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My son has two cats. He also plays bass guitar, and has a monster loudspeaker with a massive port on the bottom. You can guess the punchline. One of the cats went missing. After a search of the house and outdoors - no cat. Lots of weeping and wailing. Was the cat dead somewhere? It had actually made a nice warm nest in the loudspeaker wadding. Only discovered when my son fired up the amp and did some playing. Cat shot out of the port. Mystery solved.

Another 2.5 hour treatise of Evangelion. I like this along with the other breakdown that I recently watched, they focus on different aspects and ultimately bring more understanding than either of them alone. Solidifying that the Anime kicks ass.

Begone AI spam bot!

No, as I believe he is SoCal, not NorCal, and His MicroCenter is Tustin, apparently

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Did you see Jay and/or his Two Centz?

Visited the spiritual successor to Fry's in the Bay Area It did not disappoint

Italian food.

I'm closer to my favourite fish&chipster now, I should go back there. I miss a great fish&chips (oil so hot it flash fries the fish inside). The bulgogi is kind of bizarre for such a small place, but one of these days, I will try...nah. https://maps.app.goo.gl/ecRrPwnM6ToJyVxm9 Me, rn: sammich from Wegmans

Proper Fish & Chips, ordered from an Essex Girl @ https://www.scrumptiousfc.com/

Finished 11th out of 44 drivers at my last autocross. Goal was top 15 so I’m happy. Turns out putting better tires on the car makes a big difference. Who could have guessed? You can brake harder, carry more speed, and get back on power earlier. These aren’t even that fast of a tire too!

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Quick update: it’s 6 AM here in California and I just wrapped up some late-night tweaking. Someone PM’d me earlier asking how I solved the offset and balance issue, and I can finally say: done. Offset is now around 0.3V and balance is about 0.2V. If anyone else is running into similar issues, here’s what worked for me: 1.CCS Set Resistor: I kept the CCS set resistor at 1.5k, which gives around 22–23mA static current. You can try lowering to 1k if you want around 25mA, but I found 1.5k sufficient. The more plate current you have, the higher the offset you will get. 2.Cathode Resistor: Changed from 3300Ω to 7k–7.5k. A larger cathode resistor gives you a deeper grid voltage. I could only find suitable 7k wirewound resistors on Mouser – they’re a bit bulky but still fit. Note: Larger values will increase the offset, so some trial and error is expected. 3. Grid Pot: I replaced the 10k pot with a 50k, which gave me a much wider range to trim both offset and balance. Final bias: around 24–25mA static current, Vgk ≈ -75V. Hopefully, this helps anyone else dialing in the Megatron XL and happy tweaking!😊

Connie Francis died on July 16. RIP

Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame

The original is on the right... the left one is clearly a fake

sorry, I have one 100% original and 10 fakes, many do not know who the original is.

Soccer Mommy does Pavement

2sa1968 is in fact a PNP 900v. 2sc1968 is a 500mhz rf amplifier.

When I was looking for 2SA1968, I also got PNP. I couldn't make a claim to the seller, because according to the Toshiba datasheet, there is such a version too. Model 1968, one for the whole world, n-p-n and p-n-p

@skullguise https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/07/andrea-gibson-simple-poetry/683597/?gift=VVmQ8PJvtoygs0Ru1GQletrb4jh0We6UCkEki67Hjig&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Arctic Monkeys - AM vinyl Forgot that I had this record. Not a bad song on it. Qobuz - 3 songs in. Enjoying so far.

This is the 12th eruption and we have reached the point where people are protesting unfair police closures. It's well away from anything and already fizzling out so nobody is worried.

Not really any new news, but Sunshine was mentioned in the NYTimes today https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/maine-arrest-paddleboarder-homicide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.U18S.PmIKYhI8LmAu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (Gift article)