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jim 00:33 Movie over time for sleeeeeep.
tinypliny 00:16 Aarrrgh. Home remedies without basis
tinypliny 00:16 because it doesn't
tinypliny 00:15 Unless they mean it increases the white cells - which makes no sense
tinypliny 00:15 I mean mucus is like white cells and infection jumbled together - the immune reaction to an ongoing infection - how does milk increase this?
tinypliny 00:14 I don't see how milk is a mucus-inducing food
tinypliny 23:44 That local sneaky bloke must have such a workload if he or she is real - which I suspect they are not.
tinypliny 23:43 for just about everything.
tinypliny 23:43 I was looking for best pizza places and I was SO annoyed looked at that generic paragraph with "Our local sneaky blah blah"
tinypliny 23:42 that website is SUCH a colossal letdown!

Jim's Journal from 07/2009

07/04/09 22:55 - 63.ºF - ID#49190 pmobl

Erie Harbor

Missed most of the fireworks and then lost Heidi and Tinypliny.

But a pretty night.

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07/05/09 19:29 - 71.ºF - ID#49200 pmobl

Beer Tube

Pearl Street Brewery
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07/07/09 21:36 - 62.ºF - ID#49223Category: musicPhysical Thing Is Physical

Akai APC40 is back ordered!

That is the problem with physical contraptions, as opposed to code/mental things.

Toys take weeks to arrive. It is the really frustrating thing about working with electronics, too, realizing 90% of the way into construction that I needed a 50 cent chip that would take a week to get here and cost $5 shipping. At least this is ONE thing one time, just back ordered until the end of July.

My wrist hurts from using the mouse, I can't wait to use this instead.

P.S. Paul zip up those sound files and email them to me big_grin

P.P.S. This is what the APC40 is for:

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drew writes at 09:48:49 07/08/09 - Comment #49802

very cool toy. I want to play, too!

jason writes at 08:31:25 07/08/09 - Comment #49800

My God. I had no clue you were interested in music. That is one awesome, beautiful toy.

tinypliny writes at 10:09:09 07/07/09 - Comment #49784

Cool - I will be dropping it off @ the 24 tomorrow. Check it out for a week.

jim writes at 10:04:38 07/07/09 - Comment #49783

Both I think :)

tinypliny writes at 10:01:53 07/07/09 - Comment #49782

Ah, that is wise. I can't do that at all. I end up with ultra-cramped wrists. Give the tablet a shot? Or the controller a shot?

jim writes at 09:57:56 07/07/09 - Comment #49781

Tinypliny: moving from the elbow/shoulder instead of twisting at the wrist. I pretend my wrist bones are fused together... If I move the mouse with my wrist I get pain within about 30 minutes so I know when I do that :)

jim writes at 09:56:26 07/07/09 - Comment #49780

I'd like to give it a shot if you don't mind, despite my concerns.

tinypliny writes at 09:56:07 07/07/09 - Comment #49779

Keep us posted on how this works out! I would be really interested in hearing about it. :)

I don't know how you can operate a regular
mouse without lateral motion??!! Do you have some kind a rollerball mouse?

tinypliny writes at 09:52:47 07/07/09 - Comment #49778

But that's just it. You don't write. Writing requires precision control, constricted grasping and pressure for making the mark on paper/surface. With the stylus, you will just be waving it like a stick in air. There is no constrictive motion. If you like, I can loan my tablet to you for a few days, so you can check it out. Drop me an email - I can leave it at Paul's.

jim writes at 09:51:56 07/07/09 - Comment #49777

And I don't move my wrist laterally - the problem is that I can't seem to maintain good posture when using a mouse for extended periods of time. I have managed to get excellent posture and really good ergonomics, but something about using a mouse makes me slump.

I am about 99% keyboard only in general computing tasks, and with this MIDI controller I can be about 90% non-mouse in making music, so I think it'll work out fine.

paul writes at 09:51:30 07/07/09 - Comment #49776

You have mail

jim writes at 09:49:14 07/07/09 - Comment #49775

The only thing that causes me pain aside from using a mouse is writing / pens unfortunately, so I'm not sure if that'd work.

tinypliny writes at 09:46:43 07/07/09 - Comment #49774

Jim, if you wrists hurt from using mice, you NEED THIS --> amazon.com/review/R104JOWJNFTKTS/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

It is, hands down, the best thing ever for wrist pain. It is exactly like using a pen (and waving it in the air - so no strain). It completely relieves lateral movement at the wrist joint (which is primarily the cause of most strain).

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07/08/09 12:10 - 65.ºF - ID#49230 pmobl

Free Lunch!

UB Tech summer lunch.
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07/08/09 16:52 - 70.ºF - ID#49235Category: politicsPROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN

We beat that dude to his left by a pixel and a half. That was close!

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07/09/09 13:48 - 75.ºF - ID#49242 pmobl

Bug

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07/10/09 12:41 - 80.ºF - ID#49248 pmobl

So hungry

Yay lunch.
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07/10/09 16:35 - 81.ºF - ID#49253Category: lulzYOU GOT ME RIBBONS

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07/11/09 09:28 - 75.ºF - ID#49261 pmobl

Meow?

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07/11/09 10:51 - 74.ºF - ID#49262Category: musicAuto-Tune The Jim

I just spent about an hour messing around with auto-tune, and let me tell you, even that can't save my singing voice.

I might try again later, but it was so bad I'm not going to post any snippets of my singing like I'd planned to.

So much for technology!

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