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TMoney

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  1. Carl "Blue Suede Shoes" Perkins is in the studio to record "Matchbox," his other great hit. Arriving early to the studio to watch him record is the man in black, Johnny Cash. Also around is "the killer," Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun records' new piano player who hasn't had any of his hits released yet. Driving past, 21 year old Elvis sees the armada of Cadillacs parked at Sun records and stops in to see what is going on. A lot of this is just noodling around and the recording isn't great, but this one of the most impressive collaborations of early rock superstars that we have. The "Million Dollar Quartet," indeed. "Don't be Cruel" and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" are real highlights. Sad that by the time they started to get back together Elvis had already passed on.
  2. Just finished this. Gonna be very curious what other people think about it.
  3. Happy birthday, Al! Ditto what everyone else is saying and hope your ear feels better.
  4. Same here. My grandpa was a navigator on a B-17. I told my dad he needs to watch it.
  5. Finished Masters of the Air. Lovely show. I’m glad they made it. A most worthy successor to Band of Brothers.
  6. Loos great, HS! See you at the track/autocross?
  7. Happy birthday, Nate.
  8. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Hope this isn't another clean sweep by Verstappen.
  9. Took another break from packing to watch this. A+ effort from the lads, as usual. They do such an amazing job with these.
  10. I always underestimate how stressful and emotionally draining packing is. Even more so as I'm slightly downsizing this time around. Movers come Thusday!
  11. Grahame, remind me never to get on your bad side! With friends like these!
  12. Get to de choppa! Oh wait, I meant to say “happy birthday.”
  13. Drive to Survive, Season 6 Another absolutely fabulous season from these guys. It is not hyperbole to say that this show has changed the landscape of professional sports documentary (if not professional sports themselves). The access DTS's crew gets is unparalleled. I cannot believe the intimate moments they are able to capture on audio and video. These people are not professional actors. The only way you get those types of moments is to be in as many places as often as you can. The production budget must be truly insane. I devoured the 10 episodes in two days when I should have been packing up my apartment. I think this show is an amazing complement to watching the races, as there is just no other way to get this kind of insider access. I can't wait for the next season of races (and eventually the next season of DTS).
  14. Agreed. The setting was the real star.
  15. I thought this started strong, but by the end I hated it. Less up its own ass than season 2, but only just.
  16. Grahame hit the nail on the head. Happy birthday, Colin!
  17. Happy birthday, Tice-Man!
  18. Drive to survive, but NASCAR? Yeah, I enjoyed this. Only 5 episodes so short and sweet. Sadly this does almost nothing to educate race-curious people like me on their sport. I know there is strategy, skill, and cool engineering that goes in to oval track racing but you get none of it here. The difference between NASCAR and F1 also couldn't be more stark. Still, this was fun and I recommend it.
  19. Pre-gamed the Super Bowl by doing the San Francisco grand tour with a buddy. She really is a magnificent city!
  20. I went and did the demo at my local Apple Store. Expectations were low but I tried to keep an open mind. Wow! First gen product, but this feels like it could be the future of computing. This is as impressive a demo as seeing something like HDR for the first time. There is an amazing amount of polish for a first gen product. The video pass-through latency is supposedly under 12ms and feels quick enough as to almost be imperceptible. The hand and eye tracking are great. The ability to tune out the outside world worked very well, even in a busy Apple Store. This is so much more impressive than the Oculus products, but for what it costs it had damn well better be! Downsides? I want even more resolution than this. The FOV is good but not great. The apps that have been optimized for it are amazing, but most are just ported iPad apps. I also (nerd alert) found the foveated rendering very noticeable as to the high and low rez rendering and the drop off between the two. Biggest downside is the cost. $3.5k is just a ton of money. If it was closer to $1k I’d be a lot more tempted to splurge. Also, if this ever worked with Windows PCs for Sim Racing and Flight Simulators I’d buy it right now.
  21. ^ surprisingly good. Wish more people had watched it.
  22. I don't know. It seems like a very cool toy, but priced at least 3x higher than what I'd pay. That being said, once they allow for public demo sign ups I'm going to at least try it at the store.
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