Trent Reznor's Geocache Adventure

nobody@vox.com(Al Pavangkanan) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:15:10 -0700

Under a rock
Originally uploaded by Dr Tran!

On July 4th at 2PM, nine inch nails updated their tour KML file for google earth.

Around 6PM, someone noticed something strange in the KML file. A question mark was placed in Burbank. The only info said "Under a Rock"

I was in the middle of barbeque and couldn't leave until 8PM. I drove to the location with help from my N82's Garmin application. I arrived around 9PM.

When I got there, I found the 2 rocks seen here. There was nothing under the one on the right. Under the left one, there was a lizard that freaked me out. I kept looking around, but it was no use, if something was there, it was gone.

I drove to the nearby park and watched the fireworks from the Rose Bowl. The show lasted about half an hour, so I went back to the rocks. I found an empty bank envelope and wrote down:

There's nothing here.

9:30 PM

7/04/08

Dr Tran

When I saw a coyote nearby, I left for my own safety. I used Google Maps to find a Starbucks, since they have wifi there. I got there and I turned on my N800 to participate in this thread at echoing the sound. I got in contact with the guy who got the tickets. He got there maybe 10 minutes before I did. When I came home, I posted the rest of my pictures here.

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Music Makes You Lose Control

nobody@vox.com(Al Pavangkanan) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:27:37 -0700

I'm a big nine inch nails fan. I have pretty much every release in CD format.

nine inch nails front man Trent Reznor has opened me up to a lot of new music. A few months back, he posted this silly video with a really great song.

Backstage in Sydney

He posted another video recently with the same song. It's called "Music Makes You Lose Control" by Les Rythmes Digitales. Normally, I would look on the Pirate Bay for this song. But today, I decided $1 wont kill me and bought it from AmazonMP3. Within 10 minutes, I had the program installed and was doing my own silly dances.

I guess if I was an iTunes user, this wouldn't be so new to me. But the only Apple product I have is a keyboard. I don't like the walled garden of it all.

The .mp3 file arrived with 230 kbps quality. I'd have preferred 320, but 230 is still very good. What I love about AmazonMP3 is that its DRM free mp3 files.

I think I can like Nokia's Comes With Music. I love the idea of hearing a song and then just downloading it right to the phone. Nokia Comes With Music is supposed to give you 1 year of access and then you can keep the music. The only problem is that if I upgrade, I would have to download my music all over again.

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