Ride along while I surf the web. Tumblr (3.0; @speaklikeageek)http://www.speaklikeageek.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2zcr4JbO1qz4chbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oh! That’s what I’m doing wrong.</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/439440009http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/439440009Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:26:51 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0y4nXa1d1qz4chbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What would Johnny Cash do?</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/437090655http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/437090655Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:05:11 -0800<a href="http://www.neillcameron.com/A_to_Z.html">A to Z of Awesomeness</a>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/433686501http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/433686501Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:30:27 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WbJ-y6BWfUc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WbJ-y6BWfUc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>How ‘Star Trek’ Should Have Ended</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/426322417http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/426322417Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:01:01 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqqvtmfL91qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>But I didn’t shoot the deputy.</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/425606561http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/425606561Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:52:41 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq2l3DBIJ1qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Actual alien autopsy image!!!!</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/424635554http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/424635554Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:07:51 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq0skTrjV1qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Before there was Wi-Fi, there was Hi-Fi.</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/424584215http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/424584215Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:29:08 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymeu7opKY1qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Do NOT cross this guy!</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/420410069http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/420410069Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:42:07 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky66uu8pQq1qz4chbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Heck of a party</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/401650887http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/401650887Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:28:06 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxyrporRne1qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I understand this is James Cameron’s next project.</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/393828712http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/393828712Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:17:48 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxrh928DHX1qz4chbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The truth about money</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/386571151http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/386571151Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:48:37 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxg9t5YOkA1qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.teefury.com/" target="_blank">Rock Out with your Spock out!</a></p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/375185535http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/375185535Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:34:16 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx8q5upl381qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069946/" target="_blank">real</a> movie, and I want to see it!</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/367775140http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/367775140Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:46:42 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwza9qrUdk1qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guess he had a tough night</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/358495559http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/358495559Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:25:00 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwrz54f3wF1qz4chbo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>They call it “belt flipping”.</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/351540472http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/351540472Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:41:27 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwntpcvqG81qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Will my transfer take me all the way to Nu Aquilae?</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/347644522http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/347644522Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:53:36 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwmgs55rR91qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>spampersand!</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/346639777http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/346639777Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:16:53 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwka1ff7i61qz4chbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Trilogy Meter</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/344689985http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/344689985Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:56:03 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwczv4ZAC91qz4chbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Steampunk Batman</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/337960977http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/337960977Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:33:04 -0800<p>The 1 SPOT pedal board power supply is a power brick that is designed to power up to eight of your guitar effects pedals without having to load 9v batteries in to each unit or taking up a lot of room on your power strip with individual power cords for each pedal.  You can read about the unit here:  <a href="http://tiny.cc/1spot" target="_blank"><a href="http://tiny.cc/1spot" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/1spot</a></a></p> <p>I have a small board for now and only needed to power a reverb, a chorus, an overdrive, and a tuner so the 8 plug daisy chain power cord had 4 extra plugs that I didn’t need.  Fortunately, the combo pack came with several little rubber caps to cover the extra plugs, thus keeping them insulated and out of the way.  It also means that when I decide to add more pedals, like a delay, a volume, or a wah, I’ll still have room on the daisy chain to power them.</p> <p>The list of compatible pedals for the 1 SPOT is pretty long, but one of my pedals (a Washburn overdrive) wasn’t on the list so I wasn’t sure if it was going to work right off the bat.  None the less, I strung it up along with the rest of the pedals and it powered up with no problem.</p> <p>The combo pack came with a couple of adaptors for pedals that use a reversed polarity plug and also adaptors that connect directly to the 9v battery plug if a pedal is not configured to use external power.  I didn’t need any of those so they are sitting in my box of cables for later use if need be.</p> <p>The daisy chain plugs in to a connector at one end of a 4 foot cord.  At the other end of the cord is the small power plug that is 1 SPOT’s big selling point.  It’s designed to only take up one place on your power strip (hence the name) and thereby give you more room than a traditional power plug/wall wart.</p> <p>Some people have commented about the 1 SPOT not being very clean electrically.  However, in my initial tests I didn’t heard any buzz or hum.</p> <p>As I play more with the 1 SPOT powering my modest pedalboard I may adjust my opinions, but so far I’m pleased with this very affordable piece of kit.</p>http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/333463396http://www.speaklikeageek.com/post/333463396Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:41:48 -0800