Grahame

I think several members can confirm the latter

Agreed. We recently attended a head-fi meet in a manner so ironic we didn't actually bother to listen to anything.

Turn on the speakers / subwoofers for project CARS / Star Wars Battlefield. What are the temporary Air B'N'B ers going to do? Complain? And with what standing, exactly?

Some Amusement for you ...

Speaking of sous vide eggs http://skillet.lifehacker.com/all-the-ways-to-sous-vide-eggs-ranked-1754844453

Some Casual Browsing hit some new finds ... One just for us here @ HC http://food52.com/blog/11257-how-to-cook-flat-bacon Brilliant! And some nice hints of what do do with all the bacon fat ... http://skillet.lifehacker.com/swap-out-butter-for-bacon-fat-for-extra-tasty-savory-p-1755063856 http://food52.com/blog/15670-how-to-chip-away-at-your-stash-of-bacon-fat

Never Had Poached Eggs? So no Benedict's in your life?

Happy Birthday Mike!

Yes, the results (assuming you have something that can give a good sear) pay for themselves. Compare, say , a trip to a steakhouse for two, vs same cuts cooked at home (and that's before not paying the margins on the drinks) fire and forget. No brainer, Why not get from amazon , or somewhere with a good return policy, if you are unhappy / "not totally satisfied".

Happy Birthday, youngling. Does that mean a Birthday Edition of Project Cars?

Stretch, Did you get the book to go with it? https://www.thewolseley.com/shop/the-wolseley-books/breakfast-at-the-wolseley-book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breakfast-at-Wolseley-AA-Gill/dp/1844004449

Used to be Suit & (Silk) Tie / Company Car in the UK, when customer facing. Been There, Done That Company I started work for had an outfit leasing scheme - for tax reasons. They bough the "work outfit". depreciated them while you leased them. You could buy them outright at the end, for the depreciated value. (This was a response to 90% marginal tax rates ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_taxation_in_the_United_Kingdom#20th_century) Now I wear Jeans in the US. And get paid more. The previous decade and a half in California seems to have shrunk my suits Never met a compiler it made a difference to.

RIP Glenn.

Paypal has just sent confirmation of a refund from TiDAL, so there's that. As per the comments on the Verge article, I'll check to see the that auto-renew hasn't been "inadvertently" enabled ...

So close ... EDIT: tapatalk users will need to select / More -> Web View to see what I'm going on about.

Likewise.

Any other global service pricing arbitrage opportunities we should be aware of? The GBP/USD equivalence is a known issue. Any geoblocking issues? (See Also, Netflix / VPN ... http://www.wired.com/2016/01/netflixs-vpn-ban-isnt-good-for-anyone-especially-netflix/

And only Tidal Premium, when the billing was for Tidal HiFi. Cheapskates / double cock-up.

Anyone else with a cancelled Tidal subscription get this? Saw a payment to Tidal via PayPal of $19.99 @ 02:05:05 PST, this morning ... Thought, I don't remember doing that, and I wasn't even awake then ... Googled to see if this was a known issue, then at 9:25AM PST, on the account email (gmail to be exact) I get an email from TIDAL support with the subject line Important information concerning incorrect billing And contents Dear User We are sorry to inform you that due to an error, you have been billed 19.99$ for a TIDAL subscription. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience, and have already refunded the amount to your account. However, it can take from 2-5 business days to show up on your credit card statement. In addition to the full refund, we have also given you free access to TIDAL Premium for the next three months as a compensation. Your TIDAL account is now active, and you can log in with your existing username [email protected] and password. Again, we apologize for this, and appreciate your patience and understanding. Thank you TIDAL Cock-up or stealth marketing? Any other damages worth going after, HC-Legal, given unauthorized, rather than incorrect, billing?

Indeed. Meanwhile ... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/6866247/Top-Gear-host-Chris-Evans-is-car-sick.html Via: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/12105483/New-Top-Gear-presenter-Chris-Evans-suffers-from-car-sickness.html Oops.

Rectified

Sorry for your loss, condolences.

Birthday weekend sous vide fillet mignon with bacon (bacon wrapped was not to be) (Somehow, some bacon fat got on the lens ...) And for dessert, My Birthday, My rules!

Progresses through (Apologies for the soft focus / bacon fat smear on the lens)

It starts with