Nov 27
Well, ok. I got in a bit of a hurry last time when I was working on assembling my Black Widow kit, and didn’t wait for the paint to fully dry. Put a big thumbprint right in the middle of the top, which I pressed out with a dry rag, which then led me to do the rest of the piece so it wouldn’t look totally off-balance. There were also a couple of tears in the paint where you could see brass, and I didn’t like that either. Long story short, I redid it.
So, while I was in South Dakota visiting my parents for Thanksgiving (and my Dad’s birthday!), I took advantage of my dad’s shop. Not only did I tear the kit back down and repaint it, but I also made a pair of custom finger pieces for it. I found a small piece of scrap walnut that just happened to be the right thickness, and just big enough to make my two pieces. I sketched out the design I was imagining, transferred it to a piece of masonite, and cut that out as a test. Once I knew things were working, I transferred the design to the walnut, cut and finished it, and then reassembled the kit, waiting until the paint was dry this time. Much better!
You can see the results in the above picture. *I* think it looks much better now, in any case. I am definitely entering this in the Lincoln Amateur Radio Club’s homebrew award competition next month!
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Jan 30
Here’s another Vimeo video that my friend Dan shared on Facebook, and I thought was worth re-sharing here. Enjoy!
Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
Jan 02
I don’t normally do this, but I thought this was particularly kewl:
Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations | Compilation Video V1.5 from ZIMOUN VIDEO ARCHIVE on Vimeo.
Knightsabre
Oct 10
I’ve noticed a little something. At least among the various Pirate Christian Radio programs, a large proportion of them appear to be Mac users.
Rather, I should say I have seen a predominance of evidence of Mac use among them. Now, this could be simply due to the fact of how easy podcasting is with Macs, but I don’t think that’s it. I’m also not saying that they don’t use PC hardware as well, in fact I know some of them do.
What I think it comes down to is this: Macs just WORK. They are easy to use, easy to work with, and easy to get great results with, without having to fiddle around with all the bits to make it work. After all, doing certain things on a computer requires a certain amount of technical knowledge. On PCs this is especially true. On a Mac, however, you don’t necessarily need to have all the ‘geek cred’ that a PC apparently requires.
Now, I’m not saying that these guys don’t have the ability to do anything technical, in fact I know that some of them do. But the Mac makes doing what you WANT to be doing so much easier, because you don’t have to mess around making the computer do all the little things that allow you to do what you want. You just do it.
Knightsabre
Oct 08
Not many people know about the fact that I am currently unemployed. I have been looking for work, plus investigating other options (such as returning to school to finish my degree), but nothing has been forthcoming as of yet. Well, employment-wise, anyway. I have an appointment with someone from UNL Admissions on Tuesday. However, even if I do return to school, I will still need to work…have to pay those bills, you know! Therefore, the reason for this post.
I am asking anyone who reads this to please pray for me. Not just that I will be able to find work, but to give me guidance for my future plans. I’ve been feeling a bit lost lately, not sure what to do or where to go. Not having a degree is making things tougher, and even though I have almost 10 years of experience in IT service and administration, I have very little that can quantify that experience beyond the years themselves.
In the midst of all this, I am actively trying to re-enter my religious life…this may be evident in the most recent posts and updates to my website. I’ll be honest, I haven’t gone to church regularly over the years, mainly just holidays and a few random Sundays. I don’t really have a good reason why this was, just that I found it easier to stay in bed than getting up and going to church. It wasn’t that I blamed God for all the bad things that had happened in my life, but maybe more that now that I was away from home and my parents’ rule, I didn’t *have* to anymore. Well, it took 20 years, but I understand now that yes, I do *have* to go. I’m desperately out of practice, so I can’t really explain it well here myself yet, but I do believe it to be true.
So once again, I ask you for your prayers, for employment, for direction, and most of all for my spiritual well-being. My thanks to all of you who I know have already been praying for me, and I ask that you continue.
Sep 30
If you’ve been paying attention lately, you may have noticed some changes around here. You may also have noticed that some additions of a particular flavor have started showing up.
More specifically, the religious content seems to have increased.
Well, this isn’t accidental. I’ve been rediscovering my religious heritage (yeah, that sounds good 
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I have also subscribed to the Lutheran Hour podcast via iTunes. That podcast only updates once a week on Saturdays as opposed to every weeknight for Issues, Etc. I highly recommend subscribing this way, as it makes it VERY easy to get the latest programs. Just leave iTunes open in the background and set it to update all your podcasts periodically (I have mine set to check for updates every hour, but I subscribe to other podcasts as well)
There are additionally other links to various Lutheran-specific sites & organizations. These are all organizations that I personally feel strongly about. Most of them I have had some exposure to for quite a long time, some of them are a bit newer. In any case, I urge you to please check them out!
Of course, my parents are happy to see this (spoke with them this evening about it, actually)…but this isn’t the reason why I’m doing this. I’m doing this because it NEEDS to be done.
Knightsabre
