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So, the plan is to record 15 songs. We’ve finished recording drums for 13 of them. The last two need a bit more “finishing up” than we thought, so we decided to move on to recording bass. In the meantime, we’ll work on the unrecorded songs on our own time instead of trying to figure things out in the studio. There’s plenty of work to do with the 13 song we have, so things will keep moving forward. Unfortunately for the studio journal that means we can’t quite call the drums completed yet.
If you’ve been watching the live stream, we commend you on your patience and willingness to endure less than stellar audio and video quality. We’re working on a new streaming method that should improve things a bit. During the last drum session I thought I had it set up right, but I heard from a bunch of people after the fact that it wasn’t working. Apologies for the non-functioning stream that night. The good news is that we just uploaded a full take of one of the songs we recorded last week. It was “filmed” with a better-than-webcam-quality camera so you can actually see (and hear) what’s going on.
And in his free time, Mike put together this video and set it free on the information superhighway. Surf on over and check it out. (Or just click play)
On March 31, we introduced an experimental new home page design here on Sinch.net. After rigorous testing we’ve come to the conclusion that it is simply too awesome for us to keep using it. We’ve returned to the old design for now. Back to the drawing board I guess.
If you missed it, you can still get the full experience here. Be warned: it’s quite possibly the most awesome thing you will ever see.
We’re testing out a new design for the home page. If you’re seeing this in the RSS feed or from a direct link to the blog, check out the new home page.
This is almost certainly fake and probably part of some viral marketing campaign for Halo 3 or some other big budget project… but it’s totally the kind of UFO video I’ve been wanting to see my whole life. If this was real it would be the coolest thing ever filmed.
I’m not exactly sure how this works, but it’s awesome. I want my own private Chuck E Cheese robot band (or whatever this place is… Showboz Pizza or something).
Read the following (out-of-context) quote and try to imagine what the full article might be about. I guarantee it’s even weirder than you think.
Psychology student Bill Rifka — who is 35 and in a relationship with an iBook — admits he has “often flirted with many a sweet laptop on eBay and felt true desire.” Like all objectum-sexuals, Rifka also attributes a clear gender to his partner: “To me, my Mac is male. I’m living in a homosexual relationship, so to speak.”
This might be the best thing I’ve ever heard. From Boing Boing:
Police officer Edward Sanchez of Dearborn, Michigan made some pot brownies with his wife and got so paranoid that he called 911 for fear they were dying. The recording of the 911 call is absolutely insane. From a transcript:
Sanchez:I think I’m having an overdose. and so is my wife.
911: Overdose of what?
Sanchez: Marijuana…
Sanchez: We made brownies. and I think we’re dead. I really do…
Sanchez: Time is going by really, really, really slow…
Sanchez: What’s the score in the Red Wings game?
911: I’ve got no clue, i don’t watch the Red Wings.
Sanchez: I just wanted to make sure this isn’t some kind of hallucination I’m having.
Who wants to buy the rights to all these characters that I just invented, and now own the rights to, in perpetuity throughout the known universe and throughout such other universes or dimensions that may become known at some later date?
Some of you may be too young for this, but there used to be a board game called Mouse Trap where you essentially built a Rube Goldberg version of a mouse trap. If you’ve ever seen Back to the Future or Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, you’ve seen a Rube Goldberg machine.
I don’t remember ever playing the game (although I’m sure I did), I just loved setting it up and watching the chain reaction unfold.
Apparently, though, I didn’t love it as much as whoever built this life-sized version of the game that will be officially unveiled next month at Maker Faire.
![[photo: Life-sized Mouse Trap]](http://www.sinch.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/playamousetrap.jpg)
