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Got my new i9 iMac installed, up and running. 8 core i9 processor with Radian Pro Vega 48, 512 ssd, 64 G ram (2 sticks so I can go up to 128 if I go crazy). My external drives are in a Blackmagic Multidock 2 (thunderbolt 2). A Caldigit TS2 for an extra Ethernet connection for my Metric Halo interface plus some of my numerous USB thingys. The clean install went pretty smoothly and I've got it down to just a few days of hell. So far the Logic Pro X benchmarks I've run show that it'll run twice as many virtual instrument tracks (122 vs 58) compared to my old girl (2012 Mac Pro 6 core). Running nice and cool (I only heard the fan once during some installs and it was barely audible). I absolutely love the 5k 27 inch but I've been using a dying 24 inch, old Asus ProArt for freakin ever!

Cube farm neighbor pissed off a coworker. He leaves on vacation. This is what he will come back to. Don't piss off your coworkers.

Open baffle wall design... (nice)

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson – a great science book for non-scientists:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ivanka-trump-g20-2019-853859/

Just back from Aruba...lovely and easy trip. Really like that the flights are direct and you clear U.S. Customs in Aruba so it's a domestic flight back. The week there was great with the Rolex OP. Took it off for bed and that's about it. A fresh water rinse after ocean duty...that's all. On that note, my Maui Jim sunglasses were also perfect for a laid back holiday...effective, high quality and low maintenance. Tool shades...LOL. I ordered the following several months back as a fun watch. My older boy wore it the entire time in Aruba and fell in love. I very much like the quick change beads of rice bracelet. Very comfortable rubber strap as well. Overall, nice build quality for the money. As a pre-order, it came with the second strap at no charge if memory serves me. Love the size and the blue rubber strap. The retro lumen is growing on me, but it won't be for everyone. Maybe I'll get to wear it one day... HS

That’s a good looking watch. And a good trick. They say they don’t ship til Jul 8.

Indeed it was!

Psilocybin (that's Oliver Lieb to you) - Steroids remixes: https://www.discogs.com/Psilocybin-Steroids-Remixes/release/19622 A double pack vinyl release from nearly 20 years ago. I have maintained a heuristic since some point in the 1990s: With the rarest of exceptions, remixes of OL's material by other people are crap. OL remixing other people is almost always excellent. OL remixing himself is often the best of the best.

It would be really nice on an Omega.

More or less at the end of my rope wit Adobe's bullshit. Officially in the market for new editing software. Currently considering Affinity Photo: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ It's cheap. $40, or about what one month of Adobe's SaaS bullshit costs. Also looked at Corel's PaintShop Pro (a problem I last used in the early 1990s). It's slightly more expensive at $65, but it's Windows only. (The actual fuck. What kind kind of inhuman monster edits photos on WINDOWS?!?!?) I already have GIMP (FLOSSy AF, screwball UI, but it is free.) The new freeware kid in town is Krita: https://krita.org/en/ I have downloaded it but not installed it yet. That's going to be tonight's project. I've been editing photos in Photoshop on and off for 25-30 years (not an exaggeration, really. I learned PS on a Macintosh II.) It feels weird to be dumping an app that is muscle memory to me, but ADBE seems intent on being as evil as a tobacco, oil or chemical weapons manufacturer so F the MFers.

Had a PDT (Photodynamic Therapy) session yesterday so I'm staying in today and tomorrow. Oh boy!