Best Skyrim Mods for PC Steam Workshop and Nexus

Looking for some pretty good and less-common Skyrim mods for your PC gaming experience?

Look no further, here is my entire collection of 110% free Steam Workshop mods for Skyrim, enjoy!

>>All of my 19+ free mods here<<

          Now I haven't made any mods too lately, but I did recently learn how to mod and edit textures in depth, and you can count on any new releases being extra awesome.  Check out perennial favorites such as "Ridiculously Explosive Arrows" as well - it'll definitely add some spice to your game!

Calculus Rules of Derivatives

Rules of Derivatives

The major rules of derivatives in printable study guide format.  Perfect for quick review before your Calc exams, you're welcome!

How To Build Homemade PVC and CPVC Flutes

My three custom PVC flutes so far - from left to right: 1/2" CPVC, 3/4" CPVC, 3/4" PVC

          Since taking up the Celtic Tin Whistle, I found another outlet for this type of musical instrument; building your own custom flutes from PVC.  Now I love everything DIY, so I took the project and ran with it, and within two days I had made the three flutes above.

          Pics, reviews, instructions, and more after the break!

Seven String Guitar Demo + Homemade Amp

Short demo of my Douglas Hadron 727 guitar on a DIY amp made from '70s speakers with an LM386 amplifier chip, didn't turn out too bad!

> More on this project and others <

Clarke vs Waltons Tin Whistle in D Demo and Review

Quick demo of both the Clarke and Waltons tin whistles in the key of D

Setup: I ran the microphone straight through a mic interface and into Audacity; no post-processing or effects were added except for a very slight delay effect by leaving a fraction of the volume of the computer's recording audio blended with the mic output. [Edit: on certain songs (Yankee Doodle in particular) the exported video amplified the delay quite a bit more than showed up in the pre-processing stage, whoops!]

The Clarke Celtic Tin Whistle is possibly the most popular tin whistle on the market, and is available for as low as $10.  It's rather lightweight and doesn't feel like the strongest construction, but is finished very nicely and looks and sounds excellent.

Douglas Hadron 727 Floyd Rose Demo and Review

My quick little demo and noodling around on the Douglas Hadron 727 guitar from Rondo Music.

Review summary:

- Build Quality -
The construction of this guitar is outstanding for the price; it's a neck-through build and it's incredibly solid and quite well-made, I think it's very difficult if not impossible to beat for around $200.

A Space Oddity Tribute to David Bowie

My tribute to one of the greats we have recently lost as of 1/10/2016.

(Excuse my singing, I know it's not great, and it's even harder singing quietly in a college dorm room without disturbing the neighbors)

The 2016 Redux

New year, new blog, new look.

This blog is the brand-new result of combining three earlier blogs with a whole lotta new ideas, and wrapping it all in one convenient, awesome place, with over eight years combined blogging experience and 90,000+ combined views, bringing in new ideas from Facebook to Amazon and everywhere in between.

Let's rock n' roll, stay classy viewers.

There are five types of guitarists online

A little humor for you - everyone who's looked for guitar reviews online should understand :)


I've noticed there are about five different types of people on the average guitar shopping forum/question:


- The Ridiculously Brand Loyal Silver Spooner
"Only a 1957 Gibson is worth anything.  Those other guitars are sh**, and you're a sh** musician if you like them.  Suck it up and get a job, punk."


- The Tuner-Upper
"Find the cheapest guitar.  Dumpsters are fair game.  Take it into your workshop, strip the paintjob, replace the body, build a new neck from scratch, buy Ultra-Grade locking tuners, slap in some $400 Bareknuckle custom pickups, and you're good to go."


- The Confused 12-Year Old
"where do i get a gibsom if i only have $30 and is a first act good enuf 4 tour?"


- That Ultra-Specific Personal Experience Guy
"17 months ago I bought a great MiJ Ibanez XYZ4812 from gU1taR74 on eBay and there was a little bit of fret buzz on the G string but once I adjusted the bridge pickup the treble was perfect so that should work for you too."


- The Soul Match Purist
"You can't buy on brands or price.  You can't buy online, ever.  You must try every guitar in your hands and feel the vibrations touch your heartstrings because every guitar is special and no one else can tell you what feels right for you."

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Guitar Gear Reviews just broke 10,000 views - thanks viewers!

Made a new site logo / profile pic for the occasion and all that.