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Feels appropriate to leave this here: Pokemon x Grado collab! That is a line I never thought I'd ever write. Life is indeed stranger than fiction sometimes. https://blog.gradolabs.com/pokemon-center-grado-headphones/

RIP Ray Fosse, Oakland A’s longtime broadcaster and former MLB Catcher. Ray’s broadcasts taught me to love the game. His understated dignity and professionalism was something I’ve always admired. He was always a very stark contrast with the Giants broadcasters across the bay. I still don’t forgive Pete Rose for nearly ending Ray’s career in a violent collision at home plate durning an all-star game that didn’t even count. https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/Ray-Fosse-former-A-s-player-TV-commentator-dies-16531377.php

Finally!

Went to a friend’s wedding last night. First wedding I’ve been to since COVID. So much fun.

Am also waiting on 16" M1/M2/M1X/whatever to replace 2016 MBP. Soon™?

After seeing the new hotness it is pretty wild going 20+ years back in time to the older gen destroyers.

Fleet week in SF with Grahame. USS Michael Monseur first up.

I'm also starting to eyeball some of these new DACs. Both Denafrips and Holo Spring seem to have compelling R2R NOS options at or around 3k.

Our Bande Apart - Third Eye Blind. Pretty much exactly what I would want from late-career 3EB. Very pleasant listen.

Yeah, PFAS is no joke. It comes up on every financing I work on for California Water Districts, particularly when their water sources include pumped ground water. Thankfully, people are aware of it now. At least in California we are measuring PFAS and taking steps to mitigate the problem.

And it defaulted me to subs because that is how I watch! Really smart as I’d bet for a lot of casual viewers they would switch the show off before going in to the menu to change it from the default.

I’m happy the show is blowing up everywhere. It is legitimately pretty great. Thought this was interesting from a story in the WSJ today: ”’Squid Game’ went through some primping to become a global megahit. With a potential language barrier, Netflix emphasized visuals, outfitting competitors in green tracksuits and building colorful sets resembling children’s playgrounds. Some of the rules for the traditional Korean games were simplified or altered. Many Americans also enjoy watching foreign shows with English-language dubbing, rather than subtitles—a choice that Netflix’s algorithms can automatically select for users based on their past viewing.” So Netflix cranked the visual style up to 11 to carry the show cross-culturally. That was brilliant. Also cool the algorithm can guess whether a viewer would prefer subtitles or dubbing. Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflixs-squid-game-is-the-dystopian-hit-no-one-wanteduntil-everyone-did-11633183200?mod=hp_lead_pos9

I follow a few game designers on twitter who were talking about the new Netflix show, "Squid Game." I started in on it last night. It is surprisingly compelling! I am impressed so far.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Caribbean Santa!

Great interview with Sean Olive (of Harman target curve fame) on a summary of his headphone research over the years.

Happy birthday!

Forgot how good this album is! Thanks for reminding me.

Pretty painless upgrade to iOS 15 today… at least on my current gen Apple devices. I might be imagining things, but I feel like they definitely put some big dev effort in to the 120hz animations and smoothness. I have not seen it written up in any of the reviews, and without a second device side by side running iOS 14 it is impossible to tell for sure, but things feel really good on my iPad Pro. It would certainly make sense that 120hz mode would be a focus with a whole lot more 120hz Apple devices about to come online this Friday.

4-part Ken Burns series on Muhammed Ali. "Ali boma ye" Streamable here: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/muhammad-ali/

Totally agree. I helped my mother order one last night to replace her 2016-vintage iPad. Should be a nice upgrade for her.

Happy birthday, Tall-man!

Sorry, CS. Was on my cell and hit the wrong button. So sorry for you loss. Doug is indeed correct. Lost my old girl about 5 years back so I know the feeling.

Must. Have. 120hz phone.

Happy birthday, John!