Late Night Meeting ... Restless

I'm not sure who the audience for this is supposed to be.  Just like the blog entry I left about adding a battery holder to my 1990s era MIDI workstation, I think it's mostly just a sounding board, and notebook for myself.  Maybe some of the people who work on this project will read this, maybe not.  Anyway, it's a lot of words, and not a lot of specifics. Just got off a meeting, kicking off the third phase of a project that I've been working on for 22 months....

28 Jan 2015 · 5 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Brooklyn Museum

Yesterday, Jen and I went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the Killer Heels exhibition.  But also to see some of the rest of the Museum. Source: Wikipedia Neither of us had been there before, so had no idea what to expect.  First, I have to say that I was a little confused at first, then impressed.  Walking up to the building, I'm staring at this strange ultra-modern entrance where in any other museum, I'd expect to see a grand stairway....

26 Jan 2015 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Electronics Mod: Ensoniq KS-32

A long, long time ago, I obtained a Midi Workstation, called an Ensoniq KS-32.  I'm still thankful for the great deal I got on it.  I'm also greatful that the guy I bought it from didn't break my leg, since I didn't finish paying that really good price for 3 years.  Despite some harrowing times (orange juice dumped into it), it still functions to this day. One note about the KS-32, is that the settings are stored on-board in RAM, or Random Access Memory....

23 Oct 2014 · 5 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Professional Autobiography

What is a personal blog post if it isn't a snippet of autobiography anyway, right?  I've written about parts of this for my old web site (the one hosted at home).  I'm keeping this professional.  It is likely that I'll post this again at some distant point in the future, but with more detail. For most of my professional life, I've been a computer programmer or computer administrator.  This is my story....

21 Jul 2014 · 11 min · Gary Allen Vollink