as the year almost comes to an end..
Posted by Mark | Filed under Music, Website, [unnamed label] records
Holy Christ, it’s almost Thanksgiving!
Here’s an update to [Unnamed Label] Records.
We’re beginning preparations for the compilation album. All submissions will be due no later than December 1st. From there on, we’ll analyse the tracks, arrange them, give the album an appropriate name, and compile artwork. Starting January, pre-orders can begin. The album will be sent to various magazines, blogs, reviewers for exposure. Immediately on February 1st (or sooner if we feel like it), the album will begin shipping around the globe immediately for 10.99 (US shipping +$2, International +$4)
The CD’s will be custom made by us.. well.. not literally i mean we can’t actually make the CD’s themselves, but we etch the design on each CD, print the album artwork and place them neatly into jewel cases by hand.
As for the website, i’m still working on it. It’ll be a lot more nicer than it is now.
Tags: compilation, ulr, unnamed label
T-Mobile Shadow - A year later (Review)
Posted by Mark | Filed under Gadgets, Rant
This is my review of the Shadow after a good long 12 months of extensive use.
This was my first transition to a Windows Mobile phone, and it isn’t a good one. The phone doesn’t drive me insane, nor does it make me happy. That being said, i applaud the folks at HTC/T-Mobile/Microsoft to design a home screen from scratch that makes it unique to the Shadow, but in the end, it’s still Windows Mobile. It’s still like putting lipstick on a pig. It won’t fix WinMo’s buggy operating system, slow feel, clunky navigation, or random application crashes. I ended up unofficially upgrading to 6.1 (with the truly helpful guides of the All Shadow community.) and I like it better, it truly is a some-what better experience than what 6.0 had. It’s not a significant change, but it is a better one. Why T-Mobile hasn’t released a 6.1 update is beyond me. Threaded text messaging I LOVE. The updated home screen comes into par with what was designed for the Shadow in 6.0, except i prefer this one more.
Tags: 6.0, 6.1, review, shadow, t-mobile, windows mobile, year
1.94 gas!
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life, Random
Hey!
Shit yo’ pants!
New car stereo in an old car.
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life, Photos, Random
So i recently just bought a $100 Sony car stereo to place in my 1910 Ford Model T.
Kidding..
1985 BMW 325e.
After taking out the old stock radio and looking at the bundle of wires that came with the new stereo, i thought i could never do it. Workers at Best Buy also told me they didn’t have a kit for it to be neatly installed. Turns out it didn’t matter.
Now, before i tell you this, i’ve never had any electrical experience. This was my first solo project and it turned out surprisingly satisfactory.
After searching around on the internet, i found this lovely website that listed the colors of the old wiring found in old cars. Of course, it wasn’t 100% accurate, but after trial and error, i managed to get the stereo working!
Instead of there being 4 speaker cables (4 bundles with 2 wires, + and -, making for a total of 8 ) in the actual car itself, there’s only 2. One bundle controls the left side, the other the right. The two side speakers (ex. front left, rear left) are connected using one line. Simple enough. When you install your car stereo, you may or may not need to use the rear speaker wires that come out from the new radio itself. You can snip them off or tie them together and just leave it (which is what i did). Remember: stripe color wire with stripe color wire, solid color wire with solid color wire. You might need to experiment with which side is which.
The black ground cable from the new stereo connects to the brown wire in the car.
Red (stereo) to red (car) (Memory / +12v Constant).
Yellow (stereo) to Gray/Red (car) - (Ignition / +12v Switched).
Blue (stereo) to white (Power antenna)
Large gray cable (car) connects straight into the stereo (Antenna)
As for the car itself, it runs nicely for its age. 25mpg city / 35mpg highway - which is impressive. The ‘e’ in 325e stood for eta, for the eta engine inside of it and for ‘economic’! Just because it’s economic doesn’t mean it doesn’t have power. There’s quite a bit of power under the hood.
Unfortunately, the car isn’t in great shape, exterior and interior wise. The seats need to be changed, some dents need to be fixed and it needs a new coat of paint. There’s a short in the electrical wiring somewhere and as a result, some electronics stay on with the keys out and if left there for about 2 days, the battery drains. There’s an oil leak and occasionally the odometer doesn’t work.
I still love the car, it just needs work.
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- Sony stereo installed
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- Drivers side
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- In Rainbows CD in dashboard
Tags: 1985, 325e, bmw, eta, new stereo, problems
Rock Band 2
Posted by Mark | Filed under Music, Videogames
Picked up my copy this morning at Best Buy, original plan was to get it at Wal-mart/Target at 8 in the morning, only to find that they only carry the bundle, and some stores didn’t even have the bundle or the standalone game.
Anyway,
Even though the list to play the songs is more organized, it still feels way to damn cluttered. My 103 (RB 1 + DLC) songs + 80 RB 2 songs + the 20 free songs (coming soon) = 203.
Jesus, 203? I can understand having lots of songs is good, but there is a point where you can have too many songs.
That being said, according to the back of the box, the total song count is over 500.
500. Holy Hell! That’s one hell of a setlist! (How do you people afford all of the DLC anyway?)
Like most of you, i was disappointed not being able to find the Simple Solo Career. It’s not as simple getting all of the tracks, and when there is 80+ of them that i have to unlock, while finding them in world tour.. well, that doesn’t make me too happy.
i heard using the Unlock All Songs cheat disables trophies (I could be wrong), so i’m not that willing to try it yet.
I was also disappointed in the Online Quickplay. I never liked being the leader, personally, so when i fired it up for the first time, i didn’t know what the hell was going on. Apparently, one member picks a song and when that is finished, the other picks one? I’m not too sure how it works.
That being said, so far, i haven’t found the tracks to be all that great. Then again, i don’t think i’m halfway, or a quarter-way, i can’t tell. A few songs i enjoyed (Cool For Cats is damn catchy!)
The menus sure do look pretty, but the playing screen itself has hardly changed. I wish i could see those hammer-on/pull-off notes better.
Tags: playstation 3, rock band 2, Videogames
$2.89 gallon
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
How low can it go?
(Hey, I’m not complaining.)
Tags: gas
i’m not too happy..
Posted by Mark | Filed under College, Life, Website, [unnamed label] records
not too happy with how the web design came out for [UL]R…
I still need to work on it.. see if i can come up with something new, better.
Maybe lighter.
But first.. a take home exam, rough draft and 70 math problems all of which are due on Monday.
Tags: homework, web design, [unnamed label] records
no..
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life, Random
no thank you..
Tags: no
Radioh_ead
Posted by Mark | Filed under Listen!, Mark.Nine, Music
RECKONER RE/MIX (MIX.NINE)
Tags: in rainbows, radiohead, reckoner, remix
I wish..
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life, Random
I wish i had a friend to go to ihop with..