This guy needs a vacation, or something!

“Wife Hates WoW”… but you are playing anyway. With all the other guys whose wives also hates World of Warcraft. Is this where “Warcraft Widows” come from?

Last October, I drew up this diagram to help my friend Erk set up his then-new Yamaha mixer with the rest of his podcasting gear.

The main reason I made the diagram was to help demonstrate how to create a mix-minus situation for monitoring/recording Skype calls. And back in October, Erk was able to get his rig set up and working properly. This month, he moved his podcasting studio, and after he had everything together at the new location, he found he was having some trouble getting the mix-minus working. He messaged me via Twitter, and we eventually connected on Skype so I could try and help him out. After a couple hours of troubleshooting, we were able to get things working again. It seemed that, for the most part, the hardware was all properly wired and configured. The problem came down to some software settings, and ultimately could’ve probably been resolved much faster if Erk’s laptop had been restarted after the software settings were altered (even though the machine never prompted for a restart). Regardless, I enjoyed talking to Erk (and his mom Judy) over Skype, and it’s always good to help out a friend. But when working with computers, it pays to remember troubleshooting rule #1: Restart, restart, restart.

Reminds me of:

The hump of California, Farris is dead – long live Farris, the show isn’t late, Jen’s driving directions, Aspie tendencies, thrift store shopping, restaurant review, As The Type Moves, wacky news, more.

Links:

• “Operation Desk Restore”
• Tales From The Counter
• “Pair found guilty of first degree murder in Joshua Houlgate death”
• “Mailbox cat provides bundle of joy for postman”
• “No bear hunt in SLO County this year”
• Music heard in this episode: Broken Records

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Everything in moderation, including World of Warcraft!