Last year I was able to extract all the data from a friend’s 16GB USB flash drive that was broken in half when the laptop it was still plugged into was put in a knapsack. It was broken almost cleanly through, so I broke it all the way to expose the guts, cut open a USB cable and soldered wires to the power connector PC board traces. The exposed parts of the traces for the data connectors, however, were torn…
My very useful Presonus HP4 v1 headphone amp fried last Fall. I found another on eBay for not too much, but I hung onto the old one. Turns out they’re full of this quad amp IC, MC33079P, and one on the input stage failed. The chip is obsolete, but I replaced it with an MC33079PG that seems to be the same. Or at least compatible. The hardest part was un-soldering a 14-pin IC without destroying the PC board. I added…
I just successfully completed my first “shrinkified” project – a flickering LED pumpkin candle. I built the project on an Arduino Uno and then using a tutorial from the High-Low Tech group at MIT, I flashed a ATtiny85 with the code and freed up my Arduino. The LED candle flickers randomly and occasionally glares angry red for a few seconds before returning to flickering. The LEDs are tri-color and flickering is accomplished changing the green color value (against steady red)…
I’ve just finished a sound design for Azuka Theatre’s Dutch Masters for the 2013 Fringe/Live Arts Festival. I’m very much enjoying sound designing and am always happy to get a chance to do it. And what makes it even better is that it’s a really great play being done really well by Brendan Dalton and Brandon Pierce.
Well, it was a blast being invited and so warmly welcomed to the Jazz Festival this year. While not without a little controversy, it went off very well indeed. “Martha Graham Cracker engages her audience through sheer force, willing them to her side by singling out audience members, dancing on the bar, and utilizing her band’s seemingly endless talent.” http://theswollenfox.com/recap-center-city-jazz-festival-2013/ Pictures here.
After being disinvited from reading Dr Seuss stories at a Haddonfield afterschool program, Christ Church Neighborhood House offered to host the event. Johnny Showcase also guested. Story on Huffington Post
Martha Graham Cracker has been invited to perform at City Hall on Wed, Oct 24. We’ll see if we can make the mayor dance!
Much thanks to Sarah Doherty and Mary McCool for stopping by tonight to record their vocals on Until I Found You from MEANWHILE… last fall! Great to hear it sung again. Listen here
Two more shows left! Tues, 9/25 and Wed, 9/26. Don’t miss Popsicle’s Departure either (on a double bill each night). More Info
Hoping the rain will give us a pass on the last night of Shakespeare in Clark Park’s Merry wives of Windsor. We were rained out last night and half of Thursday, so we’d really like to finish the run with a performance! It’s free in Clark Park at 7pm – Shakespeare in Clark Park.