Hopstretch

Happy Birthday Ian!

Holding thumbs for you Brent.

Have been (fitfully) on a lowish-carb diet, so beer has been OB for a bit. Dam broke today. Call me Hugh.

An interesting perspective. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/googles_strategic_mistakes_dro.html

Already observed elsewhere, but licensing a platform and directly competing with your licensees at the same time is going to be a delicate dance.

The Durutti Column -- The Guitar And Other Machines

Jorgensen's Gin.

The SR-009 ear cups are silvery, so of course they're more detailed and less warm than the copper-colored Mk1s. Duh. You guys need to hang out in more cable forums.

Coolest thing ever. http://www.newscient...ref=online-news http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/13/kraftwerk-who-pioneering-50s-synthesizer-unearthed-in-french/

Camelthorn Helles. Brewed in Namibia by a dude named Jörg Finkeldey. Their American red ale is nasty, but the Helles and Weizen are good.

Will be buying more of this.

Tell her you're pretty sure Jr. won't remember that you missed the sono. Then duck.

Happy Birthday Tyll! Wishing you loud shirts, fast bikes and cold beers.

Found a new house to lease and am now very much looking forward to giving our current neurotic landlords the finger. Has a pool, which the kids will like, and a sweet man cave (wine cellar, bar, beer cooler, billiard table etc.), which I will like. Best of all, the study has a nice, heavy desk in the middle of the room, so it's perfect for a nearfield speaker rig.

Tyll's HD650 measurements versus anon's HD650/SR-009 comparo.

Back on the Bain's. Getting quite a taste for this. Helps that it's 1/3 the price of import single malts. Apparently also won "gold" for the last two years running at the International Wine and Spirit Competition -- though I have no idea if that's a legit event or another "pay money, get medal" industry marketing circlejerk. Anyhoo, this is what the critics said: I would have to agree that it is making excellent, clean, lively entry into my own gob.

Woke up, logged in, caught up on world news, wished I was back in bed with a pillow over my head. Things are just peachy all over, huh?

Semi-related. NSFW. But funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in9SiDtJLaU

Couple bottles of middling Shiraz. Drunk enough to seriously consider buying a ZD off some mook on HF and posting a WTB here for some HPs. WTF?

Minkoff!

Tapas Friday. Beef trinchado, chorizo & white beans, crispy pork belly, peppered calamari, white fish brandade, soft shell crab, baked camembert, patatas bravas, Spanish tortilla, chickpea tagine, cheese board, îles flottantes. There goes the diet!

Not sure about this one ... http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/04/apples-inductive-charging-patent-application-finally-put-its-ea/