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Went to my previous abode to try to disassemble an Ikea desk. Failed. How humiliating.

Funny how the band names become more and more appropriate as we age. FU and Stay Out are my reactions to just about everything these days.

Sounds like you might need multiple tires! Glad you are safe! Have the mechanic look them over and make sure the pressures are right. I'm also having new tires put on this week. Treat your tires with care and they will take care of you.

One of my best friends manages a CA East Bay Punk band called Stay Out. They made their first East Coast visit this weekend. Lots of fun, but shit did I feel old! Another "old" local punk band, the FU's, also played (and their age was showing as they didn't want to headline, as that would be too late 🤣). Great fun, energetic and often melodic music, and weary bones and muscles. Stay Out did a REALLY good version of Green Day's "Welcome To Paradise" as an encore.... Stay Out is the second/longer video, FU's are the shorter one. FU's lead singer reminds me of Gibby Haynes from Butthole Surfers.... IMG_6003.MOV IMG_6006.MOV

Made a stir fry for Rini and myself on the Weber griddle. We both have lots of leftovers. The griddle works great, as it heats up very fast, and gets very hot! The meat was a sliced rib eye marinated in peanut sauce. It was yummy!

Actually yesterday. Had a flat tire on my way back home from cooking a stir fry with Al's Sister Rini, while the dogs played. I knew that the front tires were getting worn, but had no idea how bad they actually were. After jacking up the van and pulling the wheel off, the entire inside edge of the tire has steel belts poking through the rubber. Took the time to examine the other front tire, and I see shiny steel. So tomorrow morning I'm taking a few hours off work to get a new tire. I'm just hoping that I can make it to the tire store in San Rafael. Very nervous, as I now have no spare.

Nibbles, with some pool pals.

Looks like conventional armies are dead. Between Ukraine and Isreal's tactics, tanks have become deathtraps. Drones,shoulder fired weapons, and sneaky tricks seem to be the winning move. $$$ stuff like ships,aircraft and armor no longer mean success. If you can knock out a multimillion dollar aircraft or tank with a $50,000 shoulder weapon or a couple thousand dollar drone, all those big ticket defense contracts become worthless. The USMC has already made a big Change by phasing out tanks. Hard to say if the US army will follow suite. The same type of attack used to take out Iranian leaders and air defenses can be used against any country including ours. I'm pretty sure it's keeping people In high places awake at night.

24 Hours of Spa - race highlights:

Decode Gen Z Slang:

Hell ya, didn't know S4 was out. Thanks. (Hopefully not final)

Just finished the fourth (and final?) season of The Bear

Ribs, pulled pork, and sausage also on the menu.

What are they going to eat?

Having friends over tomorrow, needed dessert.

Holá Novato! Carnival, a Santana Tribute Band Have the crowd on their feet @ Novato's Hot Amphitheater Nights. Temperature and location wise, they are not wrong.

RIP Walter Scott - Singer from The Whispers. 81yo

Kid Charlemagne:

Glastonbury 2025 Plenty to choose from, well it is Glasto from who are they to I recognize them But don't take my word for it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival_2025 https://www.theguardian.com/music/live/2025/jun/27/friday-glastonbury-festival-cmat-wet-leg-secret-sets-live-latest-updates-news https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6gdnz041do Clips on the BBC Music YouTube Channel Lets see what you could have watched on BBC iPlayer if you were in the UK - entire sets https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007r6vx/glastonbury or had something. Very Probably Not.

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I took a look at the datasheets, and their Vgs vs. Id transfer curves actually seem fairly similar in the linear region, so I think they should be directly swappable. But it's probably best to measure the Vgs your circuit runs the C2M at, and then check if that voltage still lands in the linear/controllable region for the C3M. That's my understanding for using them in something like the GRHV, though I haven't factored in the overall feedback loop behavior here. So not sure if I'm missing anything on that front. I have ordered a pair of C3M and have a Carbon on hand, A straight swapped can be easy. Will report it later.

Hear hear!

A guy I've known on Discogs since like 2002 picked up some dream speakers. Kid for scale.

RIP P. Adams Sitney, film scholar of the Avant-Garde “There’s in the art world in America now a deep hatred of the idea of originality and inspiration, a deep hatred of revelation,” he said in 2015. “There’s some ridiculous notion that art can be democratic. Art is the least democratic of all things!” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/movies/p-adams-sitney-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SE8.tPES.7HF2tsiog1ch&smid=url-share