Knuckledragger

Eat Static's live rig, when Merv is playing in his hometown.

1971 Nissan Skyline GTX. Um.

Ice Cave, Yoho National Park, Canada.

Not a very porn-y pic, but I'd like to point out that these speakers have a really high WAF.

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Liquor store cat.

Oh man. I've been playing RCT since the 90s and I don't have all the boxes.

Oh, baby.

Phew. The landscape has changed since I last did this. One thing has not changed. 2.5" drives use 4 pegs to stay in place. I brilliantly forgot to swap them from the ca. 2011 HDD to the new SSD and realized the fact just as I tightened on the last screw on the underside panel of the Mac. Many screw (and curses) later, I re-opened the laptop, extracted the SSD, attached its 4 pegs and re-installed everything. Blissfully, the machine booted with no problem. Then I had to enable TRIM. Years ago I used a freeware app called TRIM Enabler. In 2019, said app is no longer free and arguably malware. Fortunately, there's a command in Terminal that does the same thing: sudo trimforce enable. The above screenshot confirms it's working. Even with a 2011 i7, going from 4GB of RAM and a slow AF 2.5" 750GB HDD to 16GB of RAM and a modern SSD is like working on an entirely new machine. High Sierra was not meant to run with 4GB.

500GB Crucial SSD, 16 GB RAM upgrade kit and various accessories arrived from AMZN today. Going to be doing surgery on Mum's 13" MBP this evening. I haven't done work like this in ages. Remember when Macs had user replaceable parts? SMH my head, as the zoomers say.

With all the kerfuffle of Borderlands 3 being a timed exclusive on the Epic Game Store and Randy Pitchford being a gibbering asshat (as he always is) I've been getting back into ...Borderlands 1 and 2. 2K did BL fans a solid by giving away the 4K HD texture pack for BL2 and the Enhanced version of BL1 for free (to existing owners.) I've only put about 8 hours in to BL1 enhanced. I imported my old character and beat Crawmerax with some friends. One thing I will say about BL1 is that it has the best soundtrack of the entire franchise. I liked it enough to buy it on CD years ago. The real fun I've been having is via the Reborn mod for BL2. It requires hex editing the BL2 EXE to run (there's a tool specifically for the task), but it's a relatively simple process. The Reborn mod addresses a legion of balance and mechanical issues that exist in BL2. It has really breathed new life into the game for me. A few friends of mine have have been joining me in the evenings and we've been going through with relatively low level characters. I'm currently an L33 Gunzerker. This is the first time playing BL2 for one member of our crew and he has really taken to it. His enthusiasm for the game coupled with the huge amount of QoL changes Reborn adds has effectively made the game "Borderlands 2.5" and a real blast to play. After this phase, I may see about modding Borderlands: The Pre Sequel, a game much maligned for for both deserved and unfair reasons.

Three Jewish hooligans cause chaos in a local liquor store, late 1986.

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Just updated my credit card on the Mixlr site. This is old plan I'm grandfathered in: This is the current $100/year plan: Basically they all suck ass except for the $500/year plan: https://mixlr.com/priceplans/ It behooves me to keep my old, grandfathered plan as long as possible.

Avantgarde UNO XD.

Refurb'd Marantz 250 amp and 3300 pre.

Here or amp porn?