Backyard

Jan 2011

Kizzy and speedy

Fun times.

Sink project

Salvage of old sink from work to replace plastic laundry tub.

The Control Room of my studio.

This is my 48 track digital recording setup.

Kingston 8GB SDHC card piece of SH*T

Hey fellow photography buffs, just a reminder that all SD cards are not created equal, some are basically "Shit". Here is my experience with the Kingston 8GB SDHC. I wanted to copy some jpgs over to my laptop, took the card out of the cam, put it into my SD slot in my computer, copied the images over with no probs. Then went to re-insert the card back into my brand new Canon T1I and noticed the card would not stay inserted inside the slot and I could not close the little door. Then I tried another SD card and got the same results. I figured....Great...new cam already messed up. I take a close look at the SD card and notice the blue plastic was falling apart and to my dismay, I notice a piece of blue plastic stuck inside the SD slot of the camera. After a few minutes of contemplating, I took a toothpick and carefully reached in the slot and nudged the piece to one side, flipped the cam upside down and with a few shakes, it fell out, thank God. Then I tried my other SD card and it stayed in perfectly. I took the piece a crap $40 Kingston SD card and some epoxy glue, peeled off all the loose blue plastic and glued it back together properly, its not pretty but it works and at least it wont fall apart in my camera again. Never another Kingston product for me. Moral of the story, when buying SDcards, don't only look for data specs but structural integrity of the plastic. Rob PS: Please circulate this openly to help anyone else.

Sytek MPX-4A phase inversal

My sytek MPX-4A is 180 out of phase with all my other pres. I just noticed this 2 years after purchase. Tried sending an email to Sytek and still have note received a response. Meanwhile, I switch all channels at front panel.

Bodywork patch job 98 Taurus

Today I finished my patch up job.
1. Cut away old rusted sections
2. Rebuild with steel sheeting, spot weld every inch.
3. Build base with tiger hair from Canadian tire, $9
4. Lite cote body fill to build up level.
5. Red touch up putty to finish leveling.
6. Primer coat on patch.
7. Brush on touche up paint.

Used 80, 140 and 800 sand paper.