nonobots.com http://www.nonobots.com/blog mainly stuff, but sometimes other stuff too Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Pimp ma botte http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/07/30/pimp-ma-botte/ http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/07/30/pimp-ma-botte/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:32:57 +0000 Nonochef http://www.nonobots.com/blog/?p=81

“Pimp ma botte? Quoi c’est qu’tu parles de là, jeune houmme?”

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]]> http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/04/01/quel-optimisme/feed/ Second uke already! http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/28/second-uke-already/ http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/28/second-uke-already/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:41:31 +0000 Nonochef http://www.nonobots.com/blog/?p=75 Kala Solid Mahogany Soprano

Couldn’t resist. Bought this a moment ago. This will sound much better than the Mahalo I already have, it comes with a hard case and very good strings AND I ordered it directly from Hawaii! (Through Musicguymic’s ebay store.)

I can’t wait!

]]> http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/28/second-uke-already/feed/ Random Reminder (AKA some fads aren’t fads at all!) http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/27/random-reminder-aka-some-fads-arent-fads-at-all/ http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/27/random-reminder-aka-some-fads-arent-fads-at-all/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:27:00 +0000 Nonochef http://www.nonobots.com/blog/?p=74 what i need you to imagine in panel 3 is a metal cowboy robot hand grabbing the crotch of a dinosaur, okay??

Random reminder that Dinosaur Comics Is Awesome. Awesome in the awe-inspiring sense.

When I started reading I was impressed by the fertility of the seemingly bare premises. There was already a ton (read months) of material to go through. I kept current for a long time. I stopped visiting it daily maybe two years ago. Just a quick dip once a moon. And always: this comic amazes me. Just plain fun. Witty, bright, clever, insane, profound, intelligent and so funny.

Ryan North has been doing this for more than 6 years. If the layout of the archives page is to be any hint we will still have them until the end of December 2009. Also: there are 1436 comics on this page. One thousand four hundred thirty six. I. Am. Amazed.

I declare Ryan North to be the most pertinaciously funny daily comic writer ever.

]]> http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/27/random-reminder-aka-some-fads-arent-fads-at-all/feed/ Charlie vs Rose http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/27/charlie-vs-rose/ http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/27/charlie-vs-rose/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:43:52 +0000 Nonochef http://www.nonobots.com/blog/?p=73

]]> http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/27/charlie-vs-rose/feed/ Getting started with my Ukulele http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/21/getting-started-with-my-ukulele/ http://www.nonobots.com/blog/2009/03/21/getting-started-with-my-ukulele/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:46:07 +0000 Nonochef http://www.nonobots.com/blog/?p=70 On somewhat of a whim, I decided to buy myself a ukulele. The impulse was so strong that - afraid I wouldn’t get to the store in time - I asked a friend to go and buy it for me to make sure I got it as soon as possible. So from Italmelodie on Jean-Talon I got a Mahalo Concert electro-acoustic Ukulele.

Mea and my Mahalo Ukulele

The same night I got the beast, I started looking online to see what’s available and how to start. I was very surprised at the quantity of quality material on the web. Lots of basic lessons, tutorial videos, reviews, techniques, songs tutorial and songbooks. It’s amazing!

I have very little experience with stringed instruments: a few weeks of bass guitar last year and a few hours of ukulele from my 4th grade or so. Just enough to know what I’m tackling. I have a good base of music theory but there’s not much from my four years of tuba in high-school that can be transposed to the Ukulele. So I really needed help to get started.

I am still practicing the basics, I won’t be posting my own stuff yet… but I should start linking to and posting ukulele stuff once in a while. For now let’s start with my basic bookmarks (if you’re in the least interested in learning to play the uke, be sure to visit ukuleleunderground.com):

That’s it for now, I have to go back and work on my G chord family transitions.

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Done with the website xtranormal.com, a very interesting toy. They even have Québécois voices and different style of characters and scenes.

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