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[20 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]

We all know that commuting turns a “part-time” job into a “full-time” job. The site below should hopefully make your commute a little easier.
My favorite site for my phone to check flights is FlightLookup.Com. The mbile version loads quickly and will show you all flights between point A and point B on all airlines.

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[31 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

I know lots of other pilots who play music in their spare time, that includes me (sorry neighbors).
The new Zoom H4N is a musicians dream. It has a ton of features.
Here are just a few of the many features:

Portable recorder with built in microphones
Portable 4-track recorder! Wow!
Use as sound card with computer. Works with ProTools, Cubase, Garageband, you name it.
Guitar Tuner
Metronome
Kitchen sink (you paying attention?)

The best thing about it is you can plug a guitar into it and there are all sorts of built in guitar effects. You can use …

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[2 Jan 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Yes Apple makes great products. There are not perfect and don’t always beet everyone’s needs. With that said if Santa brought you an iPod for Christmas you should be happy.
Here are my arguments for purchasing the Zune 16gb:

FM Radio great for the gym
Buy from radio. While you might not make an actual purchase you can at least find out what song you are listening to
Zune Pass: $14.95 per month for tons of music including the ability to keep 10 songs per month.
Wireless Sync and marketplace. Microsoft has a ways to …

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[2 Sep 2008 | No Comment | ]

Update II: Last week Microsoft announced the new Zune 120 and new 3.0 software. Best of all older Zune players (mine a whole 3 weeks old) will be able to get the new software enhancements. WalMart has the 80gb players for $198.00 so if you can handle only having 80 GB of storage you can save yourself $50 and upgrade your software on Tuesday the 16th of September. My favorite Zune web site is ZuneThoughts.Com. Check that site out for the latest news and info on the great Zune players.
Update: …