By Dibson on 2010 August 25
I really like Toby’s art blog. We did a drawing with Preston which I didn’t get to see the end of until it showed up there. Drawing is really fun when amazingly talented artists help finish your work.
Posted in Images | Tagged drawing, fear, prestonspurlock, tobygoodshank |
By Dibson on 2010 August 1
limen (LY-muhn) noun A threshold of response: point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to generate a response. [From Latin limen (threshold).] Pygmalionism (pig-MAY-lee-uh-niz-uhm) noun 1. The state of being in love with an object of one’s own making. 2. The condition of loving an inanimate object such as a statue or image. [...]
Posted in Writings | Tagged definition, wordsmith |
By Dibson on 2010 July 1
All from a cross-country drive spanning June 7-21. A low-riding Volvo from New Jersey to Philadelphia… …drove to Kooser State Park in Pennsylvania on June 7… …through Ohio to Shades State Park, Indiana on June 9… … to a campsite off the Mississippi in Illinois on June 10 … … then Great River Bluffs State [...]
Posted in Images, Writings |
By Dibson on 2010 June 30
I was having trouble with the Drupal Views module. I have a view of a CCK Node, and I wanted to sort the view by one of the CCK data fields. The view was sorting on node id by default. Adding the CCK content field to the “Sort Criteria” gave no change in the SQL [...]
Posted in Computing | Tagged drupal, sort, views |
By Dibson on 2010 June 25
I’m working on a Drupal site with the Ubercart package. I’m learning both at the same time, which is a challenge since they each offer so many options. Below I’ve listed some troubles I came across while I fighting to get multiple images for the UC Product content type. Don’t Change Product’s Display Field “Image” [...]
Posted in Computing | Tagged cck, drupal, image, ubercart |
By Dibson on 2010 May 2
It’s December 2009. I just performed a show with Sam James from The Wowz. Sam spouts words like few people, and with a guitar in hand he lets loose melodies that shortcircuit my brain with their unpredictable perfection. Working with others, especially those I rarely work with, always shifts my perspective on my own work. [...]
Posted in Recordings | Tagged 4track, lyric, Recordings, samjames, tarot |
By Dibson on 2010 March 31
More tape recordings. This one probably from December 2009. A demo of a song that I performed with Daoud as part of our Wet Bandits/Sticky Bandits collaboration last year. It’s the first recording of done of myself playing drums, and the part largely mimics what Daoud did (thanks Daoud!). Since recording the song, I’ve changed [...]
Posted in Recordings | Tagged 4track, demo, looselips |
By Dibson on 2010 March 29
I just finished the The Illuminatus! Trilogy. I toted this tome in my bag for two months, going across the country, coming back, and breaking to read other books. Even though I’ve been very committed to the novel, I’m not sad to see it’s end. I would recommend it, but only if you have a [...]
Posted in Writings | Tagged definition, illuminatus, robertantonwilson |
By Dibson on 2010 March 27
More words I like from the Wordsmith Word-a-Day Mailing List Star Chamber A court or group marked by arbitrary, oppressive, and secretive procedures. Locum A person filling in for another, especially for a doctor or clergyman. Steenth 1. Latest in an indefinitely long sequence. 2. One sixteenth. [Alteration of the word sixteenth.] Also, the Wordsmith [...]
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By Dibson on 2010 March 26
A little instrumental piece I recorded in July 2009. Yet another off of my four track tapes. (See my Nirvana, Phoebe and Huggabroomstik covers.) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download 4f by Dibson T Hoffweiler
Posted in Recordings | Tagged 4f, 4track, instrumental |
