Manhattan Flagship Stores Are Not For Me

Manhattan shopping.  In the story below, I'm NOT saying the brand or the nam e of the store.  I don't want to throw rage at one tiny example of something that ex i sts throughout Manhattan, especially at the brand-name stores that call themsel v es A Flagship Store.                                                                               There are multiple stores in Manhattan that are not externally identified as Fla g ship but are....

1 Feb 2015 · 6 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Late Night Meeting ... Restless

I'm not sure who the audience for this is supposed to be.  Just like the blog entry I left about adding a battery holder to my 1990s era MIDI workstation, I think it's mostly just a sounding board, and notebook for myself.  Maybe some of the people who work on this project will read this, maybe not.  Anyway, it's a lot of words, and not a lot of specifics. Just got off a meeting, kicking off the third phase of a project that I've been working on for 22 months....

28 Jan 2015 · 5 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Brooklyn Museum

Yesterday, Jen and I went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the Killer Heels exhibition.  But also to see some of the rest of the Museum. Source: Wikipedia Neither of us had been there before, so had no idea what to expect.  First, I have to say that I was a little confused at first, then impressed.  Walking up to the building, I'm staring at this strange ultra-modern entrance where in any other museum, I'd expect to see a grand stairway....

26 Jan 2015 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Electronics Mod: Ensoniq KS-32

A long, long time ago, I obtained a Midi Workstation, called an Ensoniq KS-32.  I'm still thankful for the great deal I got on it.  I'm also greatful that the guy I bought it from didn't break my leg, since I didn't finish paying that really good price for 3 years.  Despite some harrowing times (orange juice dumped into it), it still functions to this day. One note about the KS-32, is that the settings are stored on-board in RAM, or Random Access Memory....

23 Oct 2014 · 5 min · Gary Allen Vollink