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Random Flickr Pics

I have an auto-generated set of random pics on my Flickr account. Here are some of today’s random pics.

Long Lake in Maine.

Old Town San Diego, CA.

Rush in Atlantic City, NJ.

Forrest Lake in Methuen, MA.

Washington Monument in Washington, DC.

Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, VA.

Just Checking

DSC_0071 by robj_1971
DSC_0071, a photo by robj_1971 on Flickr.

Just seeing how the facebook/wordpress direct post works in the new template.

Addendum: It didn’t work well. It used too small an image. I changed the image tag to use the 2048 x 1360 resolution. That looks better.

New Digs

When you log into wordpress.com it takes you to the reader.  On the side bar of the reader there is a section with a few suggested blogs.  I always ignore them.  Today, I didn’t.  I opened ’em all.  I don’t know why.  I was early to work and had to do something, I guess.

One of them had a super wide template.  I stole it.  It cost me the continuous scroll, and it moved my side bar to the footer, and I have that floating button that gives the list of pages, but it looks like it’s wide enough for me to post some good sized pictures.

I still need to make some tweaks.  Like, can I remove the ugly thing that divides the posts?  Should I cave in and add a link to my Facebook?  I never had one before because that is the only place I post pictures of the kids.  We’ll see.

Something to Worry About?

There is something that seems to be happening that has me worried about things and stuff.

Yesterday and today, and a couple of days last week, the traffic in the morning has been… Well… Good. Not perfect, but a 60 minute drive is tons better than a 90 minute drive, right?

Well sure, but… When is the luck going to run out? When does the other shoe drop? This can’t be normal, can it?

I’m definitely worried.

Another New (Oldish) Song

I finished re-recording another song from my 2011 RPM. This time I didn’t monkey with the arrangement at all. I just added some fruity effects and a couple of vocal harmonies.

Here’s the new version:
http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/ice-redux.mp3%20

Here’s the old version:
http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/ice.mp3%20

New Oldish Song

I’ve been wanting to sort of update some of the songs from my 2009-2011 RPM projects. This is the second song on that list.

I over did it. I doubled the rhythm guitars, I doubled the acoustic guitars, and I doubled the vocals. I never double vocals because I can’t get the two parts locked together. I did it anyway though. The end result is a mix that feels kind of… mushy. I think that’s a good word to describe it. Who cares.

Here is the new recording:
http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/sky-is-falling-redux.mp3%20

Now for pain and suffering’s sake, here is the original recording:
http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/sky-is-falling.mp3%20

What is That?

I did a little recording this morning before work. I did a little more on my lunch hour. I played guitar, mostly.

Then… What the hell is that thing? Is that a blister? What tha… A blister? Five days before RPM starts? Wha… How… Who…

Urgh