chrisrandall's Virb Blog

Aoede...

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:36:25 -0400

The next Micronaut release, Aoede, is imminent. It will be a five-song E.P., and I've given myself some equipment restraints that result in a rather markedly different release than is the norm for that project. Unlike all previous Micronaut release, which are a mixture of ...

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Happy Birthday, America...

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 02:00:54 -0400

Whew.

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:20:59 -0400

Apparently sitting on your ass in front of a computer for four years straight isn't the correct training method if you want to go freeriding on a mountain bike. Got the bike, got it built, got it (more or less) adjusted, threw it in the Nitro and drove over to a nearby mix...

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Smoke On The Water...

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:45:17 -0400

Fucking California. I like visiting you, and have occasionally had the insane idea to move to you, but right now your smoke is giving me coughing fits and making my skies hazy. Please keep your bullshit on your side of the border or extinguish all smoking materials; this i...

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That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh...

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:08:13 -0400

Finally took the plunge and bought myself a proper mountain bike, seeing how I live in the mountains and all. Pictured above is the Kona Dawgma I ordered today (w/ 20" frame). As an old school road/track bike guy, it took a lot of muttering and hee-haw before I was able ...

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Over The River And Through The Woods...

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:27:46 -0400

I guess it's pretty obvious that I've been at something of a creative impasse for the last few months, for any number of reasons. However, I seem to have broken through to the other side (I'm not entirely sure how) and the floodgates are open.

If my headway today is any ...

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Heh...

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:35:56 -0400

It is occasionally annoying to be right. Just got back from our family reunion. Weather was ass. Drama was more or less constant. Whee.

That aside, we actually did have a fairly good time. I actually got Elle out in the Dunes on a Sand Rail, which she took with surprisi...

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And so it begins...

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:43:03 -0400

Now, I'm not the sort to run around and shout how the sky is falling and what-not, but I am a reasonably prudent person, and I'm of the opinion that this flooding situation is something to pay attention to. We're going to lose a big part of the corn and soybean crop this y...

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Whelp, said the mother dog...

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:36:57 -0400

The Phoenix Has Landed...

Sun, 25 May 2008 23:07:36 -0400

Just got done watching the EDL for the Phoenix lander. This part of Mars looks strikingly like southeastern Oregon, I must say. (Malhuer County Massive represent!!!) Anyhow, grats to JPL/UofA/NASA. Job well done. (If you're curious like I am, the Phoenix website is here....

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