insomnia. ever since coming back from lassen volcanic national park i’ve been having trouble staying asleep. i’ve been waking up anywhere from 5 AM, 6 AM, and on two occassions 4:15 AM. my brain aches after five or six hours of sleep, and my entire day sleepiness takes over, but after lying in bed for thirty minutes, i’m reminded of my old professor william dement, “it’s better to get up and then try to go back asleep.” if you have any ideas (melotonin?) let me know.
Month: October 2002
opcode vision dead
it’s always enpowering when your gambles pay off. many years ago when i first introduced myself to digital audio and electronic music, i concluded that home computers would get so powerful, that racks of sound and equipment would become obsolete. i bought a MIDI controller from yamaha instead of a keyboard, and now four years later virtual instuments and physical modeling are the norms. the cubase clinic confirmed this. not only is my opcode vision product old (works only in classic), but with current processor technology (soon the G5), outdated fully. it’s time to move to core audio in OS X.
digital audio
while i am preparing to author my first DVD title, i’m trying to expand my audio knowledge. luckily october 2002 is a great month for OS X audio. i saw a show on apple emagic logic audio. in about an hour i head to a steinberg cubase clinic, and next week i’m hearing from digidesign protools.
green power
i’ve been asked if buying green power makes a difference. here in los angeles we get almost 65% off all our electricity from coal fired power plants. thought that coal did not exist in CA, you would be correct. while most of the locally generated power is from natural gas, los angeles bought long ago into the intermountain generating station power plant in utah, which is coal fired, and thus produced a lot a acid rain, deforestation, and mahem. would it make sense to buy green wind and solar power. absolutely.
hardipanels
in the backyard, in preparation for an el nino event, i am trying to get the patio and the roof ready for a deluge. today we went to pick up supplies at lowes and IKEA, including hardipanels and lumber.
dictionary
what kind of information are you supposed to include in a blog? how about spelling and punctuation? dictionary.
moving beyond ical
test of image link and page links green living.
intro to sensors
it’s time for breakfast. over the next couple of days i’ll add information on digital imaging including the foveon X3, progressive scan DV, and other topics i see fit. if you have a question i can answer e-mail me. foveon and panasonic AG-DVX100
no images?
since this is new software, i cannot import an image. in version 1.1 or 1.5 in march 2003, you’ll see inline pictures, but this does not prevent me from having links to pictures. on labor day 2 september 2002, the grand los angeles cathedral opened, after a 118 year delay. i’ve been going to public openings since i was a boy, so i had to go to the religious grand opening. the next big opening is disney hall in 2003. more to come.
iCal problems
i have to learn how to baby this app so that my messages stay in memory. the web will act as my backup. how much time to i devote to writing? only God will know. i wonder if i can embed a image in this stream. let’s find out!