Twitter

Now I've taken the plunge and signed onto Twitter. My userid there is nobbynobbynoob. My Twitter page links to here, and this page links to Twitter - lol.

It looks good. Following the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle it runs quite a fair jot faster than Facebook, which is refreshing. Since I'm a rookie user, I now have to navigate all its foibles and pitfalls - wish me luck!

Indonesia bombings

Well now, there's been another horrid terrorist attack in Indonesia. It's a terrible event, and thus no shocking surprise that the Australian government is trying to discourage its citizens from traveling to Indonesia at all. Drawback for yours truly, is, if he is still single at the end of this year, the purpose of heading to Bali to try to meet women on summer vacation will be nullified: there won't be any there if the government's plans succeed! So maybe time to scratch off that part of the itinerary. Whistler could still be okay though.

Bloody terrorists.

Today's musical acquisitions

I just pulled yet another bunch of obscure (or not-so-obscure) Kylie songs this arvo, including the original 1987 Duffy production of Locomotion (as opposed to the 1988 PWL remix exported worldwide that's common currency). In vinyl form a copy of this is worth a mint nowadays, apparently: scarcity value is all.

Some people think S.A.W. productions/remixes were heinous crimes against music, but I always really liked the PWL remix more than the older Duffy one. However, I subsequently realized that my issue with the Duffy recording is his mixing and overemphasis on the bass rather than Kylie's (oh soooo sweet) voice. A little tinkering with the equalizer on a good sound editor sorted that out, and my EQ-adjusted version sounds better IMHO. This bunch of tracks is pretty good haul for a couple of hours' work!

"C'mon, c'mon, do the locomotion with me!" :)

I popped into JB HiFi just an hour or so ago to check out the prices of so-called "16-gig" (more like 14) flash sticks. My iTunes music collection is expanding at a furious rate and I need to make a backup copy (it doesn't all fit on my "8-gig" (in actuality 7,4GB) iPod nano). Such a flash stick costs $140, which isn't horribly expensive, but I would prefer not to need to spend that kind of money at the moment, since it's money I don't really have. I already spent money I don't have buying a new HP mini notebook and iPod nano in the first instance. Also, I need at least to try to save up a few pennies to help with my trip to Sydney next month. It's hard to believe this is all coming up so soon. The Bookcrossing Convention and my planned fresh start in Switzerland are only about nine months away now. Goodness.