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July 28, 2005
by Robert
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headphones

I got my Sony MDR-NC6 headphones. Pretty nice headphones, although the noise canceling isn’t perfect – there’s a bit of hiss when its on. I’m pretty happy with the design and audio quality of the headphones. I think the real … Continue reading

July 26, 2005
by Robert
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largely music

Some CD’s I’ve been looking at lately: Gorillaz – Demon Days Coldplay – X&Y DMB – Stand Up The Killers – Hot Fuss Woah that was weird. When I opened up iTunes Music Store, it showed the Denmark store…. So … Continue reading

July 25, 2005
by Robert
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isym again

So I commuted to ISYM jazz camp last week. It was fairly cool. A lot of the people in my band were from Champaign (I was lead trombone in the 2nd band, as always.) I had to do the commuter … Continue reading

July 25, 2005
by Robert
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to fix:

Printer/scanner/copier thing. Won’t detect black print cart. Voyage 200. There’s something rattling around inside… iPod. I guess it wasn’t getting any power through the USB cable, even though it should work. Oh well. Firewire’s doing fine. ADDED: Panasonic multi-handset phone. … Continue reading

July 17, 2005
by Robert
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senior states

I spent the last two days at the Senior State meet at Northwestern in Evanston. I did pretty well, dropping 4 seconds in the 100 breastroke and 9 in the 200, coming in 12th in that event. The trip also … Continue reading

July 9, 2005
by Robert
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fc4

Ok I’m posting this from Firefox running under Fedora Core 4 on my PC. Pretty cool. I found a nice desktop too. :P Anyway, the contact link above now goes to a page with a little bit of extra information, … Continue reading

July 3, 2005
by Robert
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concert

My mom saw a thing in the paper about Elliot Chasanov (trombone prof. at the U of I) having a recital today at 2. So I went. But then it turned out that it was an ISYM concert (for the … Continue reading

July 3, 2005
by Robert
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mouse

I got a nice new mouse. It works perfectly on the PC, and there’s just one small problem on the Mac: the included driver doesn’t allow you to set the scroll wheel (or any other button) to the middle click … Continue reading

July 2, 2005
by Robert
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summer

I made some little changes to the template because I was bored. I’m not really sure that it looks much better, but oh well. Overall, summer has been pretty boring since camp. Basically all I’ve been doing is reading science … Continue reading