Knuckledragger

It's cheaper to build a mini-server, if you you use really inferior parts, and have the skill/time to fiddle with linux to set it up. My only concern with the Drobo is the noise. Small fans tend to make high pitched whines that drive me nuts. I haven't heard a Drobo in person, so I don't know how big a problem this is. Part of the reason I pay extra for LaCie external drives is that they don't have shrill cooling fans.

Hear what happens when you reencode an mp3 600 times, using the same settings [mp3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddhVSQlExYE

Wow. I went into a dollar store that used to have IEC power cords, and noticed in their CD rack they had a ton of mid-to-late 90s Moonshine Music - Wikipedia CDs. I bought 19 of them: Various - The Trip Hop Test - Part Three Various - Speed Limit 140 BPM+: The New Era Jim Masters - The Sound Of Ultimate B.A.S.E. 2 Various - The Transatlantic Move Cirrus - Back On A Mission Various - Option.FM Various - Big Dirty Beats 2 Various - Psychotrance 4 Various - Speed Limit 140 BPM Plus Six: The Joint II Various - Moonshine Over America 98 Cirrus - Drop The Break Various - Classic Acid Various - All Mixed Up Christian Smith - Tronic Treatment Various - Moonshine Mixer No.2 Various - Positive Energy Various - Signs Of Life T.Power - Waveform Various - Synthetic Pleasures Volume One I have been looking for that last one for ages.

"Haterade" implies "hating" which is slang for being jealous. In other words, I am envious of your new Mac Mini purchase.

Pew Pew Pew!

"You must be on other riverbank in two hours. And don't come bothering me for a tugboat!" "Whatever you say, boss!"

w00t!

Excise Tax on my Subaru, and a dump sticker (which has tripled in price since 2001).

x2, I noticed this yesterday and forgot to mention it. Even when I post the link in the advanced editor, the embedding doesn't work.

I second the LowePro recommendation. I use one of their ginormous backpacks, as well as several lens cases.

I've had Red, Black, Blue and Gold (Centenary?) version, and I didn't like any of them. They're all blends. IIRC, Red and Black have an indeterminate amount of neutral grain spirits in them. Blue and Gold consist completely of single malts. The end result is so chaotic it's hard to identify any one flavor. Blue is bad in this manner and Gold even worse. I think the only blend I liked less was the truly awful Chivas Century of Malts, which is made up of 100 malts. I readily admit I consume the products of Islay and Skye, and not much else so I am more than a little biased on this subject.

. o O Is that Johnny Walker Black? Yuck. The whiskey is better in my life, and I have are Quads.