[sdiy] Recovery

[Christopher Randall]

> What has this got to do with Synth-DIY? Well it -was- DIY, and it -is- 
> the
> method I use to access the Synth-DIY list.

FWIW, my wife and I just moved to rural Oregon from downtown Chicago, 
and were somewhat stumped as to what to do about broadband. I ended up 
getting a 2-way satellite connection from DirecWay/Hughes. No DIY at 
all; literally plug-n-play. The installer guy dropped the modem on my 
desk, I ran a cable from the router to same, and presto. It's an odd 
connection that takes some getting used to, (downstream is fast as a 
greased wombat, while upstream is modem-esque) but the cool factor is 
quite high, what with a two-way satellite dish sprouting out of my new 
digs.

For the record, it doesn't look anything like a Dish Network/Direct TV 
dish. It has a much larger and more old-school antenna portion, and is 
affixed with three steel struts rather than the single one that the 
television folks use. I assume this is because it needs a more stable 
platform to transmit with any accuracy.

Nothing important in this letter at all; just thought it was cool. I'm 
now about to use my spiffy connection to order components for three of 
Ken Stone's modules, just to keep it on topic. (Psycho + Utility LFOs, 
and Digital Noise, if you're curious. I'm going to have FPE do 
Frac-Rack panels for them. Photos will be on my site as construction 
proceeds.)

Chris Randall
http://www.analogindustries.com
http://www.audiodamage.com