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RIP, David Huddleston, aka The Big Lebowski. http://www.people.com/article/big-lebowski-actor-david-huddleston-dead Sad day for The Dude and Walter. They're going to have to find a Ralph's to get a can of Folger's... On another note, he also played Santa (and quite well I must say) in Santa Claus: The Movie, which inspired the concept of one of the suits I now wear:

Shelly, I haven't had a biscuit in a week or two; you're fine. **BRENT**

I think the way the magnetic charger works, you're going to get a little bit of heat generated. I wouldn't worry about it.

I for one am glad to see that the popularity of a President that hasn't been given much of a chance to succeed, is ending on a very high note. I'm also very happy to see his very large numbers of commutations of low level, no violent criminals, who were IMO unjustly sentenced to ridiculous terms. I'll be sad to see him leave office, as I will the most elegant, benevolent First Lady of my lifetime. Happy Birthday Sir!

Although I have a Dynalo mk1 that I got from Birgir which I'm very happy with, rather than get a KGSSHV carbon from him, it will be johnwmclean that'll be building one for me, or part building. Now the reason for that is because after several PM's with John, he suggested I asked my local metal engineer to do the faceplate/enclosure, and in doing that I could have the size and look however I liked best. So after giving it some thought I've gone for the size to be 17"Wx 7"H x 14"D, all approx, but the thing I like the most is the idea I had on how the faceplate will look. ( to my liking that is ) Regarding the faceplate, I was going to have titanium used, but after advice on how difficult it is to work with, I'm going with aluminium, although the volume knob will still probably be titanium. i've yet to ask the engineer, so hopefully he'll do what I'm seeking. There is another thing I'd be after, which is no screws showing anywhere other than the top panel, and even there they'll be countersunk. ? P.S. The only downside with this build, is I won't have the spare money to have it done for sometime, but there's no harm in finding out from my local engineer if he'll do what I'll be after. ?

Great pics Wayne. David Huddleston will be missed for sure, but this is the one I remember most.

I personally wouldn't worry about either thing, although I freely admit to not worrying about things generally. If you regularly need to do a hard reset on your watch, I'd discuss it with apple. I wouldn't worry about twist ties at all, but if I were worried about them, I'd remove them, and then stop worrying.

Partly. From memory, the Dynalo runs app. 300mA at +/- 15-20V, i.e. an idle dissipation of around 10-12W per channel. This is not much by class A standards (a 20W/ch speaker amp like the Pass F5 or similar dissipates from 60W/channel and up). Distributing the heat across many transistors means the Dynalo can use smaller output transistors - the MPSW/PZTA-ones are only rated for 1W dissipation each. //UFN

http://www.mouser.com/ProjectManager/ProjectDetail.aspx?AccessID=577DCA0C77 This is GG BOM I made for one board. Please check. Please note: Need 1 pair of 2sk170 or LSK389, which is NOT included in BOM. grid resistor changed from 470R to 10K. I asked Kevin he replied there shouldn't be difference and higher value would be safer when the tubes fail. (T2 use 22K) servo op changed from op27 to TL081 simply because latter is cheaper. mounting kit, IC socket,pins, tube socket NOT included. Zener changed to 18V.

John is right: Shipping WW as long as you pay for your stuff. You might find it useful to read this

If your money's good your fine. Ships worldwide I'm sure.

I'm in as well.

Florence and the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (most `What Kind of Man' and `Love and Lost' on repeat).

This is pretty much impossible for me to answer. According to last.fm, these are my most listen-to albums: 1. The Knife – Deep Cuts (784) 2. All India Radio – Once A Day (688) 3. Dick Dale – King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones (648) 4. All India Radio – These Winter Dreams (642) 5. All India Radio – Permanent Evolutions (630) The number at the end is how many times I have listened to a song off that specific album. Of course, the above just reflects the last 9 years of listening for me, and is further skewed by the fact that I have listened to a lot of A.I.R. in the last 4 years. It's an amusing list, but not representational. I could only name four right now. These are not in any order: Biosphere - Substrata: Probably the greatest ambient album of the 1990s; possibly the greatest ambient album, period. Black Sabbath - Volume 4: The best album from the best period of the best metal band, full stop. Tom Waits - Bone Machine: IMJO, the last great Tom Waits album. He took an extended hiatus after it. Everything that has followed has not impressed me nearly as much. Tom is still capable of writing (and performing) absolute gems, but none of his albums have been anywhere nearly as consistent as Bone Machine. I'd also list Rain Dogs, Swordfishtrombones and Frank's Wild Years, but I consider them to be one album in 3 parts (with Big Time being the live counterpart.) Orbital - Orbital 2 AKA The Brown Album: The album that got me in to electronic music, over two decades ago. The US CD edition has a sticker on it with the review blurb "Pure, heavenly technology." That term was something of a rallying cry for Orbital fans in the 90s. Also, Seeing Orbital perform in 1999 remains the best live live electronic music show I have ever attended.