Grahame

With only your "supplies" to sustain you ...

Indeed The alert original pop up (that happened in the middle of a WebEx meeting / conference call) Had the helpful advice "Avoid Flood Areas" Thanks! /s

And no arc-y spark-y cables ...

MOA I-IV, unless@Edwood can knock one up/out in time. HC is Agile, right?

RIP Peter Sarstedt http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38548507 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/peter-sarstedt-singer-do-go-lovely-dies-75/

Quoted from elsewhere " Apparently Tidal are streaming a handful of tracks with MQA coding, it seems largely ancient 1970s pop songs which could be adequately coded with 13 bits at 32kHz sampling.The HitchHikers Guide to Meridian is humming with rapturous reviews. It's worth looking at for a laugh.http://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubbthre...740&page=6I especially like this bit:"MQA is completely different. Leaving aside the technological machinations, those old albums now have a life and an energy that instantly dragged me back to the first moment the stylus hit the vinyl and some new band exploded into my teenaged bedroom. So I've been working my way through the (limited) back catalogue on Tidal and the effect is the same, no matter how much of a muddy mess the original album was"So MQA has magic powers - it can bring back your youth. "

^AKA

A good return to form, Knucks.

"The new HDCD" ? A licensing money grab by meridian? /s https://archimago.blogspot.ca/2016/10/musings-keeping-it-simple-mqa-is-codec.html https://archimago.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-response-re-mqa-blocking-of-meridians.html http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/04/the-mqa-revolution-brother-you-have-to-wait-and-see/ gush ... http://www.mqa.co.uk/ http://www.whathifi.com/advice/mqa-audio-what-it-how-can-you-get-it

Tea bag soaking machine using CD/DVD drive controlled by Raspberry Pi:) https://github.com/achilikin/cdtea

Happy Birthday, Knucks!

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/01/steven-knight-peaky-blinders-taboo-risky-period-drama http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/peaky-blinders-creator-re-teams-with-tom-hardy-for-new-bbc-series-taboo-a6896986.html

This is 2017, not 2016, guys.

Oof There was some foreshadowing https://www.google.com/amp/s/fox25boston.relaymedia.com/amp/news/trending-now/mariah-carey-staffers-ask-what-time-the-ball-drops-on-new-years-eve/480160043

William Christopher Dies: Father Mulcahy Actor On ‘M.A.S.H.’ Was 84 https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-william-christopher-20161231-story,amp.html

Drove back home to round out our week long So/Cal road trip. Left an overcast Santa Barbara in the morning but managed to catch some sun and lunch in SLO. Now glad to be home and putting my feet up. Add another 1000 to get the total. Happy New Year, Head-Case!

SLO seafood span ...

Taking part in a burger three way

Happy Birthday [emoji320]!

Indeed http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-year-in-review/look-back-all-famous-figures-who-died-2016-n698791

US actress Debbie Reynolds dies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38455777 2016 please cease and desist.

Tempting 2016 San Diego French Toast

March 24, cause of death determined / released today https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/entertainment/gossip/comedian-garry-shandling-official-death-revealed-article-1.2925472