This is one of our digital consoles that I took apart to fix the headphone jack... that was fun....Monday, October 29, 2007
Stuff I've worked on....
This is one of our digital consoles that I took apart to fix the headphone jack... that was fun....
A new set!
Here's a photo of the set we built for this weekend...
It's a really crappy photo... but oh well. I gives you an idea what we do for our stage.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
6 Months and still going....
6 Months and still going....
So, I've been in Atlanta for 6 months now.
And it's been pretty good. Here are the highlights...
I moved to ATL April 2nd. (this was the saddest and hardest day of my life)
I stayed at Scott Sweeney's house for 2 months.
I started working at Perimeter Church on "temporary basis" (until August 31st) on April 3rd.
During the last week of May, Steve (my boss) offered me a permanent position as Chief Engineer and Production Technician. I quickly accepted. This position included higher pay, and more benifets (and of course, longer than August 31st)
In the first week of June, I left Scott's house and moved into an apartment.
In August, I worked in the biggest production to this point in my life at Perimeter. (The event was called - Night of Worship) My primary role for this was stage camera operator. I did many other things, but that's the most interesting thing.
In September, I really expanded in my knowledge of the equipment we have at Perimeter and the infrastructure of Perimeter. I started getting involved in projection (text, graphics, backgrounds, video) Also, we started a 4th weekend service... it's a much smaller service and is at the same time as our primary service on Sundays. It's in the gym with a full worship team and teaching portion. We have multiple worship teams taking turns playing in the gym and I'm on one of these teams playing percussion. (I'm very excited about this)
This Month has been much of the same. We did a re-org within our own deportment. This means I have a new boss. This isn't bad or good, just different. So far, it's been pretty good tho... Matt Reeves (Lighting Engineer)(he actually has a different position now, I just don't know what it is) is now my boss. Matt's boss is Steve. We all still work together and I can still go to Steve just about any time I want. But I should try to put anything I can through Matt. We also have plans to hire 2 1/2 more people. (the 1/2 person is already hired... she was already working part time for us and is now working... most of the time for us.)
Yesterday, I spent all day working with Jacob (a brilliant volunteer who I wish we could hire to work full time with us) hanging conduit and wall mount boxes for amps and other gear. That was a lot of work, but I learned a lot of stuff...
Other things...
The weather is getting much colder. And they still keep the church inside really cold. Steve and Matt spend a lot of their time in meetings and I'm getting my fair share. (It's not too bad, it could be a lot worse) As I learn our gear and building, my work load increases. I find myself "facilitating" more than working in specific areas for extended periods of times. Ladder vans are still a predominate epidemic here. I haven't eaten at Arby's in over a month now. Wal-mart is not the place to be in ATL for ANY reason. I now have just as many keys on my key ring when I left Mobile. I also have a Home Depot card from Perimeter Church. I used to have Grant's Lowe's card from CCM all the time. And his keys. And I had Scott's keys for a while... Shoot, everybody's keys for that matter.
That's it for the highlights... Now for some other details...
I am in the 4th month of a 1 year lease in my apartment. While it does the job, I don't want to stay for another year. Also, I still have a strong desire to work with the fire dept. Being in ATL, it's hard to find nearby volunteer depts. So far, the only option I have is to move much further out (which mean long commutes to Perimeter) and it would mean, most likely getting a house. (it's also hard to find apartments further out near the VFD's) I haven't put much time and research into this matter, but as time moves closer, I will.
A word of thanks to my grandmother... Before I was getting ready to go to Florida, I knew I needed a new vehicle. (my red van was getting old and had many quirks) So, I decided I needed a new vehicle. Just before I decided to change my mind about FL and go to ATL, my grandmother gave me her van. (she purchased another vehicle for herself) This has been a constant blessing. Obviously, I use everyday. But the biggest blessing is it's very nice and clean on the inside (and doesn't have any quirks) and my co-workers and I go to lunch everyday in it (and frequently go to dinner) It's really nice to have a nice vehicle to transport other people and hang out with others. I have also had friends come in town for a weekend and we hung out in my van a lot. :)
In next month, I'm going to be planning a ski trip with Marshall and possibly a few others. I have no details right now other than it will be in the western part of the country.
Ending...
All the things that I have been wanting to do in Mobile, I'm doing here in Atlanta. In Mobile, my tech friend is Marshall. Now, I have many tech friends. It's really cool.... (I'm trying to get Marshall up here ASAP so he can hang out with us)(which, btw, is going pretty well so far.) I pretty much spend all my time with tech people and computer geeks. (which aren't really geeks, they're just experts with computers) We have a Tech Lab with all the parts and supplies we need to do just about anything we want. I really wanted to build something like this in the EDGE, but I couldn't quite pull it off. Mostly 'cause I lacked some of the skill and knowledge required. We have many really nice cameras, most of which I now know how to operate. We have lots of lighting equipment. This is something I have always wanted to be able to work with. I haven't been trained yet, but it's there, and I'm going to be learning how to use all of it in the near future. Digital sound consoles! This has always been my dream to be able to work these. Not only do we have 4 digital consoles, but we have 4 SUPER NICE AWESOME digital sound consoles! (3-80 channel and 1-48 channel) I have begun training and getting better and better with these things. (As a matter of fact, tomorrow morning, I'll be working on one of these consoles for a few hours)
So, I've been in Atlanta for 6 months now.
And it's been pretty good. Here are the highlights...
I moved to ATL April 2nd. (this was the saddest and hardest day of my life)
I stayed at Scott Sweeney's house for 2 months.
I started working at Perimeter Church on "temporary basis" (until August 31st) on April 3rd.
During the last week of May, Steve (my boss) offered me a permanent position as Chief Engineer and Production Technician. I quickly accepted. This position included higher pay, and more benifets (and of course, longer than August 31st)
In the first week of June, I left Scott's house and moved into an apartment.
In August, I worked in the biggest production to this point in my life at Perimeter. (The event was called - Night of Worship) My primary role for this was stage camera operator. I did many other things, but that's the most interesting thing.
In September, I really expanded in my knowledge of the equipment we have at Perimeter and the infrastructure of Perimeter. I started getting involved in projection (text, graphics, backgrounds, video) Also, we started a 4th weekend service... it's a much smaller service and is at the same time as our primary service on Sundays. It's in the gym with a full worship team and teaching portion. We have multiple worship teams taking turns playing in the gym and I'm on one of these teams playing percussion. (I'm very excited about this)
This Month has been much of the same. We did a re-org within our own deportment. This means I have a new boss. This isn't bad or good, just different. So far, it's been pretty good tho... Matt Reeves (Lighting Engineer)(he actually has a different position now, I just don't know what it is) is now my boss. Matt's boss is Steve. We all still work together and I can still go to Steve just about any time I want. But I should try to put anything I can through Matt. We also have plans to hire 2 1/2 more people. (the 1/2 person is already hired... she was already working part time for us and is now working... most of the time for us.)
Yesterday, I spent all day working with Jacob (a brilliant volunteer who I wish we could hire to work full time with us) hanging conduit and wall mount boxes for amps and other gear. That was a lot of work, but I learned a lot of stuff...
Other things...
The weather is getting much colder. And they still keep the church inside really cold. Steve and Matt spend a lot of their time in meetings and I'm getting my fair share. (It's not too bad, it could be a lot worse) As I learn our gear and building, my work load increases. I find myself "facilitating" more than working in specific areas for extended periods of times. Ladder vans are still a predominate epidemic here. I haven't eaten at Arby's in over a month now. Wal-mart is not the place to be in ATL for ANY reason. I now have just as many keys on my key ring when I left Mobile. I also have a Home Depot card from Perimeter Church. I used to have Grant's Lowe's card from CCM all the time. And his keys. And I had Scott's keys for a while... Shoot, everybody's keys for that matter.
That's it for the highlights... Now for some other details...
I am in the 4th month of a 1 year lease in my apartment. While it does the job, I don't want to stay for another year. Also, I still have a strong desire to work with the fire dept. Being in ATL, it's hard to find nearby volunteer depts. So far, the only option I have is to move much further out (which mean long commutes to Perimeter) and it would mean, most likely getting a house. (it's also hard to find apartments further out near the VFD's) I haven't put much time and research into this matter, but as time moves closer, I will.
A word of thanks to my grandmother... Before I was getting ready to go to Florida, I knew I needed a new vehicle. (my red van was getting old and had many quirks) So, I decided I needed a new vehicle. Just before I decided to change my mind about FL and go to ATL, my grandmother gave me her van. (she purchased another vehicle for herself) This has been a constant blessing. Obviously, I use everyday. But the biggest blessing is it's very nice and clean on the inside (and doesn't have any quirks) and my co-workers and I go to lunch everyday in it (and frequently go to dinner) It's really nice to have a nice vehicle to transport other people and hang out with others. I have also had friends come in town for a weekend and we hung out in my van a lot. :)
In next month, I'm going to be planning a ski trip with Marshall and possibly a few others. I have no details right now other than it will be in the western part of the country.
Ending...
All the things that I have been wanting to do in Mobile, I'm doing here in Atlanta. In Mobile, my tech friend is Marshall. Now, I have many tech friends. It's really cool.... (I'm trying to get Marshall up here ASAP so he can hang out with us)(which, btw, is going pretty well so far.) I pretty much spend all my time with tech people and computer geeks. (which aren't really geeks, they're just experts with computers) We have a Tech Lab with all the parts and supplies we need to do just about anything we want. I really wanted to build something like this in the EDGE, but I couldn't quite pull it off. Mostly 'cause I lacked some of the skill and knowledge required. We have many really nice cameras, most of which I now know how to operate. We have lots of lighting equipment. This is something I have always wanted to be able to work with. I haven't been trained yet, but it's there, and I'm going to be learning how to use all of it in the near future. Digital sound consoles! This has always been my dream to be able to work these. Not only do we have 4 digital consoles, but we have 4 SUPER NICE AWESOME digital sound consoles! (3-80 channel and 1-48 channel) I have begun training and getting better and better with these things. (As a matter of fact, tomorrow morning, I'll be working on one of these consoles for a few hours)
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Windows Mobile 6! Now on my phone!
I have the Cingular 8525 as my cell phone/PDA. It comes with Windows Mobile 5. Which isn't bad.... It does have some querks about it and some things are hard to do. But overall, it's a HIGHLY functional OS for a phone/PDA.
They have released Windows Mobile 6. I have read about this upgrade, and it looks like it's going to be awesome. However, they did not release for my phone. :( (or my boss's and he's not happy about it either)
Well, I did some research and found out they they were eventually going to release WM6 for my phone... probably 4th quarter this year. Well, last night, I did some more research and found some people at had already gotten their hands on it! LOOOOOONG story short, I spent about 7-8 hours (only stopping to eat) reading, researching, hacking, flashing ROMs (which is basically erasing and reinstalling the OS for the phone) more reading and research, more hacking, more flashing ROMs and more and more stuff... it was a long and painful experience.... but it paid off!!! I now have a fully operational Windows Mobile 6 phone!
The UI is cleaner, nicer, and has a lot more options. (including some that I was really wanting in WM5 that I thought should be there, but wasn't)
Also, other news, I figured out how to get my personal email to work in the way that I wanted to on my phone.... So now I can be even more efficient with my email (both work and personal) I had my personal email working somewhat previously, but not efficiently.
For you techs, here was my problem...
I set up an email account on my phone... it would receive the email... however, next time it would send/receive, it would delete the email off my phone (which was every 15 mins) This is a problem 'cause I don't always check my personal email every 15 mins. The problem was that it was a POP3 type account.
What I needed was a IMAP type account. But GMail doesn't support IMAP. :( and I most certainly didn't want to change from GMail. So, after much research and with much regret and dislike, I found out that AOL was my best option. (i know AOL is the worst thing I could have chosen, but they are the only people that have a free email service with unlimited storage (or close to unlimited) that supported IMAP)
Here's what I did... I setup an email account on my phone... the incoming email was the AOL IMAP server. (I had GMail automatically forward all email to my AOL account) and the cool part.... I set up the outgoing email to be sent from my GMail account! By using IMAP, the phone will "sync" rather than send/receive as it did with POP3.
I tested this throughly and it works GREAT! I can now "SYNC" every 5 mins without fear of not having the email on my phone.
They have released Windows Mobile 6. I have read about this upgrade, and it looks like it's going to be awesome. However, they did not release for my phone. :( (or my boss's and he's not happy about it either)
Well, I did some research and found out they they were eventually going to release WM6 for my phone... probably 4th quarter this year. Well, last night, I did some more research and found some people at had already gotten their hands on it! LOOOOOONG story short, I spent about 7-8 hours (only stopping to eat) reading, researching, hacking, flashing ROMs (which is basically erasing and reinstalling the OS for the phone) more reading and research, more hacking, more flashing ROMs and more and more stuff... it was a long and painful experience.... but it paid off!!! I now have a fully operational Windows Mobile 6 phone!
The UI is cleaner, nicer, and has a lot more options. (including some that I was really wanting in WM5 that I thought should be there, but wasn't)
Also, other news, I figured out how to get my personal email to work in the way that I wanted to on my phone.... So now I can be even more efficient with my email (both work and personal) I had my personal email working somewhat previously, but not efficiently.
For you techs, here was my problem...
I set up an email account on my phone... it would receive the email... however, next time it would send/receive, it would delete the email off my phone (which was every 15 mins) This is a problem 'cause I don't always check my personal email every 15 mins. The problem was that it was a POP3 type account.
What I needed was a IMAP type account. But GMail doesn't support IMAP. :( and I most certainly didn't want to change from GMail. So, after much research and with much regret and dislike, I found out that AOL was my best option. (i know AOL is the worst thing I could have chosen, but they are the only people that have a free email service with unlimited storage (or close to unlimited) that supported IMAP)
Here's what I did... I setup an email account on my phone... the incoming email was the AOL IMAP server. (I had GMail automatically forward all email to my AOL account) and the cool part.... I set up the outgoing email to be sent from my GMail account! By using IMAP, the phone will "sync" rather than send/receive as it did with POP3.
I tested this throughly and it works GREAT! I can now "SYNC" every 5 mins without fear of not having the email on my phone.
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