A few months ago I picked up some new parts for my set and I have enough spare parts for a full set. Parts:

  • Alesis DM-5 with manual
  • Roland MDS-10 rack
  • KD-8 bass drum and Premier pedal
  • 4 x PD-8 dual zone pads (rubber pads)
  • 2 x PD-120 mesh pads (1 extra skin as well)
  • Kd-7 Hi-Hat pedal
  • Cy-15R ride cymbal (3-zone ride)
  • Cy-14c crash cymbal
  • all clamps, cables and throne

$1300

Photos:

MDS-10 RackAlesis DM5PD-8Set pixPD-120

I had a bit of an epiphany while I was working on my company’s blog today. I realized just how much I’ve grown up and matured as a professional during the short time I’ve been with my present company.

A wise man once said ‘you work with good people, you win‘ and for some reason that has stuck with me even though I read it about a year ago. Maybe it’s fact that that wise man was the person who paved the foundation and provided the first bits of professional guidance for shaping my career or maybe it’s just because I’m older and wiser now.

Either way, I’d thought I ‘d break the cardinal blogging rule of not making your blog posts too personal lest you alienate your audience and share some thoughts that I can look back on in a few years. continue reading…

Ok, so my predictions were a bit off.  Not much action today, or at least not as much as the hype leading up to it led me to believe.  I guess I was basing my predictions on pre-cap days when it was actually possible to trade players.

Biggest winners:  Dallas, San Jose, Colorado and Washington

Biggest Losers: Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Buffalo continue reading…

Well, I knew he’d move, but I took the cheap way out and didn’t say where!  The Stars have been playing extremely well lately, Richards will make them a serious cup contender.

Strike 1 for my predictions! I figured Cambell would resign with Buffalo. It hasn’t been announced yet who is headed to Buffalo, but this is a huge pickup for the Sharks. I would think Marleau is part of the deal.

I’ve been working in various forms of professional services roles for a number of years now and during that time the perspective I’ve gained has made me quite vocal about the type of service I receive.  Most people will always complain about the bad and never, or rarely, praise the good.  I suppose that’s just human nature but I figured since I have this new fancy blog, I’d share a great positive experience.  If you need a tip for delivering fantastic customer service, read on! continue reading…

Here’s step by step instructions for how to automatically display your Wordpress posts on your Facebook profile page. It’s very simple to setup, but for some reason Facebook doesn’t include this on your profile edit screen. My next Wordpress tip will be about adding chicklets to your posts so your site visitors can share your posts to their friends through Facebook, Technorati and a bunch of other social network sites. Enjoy! continue reading…

I don’t think there will be too much activity at the deadline this year.   The new CBA and cap make trades pretty tough for teams, but here’s my crack at what I think will happen at the deadline.

Let’s start with my Oilers.

Edmonton:  The goal is to NOT finish in the bottom 5 this year and with Souray, Horcoff and Torres done for the year they should just give up now and preempt the rage I will have for the rest of the season watching them.  Roloson is finished in Edmonton  and other than that, they don’t have much to offer with all the injuries they have. continue reading…

brandosd.jpgNow this is cool. Brando’s USB micro SD card reader is about the size of the tip of your thumb. I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. I can carry a bunch of data, my Linux distro and even a Mojopac image of my home PC on my 4 Gig micro SD card in my PDA. Well, either all that stuff or 1 Dream Theater MP3!

It’s a shame they’re out of stock (at least when I checked last). I definitely have to get one of these and then I’ll post an update on how such a small simple device that costs $11 can bring so much joy!

The biggest joy I have in seeing this format war come to an end is that my news reader, My Yahoo page etc etc can finally post news about SOMETHING ELSE.   I don’t know how many articles have flooded my inbox over the recent months but in the end Blu Ray wins out, we can all rejoice and proceed to throw eggs at George Lucas’ house until he puts Star Wars out on Blu Ray.

DailyTech – Toshiba Officially Surrenders in HD Format War