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So I saw the thread Zanth started over at HF and thought hell, why not do our own CD/LP exchange here? I thought for a few seconds about signing up at the HF thread but I would personally much rather exchange with HC-ers over HF-ers. Luminette ran this last year so I thought I'd continue the trend this year. Anyone unfamiliar with how this works can refer to Zanth's thread at HF: Sign Up! For the 2009 Annual Head-fi Holiday Gift Exchange! - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio This participant list can be found here. The pairings are as follows: 4 50 Asr <> Torpedo 21 6 Fitz <> blessingx 11 3 Dash <> Aimless1…

A happy New year to you all when it comes

Wishing you fine music and fine whisky as you play out your twenties.

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Happy Birthday Chris! Hope you enjoy your first as a homeowner in style, like fixing plumbing or something. Have a great one whatever you do. Cheers!

Happy birthday Steve! Hope you're having fun! Cheers!

Hope you have a good one!

Happy Birthday Ric! Hope you get double the presents and double the rum on your special day of days. Cheers!

Jeez, how many potential messiahs do we have around here? Happy Birthday Guillaume!

I hope you have a wonderful, great and happy birthday Ken

Happy Birthday Phil...ermmm Jay.

In case you're looking for some additional audio fun this Christmas... Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Stories (including 'Santaland Diaries' by David Sedaris) Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Stories : NPR Selected Shorts: Holiday Special (including Ron Carlson's great 'The H Street Sledding Record') PRI: Selected Shorts Podcast This American Life: A Very Special Sedaris Christmas (more Sedaris) This American Life http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/12/14/oh-christmas-bush/

My sister is overseas in Bulgaria supporting our government and our troops, and in between supporting them, she's doing volunteer work for a dog rescue organization, so I guarantee you this is legit. If you are even remotely considering getting a dog, please do seriously consider her plea and very generous offer. And yes, this is the same sister that is sending me the Bulgarian cat. Contact me for contact information, and I'll either put you in touch with my sister or one of the people who run the center directly.

Right here, in Grand Cayman, and less than 2 miles from my house... Ok, so I know it seems silly, but I've been living here for 13+ years and until now, there hasn't been a 24-hour anything. It took years before we finally had wholesale grocery stores, and the ones we have now are not exactly discount houses. Nearly everything in the retail world closes at 5pm, restaurants close by 9 or 10, and nothing (I mean nothing at all) is open on Sunday except about 150 churches and a couple of gas stations. As an old fart bachelor who doesn't cook (at all) and the kind of dude who stays up all night at least once per week for no particular reason, all I can say is that i…

Some friends from Paris are staying in Miami over Christmas and I would like to give them a few restaurant and entertainment suggestions. They are a family of 4 with teenage kids who are 16 and 18 or so. They are also going to Key West, so let me know if you have good ideas for that locale as well. Thanks in advance.

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Well it seems our Christmas eve dinner is growing by the minute. I need to buy cigars for three Christmas eve guests and a Christmas gift for a dinner guest. All smokers are experienced smokers not the brand conscious once a quarter types like me. My budget is $80, with about $50 allocated for the gift the rest for Christmas eve. Any and all suggestions appreciated.

Happy b-day bbq, even though everyone here calls you John E Woven. May a bear eat your picnic basket on this fine day

Does the Diviyls' Chrissie Amphlett endorse the iTouch, and has she ever said "I have an iTouch myself"?

Gentlemen, I propose we elevate the "what are you ___ right now" theme to something befitting this forum's clientele.

A very merry unbirthday to you! To me To who? To me Oh, you

I seem to have lost my camera. It was quite old and not very good anyway. I'm in the market to get a new one. Wants: Ease of use. I'm not much of a photographer, but would like to be able to quickly, easily take a pic without much fuss and bother. Small size and fairly durable. Can drop in my purse without fear (my purse is actually very neat with no random debris lying about the bottom). Not expensive. Since I have no plans to use it often, I see no need to spend big bucks on this. I'm looking at $100-300. I've been looking around at cameras, and there are hundred that seem to fit my want list. I'm trying to narrow down the choices, so if anyone…

I've been thinking about installing some USB power outlets in my house. With devices that USB wall chargers I've had mixed results. Some of my phones will only charge with a wall-wart that came with it for some reason. I'm a little worried that I'll have the same problem with USB outlets. Do any of you early adapter geeks have any experience with these. For those that haven't heard of them here's an example: TruePower UCS Power Outlet With Built in USB Ports - TruePower UCS Power Outlet With Built in USB Ports

Does anyone use or have experience with memory foam pillows? Memory foam is like the coolest thing with bedding, or at least when I see them at the department stores, but I wonder how memory foam in pillow form works out...

UK man builds life-sized Dalek, furthers intergalactic evil -- Engadget in case you haven't seen it already.