Archives for May 2007

Another Cigar Box Guitar

Published on 30 May 2007 at 8:56 am. 12 Comments.
Filed under Music, Wood.

A couple weeks ago I decided to make a second cigar box guitar. This time I followed the plans from CigarBoxGuitar.com. It was more complicated than the MAKE magazine version I made previously. The neck runs through the box rather than just being glued to the top. I also decided to use real strings and […]

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Microsoft Reneges On Free Repair for Defective 360s

Published on 29 May 2007 at 8:54 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Video Games.

Well, it finally happened: my launch-day Xbox 360 bit the dust last week. One second I was infiltrating Port Royal as the infamous Jack Sparrow, the next, frozen screen. I rebooted and there were the three flashing red lights. Damn.
I wasn’t too concerned because I remembered that back in September 2006, they admitted that there […]

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Aaaaaaarrrrrghhh!*

Published on 23 May 2007 at 5:44 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under Music.

I just realized I skipped Houses of the Holy in my Listen to Every Led Zeppelin Album In Order Project. Now I have to start over.
*Side note: Although this is not valid in Scrabble, AARGH, AARRGH, and AARRGHH are all OK.

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