WiFi radio with LCD Finding a good, cheap sound card should have been as easy as ordering the one mentioned on the mighty ohm for $10, but I thought I’d save eight bucks and order the cheapest possible one on ebay. When it arrived, the right channel was totally non-functional and to say the sound quality was poor would be an understatement. It was impressive though, that anyone could manufacture and deliver to my door a brand new USB sound card even counting the defects for only two dollars. But that’s all beside the point.

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Bridge school benefit show stage This weekend I took the trip up to bay area for the bridge school benefit show. The show is sponsored by the legendary guitarist Neil Young. The second day had a powerhouse lineup with Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, The Smashing Pumpkins followed by Nora Jones, Josh Groban and Jack Johnson and of course Neil Young made multiple appearances.

I would have had a better time if you could buy a cup of beer for less than $11, but it was still an amazing show. Watching Wilco and The Smashing Pumpkins rock out on accoustic instruments only was an experience to say the least.

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