9 Days my guitar has been in Customs...very annoying.
I did however receive my Moondog Electric Violin today which I also bought on good old ebay, for a silly price.
Violin???
Yeah, been wanting to have a crack at violin for a while, but not right away, I know these particular violins are very good value for money.
Moondog used to sell some really awesome low cost, high quality guitars, as well as violins (a husband and wife company, he played guitar, she played violin) but sadly the company went bust last year (probably should have been charging more) so they are now hard to get. I was saving up to buy one of their guitars before I moved to Holland then forgot about it. Shame really.
Anyway when I saw the violin on ebay and noted it was being used by a pro in a band I bid for it, got it for 50quid...which is about half price if memory serves.
I'll have a bit of a tinker with it, but its not something I'm going to take serious for a while, got my guitar lessons to focus on 1st
Ahthankyew
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
grr
Still no guitar...still in Dutch Customs...still waiting...grrr
In other news, got myself some new glasses....went to specsavers and took advantage of their 2 for 1 deal..
Quite pleased with the result. Though could barely contain my amusement when the pretty young shop assistant was ever so delecately adjusting the nose pieces on them to make them sit...I mean...they'll be bent to buggery inside 20seconds of shoving them on my nose, but she was ever so careful to make sure it was correct to the most minute detail and that the legs were just the right shape behind my ears...
Silly really.
ah well I suppose it keeps her busy in what must be a very very boring job.
Ahthankyew
In other news, got myself some new glasses....went to specsavers and took advantage of their 2 for 1 deal..
Quite pleased with the result. Though could barely contain my amusement when the pretty young shop assistant was ever so delecately adjusting the nose pieces on them to make them sit...I mean...they'll be bent to buggery inside 20seconds of shoving them on my nose, but she was ever so careful to make sure it was correct to the most minute detail and that the legs were just the right shape behind my ears...
Silly really.
ah well I suppose it keeps her busy in what must be a very very boring job.
Ahthankyew
Monday, 9 November 2009
Progress
During todays guitar lesson, I lost my place in the sheet music and started to improvise....properly. :D
wooo hooo
thats actually a big step, I'm well chuffed...
Ahthankyew
wooo hooo
thats actually a big step, I'm well chuffed...
Ahthankyew
Friday, 6 November 2009
grrr
Still waiting for my Breedlove 6 string, its been in Dutch Customs since the 2nd.
I wish I'd known about this FedEx shipping that the 12 string came via. I suspect I'll get hit with a wedge of duty/vat as well as the delay..Dammit.
Mum got home safe and sound, she even managed to wangle a ciggie on the taxi home. So no one had to put up with her being grumpy due to lack of nicotine.
She had a nice time though and we miss her already. Jodie said it was nice having her here and she thinks she should come live in Holland. aahhh
Ahthankyew
I wish I'd known about this FedEx shipping that the 12 string came via. I suspect I'll get hit with a wedge of duty/vat as well as the delay..Dammit.
Mum got home safe and sound, she even managed to wangle a ciggie on the taxi home. So no one had to put up with her being grumpy due to lack of nicotine.
She had a nice time though and we miss her already. Jodie said it was nice having her here and she thinks she should come live in Holland. aahhh
Ahthankyew
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Bye mummsie
Finally getting rid of the auld bag today, I have to take her up to Schipol and dump her at the departure gate to make sure she goes though ;)
Been nice having her here though and she's enjoyed her time in Breda. Shame the weather has been pretty rubbish the whole time. We'll try and get her back here in the summer when there's more to do.
In other news, we had our office "study day" yesterday, which is designed to reflect on what works and what needs changing for our course. Considering we recently achieved a #1 rating as the best program of its type in Holland for the 2nd year running it's easy to rest on our laurels, but we did spot a few things and had a great days meeting working out new proposals to make it stronger still. Holland this year, Europe next ;)
Its actually a shame our program does not get more coverage outside of Holland, I suspect we are quite possibly the only course of this nature which is set up with experienced game developers teaching students and geared to producing fully fledged game developers able to walk straight into the industry with little or no further training.
My experience of other courses has been quite disappointing with graduates often lacking even basic understanding of the game dev process. I have my 3rd years working on a potentially commercial project for the PSP and already they have the skills needed to produce a working game on a hardware platform they've only just been exposed to. Really does make me incredibly proud to see them tackle something like that with such gusto.
Ahthankyew
Been nice having her here though and she's enjoyed her time in Breda. Shame the weather has been pretty rubbish the whole time. We'll try and get her back here in the summer when there's more to do.
In other news, we had our office "study day" yesterday, which is designed to reflect on what works and what needs changing for our course. Considering we recently achieved a #1 rating as the best program of its type in Holland for the 2nd year running it's easy to rest on our laurels, but we did spot a few things and had a great days meeting working out new proposals to make it stronger still. Holland this year, Europe next ;)
Its actually a shame our program does not get more coverage outside of Holland, I suspect we are quite possibly the only course of this nature which is set up with experienced game developers teaching students and geared to producing fully fledged game developers able to walk straight into the industry with little or no further training.
My experience of other courses has been quite disappointing with graduates often lacking even basic understanding of the game dev process. I have my 3rd years working on a potentially commercial project for the PSP and already they have the skills needed to produce a working game on a hardware platform they've only just been exposed to. Really does make me incredibly proud to see them tackle something like that with such gusto.
Ahthankyew
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
HELLO MUM
Having to shout a bit as mum's getting a bit deaf...aren't you mum?
She's been staying with us this week and seems to be really enjoying our little bit of Dutch paradise, despite an unfortunate attack of vertigo the day after she arrived she's recovered well enough to participate in some Olympic standard girly shopping with Bina.
At least I'm not drinking alone now eh mum ;)
Got my new 12string Breedlove yesterday, I ordered it from a US company as they are a bit hard to source in the Europe and also quite expensive. I was very worried about shipping a guitar that far, but I really needn't have. It arrived well packed and in perfect condition. The falling dollar rate made it an absolute bargain.
I wasn't going to get another 12 string but after deciding to get rid of mine and playing it a lot to try it out I realised I really do like the sound it makes and its an excellent practice guitar since you have to be more precise with the fingering.
So I couldn't escape the fact there was a Breedlove AC250/12 for sale on ebay at a silly price, Its a factory reconditioned one so even cheaper than a shop bought so long as I'm willing to put up with a small "used" stamp on the back of the headstock.
So long as it plays I don't mind little blems like that. And now it's here it is just wonderful, the action as almost as low as my Fender and once I tuned it up it had the most amazing warm woody sound to it. Definitly goes to show that you do indeed have to pay for quality. Amped up it sounds amazing..though I don't play gigs I am sure it would be perfect for a live performance.
I'm expecting my other Breedlove, a new (not refurb) AC25/SR+ 6 string any day now. Also from the states (the dollar rate is too good to ignore I'm getting these things almost half price compared to a few months ago) and I'm itching to try it out, if its half as good as the 12 string its going to be wonderful.
My old 12 string has a buyer and that just leaves a spare classical to sell off to make space, after that..no more (well I do still want a Gibson 355...but that's currently way beyond my means so we'll have to wait for that....hmmm but the exchange rate is....no no..wait)
Ahthankyew
She's been staying with us this week and seems to be really enjoying our little bit of Dutch paradise, despite an unfortunate attack of vertigo the day after she arrived she's recovered well enough to participate in some Olympic standard girly shopping with Bina.
At least I'm not drinking alone now eh mum ;)
Got my new 12string Breedlove yesterday, I ordered it from a US company as they are a bit hard to source in the Europe and also quite expensive. I was very worried about shipping a guitar that far, but I really needn't have. It arrived well packed and in perfect condition. The falling dollar rate made it an absolute bargain.
I wasn't going to get another 12 string but after deciding to get rid of mine and playing it a lot to try it out I realised I really do like the sound it makes and its an excellent practice guitar since you have to be more precise with the fingering.
So I couldn't escape the fact there was a Breedlove AC250/12 for sale on ebay at a silly price, Its a factory reconditioned one so even cheaper than a shop bought so long as I'm willing to put up with a small "used" stamp on the back of the headstock.
So long as it plays I don't mind little blems like that. And now it's here it is just wonderful, the action as almost as low as my Fender and once I tuned it up it had the most amazing warm woody sound to it. Definitly goes to show that you do indeed have to pay for quality. Amped up it sounds amazing..though I don't play gigs I am sure it would be perfect for a live performance.
I'm expecting my other Breedlove, a new (not refurb) AC25/SR+ 6 string any day now. Also from the states (the dollar rate is too good to ignore I'm getting these things almost half price compared to a few months ago) and I'm itching to try it out, if its half as good as the 12 string its going to be wonderful.
My old 12 string has a buyer and that just leaves a spare classical to sell off to make space, after that..no more (well I do still want a Gibson 355...but that's currently way beyond my means so we'll have to wait for that....hmmm but the exchange rate is....no no..wait)
Ahthankyew
Friday, 30 October 2009
temp fix in place
ICT gave me a replacement laptop, they put my HD into one of the staff laptops and I am able to get all my stuff off it. They're going to see if mine can be repaired, if not I'll probably get a new laptop...yeah...and boo, I'm not overly keen on switching machines if they are working well because you always get something you need left behind. But for now I've got my files and can do my backups.
Also I picked up the 99€ adapter from Apple...yes it works but what a bloody price for what is basically a converter. Trouble is I only have 1 dual line DVI cable, so will have to pop into town tomorrow to get another for the mac. But testing it out on my pc's cable it looked smashing and I can get Xcode to work at a good size and get the Iphone simulator on screen too.
I'll have to get into this iphone stuff sooner or later so now I have my full screen res again I've got not excuse (actually I quite like my new mac now that it is running quiet so will try to get a few hours time on it soon.
Got a PSP gig to get off the ground 1st though.
Ahthankyew
Also I picked up the 99€ adapter from Apple...yes it works but what a bloody price for what is basically a converter. Trouble is I only have 1 dual line DVI cable, so will have to pop into town tomorrow to get another for the mac. But testing it out on my pc's cable it looked smashing and I can get Xcode to work at a good size and get the Iphone simulator on screen too.
I'll have to get into this iphone stuff sooner or later so now I have my full screen res again I've got not excuse (actually I quite like my new mac now that it is running quiet so will try to get a few hours time on it soon.
Got a PSP gig to get off the ground 1st though.
Ahthankyew
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