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Christ I want that 65" LG OLED but it's a good grand more than I want to spend right now.

Now that Brent is on the executive track at his company he has pledged to put his $ where his mouth is and personally buy all products he recommends.

Commercial trade show should pay Fla. crew for the use of the name Retroactively. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Head-Fi has always been commercial. It's just now blatantly, unapologetically commercial. CanJam is a commercial trade show, and has been for some time. That said, I did go to a very cool Head-Fi meet last weekend in Philadelphia that was very much like any that one of us would have held a decade or more ago. It was fun, laid-back, and no-nonsense. It's very much still possible when people make it happen.

Haven't picked up a watch in forever and I guess I have been talking about them a lot lately as I have gotten two this week for gifts. Had looked at Shinola quite a bit in recommending them for friends but never picked one up for myself. Seems like a decent watch. Also got a fancy Apple Watch that I need to open up. All blacked out with metal link band so I need to decide if I like the Dusty treatment or really need an Apple Watch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

RIP William A. Norris. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/william-norris-dead-federal-judge-gays-in-military-ruling.html

That says a lot about head-if today I think.

Are we supposed to bring any gear to the meet? I kind of want to bring one of my vintage orthos to show something that can work and be reliable for decades instead of just months.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018551-sicilian-style-citrus-salad

Citrus Salad

Right there with you buddy.

Just finished Fortitude available on Amazon Prime. One of those shows that makes you want to watch "just one more episode tonight" so the 12 episodes go by in a flash. Some good frozen tundra fare complete with Stanley Tucci and a wooly mammoth! I'd give it 7 out of 10.

I didn't really appreciate shake shack until I had the shack stack. That mushroom changes everything! Still better than in-n-out by a mile.

Meanwhile ... http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/02/01/nations-bacon-reserves-hit-50-year-low-prices-rise/97327794/

^ Understandable Stretch, as the guy on the cover somewhat resembles you.

That's what I was going to say, so I will. RIP Judge Norris.

Philip Glass, Glassworks specially mixed for your personal cassette player edition

all transformer leads need to be twisted and soldered. and then cranked down good

Not sure if there is any particular member space to set up rigs, but you should definitely bring the cans. Sent from my LG-US996 using Tapatalk

Got the pots too, thanks for the GB!

You could do Colin Toole's I/V stage... he may even have some boards left (you would need 2 if you intended balanced). I built up a balanced set and used them in the Adcom CD player that recstar24 had. You could ask him what he thought of them? http://www.head-fi.org/t/316795/discrete-i-v-converter-board

Curry is lit right now. Straight ???! The guy is insane if he keeps playing like this he is going to put hiimself back in the MVP race.

That looked like my 6th grade Intramural team. I was not a good shooting guard. They should have had me at power forward.

Warriors dropped 77 in the first half. On the same night, this happened: https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/826980811253559296/video/1

That looks damned tasty, Al!

Yes, but you thought that Krispy Creme was >>> Britt's. So your judgement is very much in question.

That's basically the top contender for me and it's really difficult to double-down to get the LG considering that the Sammy would probably be a huge upgrade over the current set.

In the immor(t)al words of Richard Dreyfuss(' character) in "What About Bob?": Baby steps. Though I did talk my new boss into a 65" Samsung KS8000, with the idea that it is cheap enough to use for a while until he gets his next place, and we can look at 75"+ OLED, and used the KS8000 in a secondary room. **BRENT**

Dew Eet Nao! Or wait til next year when it's the price you want... But is that really the HC way? **BRENT**

Same. While I love my 55" gt50 I always think back, "damn, should have got the 65"" and upgraded to the vt50

did anyone said scallion kimchi? If it was socially acceptable I would drape myself in kimchi.

Dusty - Dak chicken in Shirlington

http://www.magneticmetals.com/ https://www.thomas-skinner.com/transformerlaminations.htm http://www.edcorusa.com/m6-steel http://www.ebay.com

You are the world's least likely veggie, Reks. I really hope it doesn't stick.

You need to make sure that the grill (or pan) is scorching hot, and you have to make sure the surface of the meat is dry. One way to ensure the latter is to liberally salt both surfaces, which sucks moisture out, and then brush the excess salt off, before cooking. You won't be able to get the steak house charring in just a hot pan (I use a Searzall in combo with a pan), but you can with a grill. Hardwood lump charcoal burns very hot. I would suggest getting a baking steel or a cast iron Plancha, as you want continuous surface area, for a perfect crust (this is why a scorching hot pan works so well, but pans are unwieldy on the grill). One way of achieving the crust on a grill is the Alton Brown Chimney method: light a blazing fire in a chimney starter, and set that over your steak. Flip and repeat (flip the steak, not the chimney starter, unless you like your hair to be on fire). Attached are pics of one of the last steaks I did. Notice that while the crust is deeply caramelized, there is very little in the way of a grey ring, and the center is perfectly rare (this was probably in the water bath at 118 for several hours). If it were a prettier cut of meat, this looks like what you would get from a really good steakhouse. You can see remnants of salt from where I salted both sides to dry them out. I sear in a combination of butter and olive oil. Add the oil and butter right before you add the steak. It still makes plenty of smoke, but it should. The butter helps add that deep caramel color of the crust, but it's not strictly necessary. Now I want a steak.

It was well engineered Dusty, no need for concern for the staff. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I actually like to wear the occasional flamboyant thing to offset my swarthiness. EDIT: NO! I did not mean assless chaps, I meant something like the watch...I'm pretty sure if I wore assless chaps, I would be more reviled than our current Oompa-Loompa.

Finally heard from Dinny this morning. He's in but still figuring out when he can hook up with the crew. And I think Ken was joking about Ari who had been mostly absent for quite awhile. Looking forward to seeing you Ari!

Shipwreck Beach - Zakynthos, Greece. Norwegian December Sunset. Cinder Cone Volcano, CA. Silver Falls State Park, Sublimity, Oregon. Albaha - South of Saudi Arabia. 20 year old Sofia Vergara. Stars in Twilight - Mt. Baker. After a hike to Garibaldi Lake British Columbia. Yosemite Valley from the top of Nevada Falls. Snowy trees at night, Whistler, Canada. Coldwater Canyon Sunset. Wisconsin Dells, WI. Zion National Park, UT. Mt. Hood from Owl Point. Jenny Lake, Grand Tetons, WY. Barker Dam in Joshua Tree National Park, CA. Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Watercourse at Picnic Rock, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia. Red Rock Canyon, a hidden world just a few minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. Sedona, Arizona. Vik, Iceland. þingvellir, Iceland. Taking a walk in New Zealand. Island of Elliðaey, Iceland. Oneonta Gorge in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado. Late night Sun in Norwegian fjords. Full moon set in the Karoo Desert. Cold frozen trees glowing a nice gold colour as the sun sets. Whistler Backcountry, Canada. Putaruru, New Zealand. Akrata, Greece Sunset. Frozen Minnesota Lake. Superstition Mountains, AZ. Vero Beach Florida 1-20-17 Atlas V. Sunset in Halmstad, Sweden. Pictured Rocks, Michigan's U.P. Ice "volcano' in Palouse Falls, WA. Spider Lake - Olympic National Forest, Washington. Oxarfoss Iceland. Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta. Sunrise at Two Medicine Lake - Glacier National Park.

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine It's that kind of day

Arcade Fire -- The Suburbs