Month: March 2012

Guitar Gear iOS

JamUp Pro and Guitar World … Rock!

I love playing guitar on my iPhone. I also love that with the right apps I can play along with some songs on my guitar. What I was only smart enough to work out recently was that by using the right apps and the pedal and amp suggestions that the awesome Guitar World magazine provides, I can play along sounding somewhat like the song I’m playing along with. Handy!

Many people have figured this out before me no doubt, but I’m going to share my screenshots of presets all the same to show how you too can setup your sounds before you play along with your favourite tracks. … JamUp Pro and Guitar World … Rock!

Crab in the sand
Photography

Macro crab

A macro photograph taken near Bargara in Queensland, Australia. I believe the photograph was taken using the Fujifilm FinePix S5700. I do not recall the exact date of the photograph, but it was uploaded to my Flick account in 2012.

Dandelion
Photography

Dandelion

A dandelion ready for the wind to distribute its seeds. Photograph taken sometime before 2012 when I originally uploaded this image to my Flickr account.

I believe the photograph was taken on my last film SLR camera—Canon AE-1.

Grasshopper
Photography

Grasshopper among the foliage

A photograph of a grasshopper before I transitioned to digital photography. The photograph was captured on my Canon—which I believe was an AE-1. The photograph was taken in my mother’s back yard in Brisbane, Australia.

Sea Eagle
Photography

Sea Eagle

This sea eagle photograph was taken around the Fingal Head area of northern New South Wales. I do not recall the exact date of the photograph, but I know it was uploaded to Flickr in 2012.

I believe the photograph was taken on a Nikon SLR (pre-digital era for me).

Graphic Design Guitars

Guitar themed dock for RocketDock

Both of my PCs run with docks (like you’d see on most Macs). One PC is running the Ubuntu operating system (OS) while the other runs the Windows OS. The Windows machine is using the customisable RocketDock to create its dock. Customisable is good. This allows me to create my own dock themes from time to time. You can see my attempts at RocketDock theming on my deviantART page.

So why would I mention this on my Scarebear website? The answer … I have created a guitar based dock theme for RocketDock. … Guitar themed dock for RocketDock

Music

Megatrip—Megadeth themed road trip

Recently I went through with my planned Megatrip. A Megatrip is a road trip that has one simple rule … Nothing but Megadeth can be played in the car stereo while you’re driving. According to my PC media player, the Megadeth CD catalogue—studio albums only—goes for 10 1/2 hours. So, using the power of Google Maps, I plotted a course to a destination that was 5 1/4 hours from my house. The return trip would therefore take the required 10 1/2 hours and by the time I got home, I’d have listened to Megadeth’s studio album catalogue from beginning to end.

It was a trip my entire family was looking forward to (perhaps not as much as me). … Megatrip—Megadeth themed road trip

Music

40 metal video clips from the 80s

I currently have two teenage children. Therefore I get to listen to my fair share of currently popular music. Recently this has led me to believe that the music from my teenage years was far superior to the music of today. To prove my point I decided to post links on Twitter to 40 video clips from my teenage years (1983-1989).

When I put the clips together I did have a few moments of doubt. Especially when I focused on the quality of the video clips over the quality of the music. Was the music I listened to in the 80s superior to the music of today? Was music just better in the 80s? Generally … No. But I listen to heavy metal. And heavy metal has always been better than everything else. … 40 metal video clips from the 80s