Lesson learned: don't skimp on protection

I recently decided to get hold of some half decent earplugs having been pointed in the direction of a good deal on some ER-20 earplugs on eBay.  I've tried cheap foam ones before and while they are useful for getting a snooze on a busy aeroplane, they tend to muffle music unnaturally and make having conversations difficult due to the way they attenuate sound.

I tried out my new ER-20s at a gig this weekend and I have to say I was impressed.  The sound was pretty clear, high frequencies from the drums were still a little muted but nowhere near as bad as with foam.  I was able to have conversations reasonably well.  I walked past (literally feet away) from a loud rock band and didn't even feel the need to blink, it was just like listening at reasonable volume at home.

The big test will come tomorrow when I'll give them a go at band practice.  I tried foam plugs once and it was a disaster - I felt so detached from the rest of the band I couldn't play properly, timing was all over the place.  I'll let you know how I get on :)

Welcome to the temporary home of my internet pollution

Greetings to the 2 people who used to visit wheeee.org and have just made the fateful mistake of thinking "I wonder whatever happened to wheeee.org?", typed the address in (I won't be arrogant enough to assume that one of you kept a shortcut) and ended up here.

It's been down for a few months now, and I'll maybe rant and explain later why this is now appearing, but it's a temporary measure until I get my ISP woes sorted out. Hey, at least there'll be something here.

Then again, if I get into this Blogger thing and can bend it to my will then I might not go back to self hosting...