I spent a long, long, long time researching keyboards. In fact, that’s pretty much all I did yesterday. After much research, the only keyboard with consistent reviews of having a very piano-like action was this MIDI controller. A search of Craig’s list turned up one in like-new condition in Denver. We drove out there this morning, Jonah tried it out, and we brought it home: Turns out that all 88 keys are long. It doesn’t make any sound by itself, so now I have to find a good piano sample library. At the moment, Jonah’s pounding away with it connected…
Want a smarter kid? Breast feed him. Want to make your kid stupid? Make him watch TV. And no, I am still not pregnant!
As some of you might remember, back in February I was in Phoenix and got a cold that turned into an ear infection. Since I know from history that if I get an ear infection that it won’t go away without antibiotics, I went to a “doctor” at an urgent care center in Phoenix. I filled out all the information they wanted online, which was nice since I didn’t have to so much sign anything in the doctors office. I waited 2 hours, had some of my vitals taken by a nurse, who insisted on doing a strep culture. (This…
I haven’t said because I don’t know. The next step is Initial Operating Experience (IOE). This is where I go fly a real CRJ-900 with real passengers in the back, but with an “IOE Check Airman” qualified Captain. Since I’ve never actually flown the plane, the FAA requires that I spend at least 25 hours on IOE. I’m required to demonstrate certain items, and the Captain will sign off my folder after each flight. After the check airman thinks that I’ve got a handle on things, he’ll sign me off, and I’ll be a “normal” first officer. I hope I…
Nachzen.net was unavailable last night because I’m silly. It turns out that amusing things happens when you build a DNS server and DHCP server on different boxes, and then list the hostnames in the DHCP server table. It turns out that the DHCP server won’t start until it can resolve the hostnames, which will never happen when the DNS server is busy asking the DHCP server what it’s IP address is. The amusing thing is, it’s been set up this way for a very long time, but I’ve never turned both machines off and back on at the same time.…