JB's Miscellaneous Ramblings

During a normal day at work, I expect to receive audio input from:
iPod, personal cell, work cell (==desk phone), work PC (VOIP is popular here), and personal laptop.
I expect to send audio (speak in to. :) the middle 3 of those, and maybe all of the last 4.

WHY is there no desktop mixing console that deals with the proliferation of devices - more so, that handles both input AND output?

(If I'm wrong, PLEASE let me know.)

(I could deal with a 4-way mixer, if need be.)

(I thought I'd posted about this here before, but going over my last year of posts (<90) seems to show that I haven't.)

This struck me a few days ago. I don't know why it took so long to sink in.

1 fullest-length CD ~= 700MB
10 = 7GB
100 = 70 GB
1000 = 700 GB
2000 = 1.4 TB
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080710-seagate-breaks-terabyte-barrier-with-new-1-5tb-hard-drive.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337
http://www.lse.org/~jailbait/cds.html

$400 (2 drives + raid1 case) = mirror copy of ALL OF MY CDs,
uncompressed.

I love the future, but I still want my flying car!

(Yes, I know the drives format to about 1.3TB, and I know I'm ignoring
various binary vs decimal conversions and lots of rounding, but not all
my cds are full length, and I don't have 2000, anyway, only 1500.)

Does anyone have an mp3 of Weekend-Only World, by T.J. Burnside-Clapp?

I have it on tape someplace, and I have her hand-written original lyrics someplace, too...
but neither of them are easily findable, and even if I find the tape, it's hard to play it.

Thanks...

another book for the want list...

To add to the wish-list...

(It's taken a whole lot of self-control to not buy both of these with Overnight Shipping RIGHT NOW!)

Take a look
(Or also here)

and at This!