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I use a usb power box with my powerstar, inspired by a gotham article here: http://www.imakenews.com/gothamsound/e_article001489234.cfm?x=bfRWT6D,b3kH19q9,w ao

Tom Selleck fought hard to have his series shot in NYC. I hope it does not bite him in the ass. ao

I have had mine for three months now, and it has saved me countless times from daily electrics who unplug, before seeing what it is they are unplugging. ao

When the revised version of SetCans is available, it would still be prudent to stock replacement head bands. We have all seen first hand how the break resistant/unbreakable headphone gets broken by yet a new and fiendish way. ao

grabbing ND on set is the quick and cost effective way to deal with excess light from the litepad. rosco does make a dimmer for the units, put it is pricey: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/564156-REG/Rosco_290640000012.html ao

The plastic that SetCans are made from should be more pliable. I had a pair last 2 days. I have three pairs of Sennheiser HD35 phones (discontinued) that are 15 years old, but the plastic is softer and wider at the stems that hold the drivers. SetCans are brilliant as a concept. ao

seeing so many 9pin firewire cables, angled and locking, made me wonder if we have any recorders that use 9pin( connectors? I certainly find it annoying to have a smattering of both flavours, in order to cover any eventuality. ao

What NOT to do: Talent is wired one day, and no audio is reaching the mixing board from one of the radios. It is a coban wrapped rig, and has to be replaced and re-wrapped. Then it comes out that said unit had been dropped the day before by the utility. I had gone to my supplier before call to get a comtek repaired (while I waited), and could have dropped off the radio at the same time and grabbed a loaner. Now, we are down a radio from the top of the day, at a location that is awkward to get to. Something happens, SPEAK UP! The utility saw lights come on when he plugged the lav into the radio and assumed all was ok. It turned out that the audio output board had dislodged a bit with the fall. RF was intact was audio was affected. The unit could have been repaired when I was at the supplier, but I now had to make a separate trip to drop it off. This is what loses a utility points, big time. We have have all dropped things. You (the mixer) need to know and follow up. ao

Jan: have you discounted this platform? is it too small? http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/pid/3221 it is not too expensive and has a low lip around it with a recessed mounting slot. ao

passing this on in case it is useful: http://www.angledcables.com I have used cables from them to clean up computer cable routing. ao

I use a PDA for notes and a laptop for burning DVDs. I would like to move to a macmini once/if DC powering gets sorted out for it, in the same vein as the carnetix interface now. It would be easy to buy the old one but I like burning to SD card for the DIT, and the new mac mini has an SD card slot. I have got utility side tables on my cart for the laptop but I would like to avoid expanding sideways in tight locations. ao

not sure where you are hoping to attach your tray but filmtools has this arm for their tray: http://www.filmtools.com/mag-lap-top-offset-arm.html ao

I have been using a Power Star for 6 weeks now, and been very happy with it. This is the powersupply I use for my macbook pro: http://www.bluecowcables.com/product.php?id_product=56 ao

this is the baby cart I use: http://www.toolstop.co.uk/stanley-1-95-622-metal-rolling-workshop-p12284 my magliner has not seen the light of day for some time... ao