I’m really getting sick of this latest craze of improper grammar. People are mixing up “then” and “than” more and more and I don’t know why.
Reading CNET news today I saw this quote under an image:
Palm CEO Ed Colligan is more worried about the Pre launch then a looming patent war with Apple.
I saw this one in a kid’s book:
Fact can be stranger then fiction.
When I was on vacation last summer in LA, there was a booth on the pier at the beach advertising tickets to a TV show which pitted adults against fifth graders in a Jeopardy like contest:
Are you smarter then a 5th grader?
Yes I’m smarter, and then I’m a 5th grader… And apparently the people who did your PR aren’t smarter “then” 5th graders either.
mediaguru Rants
If you have markers you want to delete in a ProTools project, you can’t just select them and hit delete. You have to use a pull down menu called “clear marker.”
This really sucks. Let’s say you need to delete 10, 100, 1000, or even 2800 markers from a project like I had to once. That means individually selecting 2800 markers then pulling down a menu 2800 times? No f’n way! That is at least 5800 mouse clicks and a case of tedinitis waiting to happen.
To be clear, there is a “clear all markers” in ProTools. But in this particular project I had over 3000 markers, 2800 of which needed to be deleted.
mediaguru Rants, Why ProTools Sucks
I’m editing this book on CD. It’s a 350 page book where the author has read the entire thing. The author has a speech impediment and screws up constantly. So there are over 3000 markers in this ProTools project, each marker represents an edit or fix that needs to be done.
I’ve got the book edited and now I need to get rid of most of the 3000 markers and put new ones in. So about 2800 of the markers need to be deleted. Should be easy, right? Just select a marker, hold down the shift key, then select the end of the group you want to delete….right? WRONG. Click and hold your mouse, then drag across the markers then? NO. You can’t select multiple markers in ProTools. You can delete ALL the markers, but you can’t say select 30 of them and delete them, leaving the rest.
I have the choice of deleting all 3000 markers, and losing the 200 I want to keep. Or I can delete 2800 markers, one at a time. Oh you can’t just hit the delete key when you have a marker selected either. You have to select the marker, then use a pull down menu to select “clear marker.” This process would take me close to 10,000 mouse clicks on this project. Is digidesign willing to pay my doctor bill for ligament damage which I’ll incur from clicking my mouse so many times?
See Why ProTools Sucks #9…
mediaguru Rants, Why ProTools Sucks
When I was a kid I definitely watched Fantasy Island. As a Star Trek fan, I loved Ricardo Montalban as Khan in the original 60′s episode “Space Seed” and then in Star Trek 2, The Wrath of Khan.
Well, Ricardo Montalban passed away today at 88.
Thanks for the memories.
I now feel it is time to apologize to you for pulling into your driveway in Beverly Hills back in 1988. Yes, that was me and my best friend you heard in your driveway yelling “Khaaaaaaaaannnnnnnn!!!!”
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If I told you how I found this story you wouldn’t believe me.
Larry Flint and the “Girls Golf Wild” owner are heading up a charge for a $5 billion bailout for the porn industry.
“Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex.”
I’d have to say I agree. You can take my damn car but don’t put ole sparky on ice…
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Well I got a sad phone call, just a few days before Christmas. One of my reps for perhaps my biggest vendor was on the line. He was letting me know that the company he worked for shut its doors.
Quandry
I owe this company money for two jobs. I’m not sure what the implications are so I’ll tuck that dough away and if they come calling I’ll have it ready.
Fuel prices
I’d be happy about gas prices, if I wasn’t in fear that I’d have no work soon. I gassed up for $1.30 a gallon a couple of days ago.
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Pro Sound Blog is powered by WordPress, the best blog engine on this planet. I’ve just upgraded to WP 2.7. You may not see a difference in the front end, but I’m punching in a post to test the functionality and test out the back end features.
So far so good.
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I’ll be popping a bottle of champagne soon. The project I mistakenly committed to, which was supposed to end in July, will be ending in the next week or two. That’s FIVE freakin’ months overdue.
mediaguru Recording
Welcome to the new server. I’ve had to move PSB and my many other sites to a new dedicated server. Some of my other sites got way too big and needed their own space, not shared with any other sites.
So the good news is that since I’m able to post this blog, the site is running correctly on the new server.
Malicious code found
The bad news is that I found an encrypted bit of code in the config file here. Some spambot had hacked in and put a bunch of junk in there. That code is now gone.
Now back to our regularly scheduled blogram.
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One of my vendors emailed today. I’ve been working with them for eight years and I valued them as a supplier. They’re closing on November 24th.
This sucks. I have a few suppliers in this category but I don’t like hearing that my choices are dwindling.
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