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So Tice removed a deck at his job site, which is Armistead Maupin's former home. In his genius he recognized it to be Brazilian Ipe that was only screwed down from one side. The new owner eventually agreed to give the boards to the contractor and Steve's bosses gave them to him. Claire has been asking for an outdoor chaise lounge so Steve donated the Ipe and his skills to the project. Here is what the boards look like without any work and then a progression from weathered (as received) to planed to sanded and then to oiled with Tried & True linseed oil with beeswax. We chose a design from Restoration Hardware as the basis for Claire's chaise and essentially winged it from there. Here is the original and the final product with a side table, finished just before our vacation but built to last for many years. There is no stain or pigment in the oil so the finished look truly blew us both away. Thanks Steve for supplying the wood *snicker* and the knowledge and know how to make this come together.

Yesterday was Valentine´s Day in here. My wife works late hours in such hollidays, so we celebrate at home. Buffalo mozzarella, faux pesto (pecans instead of pinoles, ´cause they are freeking expensive), Parma ham and the usual basil.

Anne’s one day late birthday dinner Strozzapreti with truffle pesto and freshly shaved truffle Braised short rib of beef mirepoix, roasted scallops Peach phyllo thing with vanilla semifredo and caramel sauce

Steak with salsa verde, broccolini and smoked BBQ spuds.

That looks amazing! BTW, I've used Pecans in pesto, because in Texas they practically grow on trees. ?

As a callow youth, fresh off the boat from Africa in 1993, my boss at the time invited me to go to White Hart Lane with him to see a Spurs game and I thought it only polite to cheer for the home team. Twenty or so years later, in a fit of drunken sincerity, I confessed that single visit to one of my oldest friends (since preschool) -- who is a fellow Chelsea fan -- and he didn't speak to me again for two years. We're cool now but I'll never truly be free of the taint ...

Second of five days in Jacksonville at the Florida Elite/Hotspurs* summer camp. Stretch and Gram may be the only ones who know this reference.

http://www.haveyoueverseentottenhamwintheleague.com

Just banter mate, innit?

Much apreciated. Head-case, came for the phones, stayed for the food. bah dum tss.

Dogfish Head Alehouse' Nashville Chicken I ate everything but the biscuit, which I mutilated until no-one would want it, so Brent couldn't even enjoy it vicariously.

...a lizard that doesn't exist.

It's definitely a shit club.

I think that's more carbohydrates than I've had all week. Food coma, envelope me in thy off-black shroud...in 3...2...1...

We'll be able to ship the SR-009S pre-orders by the end of the week or Monday. Same for the SRM-D10 DAC/Amp

Indeed, innit

Oops.

So you're saying Steve worked on and oiled Armistead Maupin's wood to create an exceptional finish? The man is an artist. Nice Chaise.

Ok, I got the sony wh1000xm2 noise canceling headphones. They're amazing. They sample the base noise, and delete it. For working in a loud environment like a data center, they're a life saver. I can hear people talk, without the constant base fan noise. And they sound decent.

The perils of a mirrored bar

Audio Note AN-E Kit-03 speakers, Audio note meishu silver phono signature (Western electric 300b), Audio note 3.1x balanced DAC, Wyred for sound modded Sonos. This man obviously does not have a cat.

Well if you’re going to have all that workout gear you might as well need it!

Celebrated dropping over $6k on exercise equipment for the home gym by immediately going out for Chicken and Waffles and Whiskey Beignets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I happened to know sosolar personally. Maybe a collaboration after this wave of MD shit show?

This is the new version of this ES. amp using a pair of Mundorf Supreme EVO instead of input transformers. When using coupling capacitors, the ground is not isolated anymore like a line input transformer with Faraday shield, and <1M grid risistors should be connected to the grids of ECC88 to establish a -420V DC bias voltage, which is the same bias voltage as transformer input version. This capacitor coupled version sounds more straightforward, more transparent, but with less "transformer distortion" which is a fraction of traditional "tuby sound". And finally, the finished amp with power supply unit in one of my friends home.

let it rain (on the sun that is)

Homemade mustard sauce

having made lots of circuit boards its funny to read the comments of the people who are going with the "only so many ways to do it" this was copied down to designer personal preference level

Lil'Woody's 1/3rd lb burger with Tillamook pepper jack and Hill's bacon with cheese covered fries. I'll be back, but with 2-3 people. Took over half of it to go. Sent from my LG-H932 using Tapatalk

Tartine Manufactory with Claire before the Giants game. Steak tartare and preserved eggs on toast, shelling beans, peas and greens, and pork spare ribs with pumpkin seed salsa and yogurt sauce (there were a couple more ribs but I started eating before the pic)

Looks like I only have clearance issues with some interference from the rectifier heat sinks. Not bad for no fancy CAD time wasting

The moment of truth - got in a rear panel for a super dense amplifier project, which houses two front ends that wires up to different output stages. Hopefully I will have time tomorrow to get the output stage bolted onto the heat sink to see if everything fits. It will be very close! Missing a few M3 screws and the switches, but those will be ordered next part run, but more or less everything is installed! Edit: not quite - there are pluggable buffers in front of the transformers that would block view of the relay - I need to add those in. Hopefully an update tomorrow when all fits!