every word of it.

People on the internet can be jerks. Take a look at this review for the Monoprice iPhone Headphone Adapter. You can see that “Raishad” writes

This does not fit the iPhone. Not at all

Hey it’s valid criticism, since the iPhone adapter that “Raishad” got, didn’t fit his iPhone

But then that jerk Austin from Provo, UT (proving that nothing good ever comes out of Utah, once again), had to go and call “Raishad” crazy. What a jerk! Why would “Raishad” make up a lie like this. “Raishad” likes Monoprice. He buys cable from them all the time. He is obviously disappointed that the headphone adapter doesn’t fit, and just wanted to warn everyone.

But what’s really strange is that there is another review saying that the adapter does fit. I hope “Raishad” writes Monoprice and asks “What’s up, Monoprice?”. Maybe he just got the wrong adapter? Who knows.

I made a playlist, for your convenience

These are all the videos I took during ACL using my digital camera

You’ll probably find them kind of boring, but the lasers were cool Right?

Update: Seems I was lied to. I hate liars. Joey Devilla is a liar and a thief. He totally stole The Simpsons content from another site. Thanks Dario

Seeing a post like this, showcasing scenes from episodes of The Simpsons and the movie they reference makes me realize how little I do on my blog.

I mean, it’s been a week since ACL, and I haven’t even made a post about it. At least I uploaded pictures though. Admittedly, not good pictures – mostly crowd shots. But I could’ve said something about how seeing Crowded House was the best thing ever. Or how I really really hate Earth Invaders by Björk, and seeing it live just reinforces the fact that new Björk doesn’t appeal to me. Or even state how the people who sit in chairs in the middle of Zilker Park are the saddest people in the world.

I think I’ll start uploading some videos I took to youtube.

So after my cousin’s wedding, my dad was saying that he needed a new video camera. He’s been using a Panasonic VHS-C camcorder for the longest time. VHS-C stands for VHS-Compact. Back then, it was VHS-C and Video8 (8mm) fighting it out.

I started looking. What I found made me sad. It seems MiniDV was falling out of favor with consumers (stupid consumers!) and manufacturers (stupid manufacturers!). It seems they were both moving to tape-less storage – Hard Drives, Flash Memory, and mini DVDs (mini DVDs are shit, shit, shit). The only new miniDV cameras were the expensive prosumer/professional stuff and cheap cheap crap. Nothing for me. It was looking like I would have to scour eBay to find a decent camera.

I was set on looking for an Canon Elura 100. The last of the Elura range. It had the features I wanted – a mic input and a shoe, and it came out recently enough that it was still sort of cheap. What you’ll find is that the really good cameras, would actually appreciate in value on eBay.

But, I had a feeling. Let me check Fry’s. See if they had anything with red tags or open box. And in the glass case, I found a Panasonic PV-GS500. It was one of the good ones (it has a focus ring!). You can buy one new for about $700. Open box at Fry’s? $189. I had to buy it. Had to.

So I bought it. And it was really strange. From the guy who got it out of the glass case, to the cashier – they all mentioned what a great deal I was getting. It made me a little uneasy. What did they know that I didn’t. I tried it out in the store, and it seemed fine. There was a bit of scuffed plastic, but otherwise fine. On the box, it had a note “mismatched s/n”. Like someone performed the old “switcheroo”. And looking at the stickers on the box, the price had been lowered 4 times. Meaning that it was returned 4 times, but who knows?

I shot some video. I had 15 days to try it out. So I shot video. Tried out the mic input. Capturing via Firewire. And it’s been great. I could find no fault with it. Video looks excellent.

So, as far as I’m concerned – The Greatest Deal Ever.

Yesterday, my blog broke. I don’t know what happened – the main page wasn’t loading, but the admin pages were. All my posts were there. Everything was there, except some of the images I uploaded. It was strange.

I went to a backup, updated, and here we are.

To make up for it, here is Outtasite (Outta Mind) from Wilco. It’s when they used to be alt-country, and in my opinion – much better.

Instead of listening to that morose son of a bitch drone on and on about terrorists and terrorism tomorrow, watch Avatar. The Season 2 box set comes out tomorrow. Coincidence? Nah, Nickelodeon knows how to bring the country together.

is not Halo

You know what’s my favorite song to sing along to, Blur’s To The End. Not because I’m good at it; I’m really quite shit at singing. But you know how you can sort of sound good by blending in with the vocals. I can’t do it with “To The End”. I love it because my shittiness shines on that song. I just can’t keep up with Damon Albarn (but really who can?).

Here’s the video

Feel free to try in the comfort of your own home

Also, Blur needs to reunite.

You know what’s great about MySpace? The band profiles. You hear a band mentioned, and you have no idea what they sound like? Look on MySpace. It’s a lot easier than trying to find a music blog that might have a valid link up. Like someone mentioned The Earlies. I googled “myspace the earlies”, listened to a few tracks and decided The Earlies weren’t for me. It’s a time saver.

And that is the only good thing about MySpace. Only good thing.