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Yeah, in our last house we scratched up the wall removing the wallpaper in the dining room, and ended up covering it venetian plaster and polishing it (burnishing?) It actually turned out very nice. Nice enough that we did the venetian plaster in the new house dining room for a similar look.

Yeah, that's pretty funny.

I thought this door at the rear of a local brewery was pretty cool. All I had to take a photo was an iPhone 4 with 5mp camera. This is resized 800x600. For full size here is the link (if you care). Full size door photo

Nook WiFi model for $79.99 My link for 6 more hours.

This is what's coming next - watch out!

Nice, but that's a crazy wait. I think it took 5-6 months for my Milt Sparks Versa Max II for my Glock 23, but I got my MS Watch Six Talon for G23 in only a week.

This. And Crimson Trace laser for my PM9. I'm getting too damn old to see the rear sites, and I already have CT laser-grips on my S&W 637 snubby. It still fits in my Nemesis and Uncle Mikes pocket holsters, but now I can't use my Alessi inside the waistband holster. Although it might still fit in my Thunderwear holster, so go ahead and make of that one while you can.

I want to remind everyone who might ever be interested in jailbreaking their iPhone/Touch/iPad someday that they should be regularly running the Firmware Umbrella (aka TinyUmbrella) to store your device's SHSH blobs for each version of iOS that comes out. Even if you don't ever plan to jailbreak, having the SHSH blobs saved increases the value of the device if you want to sell it later. If you have the SHSH saved for older versions of the iOS on your device, then you can install older "jailbreakable" versions of iOS that Apple has stopped signing. The problem is that if you've never saved the SHSH before, then you can only fetch the blobs for the current version of iOS that is Apple is signing, and for future versions. So right now you will only be able to save SHSH blobs for 4.2.1 which doesn't have an untethered jailbreak or unlock yet. But someday 4.2.1 will have a jailbreak/unlock, and you'll want to have your SHSH saved for when that day comes, or in case you need to re-install 4.2.1 after 4.3 comes out and Apple stops signing 4.2.1, and so on. iOS 4.1 is the latest version that can take a non-tethered jailbreak and can be unlocked for other networks. On the iPhone 4, you can only be unlocked from ATT with iOS 4.1 if you upgraded from something lower than 4.1 and were able to preserve the baseband at 1.59. TinyUmbrella's TSS server will let you option-restore to iOS 4.1 without upgrading the baseband from 1.59, but only if you saved the SHSH for your device with iOS 4.1. Even though iOS 4.2.1 came out weeks ago, this weekend I was able to upgrade my jailbroken iPhone 4 from iOS 4.0.1 to iOS 4.1, even though Apple stopped signing iOS 4.1 installs weeks ago. Without saving my old 4.1 SHSH I would have either been stuck at 4.01 or I would have had to jump to 4.2.1 which doesn't have an untethered jailbreak or unlock. Right now if you upgrade to 4.2.1 the baseband is updated and can't be unlocked yet, and you can't install 4.2.1 with the old baseband due to changes Apple made. Once the baseband is updated you can never go back, and then you have to wait until they come up with a new unlock for the new baseband. Anyway, just look into this so that you are covered in the event that you need to revert your device back to an older version of iOS, or even if you need re-install the same version again after Apple has released a newer version. Personally, I would not need to jailbreak if Apple would allow apps like SBSettings or Snappy, and unrestricted 3G for facetime, or a Wifi hotspot without giving up my unlimited data plan (4.3 should have Wifi hotspot). I'd really like to have 4.2.1 for the Airplay videos and Airprint, but I'm gonna wait until I can do an un-tethered jailbreak. We might go overseas and I'd also like to be able to pop in a foreign SIM card with my unlocked iPhone. If you need jailbreak advice I'll try to help.

Yeah, WTF is wrong with not wanting to type out iPhone/Touch/iPad? Clicking on a standard link to the video will open the YouTube app on the iPhone/Touch/iPad, but clicking on where the embedded video should be wont work. To play one of those videos on an iPhone/Touch/iPad one has to quote the post to see the link, copy the link out of the quoted text, and paste the link into Safari address bar to open it. I usually end up just waiting until I get home and can view it on my computer because it's such a PITA. (Fitz, do I have to spell out PITA too, because that would be a real pain in the ass?)

Embedded videos are still a problem for iDevices. It's nice if you can include a link along with the embedded video.

I have a pair of mk1 pads on my Smegma Pro, and a sealed spare set I could try on my SR-5 gold edition, but I'm not convinced I want any change in sound by using them. I was saving them for when I wear out the pads on my O2 mk1, but it seems that you recommend the mk2 pads when that happens.

I'm still amazed by my SR-5 gold edition and SR-Lambda, although not nearly as old as the SR-1 I liked them more than my previous Grado RS-1. I haven't heard any Stax older than the SR-3 which I once bought from you (1968?), but I wasn't as impressed with them as I am with my SR-5 gold and SR-Lambda. But it's humbling to think how good Stax phones were back when I was a teenager in the 70's and still listening to Koss Pro4AA headphones. If I had had my SR-Lambda back then it would have been a revelation.

If you ignore her on valentines day she'll dump you. You could do dinner and a movie, and she might forgive you for not going for a box of chocolate and jewelry. Jewelry will definitely ramp up expectations, but consumables or perishables is usually non-committal.

Psych - I'm up to episode 3 of season 4.

Traxxas Stampede RC Truck for my son's birthday - it's a lot of fun so far, and it's the best quality RC we've ever owned.

I had a 250 watt Heathkit power amp that seemed to do well enough with the Quads. I used an Onkyo integrated amp as my preamp to the Heathkit, and to drive the MK subwoofer. When I got the Polk speakers I swapped amps and used the 80 watt Onkyo for the Polk and the 250 watt Heathkit for the sub. If my wife would allow electronics in the living room I'd consider something similar again, that I can set out from the walls just to see how I'd like a dipole again. My theater room is too small for that, and is cramped with just a 60" Panasonic RPTV and 6 home theater recliners.

I loved my ESL57, which I sold in '85, but I only enjoyed them with jazz and classical unless I used a sub. I also had trouble finding a good position for them in my small apartment. Sometimes I wish I still had them, but it's really hard most of the time to find a good spot for a pair of dipole speakers. I bought my Polk SDA CRS around the time I sold the Quad, and they're still running great 25 years later. I am very surprised they have not started to deteriorate yet. They're currently a bit more veiled than I recall the Quad being and not quite as transparent, but the soundstage is to die for, the bass is deeper, and they're much easier to drive than the Quad were. I suspect that decrease in detail and transparency is their age showing, which is sad. I wish good things could last forever.

Seems like we're all having problems with viewing the most recent updated subscriptions.

Meier shows up on the HF home page as a sponsor with a link to Jan's site, but he's not listed in the Premier Sponsor Forum or Sponsor Forum. There's more discussion here: Stepdance

I'm actually very curious to read what he says next, after his request to go bye bye.

Interesting. I quite like the HE-6 as is, so I'm not sure in my case that I would trade sound quality for efficiency. And if I need something more efficient I'm still happy with the HE-5 LE.

How do we view only our watched topics? I've looked but seem to be missing finding it.

Well, if I keep telling him that enough it becomes true, right?

So, VLC for iPhone has been removed from the App Store. Even though it was free, the App Store's DRM killed it due to violation of the GNU license or something like that. Being that it was free, I personally don't see what the problem was. I know that some companies can install software via Safari for iPhone, bypassing the app store, like IBM Traveler software that lets some big companies integrate their contacts, calendar and email with the iPhone. There used to be a tethering hack that could be installed via Safari as well. So, I wonder why more companies don't/can't do this, so that we don't have to jailbreak our phones to get around the App store? On the VZW iPhone front, I think having a Wifi hotspot feature built into the OS is nice. It's been reported that the iPhone OS 4.3 beta for ATT has a Wifi Hotspot feature included, but I wont use it if I have to give up my unlimited data plan for a 2Gb plan. But since VZW can't do data and voice at the same time, it seems like it may be a big compromise for many. I do seem to recall my old VZW Windows Mobile phone would pause the data connection if I was surfing, so that I could take an incoming phone call. So it may not be all bad.

Don't forget I have dibs on the Moths when you go to sell them after an upgrade!