Knuckledragger

Viewing the lunar eclipse through a colander.

The internet being wrong:

Prey, the cult FPS with a colorful history is now on the Mac App Store for $3(!) It used to be on Steam, but Valve ran out of keys ...permanently. One of the other DDL sites had a stack of keys but those are gone as well. It is possible to get a Mac version of Prey DVD on the used market, but it is my understanding that the executable on the disk doesn't work with newer versions of OSX. The Mac App Store version has none of these problems.

Woo Audio Audio woo

"These are 3D renderings of each GOP candidate's vote-approval rating in this year's presidential campaign. They're also functional sex toys." Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman, respectively: Ron Paul still looks like the least painful choice. You can get a complete set for $350.

Still one of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvfDqF0-2yg

Reddit's /r/pics is basically 4chan these days.

The CS8412 arrived yesterday. Late last night I installed it and the first 12AX7 I could scrounge into the CAL Sigma DAC. The installation process was relatively painless. What I've observed is that the Sigma wants a good 45 seconds upon being powered up before it will do anything, but then it locks on to the SPDIF output from my Edirol USB interface with no drama at all. I've had it running most of the day today and I've observed a few things: First, the sound is quite good. In fact, other than having a slightly hotter output, I can't barely differentiate between it an my Quad 99 CDP-2. Not bad for a design originally from 1990. Of course, the similarity in sound might have more to do with me having tin ears. Secondly, it runs surprisingly cool. The 12AX7 kicks almost no heat at all. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the Sigma yet. Maybe I'll tuberoll (lie) or chip-roll (bigger lie) it. As of this writing I have ...six DACses in the house. I'm becoming Dinny writ small. In any event, this first blunder into DIY was relatively painless, even if it was essentially a training wheels session.

Oh, snap. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic AKA KOTOR and Jedi Outcast are now available for OSX on Steam. They're both 25% off now, but will doubtlessly receive a bigger discount during the Steam summer sale.

Monoprice for just about everything that's not analog audio, and Blue Jeans for that. EDIT: I should add that this eBay seller makes really good balanced cables, and is probably cheaper than BJC.

Dubya wanted to be the Baseball Commissioner. In the running for the most WTF thing I have ever posted here.