I am literally moist with excitement* at the prospect of buying a truly stunning subwoofer for the home theatre.

I picked up a pair of old Richter Wizard tower speakers that have replaced my tiny wall-mounted rear surrounds. Bass in the theatre is now being handled by four speakers instead of two, and there’s a corresponding increase in the amount of wha-hey while watching action movies.

I also finally got around to buying banana plugs for my speaker cables, so I can now pull the system apart and rewire it in minutes instead of an hour or so. Pity about the cost of the plugs – ouch.

*not really

I understood the US economy problem in only the vaguest sense, but this movie makes it abundantly clear how badly the financial institutions have screwed the American people, and how that has in turn screwed the rest of the world.

Learning! It’s fun!

Thanks man!

When can you come and see it with us?

Crank it up, baby!

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I just got a notification that a video that I had uploaded to YouTube contained audio that had not been cleared by Warner. YouTube had automatically disabled the audio.

Now, I am a believer in fair use. I credited the band in question and didn’t use the entirity of the track, plus it was overdubbed with the sound of cars going around a track, so it wasn’t something you’d want to steal.

As I’m apparently not allowed fair use anymore, I decided to delete all my YouTube videos. Why should I promote bands if I’m just going to be slapped for it? Good luck getting people to buy your music if they don’t know it exists, Warner. And thanks for not defending fair use, YouTube.