I’m just a stinkin’boring blogger. So, I have no idea if this anything useful. But to me it looks like the perfect mic for all the podcasters out there (are people actually still listening to podcasts?).

Evoking the microphones used by broadcasters in radio’s golden age, this is the spherical USB condenser microphone that transforms your home office into a recording studio. It captures clean digital sound comparable to microphones used in professional studios, making it ideal for podcasts, voice or musical instrument recording, video conferencing, or voice-over-IP telephony.

It has two selectable polar patterns: cardioid, allowing it to pick up sounds directly in front at full volume (and sounds behind it at diminished volume) or omnidirectional, allowing it to pick up sounds at equal volume at 360º. A pivot mount on the bottom of the microphone allows you to position it 45º forward or backward and a removable shock ring mount isolates the microphone from structural noise that can muddy sound. The aluminum tripod stand extends to 6 3/4" at full height. For Windows XP/Vista or Mac.

Link: Perfect Microphone for Podcaster

- Awesome Videos

Photo Credit: RockMixer

Did you notice the lack of posts. My mom arrived on Monday with her BF ( he deserves his very own blog, not going into detail here!!!) and I have to prepare my photo shooting in Atlanta. My day-rate for this job seems very high at first sight but after now adding up all the expenses it’s kind of scary how much is left. Let’s say I will still make a profit.

I can already count down the hours and I should be packing right now. They trip over there will be somewhat hellish. Eeeek thinking about it gets me super excited. I only drove though Atlanta one time so I’m really looking forward to explore the city.

After the job in Atlanta I will be flying to Pittsburgh where I will meet Mike ( who comes flying in from Spain) and his parents. We will be spending a night there and explore the city the next morning a little before we drive to Ohio University to check out the Campus (Mike used to study there) apparently a really neat university and party town . After that off to Springfield Ohio to hand with Mike’s Bro, sister in law and cute little niece. Then a visit to Marker’s Mark, Keeneland for some betting on horses and the highlight of the whole trip … visiting the Creation Museum. In between some relaxing at a small lake house in KY and my then back to Spain.

Pant, pant!

I’m trying to give my best to do some blogging about my trip but I can’t promise. So guest bloggers – you are wanted ( you will earn yourself a link back to your own site in each guest blog on RGS).

Also, tons of readers ask how they can help me and what are ways to support Random Good Stuff ( this is a total lie) my answer is donations:

Why donate? Well, nobody forces you and nothing changes if you don’t but if you are reading RGS and you kind of like it and feel like giving me a little boost to my my US trip and make it a little bit more fun and got couple of bucks to spare (even just one) … why not! And you even will get something out of it as well.

But first here are couple of things you could help with:

• Wifi (while waiting at airports, during flights or while hanging at the hotel)
• Beer (buy me a drink, you know I’m German)
• Take me out for dinner
• Upgrade me to to Business or First Class (Yeah right!)
• Send me shopping (I’ll promise, I will only go to Old Navy)
• Admission to the Creation Museum
• Or just make my wallet look really big ( bunch of 1 Dollar bills)

When you hit the donation button you will get redirected to Paypal and there I will ask you if you want me to mention your site or business (nothing spamy – sorry!) and I will mention your help and site as much as I can while I’m blogging from the US. This could send you a nice amount of traffic and maybe new clients and new readers. And tell me how I should use the money.

So it’s not just for nottin’!

Also, if you got some Atlanta, Pittsburgh, OH or KY tips feel free to let me know. And if you are from these places and want to meet up, just let me know.

Other than that … follow me on Twitter. I’ll be tweeting tons while traveling. With fun updates and pics.

Thank you your time and reading my silly little blog.

Most of the readers know I live in Valencia, Spain and no you don’t have to be afraid me talking about Fallas again. But I wanted to introduce you to two people living the live of a Truman. Couple of days ago a reader of my Valencia Tweets told me about this girl vlogging from Valencia. Turns out she just moved to Valencia and is filming herself every single day. And same does her boyfriend who is in the US to publish a daily video show.

So may I introduce Alli:

and Charles Trippy:

They have started filming 137 days ago. Each daily video generates over 100,000 views and their Daily Video Youtube Channel has over 80,000 subscribers ( even though Charles mentioned an other number but maybe I’m not looking right) and is growing daily.

The promise is to record and publish a video every single day as long someone is watching. And I think this could become really huge! Not just this show but this kind of entertainment. I think from a show like this you could even make a living. Film yourself, get sponsors and film some more and have a great life.

These guys already have sponsors and viewers send in tons of gifts. Not sure if they can make a living off it yet but they are on the right track and wish them all the best.

With that show the might gain freedom to do anything they want and Live any place they desire. AWESOME.

It’s like what we are trying to do with our websites ( Criticker, Lastminute Auction, Ireland Blog, Valencia Blog and my photography) to be able to move anywhere we want as long as we are connected to FAST internet. And we do have plans to take more advantage of it but for now we are saving up some $$$ and enjoying Valencia some more.

Back to to the Show. You can follow Alli and Charles on twitter as well ( <— links) visit their website or their Youtube channel.

Keep up the good work!!!

Here some random videos of their lives:

I can’t believe it but today Random Good Stuff went over 5000 subscribers (see right hand sidebar) which to me is HUGE! It’s almost like X-Mas, Birthday and finally moving out of our current apartment ( check out this cool deconstruction video) in one day.

With this post I want to thank all readers, bloggers and supporters. You are all the best and without you RGS would still have just myself as a reader!

Haven’t subscribed yet? It’s easy. Just click on the image above or follow RGS on Twitter.

Wanna do more? Well, it helps to keep reading, recommending RGS to your friends and sending in tips of cool things you find.

Again.. Danke Schön!

What a sucky day!

First I got woken up in the middle of the night because a gigantic crane went by our house since they were finally getting ready to deconstruct the burned down theater behind our house. Sweet with a 4 month delay. So they started today with this:

Nice. This pictures is take from our roof and that theaters was a whole block. We already live in hell but now we have this constant dust coming into our place and don’t get me started on the noise. I mean sweet. How am I supposed to work?

On top of that my Toshiba laptop totally crashed this morning and refuses to start up again. No more warranty and it’s not even 2 years old and I already had to send it in not too long ago for some kind of motherboard problem. MAN!  On my shit list now: Toshiba and Acer!

Great … so the computer dude told me not to expect the laptop back within the next 2 weeks so I finally went to buy a “backup” desktop for only €299!!! Effen cheap. It’s super fast, quite and looks pretty sweet too:

The Acer Aspire X1700 aka U3700A in the USA. WTF … didn’t I just say Acer no more. Well, they had a great deal and me not much money. So .. what the hell. I shopped it.

Specs:

• Box Contents – Acer AX1700-U3700A Desktop PC, Acer USB Keyboard, USB Optical Mouse, USB Amplified Stereo Speakers; Software Bundle – Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition with Service Pack 1, Microsoft Works 9.0SE, Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 60-Day Trial, McAfee Internet Security Suite 2008 60-Day Subscription, 1-Year Limited Warranty
• Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2220 2.4 GHz Processor
• 1 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz Front Side Bus
• 4096 MB DDR2 RAM
• 640 GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive

Processor, Memory, and Motherboard

• Hardware Platform: PC
• Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core Duo
• Number of Processors: 2
• RAM: 4000 MB
• RAM Type: DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drive

• Size: 640 GB
• Type: Serial ATA

Cases and Expandability

• Weight: 19 pounds

So far so good and the price … OMG not beatable. I will keep you posted how it goes with this little dude.

More info: Acer Aspire X1700

So I spent all day to set up the new machine … FRUSTRATING. Oh well, it’s almost all done but I still feel pretty down. Hate days like this. When was the last time you had a day like that?

I’m so in need for a vacation. Didn’t go anywhere for the last 2 years. Our Hong Kong trip was the last time off. But with all the moves in the last years and the probably next move coming up I just don’t see any vacation in the near future. I would be already happy with couple of days here … dream vacation!

Anyone feels sorry for me and wants to sponsor a little vacation for us? Promise we would blog about it. The truth is we do live in a city where other people do their vacation but I would love to see something new for once.

Ok … you don’t have to shell out $$$ to make me happy. But you could make me happy by subscribing to the Random Good Stuff RSS Feed (I’m sooo close to the magic 5,000 subscriber number). Or following me on twitter would do it too. Best though is to recommend RGS to people. That would make my day.

Now … back to work … less bitching and thank you for listening.

Needs it. Gives me more blogging time!

This is the world’s most efficient electric toothbrush that thoroughly cleans all of your teeth in 40 seconds, reducing necessary brushing time by 66%. Unlike typical toothbrushes that only clean one surface at a time, this advanced model has four heads that clean six surfaces–the front, back, and chewing surface of top and bottom teeth–simultaneously.

The electric toothbrush automatically executes the Bass technique, a brushing method recommended by the American Dental Association: the bristles are aligned at a 4° angle and move towards and away from the gums 810 times per minute to remove bacterial plaque from teeth and at or below the gumline.

More info: 40 Second Toothbrush

- Gran Canaries Timelapse

Can’t find the perfect blog theme? Don’t look further, just create your unique theme yourself with the help of Artisteer. RGS is giving away one standard license worth $ 129.95 to one lucky winner.

But first some information about Artisteer2:

1. Generate cool Web design ideas.
2. Adjust generated designs to create great looking Web and Blog templates.
3. Create perfectly correct, validated HTML and CSS that conform to Web standards.
4. You don’t need to learn Photoshop, CSS, HTML and other Web technologies to create great looking designs, including images and buttons.
5. If you are a Web designer, generate ideas, prototypes and quick Websites for your clients and friends.
6. Choose and use many included design elements, from backgrounds to photo objects and buttons.
7. Automatically solve problems with image aliasing, Web browser compatibility and other details requiring time and knowledge.
8. Learn how to create professional HTML and CSS code.
9. Save money on Wordpress Themes and Web design templates.
10. If you don’t have the time, hire your kids to create great looking Website for you.

Sweet, he?

This is what you have to do:

Step one: Visit Artisteer and look for information on export formats. Please count how many export options are currently available within the standard Edition.

Step two: Follow me on Twitter (in case you haven’t yet)

Step three: Twitter about his giveaway like this: @RandomGoodStuff is giving away DIY blog theme software worth $129.95! More info: http://cli.gs/MB0usv

Step four: Email me (jogi21******@gmail.com*****.com without the *) the number of export options and your twitter status with the message from step three.

I will announce the lucky winner on March 31th 2009.

And – do subscribe to the RGS RSS Feed to be one of the first time when the next raffle is available.

Sorry folks. I meant to announce the 3 lucky winners of the Neocubes yesterday but during Fallas the day doesn’t have enough hours. No more delaying – the 3 lucky NeoCube winners are:

1. Sronge
2. Doxadeo
3. Alicehive_de

If you didn’t win – there is no reason to be upset because you can just go ahead and buy your own NeoCube set and believe me, it’s worth every cent and or penny.

Link: Buy your Neocubes here

A big thank you to Neocubes making this giveaway possible.

I got already a new giveaway lined up – this time I got something for Wordpress Theme addicts. I will probably start that raffle either today or tomorrow. So make sure to either subscribe to my RSS Feed or my Tweets to find about it first.

This week was hectic, super exciting and fun and the next 6 days will even be more of it. Max. hours of sleep … probably 4 if! You probably are kind of getting sick of me talking about Fallas. But it has such huge impact of people living here in Valencia and it is the 2. biggest street Festival on earth.

Still don’t get it why St. Patrick’s Day is getting so much press. Buy my mission is to change that.

Here are couple of last weeks program highlights. Click on the images to get more pics, information and videos. Viva Las Fallas:

More info: Grand Mascletà Napolitana

More info: Calle Sueca Fallas

More info: Yeah, we had an other fire in our neighborhood

More info: Mascletà March 9th – Fallas 2009

More info: Los balcones de la mascletà

More info: Mascletà March 10th – Fallas 2009

More info: Falleras in the hood

More info: Fallas 2009 – Mascletà March 12th

And the most intense days are still coming. HELL! FUN! FALLAS!

Still looking for some fun stuff? Here some link tips from sites hearting RGS:

And here the most liked links of the Random Good Friends of all time:

Get your site on this link list. It’s EASY.

- Advertise on RGS

Not really sure how to put it but this week was INSANE! It was almost too much – still can’t believe that right behind our house a theater as big as a city block collapsed right behind our house. And I think it took at least 3 days after the fire to release how lucky we were that our house didn’t catch fire.

Fallas is a full swing (12 more days to go) and today is one of the busier days and yes I will be attending all 5 Fallas highlights (just in case you were wondering ). We went to all daily Mascletàs (Don’t know what it is? Click on the link to watch a Mascletà Video in HD) and they also have them rarely at night called Color Mascletà. I took above picture at one of night ones.

Fallas is insane I mean Paella street cooking:

…. bizarre kids parades (the one girl is kind of sick of FALLAS already !):

and so much more … Don’t worry I will be bugging you with more Fallas stuff. Don’t worry.

Not much time for blogging but I managed to get 2 very neat things to giveaway to you, my readers.

1. Super Awesome Solar Backpack ( $250)
2. Neocubes which are high addictive

You can still take part in both!!!

Enjoy the weekend and of course following links:

And here the most liked links of the Random Good Friends of all time:

Get your site on this link list. It’s EASY.

- Advertise on RGS

Hope you don’t mind reading this paid review:

Ok Bloggers and readers, watch out. There is a new face on the Blogosphere, watch out for Extreme John! I’m just happy that my main reader target goes in a slightly different direction. I’m just not the Pink Barbie Hummer big breasted Cheerleader kind of guy . I have to admit that I had hesitation even visiting Extreme John’s blog because I had no idea what to expect. But John gained an instant plus point for the first post I saw:

A post of a English Bulldog. He calls it ugly – I think it’s cute but it seems like we got both enjoyment out of this picture.

I went through couple of his posts and I was surprised to find original content written about interesting and serious topics as well. I like for example his post on the Car Industry Bail Out:

They are BUSINESS’S! Being in business means a lot of things and it also means as a business your going to be required to do a few things if you want to, well stay in business. Let’s face the first reality in regards to this bailout for GM and Chrysler, it won’t make a bit of difference. Give Chrysler another $5 billion, go ahead and give GM $16 billion and you can go ahead and do it another 10 times, it wont make a difference. As a whole the products suck, GM and Chrysler have failed to change with the times and with the trends leaving room for Toyota, Acura and Honda to beat them down in sales year after year. Continue Reading….

To sum up why you should read Extreme John’s Blog – Got humor, like big cars and tanning then the site is for you.

Link: Extreme John