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West Coast Trip Part I

John Huntington — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:54 +0000

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:

controlgeek.net Meetup/geekout 2/22 in LA!

John Huntington — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:52:39 +0000

Just a reminder, if you're in LA, this is coming up on 2/22, please RSVP!

Indiana State Fair Collapse IOSHA Fines

John Huntington — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:30 +0000

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 IOSHA actually said. 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 here):

Loser's Lounge Steely Dan vs The Doobie Brothers

John Huntington — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:10:40 +0000

Once again, an amazing show last night at Joe's Pub! Here's a few highlights, all of my photos from last night at the end, and many more Loser's photos here.

Empire State Building Sunset Time Lapse

John Huntington — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:19:07 +0000

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:

Followup on Les Quatre Vents--An Extraordinary Garden

John Huntington — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:34:44 +0000

I'm very late on this, but I just heard the sad news that Frank Cabot, for whom I installed sound systems in his incredible garden, died in November at 86. You can read his NYT obituary here (with some very nice pictures of his garden in Quebec), and there's a compendium of obituaries and other information here. A bit of information on my work there is in my writeup from 2009.

Dell Computer News Aggregator Fail

John Huntington — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:05:11 +0000

My friend George Tucker recently linked to my Yet Another Dell Laptop Grounding Problem post, which documents a well known and horrendous audio problem found on many Dell laptops. George discovered that, hilariously, Dell (automatically) reposted his repost on their own "Information Portal" page! On the bottom of this page:

AV Nation Podcast

John Huntington — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:17:52 +0000

I had fun as a panelist on Episode 26 of the AV Nation Podcast yesterday, talking about random AV topics and also why 3D video doesn't work, crystal meth, and Donald Trump. It's available on

Do Graphic Vinyl Banners Affect Sound Transmission?

John Huntington — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +0000

I've done a bunch of outdoor sound systems over the years, and often times the event organizers (the always excellent Good Sense & Co in this case) want the speaker stacks covered with some client-related graphics. Last spring, we had Elton John at the Tribeca Drive In:

controlgeek.net West Coast Meetup/Geekout!

John Huntington — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:30:00 +0000