Behind the Curtain, Episode 26

March 30, 2009 by Austin Seraphin · Leave a Comment
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We had one of our best shows, making up for two weeks of news with a six-hour broadcast! We covered the news articles below.

We finished with a special treat at the end: the Amen Seat!

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Open Source Cooking

March 29, 2009 by Austin Seraphin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Behind the Curtain, Herbs and Health 

I just wanted to let you all know of an exciting new website: Open Source Cooking. We have set it up to share our favorite recipes, and we will have audio presentations of them as well. We know that a similarly-named site exists, but we will have our own twist on the concept, and I see no reason why we cannot both coexist. Enjoy.

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Behind the Curtain, Episode 25

March 16, 2009 by Austin Seraphin · Leave a Comment
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We had a good and slightly chaotic show. I upgraded the audio quality on the behindthecurtain stream. Unfortunately, I had some encoder issues, so had to reconnect, which forced me to reconstruct the archive, but no worries. We played some good tunes as always, and covered the following articles:

We reviewed The Obama Deception, Alex Jones’ latest documentary. In the always mysterious Third Hour, we reviewed Valerian Poppy Supreme, an extract from Gaia Herbs.

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Behind the Curtain, Episode 24

March 9, 2009 by Austin Seraphin · Leave a Comment
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I didn’t know if I would have a good show or not, but it turned out well, all things considered. First, I ranted about Daylight Saving Time for throwing off my schedule. Next, I covered a little about the station after taking a break. After that, I got into the news. I will post more detailed show notes later if I remember, which probably means I won’t unless someone reminds me. At the end, my girlfriend called in and we talked a little Tolkien! Good show. Remember you can listen 24/7, just choose the listen link, or download the show and enjoy!

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My Awesome New Cherry Keyboard

March 6, 2009 by Austin Seraphin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Technology 

I finally got a serious keyboard. I spent $60 on amazon for the Cherry classic 104-key keyboard with a PS/2 port. I got so tired of typing on crap, and just using whatever crap I had lying around, and knew that I deserved better. Now, I know what it feels like to really type, and I remember the good old days of IBM keyboards. Initially, I even considered purchasing a good old clicky keyboard, but I decided to just find a good one on Amazon and throw it on with the order containing my phone. I didn’t know if I would regret my decision or not, but now I feel good about my purchase.

I chose Cherry keyboards because they have mechanical switches. Most keyboards nowadays just have crappy membrane or cheap switches. Typing on them feels like typing on a wet blanket sitting on moist sand on a dismal beach. Typing on this new Cherry keyboard feels like typing on something from the near future or perhaps the past. Either way, it combines past and future values to create a wonderful keyboard that once again makes typing a joy. If you have never typed on a real keyboard then you owe it to yourself, especially if you actually USE your computer.

The action on this keyboard feels exquisite. The keys have a springiness to them lacking in lower grade garbage. Your fingers glide on and off the keys sans error. You can also slam it down though for a decisive stroke, it will feel how you want it to feel. It maximizes my typing speed. I enjoy typing on it so much.

I did have to get used to the numpad layout. It has an extended numeric keypad, rather than the group of six keys above the arrows on most keyboards. This puts everything much closer together, and actually makes things more accessible. The numpad enter has a double length, but the numpad + (plus) only has a single length, allowing more keys on the right. The numpad – (dash) takes up the second key length above the + (plus). Above the 7 8 and 9 Going to the left sit the numpad * (star), / (slash), and numlock. The three keys above the – (dash) replace the print-screen, scroll-lock, and pause keys that usually sit in a line above the keypad. This leaves the six keys above the numlock, and here sit the insert/delete, home/end, and pageup/pagedown. As said, it takes a little getting used to, but the ingenious design works quite efficiently.

I give this keyboard ten out of five stars. Get a good keyboard! You will not regret it! Think about it, you spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on the components of your computer. Doesn’t it deserve a good keyboard, the thing you actually use as an input device? I say yes!

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