

Thanks!

By John, 12 February, 2012

Movin'

My family and I are moving to a new place in a couple of weeks! It's exciting and stressful and too much work all at once but what can be done. The new place is awesome, we'll have a backyard for the kids, with a tree house and a slide, and the folks we are renting from seem great.

By John, 29 January, 2012

Mounting the pots in an enclosure

Place the knobs where you want them. You can get fancy and measure everything or you can do what I do here and put them down and arrange them until they look good.

You also want to decide where you want your power on LED to be located.

By John, 25 January, 2012

The lyrics of Closing Time have never been more apropos

Today Newt Gingrich was on the front page of the newspaper, and the front page of the business section had a picture of a man walking through airport security while still wearing his coat and shoes.

HELP SOMEONE HAS KIDNAPPED ME AND SENT ME BACK IN TIME TO THE 90s!

On the other hand, wait a minute! It's time to buy Apple stock at 7 bucks a share!

(Here's the Semisonic lyric I was thinking of when I wrote the title: "Closing time - time for you to go back to the places you will be from.")

By John, 14 January, 2012

Quick and dirty speaker mounting

All you need for this is a drill with a 1/4 inch bit and an 1/8th inch bit, a screwdriver, and needle nose pliers. No other tools necessary.

Click on any image to make it full size!

This is the box I'll be using. It's a Punch Magnum box. I'm going to put the speaker on the left and the control knobs on the right, like an old radio.

By John, 12 January, 2012

Website issues

My web host recently moved my website over to a new server, and there were some issues with The Move. Sadly I didn't notice these issues until a week after it happened, which basically ruined any chance of turning this into a smooth recovery. In fact, I didn't even know A Move was taking place because I didn't check the e-mail account my host sent the notification to. My bad.

So Hello! This website is coming to you from exactly one week in the past!*