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I mentioned Katherine the dancer a number of times, but I haven't posted a photo of her in ages. She was a woman I met in a local nightclub not quite 20 years ago. She was a dancer in the New York club scene in the early 90s. For a variety of reasons she left NYC and now lives in a hill town in western MA. Katherine is ...quite a character, but I always had very good chemistry with her as a subject for photography. I took two sets of photos with her in 2006. The first of which was about 3 days after I got my first DSLR (the never very good EOS 30D) and the second was with the same camera 3 months later. At that time I had bought a 35mm F/2 and 50mm F/1.4. I also had learned quite a bit about taking photos, but still effectively knew nothing. Starting 2020, I began revisiting and re-editing the shots I took during those two sessions. I still pick away at the remaining unedited ones that I think are worth pursuing, but I'm largely done. In '06, I ran a bunch of the photos through the Holga and Lomo Photoshop scripts I liked at the time. In retrospect, it's clear I leaned in to lo-fi nature of the results those scripts produced to mask flaws present in the originals. 14 years later, I had different ideas, software and skills for editing photos. Instead of overly dramatic PS scripts, I've been working the use of lookup tables. LUTs are a thing primarily used in video, but with some careful work they can make subtle but impactful changes in still images as well. This shot always reminded me of the Houses of the Holy album cover. Taken with the never spectacular EF 75-300mm F/4-5.6 USM III. Her face is a bit blurred in this one, but I like the look of determination. A rare B&W conversion. This one just works better without color. Observant viewers will note that while I left behind many of my mid-00s bad habits, I still put a vignette effect on most of these images. I like how it looks on portraits.

It's a 5 disc compilation that "only" lasts 1h 24min. It includes many tracks that aren't very popular, I wouldn't say they're bebop standards, but showcases extremely well the evolution from swing into bop, and features many jazz stars like Fats Navarro, JJ Johnson, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson and Dexter Gordon among many others. Very fun. It's available on Qobuz

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You've Got To Learn (Live) Nina Simone 2023 https://album.link/i/1689102364 Example: Much more of a historical release than an audio one. Some great performances of 1966, at the Newport Jazz Festival. Just not engineered very well, lots of vocal clipping that is tough if you are really trying to listen and get into it. Still really glad it was released, it will just not be in rotation. Rant - I find that so much with the deluxe and super deluxe ultimate extended anniversary release of some albums with 74 tracks for an album that had 9 songs. Cool, I was glad I heard it once, now I am going to go back to the original album. I usually don't need to listen to the 4th take of a demo that didn't make it on the album in the first place. I feel that I have written about this before. - End Rant. So, speaking of a band that I know much more by name than music, or I should say I did until now. Nightlife Thin Lizzy 1974 https://album.link/i/1443836724 Example: Really great dual guitar led rock. I, of course, am very familiar with 'the boys are back in town' off of Jailbreak, but there is a lot of music before and after that that I was never exposed to. I guess I will keep my TIDAL account for a little bit longer.

RIP RIP Rudolph. I love the Isleys and always played my vinyl version of Live It Up! back in the day when we actually had parties where people danced. This summer there was a local restaurant and bar with a DJ outdoors and I requested the Isleys and he ended up doing a medley that finished with B-Boy Bouillabaisse by Beastie Boys, which samples That Lady.

Glad you left satisfied! That's the usual affect.

Don't get excited Brent, that's a scone.

Ha, welcome to the uncontained family. I've been watching Spenser and Mac for about 5 years now ever since they first connected the two containers. Pretty amazing journey, and I learned a lot. I have enjoyed 'Michygoss' {Canadian} and the earlier videos from 'Cajun Country Livin'' {they must have gotten a marketing team this year}. Ed: I was using vv this thread for non-traditional things that I watch. But serial YT is pretty close to TV...

Not sure if this qualifies as a TV show, but I've been watching a few different YouTube series about off grid building and living. One is called 'Life Uncontained'. It's about a couple and their (eventually) two children. They build a home in rural Texas from steel shipping containers. Then later buy a plot of land as a vacation home and build a road, ready the land and build a cabin, again from a shipping container. They're a cute couple and very willing to get their hands dirty The second I just found in the last few days. It's called 'The Outsider'. It's a Father and Son who build a log cabin from scratch in Northern Ontario. Both are very skilled and I get tired just watching how much they achieve together. I find both shows fascinating. I know that the young couple make their entire living from their YouTube channel. And it's obviously a decent living. That's also quite fascinating to someone of my generation.

Country Airs: The Original Version (Expanded Edition) Rick Wakeman 1986 https://album.link/i/1508393470 Example: I remember back in the 80s I was into Rick Wakeman (still am) and into New Age Music (kinda still am), and this album came out. It really showed his composition style and is ornamentation of cords and themes. Still really enjoyable as a Sunday morning listen. He has over 90 solo albums, so I don't think I will be doing a Discography run anytime soon.

Yes the 2SK246 looks suspicious. Its |Yfs| should be around 1mS around Id=300uA, so changes in Vgs of 1.51V-1.43V=80mV should generate 80uA of change in Id. Apparently that's not the case here. You could use a 2SK373 or even a 2SK117 as a substitute. The 2SK208 is also a close sub, albeit in SOT-23 package. Also, Q16 Ib should not be that high. The current thru R39 is about 100uA, split between Q16 and Q17. If Q16 has an hFE >100, it's Ib should not be over 1uA even in the extreme case.

Skillet breakfast. Potatoes, onion, red bell pepper, tomato, avocado, link sausage, cheddar cheese and eggs. This is going upstairs to divide three ways with Dave and Sherri (landlords). Oh yeah, mushrooms too.

It looks like most of the voltage adjustment comes from the wandering reference, no wonder you said RV1 doesn't have much effect. Assuming your Q16 path works okay, comparing the two diagrams, V(R42) dropped (6.22-6.56)/6.56=-5.18%, almost the same as the LED string voltage drop (11.4-12)/12=-5%, which means the 2SK246 ccs didn't have much effect at all. To give you a data point, my mocked-up 2SK246 ccs changes V(22k) from 6.5496V to 6.5446V (less than -0.1%) when the supply changes from 12V to 11.4V. Your LED string seems not great, either. When the current drops from 703uA to 663uA (-5.7%, ignoring the Q16 base current), the LED string voltage drops -5% as well. Not much of regulation, isn't it? I grabbed a random red LED from my stash and in similar situations its forward voltage changes from 1.7914V to 1.7881V, only -0.18%. Your LED probably has 700uA right around the knee on its IV curve. It may not be a bad part, just not suitable for this location. The above assumes the Q16 and the rest of the battery circuit works okay. Oh well, let's fix one problem at a time.

Last Fish & Chips this trip.

A senior Head Case member sent me two tubes some days ago. An old 6080 and a Westinghouse 12AX7A. Today I completed this in my kitchen. Amplifier is based on Jade, what now that is? PSU as mentioned above is based on Kevin’s GRHV power supply. It has been some fun building days.

More Samara Joy, just in case you don't remember she's an incredible singer There are people who think that Emmet's Place concerts are the most relevant jazz events happening nowadays. If you check all the artists to visit his apartment, I kind of concur.

Met up with a bunch of old friends from Brighton. They had experienced the previously and left satisfied. We had Pork Belly Strips, Apple Sauce, Mustard Mash, Veggies and Gravy Bacon, Brie and Cranberry, And a bowl of chips. @ https://cockpub.co.uk/

Stay safe Tyler. If you know of any volunteer opportunities over there for an old guy that’s not working please let me know. Otherwise, I may have to go to one elite university at a time and beat the crap out all those in the student governments that are supporting Hamas.

Thank you all for the well wishes, we’re safe and sound for the time being and are well-taken-care-of. We have plenty of supplies to ride this out, but I doubt we would have to. State has been really forward-leaning about security ever since Ambassador Stephens’ death in Libya tanked Secretary Clinton’s career. That might just be the shock talking, though. Would you believe I have to compete to get these assignments?

If anyone wants to see the original Canon 1D CCD 4.1 megapixels boring test shots output, see below (bumped up in Topaz’s Photo.ai). You can do a lot with 4MP, but I think I’m more comfortable with “high res” 6MP+. Certainly a step up from the Nikon D1’s 2.7MP. Tweaked on mobile with Snapseed.

iPhone photos while I was in Seattle for business...

https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/top-gun-maverick-lego-trailer/

Oh boy. So Sports Illustrated featured a plus sized model named Yumi Nu on the cover of their swimsuit issue. Everyone's favorite Kermit Thee Frog sounding Canadian self-help grifted Doctor Jordan B. Peterson had to open his big yapper about it: Things did not go well for him. I have not seen a public evisceration like this in a while. Ragequit!

Godspeed, Suzanne Somers... Absolutely loved Three's Company as a boy. HS

Not bad for a budget system.

Yeah, that was an emotional one. This is an ironic one (or unfortunate, I don't know which): Michael Chiarello -- famous food chef, died of complications resulting from an acute allergic reaction. What an awful way to go. I'll probably die of something stupid, like drowning in my own snot (I have a cold right now, and I had one of the hottest Chinese mustards I've ever had on my egg roll earlier, and the mustard loosened up my sinuses), so I am not being judgmental here.

RIP Rudolph Isley, harmony singer and one of the main songwriters of the Isley Brothers.

RIP Tim Wakefield, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher. 57 years old is awfully young. Also screw Curt Schilling who is never not an absolute clown.