Dusty Chalk
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On 3/5/2024 at 8:20 PM, Grahame said:
(Sunday)
Joanne's Australian nephew, who is currently based in New York, was flying into SFO to work with a client in San Jose as part of an ongoing project, and asked if it was possible we could meet up.
So we decided to make a day/ afternoon of it and see what was worth seeing on the peninsula before meeting him.
Who knew there was a 98 room beaux arts mansion/chateau in Hillsborough?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolands
https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/california-gilded-age-mansion-carolands-17441886.php
Or that there is a water temple just off I-280
https://sfpuc.org/learning/come-visit/pulgas-water-temple
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulgas_Water_Temple
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Pulgas-Water-Temple-Hetch-Hetchy-water-Crystal-14992239.php
Then a bit of culture, art and history in Stanford University.
Makes you think, doesn't it?
More sights / (steampunk?) architecture at Stanford.
It's amazing what being one of the big four robber barons will get you!
And then on to meet up with Joanne's nephew @ http://buckswoodside.com/
They have a virtual tour of all their paraphanalia!
https://matterport.com/discover/space/k6RtWhrenma
Turns out Joanne's nephew's client is small $2T company some of you may have heard of.
Their offices look nice.
The project is due to last a couple of years, so we may be seeing more of Joanne's nephew in the future!
Nvidia! Too frickin' hip. (Also, I jelly. Tell them they're screwing up CUDA Quantum...by not having hired me.)
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Merry birth, or whatever it is you all say over there!
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Happy belated birthday, Nate!
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18 hours ago, Grahame said:
Bacon? 🥓🥓🥓
Vindaloo?
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On 2/22/2024 at 2:51 PM, mikeymad said:
true..... but still. ....
Alan Parsons is a really snarky dude. Remember, he's the one who openly leaked the quadraphonic mixes of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon because the person who did the surround mix didn't do it quite right.
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3 hours ago, mikeymad said:
I do enjoy when music can just be a small pile of fun.
You probably already love them, but do you like Jellyfish? Also Toy Matinee/Third Matinee. Power Pop.
PS This is great!
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On 2/20/2024 at 6:42 PM, HiWire said:
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
Nice find! This is the original telefilm that was Max's debut to the world. The show that followed stretched this plot out a bit, without diluting quality. For a long time, my favourite show EVAR evar evar evar
Now, it's still one of my favourite shows ever. But there's so many of them.
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Happy belated, Colin!
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On 2/18/2024 at 5:23 AM, Grahame said:Happy Birthday Colin!
Damn! Nicely done!
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RIP the 5 marines who went down with their chopper in Southern California.
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Happy birthday, Jeff!
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I got my hearing aids! The for realsies ones, the others were demos.
I am still on cloud 9.
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5 hours ago, mikeymad said:
I have done a lot of listening in the last week, but here is what I am listening to - now
Band On The Run
by Paul McCartney (1973 (2024))https://album.link/i/1717135189
Example:
Underdubbed? - Yep. This is pretty much the original version and mix of the album - without the overdubbing and orchestration and extras added. -- Much more of a rock album. I really have to try to listen to it with new ears. Forget what I know and hear what is there, not what isn't. The example is such a Jam.. I know this album so well, I am not sure I would have liked this album better than the original on release (first listen of both), but I know I sure like it now.
That was always my other favourite track on the album. I was so smitten with that (as a B-side), I learned that riff on the piano when I was still collecting singles and not albums.
Me: I can listen to music again!
Currently: Young Gods, TV Sky not sure why this is the first album I chose, but it's as great as I remember
On deck: Kyros, Mannequin
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3 hours ago, HiWire said:
Learning about field recording:
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
Me: just finished Obliterated last night. Fun little popcorn muncher. Dirty. Raunchy. Full dick (with whipped cream and crying).
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Got hearing aids. I am overjoyed/relieved. I can hear again!
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Oh, man, I used to listen to The Osgood File all the time, I can hear it in my head.
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I love how melodic this is. Instrumentals are the best.
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RIP
NP: Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack
And: unholy carp, he directed a lot of movies -- Moonstruck, Rollerball, In the Heat of the Night, The Thomas Crown Affair...
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Happy birthday, Mike!
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Happy birthday!
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The Live Music Thread
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I just had the most awful thought: the first millenials are now old enough to get married and have children. M:TNG are being born NOW.