Saturday, February 26, 2005

Taking a weekend off from the world...

I'm in Snow Hill with the best friend one could have, taking the weekend off. Mostly just hanging out and being calmly irresponsible.

More later!

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

A little background, first if you please

I don't want to talk too much about me, but I thought a small amount of background would be appropriate.
I'm a senior Java software engineer, with a great deal of experience with enterprise application and system development, as well as computer hardware and networking experience in large- and small-scale deployments.

I am a classically trained musician and music educator. I have a moderate amount of experience in semi-professional situations.
I received my first guitar when I was 12 and my first 12-string at the age of 13. The first guitar is a Yamaha G-55A classical, and the 12-string was an Alvarez with a nice spruce top. My third guitar was an Epiphone Les Paul - black with two humbuckers and lots of nice binding and detail.


As a matter of fact, I still have my Yamaha, some 32 years later. I just cleaned it up, set it up, and I have restrung it with a nice set of Ernie Ball Ernesto Palla Clear & Silver Nylons. That guitar sounds so wonderful and aged - much better than many multi-thousand dollar guitars I've played. Such a nice, deep timbre with a truly mellow tone...


More later! I've got a few guitar and gear reviews that I've been itching to write. See you soon!