I must protest, I am not a merry man

[greatbear]

One thing that always happens when I get a nasty cold - my voice sounds like a combination of Barry White and Lt. Worf. When I called in sick yesterday my boss didnt know who it was at first. In this case conditions are perfect for a Klingon love poetry reading.

You know that laziness is the order of the day when one is expecting a package and instead of going to the door (or in my case, usually, the carport) to look if the package is there, simply refreshing the package tracking info on the website is the order of the day. "Delivered"? Woot. I had to go all the way to the carport though.

Merriment was had dropping the last bits into the megamonsterserver making it whole and real. An additional 4G of RAM and a Creative X-Fi Elite Pro soundcard and the thing sounds heavenly and runs like a scalded cheetah. The monster that is Vista 64bit is happy when well fed. I also picked up an Asus Xonar D1 sound card for the little PC that's currently sitting in for my digital audio workstation computer still waiting for my attention. I read good things about the Xonar sound card line, and was pleasantly surprised. On-board audio, while handy and cheap, pretty much sucks when attempting to use it for real serious audio work. Gone is the background ticks, buzzes and bleeps that marred the noise floor and the sweeping/whooshing that accompanied the music at very low volumes, replaced with clean audio throughout the full dynamic range and dead silence when nothing is being played. The Xonar was one of few cards that came in a low profile form factor with a corresponding bracket to mount the thing in the tiny case I have everything in. So, for the time being, there's some happiness in the sea of hacky, coughing, mucus-coated hell I am currently residing. QI'yaH!

Comments

[bonkishnurtaz.livejournal.com]

It's good to hear about your new computer, Phil. I hope that you get well soon, btw! HUGS! BTW, the dvd of SNAKES AND ARROWS Live comes out next Tuesday!

*chest thump*

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

Qapla !

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Colds do suck I agree and my voice gets really low at the height of the damned thing. :-)

Glad you had computer geekery to cheer you up, however it may when being sick. :-)

I may try the Xonar card if or when I get and around to building a desktop again.

[restoman.livejournal.com]

In this case conditions are perfect for a Klingon love poetry reading.

LOL!

I'm glad to see that the cold hasn't affected your sense of humor!
Hope you feel better soon, Phil!!

[arktos62.livejournal.com]

I don't wish you any more sniffling than is necessary, but your description of your voice with a cold is...affecting.

[redmoonriver.livejournal.com]

my voice usually goes up when I'm sick. hrmmm...
but sending you many thoughts of good health and warm chicken soup.
*HUGS*

[bearlover.livejournal.com]

I demand a phone post to prove you really sound like that

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

And wheredahell have you been, mister?! It's about time you show your smiling self around these parts again.

I will probably get the S&A DVD when it comes out or a little while after. I saw the tour, and it was great.

Re: *chest thump*

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

tlhIngan maH!!!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Some people just dont like Creative cards for whatever reasons, and the Xonar line is very competent. And in typical Asus fashion, no extra fluff or bloatware. Just the things you need to make use of the card.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

My sense of humor will kick in as a kind of sanity saver when I am ill or hurt. When I was being wheeled around the hospital in extreme pain from the peritonitis, I kept covering my face up and exclaiming I was not dead yet when we passed any sort of crowds. LOL

Thanks!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Worf was so perfect a straight man in so many situations.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Now that the constant coughing has set is, my voice is more crackly and broken than it was. Blecch.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

You have a rather low voice to begin with, so maybe there's no way to go but up!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

I started to do a webcam video thing, but I could not keep a straight face through it. LOL

[bearlover.livejournal.com]

Damn it Phil!

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Can't recall off hand but the card I have may be based on the Creative Labs chip set but is from another manufacturer but is now almost 8 YO and only 4 channel but is quite good.

[bonkishnurtaz.livejournal.com]

Hi Phil. I have been extremely busy with work for nearly the past 2 years. I do not really have that much time to spend online any longer, due to my lack of an internet connection at home. I spent quite a bit of money on the repair of my car this year. Yesterday, a rock hit my windshield and added further damage. Darn!

In any event. I hope that you are feeling better. Were you able to get the SNAKES and ARROWS dvd? Do you have a Blu-Ray disc player? HUGS!!!