A recent audio trade journal I read featured the new Mackie DL1608 digital mixer. Something about the picture at the top of the page really looked familiar. Reading the article, I quickly realized why. The “mixer” turned out to actually…
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How Not To Build Customer Confidence
Our business was impacted in several ways by Hurricane Sandy that we never could have anticipated. Fortunately, things are crawling back towards normal and we are blessed that the impact we felt was secondary. We have those whose lives, families…
Duracell Steps Up The Voltage For Hurricane Victims
Duracell has brought its fleet of “Power Forward” portable power center to the New York City area to provide charging stations, batteries and flashlights to residents who are still without power after hurricane Sandy. In addition to charging stations, the…
Hurricane Sandy Requires Re-Examination of Rechargeable Battery Use
There is has been a slow but steady migration towards the use of devices utilizing rechargaeable batteries for emergency services personnel. The combination of more reliability and longer life have led to cost savings and reduces the amount of batteries…
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Like just about everybody on the east coast, we are concerned about damage from Hurricane Sandy and are desperately seeking information about loved ones and business acquaintances that might have been impacted by the storm. Getting information about family members…
Concert Weather Safety Advocates Fail To Account For Hail Storm of Folding Chairs
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Leaders in the outdoor events safety movement have made great advances in the last year in promoting safety in outdoor events when weather becomes an issue. A recent event in Buffalo, NY made it clear that there was one atmospheric…
How Do You Spell Arrogance? A-M-A-Z-O-N
We sell stuff online. There are lots of ways to do it and we are always looking for new sales channels. I recently set up an Amazon Seller Account and an Amazon store to sell gaffers tape. Unfortunately, it didn’t…
Geckskin Advances The Reusable Tape Idea
Scientists at The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus have take the dream of re-usable tape another step in the continued development of an adhesive that uses the concept that lets the gecko hold on to vertical surfaces. This is not…
Are You Paying To Support “Orphans” That You Haven’t Seen In Years?
In checking over our monthly American Express statement (I really should do this more often) I noticed a charge from Google Adwords for $20.83. I dug back a little further and found that this charge had been repeating itself on…
Why Did This Take So Long
Long before digital audio came to live sound mixing consoles, lighting control was being done in the digital domain. Using the standard dmx512 protocol, along with some others, up to 512 discrete sets of information could be transmitted from console…
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