Knuckledragger

With this photo, my online archive is now exhausted. Dun worry, I have a directory with, uh, 778 images to upload.

Hiranao Tsuboi Minimalist LED Watch is, Sadly, Just a Concept - Led - Gizmodo

I'm not so sure about these new speaker stands.

I bought my first stereo system in 1990, at auction. All the components were from the early-mid 80s. I added a Pioneer 6-disc changer to it late in the year, and a Sony 3-head cassette deck a year or two after that. I have no photos of it. I do have a lot of gear photos from the last decade. Click through most of them for the Flickr page with notes. Earliest gear pic I know of: 10 years ago: Picture is from about Mach of 2000, taken with a 1998 Sony Mavica. Sony Mavicas were ahead of their time. They emulated what cameraphones would do years later. Trufax: Me mum has that iMac DV, and still uses it periodically. The speakers are Yamaha NS-1000s. I still have them in use (along with two others) in my 5.1 rig. I'm going to date the start of my "headphone rig" from the time I got my HD-650s in the fall of 2004. For a long time, I plugged them into an old Gemini DJ mixer, which mixed audio output of my soundcard (SoundBlaster <mumble>) and a 1997 Yamaha CDP (which stubbornly refuses to die, even now.) The DJ mixer allowed me to listen to video game noises and my music of choice at the same time. Until October of last year, it served the same purpose for my housemate. I never got around to taking a picture of it. Of course, I drank the head-fi Kool Aid and replaced the 650's cables shortly after getting them, but didn't get an amp or proper source until significantly later. 5-ish years ago: HD-650s, Blue Dragon IIs, GLite + DPS; September 2005. Please note I named the image "Head Case" before I ever heard of this this place (or it existed.) My "headphone rig" sitting on top of the heart of my 5.1 system. I never really used it here, but it made for a nice photo. I still have the same HT pre/processor and 5-channel amp. I'm not big on home theater upgrades, it seems. 4 years ago: My 31st birthday rig. Same cans and amp, Edirol USB ADC/DAC is my source. Weirdo integrated amp I borrowed from a DJ powered some EV studio monitors (not pictured). Late March '06, I got my first "real" source, and Adcom GCD-750. I still have it, but it has been completely usurped by my Quad 99 CDP-2. September 2006: I get a power conditioner, and a new camera. Receiver is my father's 1997 Yamaha, which also refuses to die. 2 years ago: Mach 2008, I discover that home renovation is a wake to burn through cash at a rate that makes high end audio look like a savings account. In the chaos, I strip my rig down to its bare essentials. Edirol -> GLite - 650s. I've since replaced the GLite with an HRBD, added Quad 12L Actives and an AR LS-9. One of these days I'm going to take a picture of the updated setup.

The message you have entered contains a McIntosh amp. That is awesome.

Now that is an interesting amp. It's not as revered by the AR faithful as other models because of its hybrid nature. In my eyes that is an advantage as the D125 brings a bit less on the used market than some of its all-tube brethren. Is yours outfitted with cooling fans? If so, how noisy is it?

The message you have entered is arguably better than the actual film was.

I have a new stove arriving @ 0900 tomorrow, so I should be sleeping right now. Instead, I'm editing a few photos. FML. That laser in the center is the one that hit me in the eye. DJ Redshift at 10 after 8 the following morning, having just disgorged a fresh bottle of Grey Goose from his freezer. Katherine, the resident dancer for the local dnb night. She was a resident at the Limelight, in 1992. Yep, she's 41. More later. Probably.

Re: Epic Beard Man.

Thanks for the kind words, guys. My eye has basically been hurting since Saturday night when it happened. I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday, and if it's still hurting then, I'm going to mention it to him. Well, I might mention it anyway, but you know what I mean. I don't know the output power of the laser that got me. I do know it was RGB color mixing, which means the total output could be several hundred MW, but it's unlikely I got the full brunt of that. I didn't get any burning feeling or tearing, so maybe I'm lucky? Yes, Reks, every laserist knows that sign. Only problem is that I lack a remaining eye if this one goes. Good luck with that freon. Edit: Good LORD, that sign is huge (that's what she said). Replaced with a more sane sized one.

Got shot in the eye (my good eye, I'm nearly blind in the other one) with a laser this weekend at the nightclub. I am really not happy about this.

If someone will fly me to Reykjavik, I'll see if I can Birgir to pose. I know he's got the stats, not so sure about the wifebeater.

['Shop of Pedobear wearing Jecklins goes here.]

Elvis and a pelvis.

That's funny, he looks smarter than he usually does.

feckn_birthday, happy_eejit!