HiWire

PetaPixel's useful primer video on shotgun mics started me down the rabbit hole again: Apples and oranges, I don't have a fancy camera, so researching field recording stereo mics again brought me to binaural microphone rigs (like the Roland CS-10EM or DPA 4560) and the the Shure MV88+ and Rode iXY-L stereo microphones for iPhone: https://audioservices.studio/review/microphones-for-iphone For an all-in-1 - the Tascam Portacapture X6 looks reasonable for an all-rounder (this is its bigger brother, the X8):

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Rialto - Neon & Ghost Signs

Happy Birthday!

RIP, Vincent Belorgey, aka Kavinsky (Nightcall song from the Drive (2011) soundtrack) - may have passed away from a stroke at age 50:

Black Sails

Sometimes you just want to watch a man repair a kitchen knife - there are a lot of fake restoration and repair videos online, but this one is like relaxing ASMR - never abuse a fine knife like this:

Split Enz - Time and Tide

Demented fermented - James Hoffmann discusses coffee fermentation:

Wayback playback:

PetaPixel re-reviews the first consumer (under $1,000) digital SLR camera, the 6MP Canon EOS 300D from 2003:

Looks ok - I'l have to re-learn to navigate again. The pages definitely load faster, and their content (like videos), too.

Polar Opposites(?)

I took a dive into some of their sessions and it was like the Keynote, mostly AI slop.

Anthony Garcia - C’était L’été

I'm going to watch Tokyo Vice next.

Heavy Metal: Music from the Motion Picture

Cash me ousside.

Apple Intelligence, how about that?

Unifi is great, but often it's hard to get their equipment because of high demand. They've been steadily improving on the software management side, too.

It's the biggest Forza Horizon ever... the game world is huge and it's incredible.

Forza Horizon 6

I really don't like active noise canceling myself, but Bose and Sony tend to get mentioned a lot re: noise canceling headphones...

Affinity by Canva? It's free.