Dr. Milo T. Pinkerton III ([info]doctorpinkerton) wrote,
@ 2008-07-24 10:47:00
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Current music:Beth Patterson - 'Blue Blazes'

Comedy metal TONIGHT
Stoked to see Green Jello Jelly tonight. (They're playing at the Howlin' Wolf, but I won't hold that against them...)

Aside from that, I hung out with Beth Patterson and her band on Tuesday, had a nice family dinner with my parents and 96 year old great aunt yesterday (Chinese food, yum) and have just generally been recovering from last weekend. Gotta stop taking it easy and get back to work! Well, in the meantime I have been investigating some interesting software technology to replace one of the really old (18 year old, sheesh!!!) Amiga 3000 computer the C.O.G. uses for the live stage show. By next show I intend to have radically improved backscreen graphics. A lot of work to redo everything, but it'll be worth it in the end. (Incidentally, to replace the old computer, I need something ~1.5Ghz or so that is less than 16" square and less than 5" tall. Anybody got an old Dell compact desktop they could sell me?)

In my copious spare time I'm also trying to knock together another edit of a Beth Patterson song for YouTube, from a concert of hers I shot in May. Long overdue...

Oh, by the way, the second installment of Dice Jockies is finally up. Geek out!


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[info]nallix
2008-07-24 05:36 pm UTC (link)
Dammit. A good friend is having his bachelor party tonight, so not only do I miss out on seeing the original Wargames on the big screen for one night but Green Jelly is also playing. Gah.

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[info]doctorpinkerton
2008-07-24 06:00 pm UTC (link)
Simple solution: BRING HIM TOO!

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[info]nallix
2008-07-24 06:03 pm UTC (link)
I'm not in charge of festivities, our mutual friend Jon Glenn is.

Although a Green Jelly show might be something the man of the hour would enjoy.


BTW, I dug Dice Jockies. It reminds me of our group, which I'm sure is exactly the point.

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[info]shatterstripes
2008-07-24 11:03 pm UTC (link)
Man. They built those Amigas solid. That thing's old enough to vote and it's still plugging away.

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[info]doctorpinkerton
2008-07-24 11:56 pm UTC (link)
...and when I retire it, I'll preserve it in state so that it could be arbitrarily resurrected for a future C.O.G. Retro Reunion!

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[info]tikibilly
2008-07-25 01:15 pm UTC (link)
I was at PC Tune-ups (formerly Computer Discounters) on Vets and Green Acres the other day, and they had a dozen or so of those small form factor Dell desktops that were being shopped out for sale. I didn't ask how much they were going for, but their prices on used stuff is usually quite reasonable.

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[info]doctorpinkerton
2008-07-25 02:37 pm UTC (link)
Too late, unfortunately! I went ahead and dropped $45 (plus shipping) on a 1.8Ghz on ebay yesterday.

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[info]tikibilly
2008-07-25 07:44 pm UTC (link)
Wow, yeah, that's probably cheaper than they would be at PC tune-ups.

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