So if I were to buy a new HD to dual-boot an existing Windows machine into Windows+Linux so I could run Ardour or Rosegarden instead of Audacity and as a result need a soundcard other than the lulzblaster built in to the motherboard, what would you suggest?

The M Audio Delta series comes suggested on the Wiki, and this is one of the cheaper ones. ( Read more... )

So King County voters, in their infinite wisdom, voted to make the Director of Elections an elected position. Leaving aside the whole WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU of that idea, I'm annoyed at having to vote for this position at all, so can somebody tell me which of these cranks is least likely to be a disaster? Thanks.

eta: it is very tempting ( Read more... )

What's a good RSS reader client for OSX? I want something that'll aggregate RSS feeds as part of a general effort to reduce keyboard and touchpad use without reducing DATANOM. (DATANOM being the NOMMING of DATA. AHRRM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM SO TASTY and all that.)

annathepiper uses Google's RSS aggregator but I want something that'll work if I'm ( Read more... )

Anybody know what it's called when you strum on muted strings and make that little "brit" sound? Is there a word for that? Also what if you let one string sound while you mute the rest? (Or two. I'm doing both.) Is that a different word?

Hey, anybody local played or attended The Wayward Coffeehouse's open mic? I'm thinking of showing up next Sunday, weather permitting. Anybody know anything about it? If you do, pls. fill me in!

I need webcam software for Windows XP that'll capture an image off a Windows XP-compatible webcam and stick it in a file on a repeating basis. That's all I need it to be able to do. I also don't want to pay for this because it's a crap webcam (an old Labtec) and I'm mostly doing this because I can. Any suggestions?

Anybody gotten a windshield ding repaired locally before and want to tell me who did it? I was driving to get groceries late last week and PANG! I suddenly had a nice little star-like ding in my car's front windscreen. Gir.

eta: Got a pointer via the murkmush. Surprise! Thanks tho'. ^_^

Could some of you recommend good books on PHP and Perl, hopefully ones that are both textbooks and decent reference? Yes, I know there are good tutorials online. I am annoying in that I like texts made of paper or other, paper-like material. Also, I want to spend less time looking at screens, as I've done far too much of that over the last several ( Read more... )

My Credit Union has a thing going with Liberty Mutual for car insurance group rates. Their quote is significantly cheaper than what we're currently paying, probably in part because they recognise annathepiper and me as married, whereas our current insurer does not. (At least, according to this quote from this sales rep ( Read more... )

Well? YOU TELL ME. I dunno!