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Just finished Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss. Scary as hell. The best food book I've ever read while also being one of the best business books I've read. I've loved Mr. Moss' writing over at the NYT and that lead me to picking this up. Man, the food industry is a scary place. Like the tobacco companies, the food industry operates in a very morally grey area where they sell products designed to be used in moderation that they know people are hopelessly addicted to. This book probes the science, business tactics and history of the processed food business. Chapters on sugary cereals, lunchables and capri-sun drinks struck especially close to home as I had plenty of each of them growing up. Number one takeaway from the book? READ THE NUTRITION LABELS!!!

Went out last night to celebrate Frank's (Falkon's) bachelor party last night. Much good bourbon was had. Seemed appropriate given that we are in Lexington, Kentucky. I don't really remember what we had but hopefully Frank will chime in in the next few days and let us know. Needless to say, it was wonderful. Being relatively new to whiskey, I had mine on the rocks, much to Frank's dismay. He, of course, drank neat with a glass of room temperature water by his side. Guess I have a lot to learn. EDIT: It was Elijah Craig 12 and Angel's Envy. Of the two, I liked the Elijah.

That was one gorgeous looking Siamese, Ric. Sorry to hear the news.

So apparently in addition to buying a PONO you can now invest in the company in $5k blocks. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/you-can-now-invest-in-neil-youngs-ponomusic-20140813 What I am wondering is where do I go to short the PONO company? Not that I don't like what they are doing, I do. What I don't see is how they become a stable, profit-generating business over the long-term. $400 just seems like a ludicrous amount to pay for a portable player when most of their target demographic are going to already own high end smart-phones. I wish them the best, but take Neil Young's name off the project and what do you have?

Wow. Just heard about this one. Such a funny guy, but he had his issues. Still. He lives in my hometown and went to the same high school I did. I think he even still has a school record in track and field. What a bummer.

Happy Birthday, Frankie-D. See you in a few weeks at your wedding.

Whenever you get the LS50 rig up and running, let me know. I'd love to come hear them.

Installed the 10.10 beta this morning on my rMBP at work. Damn 10.10 looks absolutely stunning on the retina screen. Bravo, Apple! Brilliant work! I would have installed 10.10 for the black menu bars alone.

Yes, the mini uses the same Intel chips as the MacBook Pro line. Also, FWIW, the iMac line uses desktop-class Intel chips but laptop-class nVidia GPUs.

They are bigger and more expensive, but I can't say enough about the 30" Korean Monitor I bought from one of the ebay sellers. 2560x1600 is very nice for having two documents open at the same time. Also the size difference between the 30" and the 27"ers is quite noticeable.

Finished the two seasons. I enjoyed it, but for some reason I felt guilty for watching it. I guess I have the same feelings for this show that I have for Piper. She is hot, you want to like her, but your not sure if there is really all that much there.

^ Great haul!!!!

Another game heads towards penalties... wow. WOW!

Ideally both, right? I realize its a pipe dream, but both as well as some A/B listening test would be nice.

Once, just once I'd like to see an audio review where they compare the modified unit to a stock unit, preferably blind, but I'd settle for sighted.

Just a wonderful job by this Algerian goal keeper. If they go on to win this he is my "man of the match."

Brazil, you are so friggin' lucky.

Rip, Tuco! One of my all time favorite movie characters.

I would try taking off the overclock entirely and see if you still have problems. If things go back to normal, start dialing it up again slowly.

Wow, what a soul crusher there at the end. I guess so long as Germany doesn't kill us and Portugal doesn't lay down to Ghana we should be moving on... but still, would have been nice to have everything wrapped up.

Wow. Great win! Heart in my throat the entire 2nd half.

Just finished Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men. Really enjoyed it. It's a bit all over the place, but any scene with Willy Stark in it is solid gold. It is a classic for a reason, despite its flaws. I had seen both the 1950's and 2000's movie adaptations prior to reading this and that didn't dampen my enjoyment of the book in the slightest. Penn Warren is a very good writer.

Dave over at the EEVBlog put up this informative post on the economics of selling niche electronics. As our headphone stuff is about as niche as it gets, I figure many of the points he talks about in this article are going to apply. Worth a read! http://www.eevblog.com/2014/05/28/the-economics-of-selling-your-hardware-project/