Archive for the 'Misc' Category

OLP Project 1: Stay Chiseled

Monday, August 8th, 2011

I just acquired this nice OLP 5-string bass. I like it. But it really, really needs bass and treble controls to be usable in a live setting. Which means it needs a battery compartment on the back. Which means I need to learn how to use a chisel. I can’t seem to find my “before” […]

Alpine 9887/KTX-100 EQ Tuning Notes

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

I think I understand how to get consistent results tuning my Alpine 9887. I’ve been fighting with it for some time, but the results were sometimes disappointing. Now, I think I have a recipe that works. For my own future reference and the benefit of insane car stereo geeks, here is what I did that […]

WordPress Quotes Collection patch update

Monday, July 11th, 2011

This is an update to the WordPress Quotes Collection plugin, which uses “ORDER BY RAND().” This is a Bad Idea, but there is a better way that isn’t too ugly. This is a partial fix. A complete fix involves a helper table and a database trigger, which I am just too lazy to maintain as […]