askland on November 30th, 2006

Recording real wind sounds and thunderstorms are some of the most difficult field recordings to capture. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone on wild goose chases in the middle of storms trying to get the ultimate field recording. Big Bear, California was one place I traveled to a half dozen times alone. [...]

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askland on November 29th, 2006

Here is a code you can use to call up an audio player within your ecommerce audio product pages. Should work with ecommerce pages that accept HTML in description including OSCommerce and X-Cart.
CLICK IT for full resolution.

Click on image for graphic of code. Used this to embed audio samples into your online products.
*Note: Many sites [...]

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askland on November 29th, 2006

For SEO specialists and my old Black Hat crew. An SEO high wind advisory.
I admire the creator of this link scam for their ingenuity. Xrumer is an autosubmitter program - it will sign you with up with major forum software platforms like phpbb and even post your first post for you. Not much new with [...]

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askland on November 28th, 2006

I would like to clarify that the auditions on Dec. 6 and 7, 2006 for Disney’s High School Musical is for a local community theater production of the show in Mount Vernon, WA - it is not produced by Disney. The original audition information is located here: Disney High School Musical Audition Information.

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askland on November 28th, 2006

Vrchní velitel povstalecké flotily pocházející z planety Mon Calamari. Než se pøipojil k Alianci, byl otrokem velkomoffa Tarkina. Pøi povstaleckém útoku na Tarkinùv raketoplán byl osvobozen a poté se stal jedním z poradcù Mon Mothmy — efektivnì využíval znalost imperiální taktiky, nabytou pøi své službì v Tarkinovì blízkosti, proti Impériu samotnému. Velitel Ackbar vedl vývoj [...]

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askland on November 28th, 2006

Photoshopped photos using General Ackbar from Star Wars. And yes, I know it’s actually “Admiral” Ackbar, but most people search it by General.
Abbey Road - Beatles Ackbar

Ackbar - WWII

Ackbar Love Ride 2006

The Graduate - Dustin Ackbar

Sistine Chapel - Ackbar Creation

Little Orphan Ackbar

Ackbar in Red

Minstrel Ackbar

Last Supper Painting - Leonardo d’Ackbar

Mona Ackbar

President Ackbar

OJ Ackbar

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askland on November 28th, 2006

Email from forum member:
I’m checking out. Advertisements for homosexuals doesn’t belong on this website. I don’t want to be associated with filth.
*screen name omitted*
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This member is referring to my bible discussion website at www.Bible-Discussion.com - With few exceptions, my public forums are open to public discussion from a wide variety of viewpoints. [...]

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askland on November 27th, 2006

I hesitate to write about political and religious topics on my blog because there will always be someone offended; but I cannot resist.
When I was in grade school around Thanksgiving time we would wear black and white pilgrim hats we made from construction paper. We wore them proudly as we sang in concert “This land [...]

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askland on November 27th, 2006

Q: How many boring people does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: one…

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askland on November 27th, 2006

Redmond, WA - Sarah Simmons is currently in Anything Goes by Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse presented by Second Story Repertory Theater in Redmond, WA. She says we should all go see it so it must be a good show. We have a group going up to see her [...]

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askland on November 26th, 2006

Dear Conrad,
After reading your biography, I can appreciate your work ethic and “rules to live by”.
My wife and I have successfully raised two children through high school and college and we’re proud to say we have two degreed, positive, productive citizens to our credit; a school teacher and a civil engineer.
I [...]

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askland on November 23rd, 2006

Funny turkey photo - Turkey hiding

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askland on November 23rd, 2006

Here are sound effects I created for Peter Pan for use in live stage productions. These were layered live to the stage action using a laptop computer with a virtual synthesizer triggered from a midi keyboard. Some of the effects, like the overture, are left sparse in sections to allow layers of other sounds over [...]

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askland on November 22nd, 2006

Forums are back online. If you’re reading this and need something done on a forum, please email me directly using the email at the “contact” link here on this blog.

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askland on November 22nd, 2006

I hadn’t been able to get Wordpress permalinks feature to work in the past, but is now successful with this setting:
/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/

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askland on November 21st, 2006

My forum network is currently down. Hope to have it back online by Wednesday.

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askland on November 20th, 2006

La Conner Schools and Community Presents Hello Dolly! November 17-19, 2006.
“Stunning” is the word for Ria Peth’s role as Dolly in this production of Hello Dolly. She came out on stage with energy at TEN and stayed there through to the final bow. Ria is very versatile, but this role of Dolly simple “is” Ria [...]

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askland on November 20th, 2006

This is an apple tree in my backyard. The apples have fallen from it over the Summer and now in the Fall only a few apples remain. I get in trouble because I don’t pick the apples up and throw them away. I just can’t make myself do it. The apples on the ground are [...]

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askland on November 20th, 2006

Here are costume and set photos from the Theater Arts Guild (Skagit County, WA) production of Peter Pan at Skagit Valley College.
PETER PAN 2006 - Cast Photo

PETER PAN

NANA - DOG

PIRATES
CAPTAIN HOOK

SMEE

CAST PIRATES

FEMALE PIRATES

INDIANS

MERMAIDS

LOST BOYS - TWINS

PETER PAN’S SHADOW
See through gauze with sprinkles cut in shape of Peter Pan

CROCODILE - Tick Tock

FLY RIGGING

PETER PAN STAGE SET [...]

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askland on November 19th, 2006

Thank you to Brian Hurst for doing website vocal overdubs for me. We were recording overdubs for a production of Peter Pan; he plays Captain Hook in the show. His Hook accent is just too much fun not to use for other things. I’ll keep the overdubs up for a while until I get too [...]

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