Yamaha F335

Every once in a while a GREAT guitar comes out and it happens to be DIRT cheap. I fell in love with this guitar after I bought it in a bind. I need an acoustic pronto, and I was planning on returning it the next day. Guitar Center rental program. Turns out I fell in love with it and I could never return it. $120 and I get above-average quality. Watch the video and listen. This is my own recording.

replace iPhone 3G back panel

Here are some pics mid-way through replacing my iPhone's back panel. It was scratched and cracked pretty bad.








The iPhone 3G's back panel is different that the first gen. Everything is mounted into it and there are a ton of tiny screws and pins to migrate. Make sure you have a good heavy cup that won't tip over to put all your parts in. If you spill I guarantee you won't find everything.

I bought my new back panel off ebay from pdaparts. It was only $20!

GoDaddy Down

Looks like they went down again. Pretty unbelievable. Its 8:30 am, Friday Oct. 9th, 2009, and godaddy.com AND all my hosted sites have been down for the last half hour.

Pro-Lite leashes suck

Today was the second time a pro-lite surf leash has ripped on me. They suck. Both times I've shown the ripped leash to a guy at the surf shop, once at Jack's in Newport and today at Huntington Surf and Sport in Huntington Beach, and both times they've said they've never heard of that happening. I'm not sure why they're ripping on me so easily, but I do know pro-lite's design sucks. Its a VERY thin piece of material that bears most of the load when your board gets away from you. Both times they've ripped in this exact same spot. I bought a Creatures of Leisure leash to replace it and it looks really good. About 3x the thickness and a rubber spine right at the ripping point of the other leashes.

Get down from there coffee, you do not belong on that dog. You are a beverage.

cdrom drives

When did everyone stop selling them?! This sucks. My only option is to buy some $50 dvd/blu-ray/burner type drive. ALL I WANT IS A FREAKIN CD OR DVD DRIVE!!! Nobody sells them anymore. I used to buy them from pc club or fry's for 10-15 bucks. I've been stuck for days because I'm unwilling to shell out that much money for something I'll need maybe 3 times total. I used to have them just lyging around but I guess I got rid of my last one without thinking I'd ever be unable to find one. uuuuggghhhhh......

Line 6 Echo Park

Great Features, not so great tone.

The Echo Park will pretty much give you whatever you need in delays, analog tones, digital, tape trails, mod. Swell, reverse, DOTTED 8THs, etc... I think the best features in one pedal for under $200.

The problem is, although many people say it doesn't, it really does degrade your tone. It takes a lot of the depth out of it. Dynamics aren't as dynamic. Everything sounds flat and boring. And this is in bypass mode AND active mode. I use a class A 5 watt tube amp with either an '86 japanese tele, or a Gibson Les Paul studio, and I definitely notice the tonal difference. When I'm playing live, I completely notice the sound difference in the amplified house. I wish there were a pedal out there for under $200 that doesn't mess up your tone and really does all the sweet delays. If anyone knows of something, please tell me.