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AD_EXT cable for Sound Blaster Audigy 2 zs Platinum

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

My friend Jon gave me a great sound card a while back, I’ve had in mind to use it for multi-track recording.  I’ve got this nice dual-core that I’ll be using for video editing, and so I might as well use it for MT recording as well.  The platinum comes with this handy front drive that sets in a 5.25″ spot, like a CD drive would.  This gives easy access to some mic/line inputs, and a headphone output, perfect for recording.  But I had one very sad problem.  I didn’t have the cable to connect this drive to the sound card. (more…)

Work hard, play harder

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Arizona is beautiful! Sunny, 90 degrees. The flight was good. My boss Sieu picked Jerrid up from PHX terminal 2, and came to pick Joy and I up at terminal 3. We went to Sieu’s house and settled in. I feel like we are the guests of honor, staying in their house during their preparations for their reception Jerrid and I have been working at the office in Tempe the last two days. Got to meet my local team member Jeffrey, interesting fellow. He’s been using Ada longer than I’ve been alive! (more…)

Packing for our *first* (mini-)vacation

Monday, March 12th, 2007

I’m making a list, checking it twice, trying to make sure I don’t forget anything as Joy and I prepare to head off to sunny Arizona for a week. My boss is getting hitched, and we’ve been invited to the reception. It’s been a year since I’ve been there… most of the guys I interact with came on board since my visit, so I have several people to meet. (more…)

No last names please!

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Carol (whose last name shall remain… well, nameless) from Shiloh requested that I remove her last name from my blogroll. Even though her picture is posted for all to see, the last name is off-limits. Here’s to Carol, our paranoid person of the week! :-)