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Long way to go but to quote my favorite band, "at least I am enjoying the ride."

It has been a rough week at work. I decided to attempt mental floss on the way to work and kick my own ass.

Proper Tea (two kinds) Sharing a sandwich And a Fat Rascal At Betty's https://www.bettys.co.uk/cafe-tea-rooms/our-locations/bettys-york Bonus Fat Rascal Pr0n

I tried a new coffee roaster/shop in Cincinnati. Up the street from me. It was really good. I figured I would really challenge it with decaf. Pretty good!

New contemporary female - pianist. Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann Isata Kanneh-Mason 2019 https://album.link/i/1463178540 Example: A lovely set of recordings of Clara's work (her husband was Robert). I really liked the Romances, and the Scherzo (shared) off of this album over the orchestral works. But all well recorded by Decca. I still think Isata is growing and learning, but I have enjoyed her work.

Chinese, in a (somewhat) old building.

Some new contemporary female vocals: Janita Greentea Peng

Variations on theme:

So a handfull of crazies believe the emergency system test On Oct 4th on tv,radio,and phones will trigger a response from anyone who took the shot. Why are major media outlets not ignoring this. Maybe a half percent of people Believe this nonsense. And you can't change their mind, so why bother? Don't label it misinformation. It's crazy talk. Just be blunt and move on.

Thai Small plates. Outstanding Crispy Pork Belly! https://www.facebook.com/tahtienyork

thx for keeping an eye on the internets Knucks. Dang - now I want some pizza.

There's a new AI generated meme, pizzagator. It started when someone posted this series of 3 images to the Midjourney subreddit asking if the images were real or AI generated. While the OP was almost assuredly trolling, the post went viral and to the top of reddit. That was two days ago. In the fast moving world of the internet and AI generated images, a lot as transpire. I know it wasn't the author's intention, but this one almost looks like blackface. I have no idea how a picture of Trump kissing a pig got into this set, but I'm leaving it. It's impressive how badly AI fucked up that pizza.

FInally got around to casing my DynaFET. I ordered the case from Modushop in November of 2021. I will probably clean up the wiring, particularly the output wiring. Also need to bolt the transformer down. I wish I would have done the lettering a bit smaller, but overall satisfied with how it turned out, and it sounds great, even though it is single-ended.

The Gerbers for my T2 build. My T2 has been working without issues for some months now with heavy usage almost every day so I feel reasonably confident about posting the gerbers I used. (see my previous build posts for more details and photos.). full credit goes to Kevin for the original design and joamat et al. for the modifications to modern components. I simply hacked up the gerbers to fit my build style. The amp gerbers are slight modifications of Joamats mostly modern T2 (his build uses all available components except for 4 of 2sj79 and 8 of 2sk216). My modifications include the addition of screw terminals for all voltages, shortening to fit into a hifi 2000 disapante 2U 400mm deep case, split into separate channels, removal of the pads for the pot, wider clearance between components and the ground plane, instructions on the top side for the adjustment pots. T2 left.zip T2 right.zip (note left and right are swappable I just like the 6922 valves at the front) The power supply is also based on Joamats T2 psu, with a couple of error corrections, there was a missing track and a couple of incorrectly labelled components. also the solid state relay in the HV delay section is obsolete and I replaced the footprint with a standard relay. minus and 250v cleaned .zip cleaned t2 hv and lv bias and delay.zip Feel free to use/modify/ignore. I do find that in the power supplies the 3W resistor close to the film cap and zener ladder gets very hot ~90C on the high voltage tails. I have therefore modified the power supply boards to make them slightly longer and provide more space around this resistor and put some holes in the pcb under it for better air flow. minus and 250v cleaned COMP -560v lengthened.zip cleaned t2 kgsshv hv and lv bias and delay comp lengthened.zip I have ordered a set of these lengthened boards but I have not received them yet or made a build using them so if you are going to use them please check them carefully in case I made a mistake. regards and good building James P.S. looks like next on the list will be a megatron build.