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I stopped watching anything by LTT a few years ago and I regret nothing. I feel dumber from just looking at their click-baity thumbnails.

We cannot see the clearance between those legs, a bit scary to me. And the goop spills + low-ish distance between the bare metal tabs and the heatsink... People had magic smoke for less than that. Anyways, congrats for a newborn T2!

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Or a sarcastic techy perspective?

Wait... Not everything that LTT reports on is accurate... I'm shock, Shocked I say...

RIP Brian. Another prodigy gone. Figured I’d drop his favorite song here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortnin'_Bread#The_Beach_Boys_version

RIP Brian Wilson - 82

http://caked-up.urbanup.com/13461795

That statue is, as the kids say, caked up.

This past weekend I went up to my Maine condo. Met up with an Audio friend for lunch in Portland, then worked my way South back to the condo. I ended up talking non-highway routes (Rt 1), and made stops coincidentally at several places Karen and I visited last Fall when we did a similar trip. Was both sad and wonderful, good memories but emptier without her. For anyone travelling to Southern Maine, some fun foodie places: The Cheese Iron in Scarborough - https://www.thecheeseiron.com/ Holy Donut in Portland and Scarborough (and a smaller location right near my condo!) - https://www.theholydonut.com/ Len Libby Candy shop Scarborough and home of Lenny the Chocolate Moose - https://www.lenlibby.com/ Maine is a beautiful state, lots of great small towns near and off the water. When we would go up, we'd literally feel the stress wash off and our shoulders relax as we crossed the bridge from NH into Maine. Gratuitous pic of Lenny the Moose.....

We had a holiday a couple of months ago in Japan. Fed up with sticky rice and lotus root in all its forms, we cracked in Tokyo and found a curry restaurant. This is quite a big thing in Japan, with endless options. Base curry. About 20 additional things you can add. Five quantities of rice, and heat level. So I had seafood (tick), no additional options (tick), standard quantity of rice (tick). Which left a choice of heat level. This went from 1 to 20. 1 was base level. I chose 5, reckoning that would be a bit hot. Now I can take heat. But a 5 was right on the hairy border of heat. In the UK, where you are never more than a few miles from an Indian restaurant, anyone having a Vindaloo is worthy of respect. Well a 5 was way, way beyond Vindaloo heat, and at the level where you just shovel, and under no circumstances touch the water or beer until you have finished. Now bear in mind that the heat index went up to 20! We joked that anyone ordering a 20 would be issued with a health warning, and an ambulance ordered to take you to hospital! I have to say that a Japanese lady on an adjacent table ordered a heat level 6, and ate it like it was nothing to write home about. Respect.

Veggie Curry and Fixin's

Veggie Curry

Today rec is from the Texas offspring. Says it is his favorite country band covering his favorite alt-rock song.

if you want a sarcastic passive aggressive summary of the the changes the first 6 minutes of this may fit the bill

Godspeed, Sly.... A true innovator and one that did it with class IMHO. HS

Wait, there was a Devo assisted Disney Devo 2.0 (aka Dev2.0 or DEV2.O)? When Disney Met Devo https://www.runoutnumbers.com/blog/2015/9/13/oh-no-its-devo-20-when-devo-met-disney It's all about devolution after all.

Absolutely the best show I've seen this year.

Pulp you say? And arguably its greatest cover?

The band split up in 2002, got back together 24 years later and made this album. Low expectations on that and pop isn't exactly my favorite genre. I'd say they not only produced a good album but hit it out of the ballpark good. Or at least a triple. ex.

Honestly I would not mind a Malibu love nest.