Knuckledragger

Sup, 'heads, long time no 'case. I've been entirely too busy for things like headphones and sites ostensibly dedicated to them, but I did manage to log back in here. I just updated my email address with h-c, and an odd thing happened. I got downgraded to ...new user status? My PMs got limited to 50, and I couldn't post. I just received a confirmation email and clicked the provided link. Now things appear to be back to normal, but I haven't investigated that thoroughly. Err... is this what's supposed to happen?

Oooh. What wattage? How many lumens? What color temp? How much did they cost? Last month I bought a handful of half-watt LED nightlights, and I have been sorely disappointed with them. Out of the box they were blindingly bright, but in less than two weeks they had faded to 1/2 to 1/4 of their initial output power. That's pretty sad even by the standards of cheap Chinese knock-offs. I have looked at LED bulbs for conventional fixtures, but I haven't seen any in a price range where I'm willing to gamble on them yet.

I used to play that game 15+ years ago. It was a nice break after spending too much time arguing over Magic. Today the only game I play is SJG's Illuminati: New World Order. Today I took the Spaniel's advice, sort-of. I'm catching a 5PM ferry tomorrow, instead of a 1PM boat today.

Today is day 5 of the upper respiratory infection. I am now regretting not calling my doctor on Thursday or Friday and getting on antibiotics. I'm less pissy today than I was yesterday, but I am in fact sicker. I'm supposed to drive across the state tomorrow and spend the next 10 days on Martha's Vineyard.

Aye, it reminds me more than a little of Michael Brook's Ultramarine.

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm F/3.5 portrait lens. M42 mount, multicoaded (red markings.) The most desirable iteration, and I got it for about the going rate ($125). In spite of its ancient optical design and rather slow maximum aperture, the this is a muchly loved lens. It is prized for its razor sharpness even wide open, and sublime bokeh. That said, I'm am an IDIOT for impulse buying yet another manual focus 135mm prime. This makes ...four that I own, with one more that I want. There's a Russian made Tair 11A 135mm F/2.8 auction ending soon. It has a 22 blade aperture. That's more than even my behemoth Myer Optic Orestor 300mm F/4, which has a paltry 19 blades. EDIT: I just bought the Tair:

Think guitars could sound like this? (Video) Looks like he's wearing 770s.

I've been deep in the throes of an upper respiratory infection my housemate was kind enough to bring me back from New Jersey. There's been a nice fever to go along with it. The end result is a pounding headache, deep, but ineffectual coughs and an inability to sleep or stand up for any length of time.