http://zachbardon.com/tour Being a recounting of Zach's Recording Tour of Love Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:18:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not long ago, I mentioned how I wanted a carputer, so I made one. “Actually,” points out Attractive Girl teasingly, “it was quite a while ago. Like, six months ago.” Fine. Long ago, I talked about how I built a friggin' sweet carputer. But just having a bunch of properly connected hardware ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2009/11/15/carputer-part-deux-software/ 41.235322 -96.1742162 It has been quite some time since I wrote the previous post. No doubt some loyal readers were wondering such things as: “Did Zach just stay in Utah forever?” “Did Zach ever install his carputer or did he only assemble it?” “Did Zach actually, in fact, die?” “If I had a nickel for ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2009/11/08/wind-generators-and-general-windiness/ 41.68932225997044 -106.3916015625 After recording in Idaho a couple posts ago, the next day found me leaving Mountain Home, hopping on the highway, and proceeding towards Utah, which happened to be a scenic drive to rival all scenic drives. Soon I was entering the part of Idaho known as "The Super ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2009/01/28/logan-ut/ 41.739053 -111.834781 As promised long ago, I need to detail the process of building and installing the carputer, my faithful companion and aide for my bajillions of miles of driving. Why a Carputer? Besides the obvious reason that it's friggin' sweet, why install a carputer in a 1987 Ford? First of all, consider ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2009/01/25/carputer-part-i/ 41.235322 -96.1742162 I have a couple minutes to pop in and let you know a couple juicy news tidbits: I am pleased to report that my previous post is already the top result on Google for the search terms "couch surfing zach bardon girls"! Future searches for these terms will now be ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2009/01/25/%ed%95%9c%ea%b5%ad%ec%97%90%ec%84%9c/ I occasionally Google myself, just for fun. There's plenty of hits about me and my music, and a ton of hits for some programs I wrote ages ago (an m3u-to-HTML conversion utility and a solitaire card game I invented and co-wrote with my friend Kevin Baba). Today, among the Google ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2009/01/12/couch-surfing-zach-bardon-girls/ 41.235322 -96.1742162 Get ready for Boise! I didn't record anything there! "Explain this long post then," demands AG snippily. Whoa, what's gotten into you today? "Sigh... I'm impatient to hear about further recordings, not just travels. I already know you traveled, and all those scenic pictures just make me jealous." Well, lucky for both ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2009/01/08/boise-id/ 43.602071 -116.212539 It's been over a month since my dad took this picture: In fact, now it's the day before Christmas Eve (a.k.a. Christmas Eve Eve) and here I am, writing about what I did back in the beginning of October. But there's a method to my madness: if through some miracle ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2008/12/24/state-of-the-project-1223/ 41.235322 -96.1742162 Bend! Besides being the home of famed cluster balloonist Kent Couch (undoubtedly the first cluster balloonist to fly in a lawnchair from Bend to Idaho), Bend is also known as one of the most scenically scenic places around. "Excuse me," interrupts Attractive Girl, delightfully. Well, it's been a while! I ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2008/12/14/bend-or/ 44.06048 -121.312515 Eugene! Not to be confused with the Korean singer/actress Eugene formerly from S.E.S., nor the software designed to aid political scientists in testing expected utility theory of war and dispute initiation (Expected Utility Generation), this Eugene happens to be a town in Oregon famous for its hippies. I ... http://zachbardon.com/tour/2008/12/13/eugene-or/ 44.045555 -123.101276