SPCR's first WinHEC: Seattle, May 2006
Congratulations on winning the guitar!
Page three says some users were able to start their crashing machines almost immediately. Should it be crashing their machines instead?
I gotta say that leather-clad Asus uportable has got the looks. Too bad it doesn't have a trackpoint. Does IBM own a trademark on the concept of a trackpoint or something? I rarely ever see them being used, despite obvious advantages especially in the uportable form factor.
Page three says some users were able to start their crashing machines almost immediately. Should it be crashing their machines instead?
I gotta say that leather-clad Asus uportable has got the looks. Too bad it doesn't have a trackpoint. Does IBM own a trademark on the concept of a trackpoint or something? I rarely ever see them being used, despite obvious advantages especially in the uportable form factor.
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Yeah, thanks, a $2200 guitar, apparently, had been thinking about buying a new guitar, but not an electric, haven't had one since I was a teen... now we'll find out if that whole phonecall was a road-trip induced fantasy or what. Haven't heard a thing about it since.qviri wrote:Congratulations on winning the guitar!
Page three says some users were able to start their crashing machines almost immediately. Should it be crashing their machines instead?
I gotta say that leather-clad Asus uportable has got the looks. Too bad it doesn't have a trackpoint. Does IBM own a trademark on the concept of a trackpoint or something? I rarely ever see them being used, despite obvious advantages especially in the uportable form factor.
I corrected that comment because thinking back, it was one particular fella, who I have run into in other events before, who always comes across as something of a klutz, who always asks questions that seem... awkward? Anyway, this old brit kept crashing his machine repeatedly the whole 45 mins I was there. Made for some amusing chatter. No one else had as serious a problem. Mine didn't crash, but I wasn't really trying to do much.
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If you want I can pick up the guitar for you since I live in the Seattle area and...umm...keep it for you for a while...yeah, that's it...MikeC wrote:Yeah, thanks, a $2200 guitar, apparently, had been thinking about buying a new guitar, but not an electric, haven't had one since I was a teen... now we'll find out if that whole phonecall was a road-trip induced fantasy or what. Haven't heard a thing about it since.qviri wrote:Congratulations on winning the guitar!
Page three says some users were able to start their crashing machines almost immediately. Should it be crashing their machines instead?
I gotta say that leather-clad Asus uportable has got the looks. Too bad it doesn't have a trackpoint. Does IBM own a trademark on the concept of a trackpoint or something? I rarely ever see them being used, despite obvious advantages especially in the uportable form factor.
I corrected that comment because thinking back, it was one particular fella, who I have run into in other events before, who always comes across as something of a klutz, who always asks questions that seem... awkward? Anyway, this old brit kept crashing his machine repeatedly the whole 45 mins I was there. Made for some amusing chatter. No one else had as serious a problem. Mine didn't crash, but I wasn't really trying to do much.
Congrats on the win (and I wish I had been at WinHEC, but I'm busy staying home with the 5-month old right now).
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Yikes, that’s a lot of moola for a guitar, although Gibson don’t exactly do cheap. Do you know what model it is?
I still regret selling a vintage white Fender Strat Plus that I bought from new back in the late 90s; it was a creamy white and the pickups just smoked those on my previous Mexican Strat. It had 3 of their noiseless single coil pickups which was great as single coil pickups can be very noisy compared to humbuckers.
I can almost still smell the aroma of the case which I assumed was the smell of the glue holding the trim in place. It’s not that I count myself as a particular connoisseur of glue, but this was FENDER GLUE, with a light nose and just a hint of asparagus. Of course, the glue used in their 50’s cases was on another level; but that was valve glue and they use the solid state glue these days.
I still regret selling a vintage white Fender Strat Plus that I bought from new back in the late 90s; it was a creamy white and the pickups just smoked those on my previous Mexican Strat. It had 3 of their noiseless single coil pickups which was great as single coil pickups can be very noisy compared to humbuckers.
I can almost still smell the aroma of the case which I assumed was the smell of the glue holding the trim in place. It’s not that I count myself as a particular connoisseur of glue, but this was FENDER GLUE, with a light nose and just a hint of asparagus. Of course, the glue used in their 50’s cases was on another level; but that was valve glue and they use the solid state glue these days.