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altivoActually not bad at the moment, but there were areas of heavy frost this morning as I drove to work. Tonight we're supposed to get down to 30F, which will be the first real killing frost of the year for us. According to NOAA the first frost here is only this late in about one out of ten years. Normally it comes a week or two earlier.
Folks out in the DC area and north to New England are expecting winter storm conditions tomorrow, with accumulating snow. Here it is cold but clear, so we have nothing to complain about.
Gary pulled his inexpensive keyboard out of the barn loft for me, and I dusted it off and tested it this evening. It works, at least as well as can be expected for what it is. I was particularly pleased when I plugged in his USB MIDI adapter and found that Linux recognizes it and knows what to do with it. I don't think I've ever run MIDI IN/OUT from Linux, so I'm going to have to do some software evaluation and testing. However, I told Audacious to pump MIDI data out to the interface, and fed it a file. The MIDI OUT LED on the interface gadget was flashing, so it seems to have routed things correctly. I need more space to get the computer and keyboard all hooked up and running. Have to clean up some junk for that tomorrow.
Gas prices in Harvard jumped up by 20 cents today, for no apparent reason. This is after they dropped by a nickel on Wednesday. Marengo has been pretty stable for the past three weeks and so far hasn't budged, so there's a 20 cent per gallon spread between two towns just 15 miles apart, in the same state and county, with the same taxes. That's just plain fishy.
No urgent events scheduled this weekend either. Hopefully, some relaxation time.
Folks out in the DC area and north to New England are expecting winter storm conditions tomorrow, with accumulating snow. Here it is cold but clear, so we have nothing to complain about.
Gary pulled his inexpensive keyboard out of the barn loft for me, and I dusted it off and tested it this evening. It works, at least as well as can be expected for what it is. I was particularly pleased when I plugged in his USB MIDI adapter and found that Linux recognizes it and knows what to do with it. I don't think I've ever run MIDI IN/OUT from Linux, so I'm going to have to do some software evaluation and testing. However, I told Audacious to pump MIDI data out to the interface, and fed it a file. The MIDI OUT LED on the interface gadget was flashing, so it seems to have routed things correctly. I need more space to get the computer and keyboard all hooked up and running. Have to clean up some junk for that tomorrow.
Gas prices in Harvard jumped up by 20 cents today, for no apparent reason. This is after they dropped by a nickel on Wednesday. Marengo has been pretty stable for the past three weeks and so far hasn't budged, so there's a 20 cent per gallon spread between two towns just 15 miles apart, in the same state and county, with the same taxes. That's just plain fishy.
No urgent events scheduled this weekend either. Hopefully, some relaxation time.
