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Well... if it's just because you're mad at the cable company - and not a matter of money - you may want to look and see if the phone company has a high speed plan available in your area.  Verizon now has FIOS service here in NY and it claims to be just as fast as (or faster than) cable.  DSL is also a choice (again, via the phone lines) and from what I hear it is slower than cable but not too bad.  Then there's also satellite service which uses a combination of downstreams via satellite (pretty fast) and upstreams via either DSL (pretty fast) or traditional dial up (you'll bake an entire loaf of bread before you get that 5M file uploaded). 

If you can do what Doug_Smith suggested and check to see if there is an open wifi connection via your laptop (or a friend's) and see how the speed is, that might be a good option... but again like he said, you are then subject to having zero connection if the owner of the wifi decides on a whim to lock it up or turn it off for any reason.  Plus, if it is a place like Starbucks, you're subject to slow speeds during their peak usage.

Good luck!

Very nice poem/lyrics there!  Right away I heard a tune in my head, but I'd love to hear what you come up with.  Slow and easy and country for sure! 

I am still amazed at how wonderful this came out!  Of course, I knew that choosing talented musicians to help make the song come to life would make a huge difference!  Thank you everyone for your kind comments.  Ian - I am quite honored by the compliment   Thank you very much! 

BTW ... JJ was on the finger picking rhythm, I did vocals and rhythm strumming, and Russell did everything else!  Russell and I both did a portion of the mixing as well.

Hmm... I assumed he was just updating the site again last night.  It was down for a little bit here too.  Al, was the site up and running on the computer when you tried logging in from the PS3?

Hi junas and welcome to Chordie and the forums if no one has welcomed you yet!  One of the trickiest things (after learning chords) is to learn different strum patterns and apply them.  The more you play, the more you'll start to hear the different patterns.  There are so many different pattern possibilities, and while that's the beauty of the guitar, it helps to have something to start with.  Remember that MOST (not all) songs are in some type of 4 beats per measure so try what you can to fit a pattern into 4 beats (tap your foot and strum).  There's a few ideas here:  http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=11132 - when I started I did a basic down-up-down to four beats... some do down-up-down-up as it fits easily with one strum per foot tap.  If you have a song in particular that you want help with, you can ask here on chordie or even go to youtube and search for the song along with the word "tutorial" and they will usually include a strumming pattern along with chord progression.  Above all... practice!  Good Luck!

I was reading a book.  My husband had been working in NYC the week before that, but he was in Albany the day of the attacks (we weren't married yet). His mother called me freaking out wanting to know where he was. After I told her, and asked what was wrong she told me to tun on the news and promptly hung up. I watched the second plane and DC and PA all live on TV... it was just horrifying.

Patriots' Day... a moment of silence in the morning 9/11

My three year old gets in the way of what I'd like to be doing from home (having a client in my chair getting chemical services on her hair while the 3 yr old is dumping an entire bag of dog food on the kitchen floor is not cool).  I miss being out and about, though for the most part I've been the sahm or wahm.  I feel your pain... and gladly await the day when I can either afford a babysitter or she is in school.  I guess the bonus to my situation is that I do have real live people that come to see me.  I hated making cold calls from the house while selling, partially cuz I hated it, partially because friends and family would just come knock on the door and not respect my working hours.  I usually either hid my car, or drove to the town I'd be making appointments in and made calls from my cell so that I was away from the house.  I like Butch's idea best!

Hey Jim, glad to hear that you had a blast!  Being inside any recording studio would be a fun trip for me, inside one that many of the greats have recorded in would just be icing on the cake!  Awe inspiring I am sure.  Please do post some pictures for us!  Here's a thread on how to do that if you need some help :http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14150

Mike, while I'm thrilled to pieces that crime scene's haven't corrupted my mind on big cities... I have been to NYC.  The first few times I was there I was quite grossed out.  Hookers, graffiti, homeless on the dirty streets, cart vendors that looked like they hadn't washed their hands in the past year.  But, the last time I visited I actually stayed at my friend's father's house on the Island and we road the train into the city.  I saw an even dirtier (crabbier) side of it all on the train (my friend kept warning me not to make eye contact with people, we don't talk to strangers here! What?  Here we are on a train with people, TONS of people, they're bumping into me sharing my personal space and I am not supposed to make small talk? LOL... geez, if I can't make small talk I might end up feeling like I have to punch that guy if he bumps into my hip again with his bike!) ... with all that said, I learned WHY people in NYC are so crabby, and I sat back as I wasn't allowed to talk to people.  I made a point to just take in and try to enjoy the sights.  Graffiti suddenly had beauty, stations echoing had tone, and on our way back out, while driving over the bridge I actually envisioned the smog as a protective dome over the entire thing.  NYC is unlike any other city I've been in.  It sure is NOT Buffalo or Syracuse!  I realize I probably was just far too high from all the fumes, but if you try you can see the good in just about anything you put your mind to!    I'll bet if you were visiting Nashville with the PLAN of VISITING (and not checking out a crime scene), you'd find a way to enjoy it!

wow, you want ALL the variations for EVERY chord?  That sounds like a lot of printing.  There are lots of chord books out there that you can purchase that will show many variations of many chords.  I suppose if you wanted to try printing each one from chordie you'd have to open up each page (click the chord shape, variations page will open) and print.

Thank you everyone for reading through this and keeping in mind the ways that you can help!    Without all the great members here at Chordie, hardly any of the mods would want to be doing what we do.  It's all of you that make this forum so great!

Sounds like fun!  Have a great time Big Jim and Mrs. Big Jim!