Hopstretch

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/

There isn't a single fucking glass of IPA to be had in this whole fucking country. Having some Ardbeg to ease the sting.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -- The Boatman's Call

Congrats Reks! Now make with the full story.

Off the beer for the month of August, so loaded up today. Grolsch on draft (whoop-de-doo!) at the local with lunch and then &Union Versus Goliath at home this evening until it was all gone.

How's your Command Presence? Jeff could have brought in a 10-year-old ThinkPad and still left with a new Macbook Air.

Takeout pizza from a new place that opened round the corner. The food is quite good, but let's just say I'm not sure the name would fly in the US. Maybe they could team up with In-N-Out to offer the full experience?

Whoa. Bling!

Zero feedback. And I'm not talking about the circuit design. If I was in Europe I'd be haggling with this bloke. http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?56360-FS-dCS-Debussy-DAC

Minor point of order. Grain is a grass, as is all flesh*. So Colin was in fact enjoying a healthy and entirely herbivorous meal. (* Isaiah 40:6).