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Thursday Lance fenced the former Russian Federation women's foil team member, and European Champion. Yesterday Lance fenced the University of California, Santa Barbara open foil tournament. The tournament consisted mostly of college students and adult fencers yet Lance took first place/gold medal. It was a good day.

Thought about you today when I saw this in the paper: [emoji6]

Bone in rib eyes I was rushed and hungry and forgot to take pics while cutting them, but here is a half in progress

Pork tenderloin sous vide at 137F and then seared on the Weber and a salad of grilled radicchio and Belgian endive with a lemon juice, Dijon and olive oil vinaigrette. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That is a watch made for Marie Antoinette. Took 45 years to build from 1782 to 1827 at which point Antoinette had been 34 years dead from the Guillotine. The work was partly done by the original Breguet, and finished by his son after his death. There are currently two of them. The original was stolen, and Breuget (still in business!) made a duplicate, which even with the original drawings took them three years to build. Then the original was recovered - and is currently insured for $30m. One of the most famous watches in existence, and a thing of real beauty - particularly when you consider it was completed nearly two centuries ago.

Sir Lance wins a lot!

Added a second table (VPI scout 1.1) and a mono cartridge (ortofon quintet mono) I'm running it through my back up phonostage until I can pick up another BAT phono used. WOW, listening to a japenese blue note of Lee Morgan "Candy". Soundstage depth is incredible. There is a sharpness/cleaness to the record I have never heard. This is one of the better investments involving listening to records I've made. Now to clear a separate shelf for monos only.

Flautas

The Joshua Tree came out at exactly the right time -- I was 17 and stuck at an all-male boarding school in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to do but play rugby and take cold showers -- so that's the one that's really stuck with me. (Have also got a weird soft spot for Zooropa as it was one of the only cassettes in the fucked-up VW van that I drove around Europe with a couple of university mates in the summer of 1993. Got us from San Fermin all the way to the Oktoberfest, although Daddy did not (in fact) pay for our crashed car when we hit a goat, then a tree, in the Algarve.) Oops! Listening to Dinosaur Jr. -- Without A Sound

the only u2 album i ever listen to, pretty much.

I have been looking for the "These are my shoes" world tour to come through Chicago....Still looking. I did snag Wilco tickets at Pritzker in August. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

RIP Phil Kives, founder of K-Tel RIP Michelle McNamara, wife of Patton Oswalt, mother of Alice Oswalt Patton's tweet today:

Awesome job Lance!

I just spent the past 2 hours swapping pedals, helping Xavier install his own cleats in his new shoes (the 2014 version of this,) got the trainer all adjusted for a 650c bike, adjusted the pedals a click at a time to get him to be able to get in and out consistently. He has been wanting to get on the trainer for months, but we didn't since we were riding a good bit. Since he is trying out clipless, though, and we have a big ride on Wednesday, getting him on the trainer made a ton of sense. He's been going a good half hour for his "workout" and clipping in/out practice. He'll be tearing up the race circuit (which I need to look into) soon. I <3 this kid. **BRENT**

Dang Shelly. Prosciutto, fried egg, manchego, arugula, and mama lil's pepper aioli biscuit sandwich.

^ Did I miss the memo where we'll be speaking Klingon?

Its a utxo assigned to the160 bit hash of the public section of the ECDSA public/private keypair. I'm about to sell 30 of them in an hour. Which means its about to go up.

All parts received in good order Down Under. The attenuator boards and smd resistors are tiny This will keep me busy for a few years or until KG comes up with another surprise which I cannot refuse to build. Thanks you Sorenb

Anyone up for some racing tonight? I am off work tomorrow so I can actually stay up for a bit extra. 10pm EST?

Lance is the perfect fencer's name.

jumpers could be superior to trying to route the pcb on 2 layers. i'm sure there are many boards that we made that were worse because we felt we were doing something wrong if we used a jumper. before people started moving to SMD parts there was even the anti vias group

Congrats, Lance.

That is awesome Greg.

That's fantastic Greg! Congrats to Lance!

Looks like you're already getting better at rimming, but be aware of color. Rimming is always an optional activity.

X3!

Trying to figure out the live Music venues in Chicago. I got tickets to The Jayhawks in Lincoln Hall and then some big shows Cure, Bob Dylan/Mavis Staples in some big venues.

Absolutely!

For Grahame: BLT brunch (with a pound of bacon)

I worked on Eleanor's 31st birthday present today. It's a beefy garden shed made almost entirely of reclaimed materials, and I think I'll get the roof finished tomorrow. She'll be 35 this year, so it's about time I wrapped it up.

My reward for being the Dark Lord Day chauffeur for Debbie, her nephew and bro-in-law. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I bought my first bottle of St. Germain yesterday. Not because of his passing but I was aware of it. RIP. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

About 30 mintues ago, I just high fived Paul McCartney. He looked at my George Harrison t-shirt as he walked by and said cool... I've been wanting to meet him since I've been about seven or eight years old. BTW, his hands are girly soft. https://www.facebook.com/mr.russomanno/posts/1325374807478189?notif_t=like&notif_id=1462055330460450

Kevin has reposted a new version of the volume controller at the same link as above. It now supports v1.0 (original group buy boards as well). You just need to comment line 104 and uncomment line 105. Again, these all need to be tested before connecting them to an amp to make sure they are properly controlling the relays. If you want to control balanced for version 1.0 boards (two boards), just change the false to true on line 105.

I usually get up before my wife in the mornings. Go into the bedroom today, she's up and looking a bit down..... "Morning....what's the matter?" "...my toilet's clogged, the wi-fi is down, and even cellular data doesn't work...." Maslow's updated hierarchy rings true....

Before the rebuild I was running twin turbos that made real power, but with challenges. I use twin Precision 6766 turbos with the dual ceramic ball bearing rotating system. I had to use smaller housings than ideal for fitment as they sit under the car (didn't have the heart to gut all the creature comforts like AC, power steering, ABS braking, etc... to place them in the engine compartment). Believe it or not my car is still very streetable thanks to the boost controller. Additionally, I needed 3" piping to make them work well. 3" piping running under the car and to the air to air heat exchanger is something to see...big as hell and made for fitment issues as well and bending things here and compromising things there. I had some fluid leaks as a result (e.g. pressure side of power steering hoses "massaged"). This also resulted in somewhat "leaky" turbo system due to some bending of the cold side plumbing (think pipes headed to the heat exchanger after the turbos have converted the exhaust to the pressurized air). On top of that there is the oiling system for the turbos. Changing engine oil was a serious PITA due to all the plumbing...2-3 hour ordeal. This will give some context of how much plumbing....before they were powdercoated black Anyhoo, these are the snails which I still run in the new setup... They make stupid power and the power delivery can be very deceptive, unlike my prior positive displacement supercharger which was like a light switch...on or off. No middle. 46mm wastegates [ and 50mm TiAL blowoff valves Air to air heat exchanger The new turbo system is a major leap forward for me. Same elements as above, but much of the plumbing is now integrated into my K-frame, including the oiling. HS

Here is a low pass filter board, utilizing above discrete opamp

Greg and Stretch, awesome looking stuff. We took what can be a tough cut of meat, an eye of round roast, sous vide for 26 hours at 131F, and seared for about 5 minutes on a stonking hot Weber Genesis. The result was amazingly tender and juicy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The other day I had lunch with Craig and Stretch. Pity them. But not because of the food, because that was fantastic. Plus wine. We were with Stretch after all. Tonight was another fantastic dining experience. No wine because of scotch. Good bye UK!

Duck sausage with fois gras topped with porter kraut, onions, and beer mustard, in a pretzel bun.

Still haven't watched the finale, but this caught my eye. A really cool breakdown by the show's composer on how he developed the score for the main title sequence. It's really great to hear the clips of each individual track and instrument and how they fit together. https://soundcloud.com/hrishihirway/song-exploder-40-ramin-djawadi

How many more weeks until Winter comes?