http://blog.ryandubois.net your daily dose of dubulosity Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:21:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm really excited for this upcoming weekend.  I've been working almost 10 hour days this week, and it'll be good to get out on the trail, and leave it all behind for a long 3 day weekend. Athena and I are heading to Burgson Lake out by the Dardanelles near Sonora ... http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/07/03/backpacking/ There really is nothing like running out of cash, and parking my self on the bench across from the place containing the couch I should be asleep on for an unknown number of hours while I wait for one of two roommates to come let me in. Joy. http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/06/10/oi-2/ Right around now is when things start to get hectic. Who am I kidding, they're always hectic, but right now even more so. I've got WWDC coming up, a show to rehearse for, plus my normal day job. As you can imagine, things can get a little draining. Here's a ... http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/06/05/todays-energy-boost-recipe/ Hey there everyone! We've got another show coming up - Saturday, June 28th, again at Caffe Trieste on Market St in SF (thanks for hosting us!) - 7pm as usual. And we've got a couple of new things to share with you all: First, we've purchased a legitimate PA to improve our sound's ... http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/06/04/showtime/ Robert 7:49 it'd be sweet to get an iphone or something signed by him Me 7:49 steve's strange... i could see him turning it down, saying it was nothing but a material possession something very zen then turning around and selling a new product that makes better toast like it was jesus with a bunsun burner http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/05/27/on-steve-o/ I (red0x) haven't had any time to work on this project for quite some time. There's not much activity on my mailing list for the project, either, so it doesn't look promising that anyone wants to take it over. I'd say go ahead and nuke it. R.I.P. Sonar. Just posted that here. Kinda ... http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/05/24/rip-sonar/ Ever wonder what the difference between 8-bit, 16-bit, and 24-bit audio files is? Here's a quick, english explanation. Imagine a horizontal line: Figure 1. Audio Silence That's silence on an audio file, a straight line of nothing-ness. In the analog world (aka, your voice, sounds you hear from your computer speakers as ... http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/05/22/audio-resolutions-explained-in-plain-english/ 1. web 2.0's QoS sucks lately (i'm implicating twitter and muxtape) 2. Finally posted our last show on a muxtape. Listen and enjoy more bandwidth: First half Second Half http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/05/21/remember-two-things/ Athena and I headed out to Santa Cruz yesterday to do a kick ass beach photo shoot. She wore her bikini and a clean, white sun dress, and we went and played in the waves with my cameras. Did I mention I'm a lucky guy?? There's some really good ... http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/05/19/beach-photo-shoot/ I posted them online. Check them out here: Live at Trieste - Second Show http://blog.ryandubois.net/archives/2008/05/09/photos-from-the-last-gig/