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3,000 mile barrier broken.

Indeed. Before. During. After. The King Mountain Loop is something special. https://www.parks.marincounty.org/parkspreserves/preserves/king-mountain And on a good day you can see Mt Tam, San Quentin And the San Francisco Skyline from the trail. Or if you are a recent PowerBall winner ... http://www.kingmountainestate.com/ https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/140-acres-in-Marin-County-once-owned-by-Genentech-16019916.php

Met the Brits (Grahame and Joanne) for a lovely little pre-work hike in the fog this morning. Such a nice way to start the day!

Ready 🤪

Nice day with old friends . Who said hot?

Just for Al, 3,000 mile barrier eclipsed this morning.

It is British weather after all. I still object to the loose use of the word mountain in the bay area though. That's a mountain!

It is a bit big to lug around but the screen is definitely fine to work on without an external monitor, unlike my 13” M1. I think this is the best MacBook I have ever used.

It’s an awfully warm summer here in southern Sweden and it’s too hot to sleep… did this last night… Video_22-08-19_09-57-37.mp4 An attempt to make a smd version of CFA3. Same board size as the smd version of Dynahi I built some months ago. Lots of more work… doubt I’m capable to get this to work though.

Picked this up yesterday. I blame Andy @blubliss. 😜

#noassist

...studying/doing homework/interviewing...

Last night's show is up: Got into some fairly weird territory.

Russia Has Lost Two Squadrons Of Its ‘Best’ Su-35 Fighters. Su-35s are roughtly $85M each.

Great job!!! It seems as though the donations may have slowed. We can't let that happen guys. I'm in again.

Joel Harrison - Guitar Talk (from Bandcamp)

Are you going to use relays to switch them? If you were just wanting to use a mechanical switch, I believe you will need a 4P to do that. Please correct me if I'm wrong...

Test Tone @ Home live right now: https://mixlr.com/illuminator/

Nope that is the first thing I saw when I went looking. I was interested in her solo work first. I will check out her soundtrack work later. - thx

Would it surprise you to learn that she's done some soundtrack work? Probably not. And production, apparently. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1315448/#composer

By the way, Steve, if you are around on Friday mornings at about 7:30 you are more than welcome to come join! We'd love your company!

I hear that he's spending all of his time working on headphones designed for cats.

New Pale Waves! Somehow missed this one when it came out last week. Unwanted - Pale Waves

It is a hell of a damn laptop. I've used it as my primary work computer docked to a monitor and m+k at the office or unplugged on the weekends for nearly a year now and I have next to no complaints. For a personal device I'd have preferred the 14" size but for actually doing work I much prefer the bigger screen.

Don't forget your security updates! https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23312255/iphone-ios-macos-security-update-15-6-1

So I came across this EP in my queue (I have a lot of things in my Q) Sola Melissa Parmenter 2021 I liked it - which led me to her last Album: Messapica Melissa Parmenter 2020 https://album.link/i/1526705693 Example: The Albums only problems is that it is short. Delicate pieces with lovely melody and structure. And then I just played the next thing in the queue - just happen to be another short album. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 "Italian" Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2021 https://album.link/i/1570823392 Example - People like the first movement - I like the last: A very good modern performance. It may not be my go to for this work, but it good.

Happy Birthday, Ian!

Happy birthday, Ian!

You are what? 😝

No, not wasting my time on that pile of crap

Congrat! Awesome pics, and the second one made me a little misty. 🥲

Dropped Peter off at CSU on Monday.

Tossing your opinion in this style here won't make any difference to the 007, only to your own (non-existent) credibility. I am assuming you mean 71xxx serial, which can't be a 007A, so already confusion in your first sentence. When set up right, the 007 Mk1 or Mk2 is special. Very sensitive to the chain, may never be quite as 'lively' as you might want. Each and every Stax has its very own unique style that might require some adjustment if it is not the style you image how music should be played. It's called personal preference. Which is fine, if you are able to express it in a way that a normal person would do. They all have their little nuances which you might realise - if you actually care to do that. If you care to analyse the sound a little bit deeper (better), for instance, just take how a cymbal sounds, ignore everything else. You might realise that while the treble might be a bit lost in the 007's warm signature, it actually has one of the most convincing rendering out of all Stax headphones (I try to avoid saying 'realistic', because that's highly debatable and probably untrue). Some other Staxes I found have the opposite having either a very gentile or soft, or a very fast, less convincing cymbal rendition, but I don't notice that much while music listening because they have more things that try to grab you. It is more to do with 'oh this is so bright', or 'oh, this is so dark, soft', whatever. When I am varying amps or sources, the 007 can change a whole lot compared to other Stax phones - and unfortunately right now, I don't think I have the equipment where it sounds at its best. But even that I can't dispute that the vocal rendering and focus (violin solos in particular) are more impressive than any other headphone I've heard so far, apart from the HE90. So what you should have been said is that "I don't really feel like investing more to make something better, so I would rather just trash on it more as I used to and remain consistent"

I took a 20,000 step hike. I think it won. I am not so mighty...

^ I'm loving my TVSL too.

David Gilmore

Now you have to do what the Bullingdon Club do. This is a male-only "dining club" at Oxford University attended among other leading conservative politicians and Prime Ministers David Cameron and Boris Johnson. There are various initiation ceremonies of varying levels of distaste, including burning a £50 note (not alas as paltry as a fiver) in front of a homeless person on the street. Here's the infamous photo and what they are doing now. https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-18/boris-and-the-bullingdon-club-where-are-they-now

Twas a bit on the stingy side. Can you tell it is blackberry season in the PNW?