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Cleaning complete, first and second pulls are compete. A Mexican medium roast from local Good Coffee co. The Oracle worked flawlessly and both the espresso pull and the latte were delicious. Now to play with the grind setting, the tamping pressure and time, the shot temp, the pre infusion power and time, the extraction time and/or volume, steamed milk final temp and foam level, etc.. Good thing I got this EZ machine.... 🤯

Bill Frisell, Greg Tardy, Gerald Clayton, and Johnathan Blake, Four. "...a stunning 13-track meditation on loss, renewal and friendships” written mostly during lockdown. Ex.

I have one of these. It's been fine, though quiet is relative. Quiet compared to other air compressors.

Went big with the first Ipe project and made some beefy coasters. That shit gives off some crazy neon greenish yellow sawdust that is kind of creepy.

I think I have mentioned that my brother saved the redwood siding from the mid-century ranch-style house they took down to build their new house. I have been ripping it into various widths and planing a portion of it into interior paneling for my sister in law's tack rooms. It has been a hassle using a Jet bench top planer that the contractor bought because the smaller Dewalt he borrowed for me was inadequate. The samples I planed in my shop flew through the Hammer and came out beautifully. With the Jet, I'm pushing and pulling and frequently having to flip the stupid switch between two speeds that trips to neutral regularly. The other pain has been the two-sided "helical" blades because the stock ones were practically pot metal and lasted only a couple of hours per side even though redwood is quite soft. We got some Jet carbide replacements that are much better, although I think I have already chipped 5-6 of them and not on nails as far as I can tell. Still, from green or white or gray painted 70-80 year old boards are looking good and will make for beautiful if rustic paneling. I took the pics of finished boards before I was done yesterday. After adding up the boards in various lengths and in widths from 4" to 11", I realized that I have planed over 1000 linear feet of boards.

I was a big fan of Gallagher (I) back in the day. Not for the smashing, but for word play. RIP Leo Anthony

I have a Harbor Freight refrigerant air dryer that I got on a half off sale. Reviews were as good or better than more expensive units. I’ve had it running for over a year now with no issue.

Sweet memories. Reggie & Bernie @ the height of their power. The title track alone is worth the price of admission and has always been a track I use to test out new phones/buds.

so due to a comment i made over there, someone wanted to know if i had the eddie current dht filament schematic. here it is. eddiecurrentfilament.PDF

Have a phenomenal day!

I never use to do car spotting before Grahame. but yesterday. A lucid with driver and paper plates. Downtown Seattle.

You don't see many of these ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polestar_1

I can control temperature (by purging the steamer), pre-infusion (how long I let it fill), delay (how long I hold the lever before letting the spring work), and time (how long til I swap the cup for the dump pitcher) on my machine. Steam I control completely tho, and the machine has amazing steam. I honestly haven't noticed a difference with any tamp pressure as long as it's "enough".

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Belated Happy Birthday! Hope it was stupendous.

Happy Belated Birthday!

Happy Thursday!

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

Happy birthday, Mikey! (birth year party favour noise)

Happy Mikey birthday! Cheers!

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Mikey!!!

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

Happy Birthday Mikey!!

Hope it a wonderful Marantz-filled day.

Happy Birthday Mikey! Enjoy

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Mikey! Hopefully you started the day with a great cup of coffee from that beastly new machine.

Happy Birthday Mikey!

Look into California Air for the compressor. They’re very quiet.

And now a Tiny Desk. Happy Times

Big changes happening. First off, after a decade MixClown is now limiting free users to 10 visible uploads. That means I won't be posting any more sets there after Dec 1st. Mixlr has rolled out their "Channels" feature. The new landing page for my show is: https://testtone.mixlr.com/ Show recordings are located at: https://testtone.mixlr.com/recordings I haven't actually gone live with the new Channels UI. Tonight will be interesting.

RIP Gallagher

RIP Gal Costa, 77. One of the great brazilian singers after Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil.