reboot your Onkyo receiver (fix the blinking red light problem)
I was playing some LPs the other day and my newish Onkyo A-9555 receiver made a popping sound and shut off. When I turned it back on, the red light just blinked and the volume light never came on. After taking the unit apart to look for a blown fuse--only to discover the fuse was fine--I searched for a copy of the manual online and found this gem:
How to reset: To reset the A-9755/A-9555 to its factory defaults, while holding down the [PURE DIRECT] button, press the [LOUDNESS] button, and then release both buttons. The input selector indicators light up for one second, and then the A-9755/A-9555 enters On mode.
So, after doing that, everything's fine. I noticed a lot of people on various HiFi forums whining about the blinking red light problem and how they had to pay ridiculous sums of money to get their amps fixed after experiencing the same issue. Before shelling out money, you may want to try the above.
Don't be ashamed of the homely thought/That whatever you might do elsewhere/In the time remaining
Don't be ashamed of the homely thought
That whatever you might do elsewhere,
In the time remaining, you might do here
If you can resolve, at last, to pay attention.
That whatever you might do elsewhere,
In the time remaining, you might do here
If you can resolve, at last, to pay attention.
my first 2 minutes with spotify
a REALLY deep catalog of interesting classical and jazz. At $10/mo it's a no-brainer. However, typical of most music service software, it's made for people who listen to tracks and not "works" or albums. It took me a few minutes to figure out how to play Beethoven's 5th piano concerto and this is a limitation of most music software, especially iTunes. A quick search for Rubinstein's version of the Emperor returns the tracks sorted by popularity. Playing from this point would get you the concerto all out of order. You need to visit the "album" page and then go ahead and play the tracks in the right order.
Seems like a small deal and if you don't listen to a lot of classical works it may not be a big deal but imagine if you're listening to some Grateful Dead and it keeps getting China->Rider out of order. Lame, right? Same thing with classical works.
Seems like a small deal and if you don't listen to a lot of classical works it may not be a big deal but imagine if you're listening to some Grateful Dead and it keeps getting China->Rider out of order. Lame, right? Same thing with classical works.
Thoreau's Birthday - read something excellent today!
As always, his essay titled Walking is my favorite piece to read again and again: http://thoreau.eserver.org/walking.htmlBut if you prefer something a bit more in keeping with our 21st century attention span, there's always this: http://blogthoreau.blogspot.com/And as a bit of a bonus, here's some video of my own private Walden. See if you can identify where I shot it.
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Dead Bank tonight at Jamian's.
Shaping up to be a big night. Hope to see you there!
Red Bank Primary School
Today is the kids' last day of school and this wraps up the second year of us sending our kids to the Red Bank Primary School. I could not be happier about the quality of education my kids are getting at their school. And the warmth and sense of community we feel there is exactly what I image most parents dream their kids' school environment could be.
I found this video of RBPS sent around on twitter yesterday. It's nice to see Red Bank getting some positive recognition from the rest of the country for the quality of its public schools.
updated pic for kelly's website
I haven't taken many photos over the past few month. Have just been too busy. But Kelly relocated her practice to Shrewsbury Ave recently so I took the opportunity to update her site with a new headshot: http://www.wilder-willis.org/ Shot in the backyard with a piece of white poster board to do some light reflection.
we're hiring.
Digital music company is looking for an on-site developer(s) to write/upgrade existing software used for:
- downloading digital audio files from record labels- converting those files to MP3 and FLAC
- apply metadata from Rovi/AMG to the files
- uploading to Amazon S3
- running multi-currency pricing scripts to update shopping cart backend
- update solr index if you have experience with audio conversion, Rovi/All Music Guide, Amazon S3 and SOLR, please see this craigslist posting for contact info: http://jerseyshore.craigslist.org/sof/2430300838.html
These scripts are written in PHP. If you don't have at least 5+ years in PHP don't apply for this position. If you have not written your own set of PHP utility libraries for one or more of the above technologies, please do not apply for this position.
Yesterday was Ralph Waldo Emerson's birthday . . .
Yesterday was Ralph Waldo Emerson's birthday and The Atlantic (the magazine he helped to start), has links to some great material:
