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Happy birthday, former Skylark tenant!

https://archive.org/details/dan-tyminski-2026-01-15

Happy Birthday, homeowner!

Happy Birthday Graham! Glad the stress of moving is behind you.

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday Grahame!

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Jim Croce’s Operator

Happy birthday - (working on my prompts)

Happy usual Birthday, matey!!!!

Happy birthday, Grəm! Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way... (party favour noise)

Went from Via To They say that moving is a major life stressor. I can believe it. It's almost like I feel a year older! Time for bed!

Happy birthday!

Squeaking in under the wire with birthday greetings in your new home! Hope you had a great day of usuals and nibbles and such! Cheers! 🥤

Dan Tyminski Band (Man of Constant Sorrow) Bijou Theater Knoxville he puts on a good show

Yeah, I always felt that way too. This is a fun read. https://reactormag.com/all-cats-have-three-names-reclaiming-logans-run-the-novel/

I have been going down the anamorphic rabbit hole for ages now. The more I learn, the less I know. I have discovered some fascinating bits of trivia along the way. This guy's 🇫🇷 accent is something else, but the camera is spectacular in its insanity. Also, Cool Story Bro: the fence at the 4 minute mark in the video is a rather famous one in Paris. A guy I know on Flickr photographed it in 2006 with an 85L. Note the 1/8000 shutter speed. His 5D classic was crying.

Peter Doig built a sound system using parts from old cinemas and then Brian Eno did a DJ set on it.

1.25L DC - 🤘

^^ I remember watching that last month, and I don't think I shared it. My main disappointment is that it cannot be restored. The footage does not seem to exist. So it just made me sad. I remember the last time I watched the movie, I didn't know these issues, but things just felt off. I didn't catch the continuity issues directly.

Missing Footage of Logan’s Run

The official photographer for the president of Poland has a run-in with Larry the cat.

Well, fuck...now Bittersweet Symphony by Verve is an "oldie" song? Now I feel friggin' ancient! 🤣

I haven’t really followed up on this for a while, but today I did a quick LTspice simulation of the 2A3 stage. With a constant plate current of about 23.8 mA, a 3100 Ω cathode resistor looks like a reasonable bias point (compared to 3300 Ω previously). The operating point itself is stable, and plate dissipation comes out to roughly 7.7 W, well below the 15 W maximum for a 2A3. The resulting plate-to-cathode voltage (Va-k) is around 329 V, which is clearly above the classic 2A3 datasheet limit of 300 V. Based on older/NOS 2A3 specs, this would be outside the safe operating range. Some modern production tubes (for example, the EH 2A3) are rated for a higher Va-k (up to ~360 V), so they may tolerate this operating point without issue. Just wanted to share the simulation results. Please share any 2A3 running data points in reality.