Dusty Chalk

But would you be butt miffed if you had your mitts buffed?

Rather than resurrect a subthread in "what did you do today" or "ye mac thread", I thought I'd start a new one. What is the math software of choice to do DSP, modeling, etc.? I wouldn't mind paying a little bit, but of course I would prefer free, since I'm only a hobbyist at this point. I actually do need it at work (not really, my assessment), but CSC is so cheap they won't spring for anything the customer doesn't put in the contract as 'required'. Shelly posted that she hated the way Mathematica does licensing, and after investigating it, I concur that my infrequent use of it will not justify paying $155/year or $20/month. I might actually be in the Matlab beta program (I still get an email every time a new beta release comes out). Sounds like this reddit thread, except I'm asking youse guys (Chris, KG, Shelly, Birgir, et al)...I'll try Octave in lieu of any other recommendations or disrecommendations. Any and all thoughts appreciated.

Shape of Despair, Alone in the Mist -- Bandcamp streaming and purchase link I thought their last album -- Monotony Fields -- was a nice return to form, back to the Shades of... and Angels of Distress era, but this might be even better. Doom. Just funereally paced, cavernous reverb-washed doom, where it takes them 5 minutes to sing one 4-line verse. EDIT: It's a remaster of their 1998 demo, that might explain why it literally harkens back to their early days.

Goddamn, I bet that tastes like meat candy.

A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Iris -- beautiful Synthetische Musik

"carbon-loaded cellulose" according to the website: http://www.vandersteen.com/products/treo-ct

Here's another one:

Unholy carp!

A friend of mine described the lead singer as what would happen if Freddie Mercury and Anthony Kiedis had a child. Plus, catch as fuck.

Happy birthday, Dan! (party favour noise)

Definitely should be considered its own thing. Has there been a faithful adaptation of anything PKD did? Maybe A Scanner Darkly, but there's a long and sordid history of taking liberties with adaptations of his material.

To the first part -- woot! I'm getting good at identifying peppers. (pride) To the second part -- interesting! I would never have thought of doing that, and hadn't stumbled across that particular tip in my Googling of recipes, thanks for the insider tip.

The Man in the High Castle, season 2 -- that was amazing.

Onion, Garlic, Tomatillos on the bottom? Poblano in the middle? Jalapeño/Jabañero on the middle/right? Bell at the top? Just curious/nosy...

David Gilmour's wife Polly on Saturday:

What the L was that? There are more parts.

Lollers, that looked like Engrish at first, "Eric Clapton ...At Their Best".

Happy birthday, Jacob! (party favour noise)

I need to track down that EP's 1988-1991 release, didn't realize it wasn't a bootleg. I have two of the EPs, but I think I need this anyway, because I've never heard Instrumental 2 before (and probably Instrumental 1).

Been listening to stuff like this all week on the train and at work. For some reason, it's right up there with classical and ambient as allowing me to concentrate on my work and block out my coworkers.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

On Tidal. Oh my, he's fantastic.

No, not where have you seen that quote before, when have you seen that quote before... You be The Constable, I'll be The Inspector...you've just got that cool Danny Glover thing more while I have that nerdy Danny Pudi thing more...

Thanks for giving me as much lead time as anyone else, I missed that email. (I hope they don't sell out before I'm ready to purchase...)