I remember a time when I actually took the time to think up a title for each post. Then some time later I give up and just started counting them. Who knows, maybe someday I will return to thinking up applicable titles (but not today). I spent part of the morning catching up on some other blogs that I follow and catching up on some Facebook maintenance (one week on facebook and I already have 80+ friends). I then went about re-ripping some CDs at a lower bitrate so I could cram more songs on my pathetically small, Sansa m230 512MB mp3 player. I use VBR0 with LAME for normal ripping to my computer but dumb it down to 96 Kbit/s for my mp3 player. Given that I have bad quality headphones, I cannot really tell the difference between 96 and vbr0 and not having to swap out the songs every few days is a nice feature of the smaller, lower quality mp3 files. I use Audiograbber to do my ripping. I like the feature set and the price ($0) of this software. One thing that always cracks me up is the meter with the yellow bar on it below.
I would think that the programmers of this software could have come up with something better than, "This meter is now used by the codec for no particular reason." But hey, for the price I guess I cannot complain. I fit about 12 CDs on the player (as opposed to only 4 with the higher quality rip) and now get to spend part of each morning pre-treadmill deciding which album to sweat to that morning.
The below pic is looking out the back window. Notice the interesting artwork a bird left for us. I am sad to report that this artwork has been there for 2 or 3 weeks (maybe longer). Accessing the window for cleaning is not really possible without a ladder (which we currently do not own). I might be able to wade into the landscaping that is below this window but I have to admit that I have not been properly motivated to do so yet. Still, the skill and aim of the bird who left this for us is quite impressive. I mean, there is the fact that he (or she) had to be traveling fast enough when dropping the load to hit the window and yet still avoid the outside of the house and the roofline. I am impressed.
The wife is gone (hosting a book club that occurs once a month). The kids are just now back from the mother-in-law's house so they are (of course) on a non normal feeding schedule. The audacity of grandmas to throw off my schedule! So now I am waiting for them to announce that the breakfast has worn off and that more food is needed. It is then that I will have to factor in the late hour and mine and my wife's eating schedule to determine the proper amount of food to sync us back up again. Fortunately I have a lot of experience at this (or is that perhaps unfortunately?).
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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