1,089 Reply by kitsch

(1,052 replies, posted in Graphics, Artwork & Design)

my favorite part of cm.o

heart

so much talent

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1,090 Reply by kitsch

(22 replies, posted in General Discussion)

(call this curiosity)

did you opt to not try to move out to the PNW?

any reason why?  its something i've thought about a lot lately, i'd love to hear your feedback if you've decided against that and are looking elsewhere (NYC) now, and the reason why i suppose (jobs?  high rent?  etc?)...  but perhaps you're simply curious and i'm looking too much into your threads about what places are like wink

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1,091 Reply by kitsch

(8 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

PorkfryMOB wrote:

Thanks for the quick replies.
I thought that was how it was supposed to be done but i was being a bit too gentle. The other question still stands though. Rephrasing the question: if you look at your smart card is there solder connecting the gold tab, coming from the bottom of the battery slot, to the card itself?

the gold tab is the part you push down to release the battery.

the battery itself is not soldered anywhere.  the battery holder is soldered to the PCB.  but, no, the gold tabe isn't soldered there.

just push it down, the battery should either pop up and if not should still be able to be removed with that part pushed down

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1,092 Reply by kitsch

(8 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

the battery basically slides in one side, and clips in the other.  i'd take a quick pic to show you but don't have a cart around me atm...

perhaps someone else can take a quick photo and make arros showing the part it slides under, and the place that it clips into?

to get it out, you push back the part is clips under

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1,093 Reply by kitsch

(2 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

let's keep the convo confined to the thread you started already on the same topic wink

i'm closing this one since the other has more replies.  if you want me to move this thread to a different topic, PM me, would be happy to.

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1,094 Reply by kitsch

(1,485 replies, posted in Trading Post)

from the newsletter

*****

hey everybody -

just restocked on some of the everdrive cartridge models:

everdrive-md: http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/everdrive-md

everdrive-64: http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/everdrive-64

everdrive-gg: http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/everdrive-gg

and, last but not least, we've restocked on DnD carts!  like previous shipments of these carts we're splitting the entire batch into two parts, the second batch goes for sale 12 hours after the first.  hopefully this helps out our friends on the other side of the world (i'm looking at you east asia, australia and new zealand!).

friendly reminder:  we've had batches sell out in 5 minutes or less, these carts tend to go very quickly.  fair warning...

to avoid confusion on what the time reads, i've created two event pages with a countdown clock to the correct time.

FIRST BATCH (12PM, noon in New York City) -- http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f … amp;p1=412

SECOND BATCH (12AM, midnight in New York City) -- http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f … amp;p1=412

the first batch goes on sale in a little under an hour.

good hunting!  and, keep chipping wink

matt

*****

thanks for looking!

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1,095 Reply by kitsch

(6 replies, posted in Trading Post)

hey, please list your asking price, or what you'd be willing to trade for wink

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1,096 Reply by kitsch

(7 replies, posted in Trading Post)

you've got 5 WTB threads in total.

so, please reuse this one, imma close the other ones.  recycle this WTB thread in the future please wink

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1,097 Reply by kitsch

(162 replies, posted in General Discussion)

basspuddle wrote:
bitman wrote:

inspirational things

but i thought you fought crime

^ my favorite cm.o thing in a while

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1,098 Reply by kitsch

(44 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

Domu wrote:

Do you make music?

in the past couple months its been a lot of mountain dulcimer for me (regional instrument).  which has been relaxing.  i make music all the time.  i record music never.  not anymore at least.  time is at such a premium for me nowadays i'd rather just sit down and play something impromptu than spend the time recording/mixing.  if i'm unable to sit down and really space out and get into that weird 'zone' with an instrument (or the process), i don't really bother now.  which for me has meant firstly ditch the archival process of it all and just do things live, and for myself just for the satisfaction of the moment.

maybe this is counter-thread, but i'm in a strummed instrument sort of mood lately [he says on a chipmusic forum].  must be the spring time trying to come around... 

but, yeah, any eastern europeans etc. who might have more easy access to older soviet keyboard instruments, they're pretty amazing...  (supposedly the polivoks was distributed to schools in some areas to be used in music classes.  i read this was its primary purpose, but i'm not sure i believe that.  unless it was for the elite academies somehow)

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1,099 Reply by kitsch

(44 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

kitsch wrote:

soviet stuff:
faemi-1m
formanta mini
ritm-2
junost-21
polivoks

not quite synths (soviet still)
kvintet
notka
pif

the underlined ones are broken in some way. 

thanks smile  i'll let them know they got compliments today and maybe reward them with some play time

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1,100 Reply by kitsch

(44 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

soviet stuff:
faemi-1m
formanta mini
ritm-2
junost-21
polivoks

not quite synths (soviet still)
kvintet
notka
pif

not all of them are in full working condition wink  the ritm-2 is pretty fucked actually which is too bad because its arguably as impressive as a polivoks.  i've managed to get basic waveform generation to work again but thats about it for now.    pretty easy to repair apart from the ICs and soviet-style proprietary stuff.  the audio in/out jacks are much different, for example (5-pin din for audio).  and, no factory midi or anything.   but got them all for pretty cheap so can't complain really.  even broken soviet synths (or toy keyboards) are ridiculously priced now.

the east german 'vermona' is my all time favorite though.

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1,101 Reply by kitsch

(44 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

i'm a huge fan of the old soviet era synths.  polivoks, formanta, aelita etc...

built in radio factories, really unique sounds.  built like tanks too (but still the post can utterly destroy them).  way overpriced once everyone else caught on to them as well, sucks now...

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1,102 Reply by kitsch

(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

yes, it should be fully compatible with diecimila.

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1,103 Reply by kitsch

(162 replies, posted in General Discussion)

i have a culinary arts degree

the above advice is pretty golden.  take a cooking job before going to the school (if you haven't worked a line yet) and completely ignore their stats about post-graduation job landings.  unless you count working in a hotel chain or a mass cooking enterprise (nursing home, etc) as successful employment for a culinary degree student.  which i don't.

the job you think you'll have with a culinary arts degree most likely won't be available.  (and i graduated magna cum laude with that degree and had a great internship to boot).  culinary schools are a good example of the new business of education, they just want to make a buck off you.  even if you do land that dream job, the pay compared to the labor you'll put in isn't that great.  very exploitative work, you've got to have a passion for it (it is very rewarding in a lot of way, tbh).  and you need to be comfortable with drugs, because your coworkers are using at work.

yeah.  i'm sort of a downer on that topic...  but, its true, out of the people i went to school with, NONE of them are cooking now (who i've kept up with at least)

but then again, i have a MA in PoliSci too, and NONE of the people I graduated with are using their degree in a paying job (one person got a (volunteer) non-profit job in the field).  the student and job markets are so flooded with people right now even doctoral school just to take out more loans and waste time for a job to show up isn't happening for my fellow grads...

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1,104 Reply by kitsch

(304 replies, posted in Trading Post)

^ i like your website redesign wink

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