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Got a tracking number today for delivery tomorrow for my SS with WSB. Woohoo! My excitement is tempered by the fact that that the Space Grey one I'm giving to someone as a gift won't be showing up anytime soon, but oh well.

So I bought two on launch night (one for me, one as a gift) and it looks like one of them is going to arrive this week and the other isn't. Boo-urns! The Space Grey Sport must be all kinds of supply constrained.

Inmates running the asylum?

Had my try on appointment as well. First thing, the 42mm is smaller than I thought. See this photo of my wrist next to one of the demo units. Maybe I have big wrists? I actually really liked the feel of the sport band, at least in the brief minute I tried it. I ordered the stainless with white sport band on launch night and thought at the time that I'd grab another band as a daily driver. Now, I'm not so sure I need a second. I liked the leather loop, but I'm not sure I "need" it. Even after seeing all of them I don't know which color leather loop I'd get. I'm mean, look at them... they all look good. I'll probably end up getting one at some point, just not right away at the launch. Also, for those of you who are getting the space grey sport I will say that the leather loops all look AMAZING with the space grey watch. I actually didn't much care for the link bracelet. I knew it would be heavier than the other bands, but the weight difference when its actually on your wrist is quite substantial and is a little too much for me.

Man... I feel like Apple is doing everything right these days. I'm totally in on one of these. The hands-on videos that tech sites have been posting look very impressive. As much as I doubt that they are going to sell many gold ones, I do think its important that they put it out there. In a strange way I think it gives them credibility and shows that they really are trying to make a watch, not just another gizmo.

Old Pair: 1207. New Pair: 2957

Maybe at some point in the future I'll send my new 009s to Tyll for measuring. He measured my original pair way back when (link) so it would be interesting to see if there are any substantial differences in the charts for a newer pair.

I don't doubt it. I'm really liking the second pair. I can't say exactly what is different, but my impression is that they sound a lot less sterile. It is a welcome change. Is any link or additional info you can provide, Spritzer?

Huh, this made me think. My subjective impression is that my replacement pair of 009s does sound better than my first pair (bought via PJ before they went on sale in the US) with the HV. I thought I was imagining things. Could be just having brand new pads, but maybe they really did fix something in the later 009 production runs?

^ Boy, the David Carr thing makes me sad. He was one of my favorite writers over at the NYT. He was intelligent, honest, and frank, and he had a lot more left to give. RIP

I watched Pete Carroll make a horrible decision to pass when he has the best running game in football and three tries to run it in from the 3 yard line. Would not recommend.

No shit.

While I agree with you that Yahoo in general is increasingly irrelevant, many of the individual writers (in this case Pogue) are still very widely read.

Yahoo hates it too. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/it-was-one-of-kickstarters-most-successful-109496883039.html This thing is going to be a complete flop.

I'm embarrassed I left this off my list back when we were doing out top 5 albums of all time about a year ago.

Innerfidelity.com has a wall of fame you may want to peruse. Or you could just go with the tried and true Floats by Dre™.

^

Looks like no new Senn flagship at CES:

Had a chance to cash in a number of books on my Trip. Nothing better for burning though books than 12+ hour flights in the back of the plane in coach. American Gods My first Neil Gaiman book. I've dabbled in the Sandman and read some of his shorter stuff, but this was my first novel of his. It took me a while to get in to it, but once I did it was very enjoyable. It is a good story, and fun to read, though I found the side-cuts to the historical stuff distracting and I didn't think they added that much to the the main story threads or the points the book made. Gaiman is clearly a good writer. If you enjoy his type of stuff at all, check this one out. 4/5. I think I have to pick Sandman back up and start working through that. The Martain Hopefully Cute will agree with me, this is a hell of a fun read. I basically got through it in a single sitting. For you engineer-types this is sci-fi page-turner to read. The story is very fun, and (from my experience playing Kerbal Space Program on the PC) the science seemed to be pretty spot on. I'll be looking forward to the Ridley Scott movie, thats for sure. As a book, the writing isn't a whole lot better than what you'd find in a high-school english class, but that doesn't distract that much from how enjoyable the book otherwise is. Very recommended to the HC crowd, 4/5. I'll be picking up Andy Wier's next book for sure. The Name of the Rose I'm more than halfway done with this one, but I can already tell it is a masterpiece and lives up to the hype. Eco is a genius. It is not an easy read as it is really a philosophy, religion and semiotic treatise wrapped in a whodunit murder in a 14th century abbey, but it really is great. Thinking this one will be a 5/5 for me once I finish it.

Really jet-lagged after a 24+ hour travel day to get home from Tel Aviv yesterday. What a great trip though. Israel is an awesome place to visit. Can't wait to see what exciting stuff gets shown off at CES. Sennheiser, don't let us down!

Happy Birthday Jesus Ric!

Thank god you were both wearing your seat-belts. I wouldn't want to imagine what might have happened if you were not. I still find it shocking how many people you have to prod in this day and age to wear a seat-belt. Thankfully my new car won't stop beeping at them until they finally decide to put it on .

Bad ass! -- Half-day at work before heading home to pack for a 10-day trip to Israel and the Holy Land. Happy holidays, everyone!

EDIT: Well, what do you know, turns out they sent it Monday but they didn't bother to tell me it had shipped. *sigh*. Email I sent this morning to Yama's. Getting the 009s repaired/replaced has been a nightmare.