Vacuum @ MindSay

One of the nice things about being geeky and having a pile of old electronics is that it makes getting into the audio circuitry realm very easy. Over the course of the last four months or so, I've been experimenting with various circuits that I've found on the net or designed my self. The first I ever attempted was the Arbiter FuzzFace, the most fabled distortion effect from years past. It has played a part in the career of almost every famous guitar player. Hendrix used it almost exclusively, and its used on many songs by David Gilmour(Pink Floyd), Jimmy Page(Led Zeppelin), Eddie van Halen(Van Halen, duh). They sell for about $500-1,000 each on ebay, and for fewer than a dozen components(you can probably pull them out of that broken clock-radio) and a soldering iron, you can build one too. Theres a fine art to tuning them and hand picking exactly the right components(germanium transistors?!), but a rough version can be put together in an hour or two.

Right now I'm waiting on an order of parts to arrive from Doberman Amps. I'll be building a modified version of the Hi-Octane single-ended vacuum tube amplifier. The output isn't that high, about 7 watts at full drive, but thats easily enough to wake the neighbors on an efficient guitar speaker. As a bonus to the low-wattage, I can get full smooth, creamy, natural overdrive without having the cops called on me(often). I have a number of modifications to the amp circuit lined up that will make it more versatile, and(at slightly greater expense) better sounding. I'm very much looking forward to getting it together and tweaking it for a week or two. I have to say, the professional amp sound, blasting metal or screaming blues at the flick of a switch, and the opportunity to electrocute myself with 500 volts makes it seem like a very fun project. $250 in parts for a custom amp doesn't sound too bad either compared to $500-4000 for a professional production model.

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Summer Accomplishments:
- Completed Medium career mode on Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (All 100% except 5 songs)

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Tonight was so fucking weird.
I think I had a random burst of OCD.

I couldn't sleep - so what did I decide to do at 2AM in the morning?
I CLEANED MY ROOM.

And not your typical make-your-bed-pick-up-clothes-untangle-game-controllers-take-down-empty-glasses clean, either.
I re-organised all of my games, sorted out all of my college folders, DUSTED EVERY SHELF (!!!), threw away some uneeded clutter and junk, sorted all my washing out and I even climbed on my stool to reach the forgotten heights of THE TOP SHELF.

I really need to get into the habit of dusting that one more often.
There was like a literal INCH of dust nestled upon it.
I dust my shelves around once a week or once a fortnight - depending on how I feel.

And of course, I couldn't finish the job with a quick WHIZZ ROUND WITH THE HOOVER (as my mother calls it, pmsl) - so I waited until the morning to do that.
One can't really be hoovering your room at 3 in the morning.

It was weird though - I kept on telling myself, even though I started to get tired - that I wasn't going to bed until I'd finished cleaning. It helped me sleep though. :D

- As that random Greek cleaner woman from Zante, the one who burst into mine and Jade's room at 7AM, demanding we get up and leave so she could change the sheets would say...
"CLEAN?! CLEEEEEEAN?!! CLEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAN?!! CLEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAANNN?!!!!!"

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And in other news...
I finished the Medium difficulty career on GH: Aerosmith. :D

Ahhh new post. Haha. Sorry folks, I've been busy doing nothing, and therefore nothing to really blog about! I'm not even sure anyone reads this anymore! :P.

I finished The Deathly Hallows. Man that was good. I can't help but want a shit ton more of Harry Potter sequels! I wonder if J.K. Rowling will let other authors make off shoots and what not.. I don't think so though. It'd be cool. Kinda like Star Wars yanno? Anyway, I want more.

I've been having strange dreams lately! I can't remember them completely enough to explain them to you but the one lastnight was pretty sweet. I was roaming through a jungleish thing.. with my brother perhaps and a couple friends. It at first remiended me of the BWCA.. but it definately was other worldly.. lots of cliffs rivers and jungle! I loved it. Very pretty.

I get to clean a crapload today cause someone from HUD is going to come tomorrow early, mind you, and do the whole inspection thing to make sure everything is up to par. I don't think we have to like super clean but my mom does ehh. I probably should vacuum though xD. It's bad. I wear socks so shit dosen't stick to my feet. Prolly shouldn't have said that.. EW HUH? Atleast I slept untill like 7pm so I'll be able to stay up all night and clean!

I was thinking of going to Barnes and Nobles with my friend tonight, since she begged me prettymuch!! lol.. =\ Idk though.. we'lll see. It would be nice to go but I don't have any money and I don't feel like I should steal today. Bad vibe right? Maybe it's okay though... haha.

Ahh Crap I was supposed to write a love poem for Avery. Man I'm so bad at those things.. poems I mean. I don't erally think I can bring my self to do it.. she's gonna castrate me just you wait! I'm sure you'll see a comment on here by her soon xD.

*sigh* Anyyyway I think I'm gonna get goin' and play a few hands of Hold'em on Pokerstars before I head to B&N. Finish my coffee too.

Well another un-interesting blog for all of you.. Keep in touch!

I want these Logitech Speakers They are bound to be better than the tiny little ones I have now. And I want this Eureka Upright Vacuum but I would settle for this Hoover Upright Vacuum because it's cheaper. Both have hepa filters and from the reviews are good ones. And supposedly do not spit the dust back in your face. That's part of the problem with the old one I have now. Actually the cheaper one is also not as heavy. So another plus for it. I really want one with a hepa filter though. That is supposed to be really helpful for folks with allergies.