http://www.onefromtheroad.com Tools, Toys, and Tales for the Theatrical Technician Sat, 29 May 2010 00:40:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey gang, after lots of "life getting in the way", I managed to fix all the broken links and formatting in all the posts. There are still some errant / marks in the post titles, but I'll deal with that later :-) It'll still be a bit until I have a ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=188 Sorry for the ugly appearance, guys. OFTR got hacked, so I'm in the midst of upgrading the WordPress software running the site, which meant tossing the template it uses, and sorting through lots of mucked up old entries. Boo. Back looking pretty soon... Update: So, the WordPress upgrade seems to have managed ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=177 Hey gang, if you're in/near NYC, do everything you can to get in for one of the two days of Sound411 that Stage Research is hosting. Should be a cool chance to learn some stuff, see some new toys, and network. And, in addition to the new stuff SR and ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=176 This one's just a quick link to the "Flying With Fish" blog that I've become a big fan of, where today Fish posted a piece on how professional thieves operate in airports, and how you can protect yourself from them. Great tips for my touring brethren, or anybody else who ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=175 Just a quick heads up, Rat Sound is starting a monthly 1 day, 1 item half-price sale on the first of every month. (actually it's one apparel item and one "gadget" This month, it starts on April Fool's Day (I know, but as far as I know, it's legit), with ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=174 Just a quick pointer for those who service Midas consoles...conveniently, the two Torx bits in a Klein 32477 10-in-1 Screwdriver/Nut Driver (my daily go-to screwdriver, I love that thing) are the two sizes you need for a Midas, the larger one to get modules out, and the smaller to get ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=173 I just made a quick stop by Graffletopia to see what was new, and found three new stencil sets of interest to the sound and props guys doing pit layouts and system diagrams in OmniGraffle: Yamaha Gear Musical Instruments Stage Sound The first and last are a little two photo-realistic for my tastes for ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=171 Hey guys, This is actually two in one. First, a little known Word fact--if you add in lines, arrows, etc as drawing elements in Word, they'll maintain their relationship to the text you place them near, even if they're floating above the text, and not in-line with the text. Second, a cool ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=170 Hi everybody, At the prodding of my hosting service, I'm doing a long-overdue upgrade to the version of WordPress that runs the site. So if it looks weird for a day or so, that's why! I'll need to do some work, I believe, to restore the template, although I might just ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=169 I've linked to Jason Pritchard's great site, Bright and Loud, in the blogroll for a long time, but I realized I've never actually linked to any of his articles before. I just came across this article browsing around his site, and wanted to call attention to it. A huge amount ... http://www.onefromtheroad.com/?p=168