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Happy Birthday guzziguy!
Happy Birthday!
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Upgrading a Silicon Graphics Indigo2: Going farther back - the new Commodore 64 Ultra:
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What are you listening to Part the Third
He'll be missed. Dancing With Strangers has a song called Joys of Christmas (with a B-side: Driving Home for Christmas). Listening to them now.
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RIP someone or another
RIP, Chris Rea.
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What TV show are you watching now?
The Prisoner (1967) Brilliant show...
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Compact cassette is back!(?)
It's probably a sort of pilot project - if they don't lose their shirts on Type I, maybe they'll fire up Chromium and Metal cassette production later. And what is this stuff for, anyway? Hobbyists, or real music production work? Will most of these tapes go into cheap Tanashin-knockoff Chinese cassette players? Are we playing with analog for analog's sake - should a new cassette transport include noise reduction like Dolby S or is it a solved problem already (Digital Compact Cassette)? Wouldn't it make sense for a new cassette transport to use direct drive instead of belts and fewer parts for reliability? I'm putting this Nakamichi Dragon vs. LX-5 comparo and a boombox review below just for reference - there is a small niche market emerging...
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Compact cassette is back!(?)
I thought this was worth mentioning - Revox announced they are selling new audio compact cassettes, Type I C60 and C90 - what a crazy time we live in: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/new-blank-cassettes-now-available-from-revox/
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What are you reading now?
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas
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What are you listening to Part the Third
The Mavericks - What a Crying Shame RIP, Raul Malo
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Happy Birthday Tom ( bozebuttons)
Happy Birthday!
- Head Case Motorsports
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Violin repair: Winter Wallace & Gromit: BBC Planet Earth II:
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Happy Birthdays emelius and CD44hi!
Happy Birthday!
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The analog thread.
Non-tiny prices. They might be good for a gag gift, e.g., The Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa.
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Why did Cloudflare go down? Nerdy Rust programming explanation:
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What TV show are you watching now?
Being Human (2008) The BBC version, not the American one
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Songs You Came Across On Some Streaming Service And Thought Your Head-Case Buds Might Enjoy Too. No Critical Endorsement Implied. Fuck Vevo etc.
Paul Anka - Diana For his babysitter...
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What are you listening to Part the Third
Yes, I was just listening to Hats (1989) and I wanted to see if the band members had done anything else since then. I've been listening to A Walk Across the Rooftops a few times in the last few weeks, since I first got it in the summer. I think the Blue Nile is basically broken up. Their 3rd and 4th albums, Peace at Last and High, didn't garner the same level of critical and popular recognition, so maybe it's best to leave it at that (from the sound of Moore's last interviews about the band, it seems to be a bitter ending, at least on his part).
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What are you listening to Part the Third
Paul Buchanan - Mid Air (2012) Singer of The Blue Nile, his first solo album
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What TV show are you watching now?
The Bleak Shop of Old Stuff (2011): Featuring some strangely familiar old faces...
- Happy Birthday Dinny!
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Decent inexpensive colour printer that does NOT require some kind of ridiculous toner/ink subscription
I used a Printronic cartridge from OCProducts - I might try the cartridges at 123ink.ca, Moustache brand next.
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Decent inexpensive colour printer that does NOT require some kind of ridiculous toner/ink subscription
I started using 3rd-party ink for my HP DeskJet - it's been working out fine for the last year or so (HP discontinued the cartridges).
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What are you listening to Part the Third
Chris Rea - Dancing with Strangers