Grahame

Meanwhile ... https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/21/wifi_ssid_flaw/ "Hope no one's created guest networks called '%Free %Coffee at %Starbucks'"

Napa back garden homemade scones and lemon curd (plus tea!)

Happy Birthday, Kerry!

Pool Ice cream

Meanwhile ... https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/17/roger_waters_says_zuck_off/

Home made Scone with Strawberries and Cream, home made Lemon Curd, proper Tea and added Tea Cosy.

Previously at the G7 ...

Have M & O asked for a ping pong'ed plaque?

" APPLE MUSIC’S SPATIAL AUDIO IS SOMETIMES AMAZING BUT MOSTLY INCONSISTENT At launch, it’s a very hit or miss experience " https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/9/22525028/apple-music-spatial-audio-dolby-atmos-hands-on

Verge take https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22523228/apple-music-lossless-spatial-audio-dolby-atmos-features Apples FAQ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212183 Don't forget your Apple TV

Meanwhile WWDC ... https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22465927/apple-wwdc-keynote-2021-live-blog-updates-news

Meanwhile ... North Carolina House Passes Bill to Ban Squatted Trucks | The Drive

Another Fridge Food picnic at Heart's Desire Beach

McVitie's Chocolate Digestive (Biscuit) Thanks to another Brit at a Piper Park picnic

Dessert

Civilized Jack London State Park picnic

For those that did / didn't watch ...

Happy Birthday, Brent! What does a Brent mid life crisis even look like?

The Eurovison Song Contest 2021 Final, with Graham Norton's (snarky) commentary, Thanks to those nice people on the internet https://old.reddit.com/r/notpanelshow/comments/niyehg/eurovision_song_contest_2021/

Chicken 'N' Bacon, two ways Live audio accompaniment is a Prince song (Cream) done in the style of an early Beatles cover band . 🤷

Happy Birthday!

Giri/Haji ( 義理/恥) "Smart, suspenseful, and superbly shot, Giri/Haji is a near-perfect crime thriller with a surprisingly sharp sense of humor." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giri/Haji Because: We'd just finished Line Of Duty S6 (which is now available on Britbox) which is well worth a watch When Youtube suggested this interview ... Which got me intrigued in Giri/Haji, so we watched it. I'm very glad we did. Check out the comments on the YouTube trailer to see the impression it made on other people. Well worth your time to watch (IMHO).

As the world returns to "Normal", behold Eurovision 2021! And now you can watch it Live!, or on demand in the US, without having to rely on those nice people on the internet https://collider.com/eurovision-2021-how-to-watch-usa-streaming-where/ Hint: https://www.peacocktv.com/ 7 day free trial

cynics might argue just how courageous it was to delete the headphone jack, in hindsight, wired (analog) headphones (e.g. JH-13's) being able to do lossless, assuming the necessary hardware (dacs etc) onboard. Meanwhile ... https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-monopolist-worm-in-apple-11621290094

I think the use case has always been there "As an Audiophile, I want to listen to lossless audio on wireless headphones, so I don't have to look like some kind of savage" The need is a classic chicken / egg for the apple ecosystem* - no lossless audio from Apple - so no requirement. *Other ecosystems exist outside the walled garden. https://darko.audio/2017/12/how-to-enable-aptx-hd-bluetooth-audio-on-your-iphone-ipad/ But the tension between a low energy local communication protocol ( bluetooth) - to improve battery life on wireless devices, and the need for the required bandwidth for lossless audio ( and the energy it would take to implement it ) have now come to a head. So probably a new version of bluetooth and an supported codec (aptX lossless?) is required to make it a reality , for a given bit depth / sampling rate definition of lossless. New hardware / software all round to get this tick box requirement met! Yay!