Everything posted by Dusty Chalk
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Agreed (cf. printer cartridges) How about Hitachi, is this a good deal?
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They cut off just as she was going apeshit.
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Help me out with some book recommendations?
Night Watch/Day Watch/Twilight Watch
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Help me out with some book recommendations?
I don't know if you like this particular sub-genre, but the Women Of The Otherworld series (Kelley Armstrong) is one of my favorite recent discoveries.
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(Dusty's Snarky Euphemism Xlator™ applied)
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Yeah, I definitely would not do Caviar Green in anything other than a backup situation (I.E. not as a primary drive, nor as a anything in a Raid or NAS).
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I have a drinking problem...can't figure out what to drink...
I was taught that a true Long Island Iced Tea is seven (?) white liquors with no sour, tea nor cola, and the taste can be quite convincing. I say, experiment until you figure out the right proportions. Something like - Vodka - Tequila - White rum - Triple Sec - Gin - Vermouth? Here's a recipe (or two) that utilizes only lemon juice and simple syrup. This is a good "at-home" experiment, because they have to add mixer of some sort in bars.
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Sometimes the HD-650's bore me...
Pfff. That sounds too much like work. Your problem, you try a different over-the-counter medicine. And sorry to hear about your back. Don't mix painkillers and beer. Too much. I like Left Hand Brewing Company. And Bell's. And Weyerbacher. Seriously, I like Audio-Technicas. And AKG's. AKG K1000 is a great complement to the Sennheisers.
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Sometimes the HD-650's bore me...
Pick better advice. - or - Listen to the same advice through different headphones. Guess which one works better.
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I never get tired of that video. There's something sublime about how it starts off all straightforward and dry, and somewhere around the point where you've caught yourself laughing at him saying "this is rock 'n' roll", he just takes off and lets loose.
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Sometimes the HD-650's bore me...
Listen to non-boring music? It's not the headphones' job to make the music interesting, it's yours -- pick something else out.
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Schiit Asgard
Yeah, another X-Can fan here -- I have the current V8.
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speaking of logos, Android Lust's current one is pretty cool: PS This album foggin' rawx. I love the dubby element they added -- reflects the amount of dubbiness I heard at the concert. Did I mention I went to a concert? Feels like the first time in forever. Bassist was playing a six string fretless, if I saw correctly, and had groove...serious, serious groove.- The DIY and audio equipment rut...... where to now?
:drool: Not because the 'can of soda' reference makes me thirsty, but because that amount of power reserve makes me ...well, drool.- iPad apps
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rested and drank plenty of fluids- What are you listening to Part Two
IQ rawx Me: Android Lust, The Human Animal (also "second-to-last thing I bought", along with a T-shirt -- couldn't bring myself to spend $90 on the Resonance set)- What are you reading now?
Only because I forgot -- he is on my list.- What are you reading now?
I'm actually not that voracious a comics reader as I used to be. Of those, I've only read Ex Machina -- which is good, but not as good as Fables or Sandman. I would say go with Preacher first, which is wonderful. Sin City is fabulous, although if you've seen the movie, you've seen a little over half the stories in them. Still, worth it for A Dame to Kill For. I tend to go by author: - Gaiman, of course -- just read everything by him. Even little oneshots like Creatures of the Night and Black Orchid are worth the price of entry. Total fanboy. - Bill Winningham -- definitely becoming a Bill Winningham fan. - Warren Ellis -- you mentioned Transmetropolitan -- hell yes, by all means, anything he touches... - Frank Miller -- a little too misogynist for my tastes, and the men are all a little too macho, but he plays to his strengths, so who am I to judge? Plus, sometimes it turns out quite fun, such as Dark Knight Returns, etc. - Garth Ennis -- yeah, I mix up Warren Ellis and Garth Ennis all the time...fortunately, they are both good, so...who cares? - Alan Moore -- a bit verbose, but necessary for what he does - Steve Niles -- lots of one-shots and short runs, but he comes from old school horror and short stories, so they're all good -- the entire 30 Days of Night run (lots of short stories, and the first book was so much better than the movie), Remains, and Wake the Dead stand out. He has a serious black comedy bent, so it's not as serious as Sandman, but still some very human stories. - Dave McKean -- anything illustrated by Dave McKean I find interesting -- Cages was hard to follow (you think?), but I'm such a fanboy, I didn't care - Ben Templesmith -- another illustrator and sometimes writer -- great stuff in Singularity and his entry into the Dead Space curriculum is eye-opening -- he does to comics what Hero did to movies. But another one that's less "literature" and more just plain worthwhile reading. Oh, and Joss Whedon -- I've been enjoying Angel Season Six and Buffy Season Eight quite a bit, but pretty much everything he touches is quite good (The Runaways, for example). But I was already a Joss Whedon fanboy before I started either of those, so if you're not, I have no idea how it'll come across to you. But if you do, start with Fray -- some of my favorite moments in comics are in that one.- slow forum
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Goddamnit, there's one missing. Which one is it? I presume "Vanity" is "Pride"? Then it would be "Greed" that's missing, no? Is there one for "being anal retentive"? How about "entropy"? - What are you listening to Part Two
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