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The Bay Area moon was really something last night with its halo of ice crystals in the atmosphere. This pic is from the front porch in Mayberry.

So Karen and Peter finally received their shirts and medals for virtually running the St. Judes (Half) Marathon. Again, a big thank you to everyone who donated.

Turkey sandwich and CCS on Stinson Beach Followed by Tea and ...

Nice lamp, Doug. Me: I've got two nephews that are budding YouTubers so for Christmas we made them fake Creator Awards for them. I've got three coats of gold paint on them and they look acceptably funny. Here's what they looked like unfinished.

Too much talk of tools, and not enough of What Are You Building Today? I made a lamp.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I had a nice day with a bicycle ride and another steak and wine dinner. Can't ask for more than that. @Dusty Chalk Do you have the number of that girl. She seems like she might be my type!

Have a phenomenal day!

RIP Tony! Another one of the guitar gods has fallen! He was something of an audiophile too. There's gonna be a lot of Tony Rice Youtube activity going on!

This probably renders this thread obsolete, but here's the Atlantic's list of best podcasts https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/12/50-best-podcasts-2020/617486/

Annual Timbuk2 bag sale going on. Those messenger bags are pretty solid. https://www.timbuk2.com/collections/sale

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Thanks for info, Kevin. Now changed driver voltage from +/-15 V to +/-35 V and op amp to OPA445 (from OP27). So far I’m happy with the outcome.

So I didn't even know what the Nashville thing was for hours. Guess I didn't hear the news from the locals b/c their internet was out, so they just went and spent time with their families. Now they're all going to get COVID, prolly. #ThanksObama

I inherited a Yamaha receiver with that exact tuner from my brother and used it at my college dorm and beyond.I may have had that tape deck, but I destroyed a lot of brain cells in that era (not so different now, I know).

Happy birthday!

😂 - oh yee of little faith, I'm already at the midfield solution. The bike normally runs 29ers (max width 2.6) and is fully capable of running 27.5s (max width 2.8) so this fall I bought a set of nice 27.5 rims for this express purpose. Once I did that I moved to phase two, why not just buy another bike to save the hassle of swapping wheels? And I solved the cassette problem by having a spare one around. I am, if nothing else, pretty adept at solving problems through acquisition.

Happy birthday, Ken!

Augsburger is sus. In related news, I survived Whamageddon2020! Just learned it was 00:00 of the 25th, not 26th, so I am feeling great relief and will probably sleep soundly tonight. Scammers notwithstanding. I hope he (the real Augsburger) is okay. Someone want to call him and make sure he's not lying in a ditch somewhere?

Happy birthday, Ken! (party favour noise)

Have a great one Ken! Cheers

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Happy Birthday Ken, try to stay out of trouble tonight!

Had a chance to see Mountain a few times and they were fantastic live! The last time I saw them they had become a very Hot act on the festival circuit. At that all weekend stadium show, they were the headlining act after Zappa and Traffic! We all rushed the stage and I remember thinking I was standing on the turf that Hank Aaron hit his record home run!

Happy Birthday Ken!

Have a happy "Night (and day) Before Christmas" birthday, Ken!

Happy Birthday sirrah!

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A Very Happy Birthday, Ken!

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Very very happy Birthday, Ken!!!!

Hope it’s a great one.

Everything Jet makes seems to be Taiwanese. Northfield certainly has the website of an American Made company that has never heard of Taiwan. Half the pages are broken and all of it is Jr. High project web design.

Completed a second channel of a Raal amplifier. Current through output boards are 2.5 A giving heat sink (Modushop 300 x 40 x 80 mm) temperature of 85 degree Celsius (185 dergee Fahrenheit). Driver boards powered by +/- 15V. Original it’s +/-35V. I might try the higher voltage but my idea is to use mostly smd parts in driver boards and then you probably have to reduce voltage to something like +/- 15V. There is no bass filter at the moment on the boards but Roon is taking care of that. Rear plate is to short. But that was what I had at hand – shouldn’t affect the sound?

RIP Phil Knucksie Niekro. And fuck cancer. https://t.co/xBVdSs4uHK

R.I.P. Tony Rice...

RIP Leslie West https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/leslie-west-dead-1106777/amp/

I just found out a good friend's dad died of covid tonight. Sad and angry. RIP Dr. Gerald Katzin.

RIP John le Carré. Wrote some amazing spy novels. One of the best in the genre.