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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:46:09 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Control Geek</title><subtitle>John Huntington's Blog</subtitle><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-02-10T07:18:37Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>West Coast Trip Part I</title><category term="Off Topic"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/2/10/west-coast-trip-part-i.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/2/10/west-coast-trip-part-i.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-02-10T06:47:54Z</published><updated>2012-02-10T06:47:54Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I flew out from Brooklyn on Saturday and spent some time in Ventura Sunday morning, where I saw some surfers riding some pretty big waves:]]></summary></entry><entry><title>controlgeek.net Meetup/geekout 2/22 in LA!</title><category term="Professional"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/2/9/controlgeeknet-meetupgeekout-222-in-la.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/2/9/controlgeeknet-meetupgeekout-222-in-la.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-02-09T18:52:39Z</published><updated>2012-02-09T18:52:39Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Just a reminder, if you're in LA, <a href="http://www.pingg.com/rsvp/tc8z72nwkd74kn6fh">this is coming up</a> on 2/22, please RSVP!]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Indiana State Fair Collapse IOSHA Fines</title><category term="Entertainment Technology"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/2/8/indiana-state-fair-collapse-iosha-fines.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/2/8/indiana-state-fair-collapse-iosha-fines.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-02-08T16:30:30Z</published><updated>2012-02-08T16:30:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I'm traveling the west coast this week and about to go completely offline in Mexico, but the internet's been buzzing about all this this morning. Instead of reading a lot of bad reporting, I think it's best to see what <span class="caps">IOSHA </span>actually said.&nbsp;&nbsp; In this video, Indiana Department of Labor Commissioner Lori A. Torres talks about the fines and details (if the video is not embedding correctly you can see it <a href="http://www.wthr.com/video?autoStart=true&amp;topVideoCatNo=default&amp;clipId=6720824">here</a>):]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Loser's Lounge Steely Dan vs The Doobie Brothers</title><category term="Loser's Lounge"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/2/4/losers-lounge-steely-dan-vs-the-doobie-brothers.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/2/4/losers-lounge-steely-dan-vs-the-doobie-brothers.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-02-04T18:10:40Z</published><updated>2012-02-04T18:10:40Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Once again, an amazing show last night at Joe's Pub!&nbsp; Here's a few highlights, all of my photos from last night at the end, and many more Loser's photos <a href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/category/losers-lounge">here</a>.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Empire State Building Sunset Time Lapse</title><category term="Time Lapse"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/31/empire-state-building-sunset-time-lapse.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/31/empire-state-building-sunset-time-lapse.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-01-31T23:19:07Z</published><updated>2012-01-31T23:19:07Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>I've got to figure out a more stable mount shooting with this 300mm zoom. Also, I was lazy and just let this one run on aperture priority which accounts for the brightness variations:</p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Followup on Les Quatre Vents--An Extraordinary Garden</title><category term="Professional"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/30/followup-on-les-quatre-vents-an-extraordinary-garden.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/30/followup-on-les-quatre-vents-an-extraordinary-garden.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-01-30T17:34:44Z</published><updated>2012-01-30T17:34:44Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I'm very late on this, but I just heard the sad news that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cabot">Frank Cabot</a>, for whom I installed sound systems in his incredible garden, died in November at 86. You can read his NYT obituary <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/nyregion/francis-h-cabot-86-extraordinary-gardener-dies.html?adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1322546960-43k46qCDPVZ62SGUxluGRA">here</a> (with some very nice pictures of his garden in Quebec), and there's a compendium of obituaries and other information <a href="http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2011/12/francis-h-frank-cabot-rip/">here</a>.&nbsp; A bit of information on my work there is in my <a href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2009/4/10/les-quatre-vents-an-extraordinary-garden.html">writeup from 2009</a>.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Dell Computer News Aggregator Fail</title><category term="Entertainment Technology"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/29/dell-computer-news-aggregator-fail.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/29/dell-computer-news-aggregator-fail.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-01-29T13:05:11Z</published><updated>2012-01-29T13:05:11Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[My friend <a href="http://tuckerstuesday.typepad.com/tuckerstuesday/2012/01/dell-computer-serious-audio-grounding-issue.html">George Tucker recently linked</a> to my <a href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/26/yet-another-dell-laptop-audio-grounding-problem.html">Yet Another Dell Laptop Grounding Problem</a> post, which documents a well known and horrendous audio problem found on many Dell laptops.&nbsp; George <a href="http://tuckerstuesday.typepad.com/tuckerstuesday/2012/01/dell-computer-news-aggregation-whoopsie-.html">discovered</a> that, hilariously, Dell (automatically) <a href="http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/iportal?c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=gen&amp;~ck=anavml">reposted his repost</a> on their own "Information Portal" page!&nbsp; On the bottom of this page:]]></summary></entry><entry><title>AV Nation Podcast</title><category term="Professional"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/28/av-nation-podcast.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/28/av-nation-podcast.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-01-28T15:17:52Z</published><updated>2012-01-28T15:17:52Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I had fun as a panelist on Episode 26 of the <a href="http://www.ravepubs.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=section&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=41&amp;Itemid=487">AV Nation Podcast</a> yesterday, talking about random AV topics and also why 3D video doesn't work, crystal meth, and Donald Trump.&nbsp; It's available on]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Do Graphic Vinyl Banners Affect Sound Transmission?</title><category term="Entertainment Technology"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/27/do-graphic-vinyl-banners-affect-sound-transmission.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/27/do-graphic-vinyl-banners-affect-sound-transmission.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-01-27T05:01:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-27T05:01:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I've done a bunch of outdoor sound systems over the years, and often times the event organizers (the always excellent <a href="http://www.goodsenseandcompany.com/">Good Sense &amp; Co</a> in this case) want the speaker stacks covered with some client-related graphics.&nbsp; Last spring, we had <a href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2011/4/21/elton-john-at-last-nights-tribeca-film-festival.html">Elton John at the Tribeca Drive In</a>:]]></summary></entry><entry><title>controlgeek.net West Coast Meetup/Geekout!</title><category term="Professional"/><id>http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/26/controlgeeknet-west-coast-meetupgeekout.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/1/26/controlgeeknet-west-coast-meetupgeekout.html"/><author><name>John Huntington</name></author><published>2012-01-27T04:30:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-27T04:30:00Z</updated></entry></feed>
