Ukulele acquisition syndrome

January 31st, 2009

tHeDirTyJoHnSon – I just can’t help myself

Uh oh, I think I might have Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome (UAS).

I remembered that back when I was hanging out at the music department at school, messing around with drums, guitar, but more seriously the saxomophone, that there were practice guitars with sticky dots underneath the strings with the notes on them. So I figured I’d do the same with my uke, in order that I could learn the notes, and in turn scales and progressions etc

But my uke cost me damn near 2 hundy. I don’t want no sticky residue on my fretboard, I don’t want to devalue it and have it looking like some school instrument.

So I purchased my second uke, a red dolphin bridge makala soprano, then I stole the label maker machine from work and spent an hour and a half labelling the fretboard. I have guitar playing friends who bitch about the tuning of a uke, so now I’m considering a baritone to shut them up enough to just play. Yeah Ra, just keep justifying things to yourself… *self jedi mind trick handwaves*

Pictures of the soprano are forthcoming…

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I’m back

January 23rd, 2009

Sorry all for the long silence, I’ve been unable to type due to a snapped finger. As this is now on the mend, I have updates! I’ll probably just backdate them, so keep an eye here

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Introducing my Ukulele

January 11th, 2009

Today I went for a wander into the city to have a look around. My intention was to go to JB Hifi and pick up an Eee PC for my upcoming trip to NZNOG, but they were all sold out. So I figured I’d go window shopping down Cuba St.

I was about a block away from Real Groovy when I noticed Alistairs Music, and in the window were a lot of Ukuleles. So I went in and had a talk with them and came away with two Ukes – a basic Makala soprano in black for my friend Benny, and a Oscar Schmidt (by Washburn) OU2E. The E stands for electric – yes, my Uke has a pickup :)

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Another friend’s soprano, my concert, and a standard guitar for comparison.

This is going to be fun :)

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Hello World Casey Edition

January 4th, 2009

The Barnkickers – One Less Tear

Carrying on from yesterday’s Baby notification, my friends Nate and Leah have added to their family today. Casey (I think that’s spelled right) has joined his brother Lachlan in the family.

Basic stats:
0456 hrs
4.1kg

Congrats again guys! Sleaze, you’re up next to have a kid bud :P

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Newborn Baby Release Notes

January 3rd, 2009

This was received from a workmate announcing the birth of his second child, names changed etc:

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RELEASE NOTES

[Familyname] family release version 2.0.0

This is Version 1 of the Release Notes.

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Package release date: [Date of child's birth]

Release Description: This is a new release of the [familyname] family
package. It provides new functionality as described below, and is
intended to integrate seamlessly with previous versions.

CONTENTS
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1. Overview (read this first)
2. Package documentation
3. Unresolved issues in this release
4. Package installation instructions
5. Package uninstallation instructions
6. Issues resolved in this release
7. Package internal build information
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1. Overview (read this first)
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This package provides additional kicking, screaming, and money-sink
interfaces to the existing [familyname] family environment. These functions
are provided by a child process called [newborn child's name].

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2. Package documentation
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Initial photographs accompanying this release are available here:
[tinyurl link]

Sadly, this package does not come with other documentation of any
kind. Good luck!

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3. Unresolved issues in this release
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There are a number of known issues in this release. A description and
further information regarding the following calls may be found at:

[link to call tracking system]

Call# Description
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40432 Still not allowed to name a child Boutros Boutros [familyname].
41005 [another workmate's] VPN to [customer] is still not set up.
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4. Package installation instructions
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On the off-chance that your parents haven't already explained this:
you really don't want to know.

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5. Package uninstallation instructions
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There is no lawful method of manual package uninstallation.

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6. Issues resolved in this release
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37072 - Nappy changing apparatus only used for male children
36705 - Grandparents want to know "when [firstborn boy's name] will have a little
brother or sister, wouldn't that be nice"

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7. Package internal build information
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* Build details

- Date 02 Jan 2009
- Time 16:54 NZST
- Weight 3.78kg

* Build source details

- Mother At home, in good health
- Father Grumpy as ever, and learning to use the
dishwasher and washing machine

* New Static Tag LAST_CHILD_EVER_SERIOUSLY

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* Release notes

- Author [Father's name]

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