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<meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070324;7363500" name="CREATED" /><meta content="20070325;22450400" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">As I type this, I am about 25,000 feet high up. Although, you wont read it until after I’ve landed. I am currently on an Air Canada flight to Ottawa from Toronto. My inspiration for this post was a collection of things. First, the insane power of the turbine engines as they forced the plane forward and then up. Second, seeing a large part of the city of Toronto just as daylight was hitting on what looked to be a cloudy day, and watching everything get smaller and smaller out the window. Lastly, as we just came up through the clouds, into a beautiful view of “cloud-scape” I’ll call it, where the sun shines no matter what, and gives all the clouds this great silver lining. It is truly a sight to see.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">As some may know, the last two weeks I spent at my dad’s, doing a number of different things. I was able to get (a little) bit of work done towards the drum kit fund, and we also put a down-payment on a set. A very nice kit, and if you check for the post that rambles, you should find a link to it. I also got to visit with the “Wee-Man” as my father calls him, and we played some games, and I made a fool out of my self, much to the entertainment of David… and maybe anybody else who decided to watch.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Quick note: we are back through the clouds, starting our short decent to Ottawa International Airport, and again the view is spectacular. Seeing all the lakes, and waterways, and Ontario forests is awesome. I think I’ve found my new mode of transportation to my Dads. However, the bus ride can also be enjoyable as well.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Well, where was I… right, my Dads house. During my stay, I was also able to help my Dad go through some storage stuff, and the two of us had a good time looking at some pictures of him when he was my age, finding some school work he had done, and him showing me a few of his personal items. I had a great time, learning a little bit more about my Dad’s history, as we unfortunately do not get to spend enough time together, due to the physical distance between the two of us. We also took to our usual occurrence of late nights, that sometimes involve some home made wine or beer, and a whole lot of music. And we always eat great.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Now the seatbelt sign is on, and that means I’ll get yelled at in about ten seconds, if my laptop is on.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=24#comments" title="Comment on Saturday, March 24 - 7:25AM">3 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-23"><a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=23" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Memo">Memo</a></h3> <small>Monday, March 19th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><strong>Date: </strong>Monday, March 19, 2007<br /> <strong>To: </strong>All those reading<br /> <strong>From: </strong>The Management<br /> <strong>Re:</strong> New Feature</p> <p>This is a quick announcement regarding the previously mentioned “Drummer of the Month” feature for bompfbompf.com.</p> <p>The feature will be changed to the “Monthly Musician” feature, and will commence on the First Day of April. It will be open to all musicians that play great music. It could be an entire band, or an independent player within a band, or even not.</p> <p>I look forward to sharing this with you as I hope you are looking forward to it as well. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=3" title="View all posts in Music" rel="category tag">Music</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=23#comments" title="Comment on Memo">8 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-22"><a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=22" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to How Do You Title A Post, That Has No Specific Theme?">How Do You Title A Post, That Has No Specific Theme?</a></h3> <small>Friday, March 16th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p>So I know some of you are thinking “this guy doesn’t post enough”. I would though, if I thought that there was more for me to tell you or to say but since I haven’t even being keeping up with the current news, there isn’t really much that I could say that you don’t know already. However, at this moment I have a lot of updating to do so here goes.</p> <p>Firstly, I have changed my operating system to a different distribution of Linux. Kubuntu was good and it was a great way of getting into Linux, however I found that it lacked some of the things that I was looking for in an operating system. It was much to basic for what I required out of a computer, so I am now running openSUSE 10.2 which instead of just one disk, took six to install and came with all the features that I wanted, such as GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), Firefox, more media software and then the other things that Linux needs to run other programs that I haven’t quite figured out yet. The other thing that I’m liking about Suse is that it recognizes my wireless card. Kubuntu did not, and although I haven’t been able to make a wireless connection as of yet, I’m sure that with some tinkering here, and the help of my father, I will be able to do this eventually.</p> <p>And speaking of my father, this past week was my March Break from school and I have spent it here in Orangeville with my Dad. I’ve enjoyed my time here so far, and I will elaborate to that later. I’ve spent much of it however working on some simple stuff where what I would be being paid, is going straight to the drum-kit fund. We also went into Brampton to the Long & Mquade to check out a kit that they had in stock. Recently, I’ve been looking into a drum company called Pacific Drums & Percussion (PDP for short). Well, I found out that PDP is owned by the rather large drum company, DW. Although many of you may not know that you’ve heard or seen a DW kit, I can assure you that you have if you have listened to the great super-group Rush. Neil Peart is a DW endorser. After finding all this out, I decided to check out these PDP kits, to see if they lived up to and played like a DW kit. When I first saw the kit, my reaction was “WHOA! That bass drum is huge.” And it is. The kick drum is a massive 24″. Then I pulled the toms of the shelf and all it took was a tap of my finger on the heads to hear that this kit (100% maple) sounded great. Surprisingly as well, this kit is less than half the cost of the high end DW sets, which can cost upwards of $5000. Retail on the PDP kit: Approximately $1400. For the price there isn’t a better sounding kit. So I think that I’ve settled on my decision as far as the drum kit I plan to get. I’ll link to it <a href="http://pacificdrums.com/mxr/mxr.htm">here</a>, and you can let me know what you think (although you’ll only be able to judge them on visual appearance for now, and on sound later).</p> <p>On a completely different note, the weather has been awesome. With most of the days this past week above 0 degrees, the snow is melting and I just keep on getting more and more excited about summer time, and outdoor concerts, and running around with friends… the thought even makes me smile. It is very exciting and in many ways, refreshing.</p> <p>I also sometimes wish that I could come up with clever ways to end my posts, as it seems to me they usually end up as “well, that’s all for now” and I’m bored of that so, BOMPF BOMPF BABY! </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=3" title="View all posts in Music" rel="category tag">Music</a>, <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Linux" rel="category tag">Linux</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=22#comments" title="Comment on How Do You Title A Post, That Has No Specific Theme?">5 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://bompfbompf.com/"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form> </li> <!-- Author information is disabled per default. 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