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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!!

Happy another trip around the sun!

In the consumerism thread, I mentioned tracking down a copy of The Pillar by Stephen Gill, an originally self-published photobook that made waves a few years ago. A London photographer moves to Sweden and slows down. Thought some of you may enjoy a few shots also. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/karl-ove-knausgaard-on-stephen-gills-bird-images-in-the-pillar https://www.1854.photography/2019/07/the-pillar-by-stephen-gill/ https://www.photohastings.org/book-review-the-pillar-by-stephen-gill/

Great video for all you Stax fans. Very rare insight which actually shows proper parts of the factory

Need time to setup the GoFundMe

So when are you getting one, Ric?

The M EV1 is official https://leica-camera.com/en-int/photography/cameras/m/m-ev1-black

RIP David Ball, one half of Soft Cell and The Grid. Everyone knows "Tainted Love" (for good reason) but in my world The Grid was the absolute sweet spot for UK rave culture with pop sensibility.

Laksa

Anything over 60 is fine, people stress way too much over cadence when it's really not that important until you're years into your cycling hobby. As a mountain biker, my cadence will go anywhere from 40-ish to well over 100 on any given ride, it's not a big deal. Yes there's an ideal cadence for max efficiency at higher power outputs which is around 85-90rpm, that's what you'd ride at if you're training hard or trying to win a race but for recreational riding and especially as a novice, it just doesn't matter yet. Ride whatever cadence feels best until you get serious enough about cycling that you're shaving your arms & legs for drag reduction & extra speed. 70rpm is perfectly fine and it's not going to wreck your joints or cause any bio-mechanical issues.

Rick doing his best to herd cats, and it is just one cat. Chris had all the cold brew that day. But he is amazing and engaging.

Looks like I had better get the hot air gun and soldering iron out . . .

"Hello... is it me you're looking for?" https://tinypineapple.com/music/hot-shot-city-is-particularly-good

So question for the collective wisdom of this group: what cadence do you spin at? My natural cadence is probably low 70s, but it seems like consensus is 85-ish would be better. I can spin that fast but I need to force it for a while to build the muscle memory. Also, what a difference a professional bike fit makes as a novice. My saddle was too low and my cleats were mounted out of position. It seems like fixing those two issues alone has given me a free 20W, not to mention the more comfortable position on the bike. I’m still not sure I’m on the right saddle, but I’ll give it a few hundred miles post-fit to make sure.

Is anyone still buying video physical media? If so, Criterion has a 24 hour 50% off sale for anything in stock. https://www.criterion.com

Never a fan of Durst, but I had nothing against Sam Rivers the bass player. Passed away on the 18th @ 48yo. RIP Sam.

I thought his name was Michael Knight

Nick Knight (1989) The unaired CBS pilot for the subsequent series Forever Knight (1992)

A lot of those filament regulators focus on reducing the differential mode noise. I think the DHT would be more sensitive to common mode noise, because the filament itself is the cathode in the signal path. Depending on the circuit topology, you may or may not be able to bypass the noise to ground. The common mode noise starts from the secondary windings on the power transformer, and gets more complicated with the switching regulators noise riding on top of it. It depends more on the implementation than the pretty numbers in the datasheet.

Looks like I got one

I had recently posted on FB about a visit to an Audio store where I heard a system approaching $500K list price. A hometown friend pinged me and - among other things - said he has a friend/classmate (Princeton I'd assume) who "runs Oswald Mills Audio." Maybe you can get a friend-of-friend-of-friend discount 🤣