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I'm back at it and figured I'd try to show you what I do. The "snake" is about 2/3's full of standard pellets (no prep) and then topped with mesquite chips. I took out the trusty torch and lit the chip/pellet mix for about 30-45 seconds until an open flame persisted. Then I simply blew out the flame which left a nice slow-burning smolder. I find that one leg of the snake burning like this will last for ~3 hours which is plenty. About an hour and a half in and things are coming along nicely projecting for a late dinner after kids finish basketball practice.

Happy new year

Let's hope that 2021 is less shitty than 2020. Without Trump in office and vaccinations on the horizon, it should be a sure thing. Love you guys and gals!

my kid's pretty happy with the feel on his Kawai MP11

2020 is done! On to 2021!

I'm sure you'd be happier with the keys of the S88 (I bought an S61 a few month back and sold my Keylab). If you're looking for a replacement for a real piano, you may want to check out many of the other choices. I'm not a real piano player so my opinion don't mean squat! Here's a pretty decent thread from the composers forum I hang out on. There are many, far more qualified posters there. https://vi-control.net/community/threads/which-88-key-master-keyboard-stagekeys-or-what-fits.99381/ This is just one of many 88 key "what's the best" threads at vi control. Of course, trying one out is the best and alternatively, buy from a source with good returns (it took me 3 tries before I settled on my S61). IMHO, I wouldn't be concerned about any libraries. Get the keyboard/keybed you like and spend some time listening to library/modeling demos online.

Due to COVID quarantine I am about finished with my Netflix, HULU, Amazon Video and HBO watch list so I am volunteering to assist you with your research. I am pretty good at counting now.

Making real eggnog for the first time. It took almost an hour of constant stirring to bring the custard up to temp. Now it needs to chill for at least 3 hours. I'll report back afterwards. Recipe is America's Test Kitchen Holiday Eggnog.

Happy (time zone allowing) 2021 Head Case. No fireworks where you are? Enjoy the London display. The drones aren't bad, either.

The soundtrack clip - wow. Can't get through it tonight, though. Too beautiful.

This one seems like a decent setup.

In order to take my mind off of SARS-COV2 I analyzed 50 years of radiocesium body burdens from over 40000 white-tailed deer from the SRS. It worked.

So I went ahead and modded my L700 mk1. I'm generally pretty skeptical of Lambda mods, but my yoke broke on the left side and I fixed it with duck tape and a coat hanger, and mysteriously my coat hanger solution ended up being far more comfortable than the stock setup. So I got to wondering if there was a way to custom-make a better yoke, and lo and behold, someone else has already done it. These are 3d printed by Socas and they work pretty well. They allow for a wider range of motion for the earcup and they fix the problem of having too much pressure at the top of the earpad and not enough at the bottom. So if you're one of the people who, like me, can't wear the current generation Lambdas properly, this is a solution. You will need a Torx 6 screwdriver to get the screw out that holds the yoke in place, and after that it's an easy swap. This does affect the sonics a bit. In the past I always read accounts of people hearing the L700 as overly warm and a bit congested and wondered what on earth they were hearing, but how... that's kinda how it sounds. The frequency response gets rotated clockwise, the highs are much smoother and more palatable, but the midrange shout and upper mid dip gets even more noticeable. The solution of course is EQ. I'm not gonna post all of my settings since you really need to personalize your own EQ but -5db at 1150hz q1.41 and +2db 3khz q0.5 evens out the mids, then you also need to drop the peaks in the highs - which we all hear in different places - and adjust the lows to taste. I have a MiniDSP ears now and will probably be able to EQ more accurately, but I thought I'd give a heads up to @yaluen and others who are in the same boat that there is a fix, and you don't need to write the current-gen Lambdas off (though I don't know if this works for the L300/500). This thing sounds very smooth and natural now, with great imaging and clarity but a bit lackluster impact in the lows, which I'm sure a more powerful amp than my 717 will fix. Oh, and the Mk2? My opinion of it has turned pretty sharply downwards. I prefer my modded mk1 by a good margin.

Encountered a meditator in their natural habitat

In case anyone else's mind recently went from Gilligan's Island's sexuality to The Addams Family, you may enjoy the below historical ping-pong of the two monster families. I thought one was a copycat of the other, but it's more complicated. https://decider.com/2019/10/14/addams-family-vs-the-munsters-which-came-first/

Thanks for your crumpet recipe post. I'm going to make a bunch and freeze them. Well, if I don't eat them all first.

When neighbors give you Lemons, Make Lemon Curd. It goes well with mascarpone (in the absence of ricotta) on Crumpets. For Breakfast. And with Afternoon Tea.

Happy 2021 everyone!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to You all!

Happy New Year!

Cheers to a New Year, HC. d-_-b

Happy New Year!

Hoping for a better 2021.

I hope this isn't a trick like last year!

Happy new year's. 2020 wasn't as rough for me as 2019 was, but not through lack of trying. Here's to hoping 2021 will be better. When in doubt, remember this drunken wisdom: the glass is neither half empty nor half full, it just needs to be topped up!

Happy happy, joy joy! Wishing all good things for the world!!!!

Happy New Year! 🎆

Happy New Year!

Joanne made a (That's an egg and bacon tart, to y'all) Followed by I haz an un-sad "making room in the freezer"

Thanks for sharing this Ric. Didn't know Jones but I have several acquaintances who retreated into the Santa Cruz mountains for assorted reasons. I'm sure some of them have been flushed out by this years fires.

From a few months back. RIP Tad Jones. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/us/fires-california-monk-tad-jones-last-chance-santa-cruz.html

That's an easy one for me, clearly The Munsters. The Addams weren't even aired here.

Vivid Audio Giya G3 Series 2:

yum

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.

RIP MF DOOM - https://www.complex.com/music/2020/12/mf-doom-dead-49