Sherwood

The only real footage I've seen of Ramsay cooking in a purely professional setting was when he was under Marco Pierre White, who was by all accounts a holy terror. I would not be surprised to find out Ramsay can really lose his temper in the kitchen, what luck then that people seem to enjoy paying to watch him do it. I've been a consumer of his content for years, off and on, and there is a clear progression from his earliest British programs like "The F Word" to today. He gets louder, sure, but he also seems to get a little less mean. I think the mean streak might be the real guy and he is softening in his old age. I don't begrudge him his success, the best meal I've ever had was at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, but I would certainly avoid working for him. It seems young chefs who want to some day hold their own Michelin stars are willing to put up with anything to get access to training and opportunity. I hope the culture of machismo and self destruction in kitchens is changing. Rene Redzeppi spent years at the absolute top of the world and he has been public about how much therapy it took him to overcome the aggression and violence he developed coming up in haute cuisine. I'd like to see more of that, even if it means fewer compelling FX shows detailing severe dysfunction.

Two items: First, Bridgeport has landed and I've got about 100 listening hours into it. It's big and beautiful and I love it. I'll share pictures when it's moved out of my bedroom and into my office. Second, there is a Torpedo III for sale elsewhere: https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650094412-ecp-torpedo-iii-amplifier/?utm_campaign=saved-searches-alerts&utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email

Man, have I missed out on all the fun here? I have no excuse, my home office serves double-duty as my blast shelter, so even when my windows shake from Iron Dome detonations I can certainly post. I can't share all the tea here on an open forum, but I'll make a point to pop by and represent the USG perspective on what is going on. This is obviously a subject that arouses very strong feelings in many (myself included), but as a paid propagandist working in exactly this area I think I'm uniquely qualified to stick my neck out.

^^ The game kicks ass. I really enjoyed it.

a.k.a. The adventures of Boyd from Justified turned up to 11 and as much Lizzy Kaplan and Finn from Star Wars as we could afford. Honestly I'm having a good time. The show wears its influences on its sleeve (Silo, Walking Dead, Hello Tomorrow!) but the world feels visceral and fun. It's absolutely good enough to prove the assertion that video game settings can also be good TV settings and I like that.

Not exactly volcano news, but how many threads can a forum of this size reasonably sustain focusing on Iceland? Welcome to new PM "Teflon" Bjarni Ben, surely this means a bright new future for all Icelanders?

It pretty much stays good. I enjoyed it all the way through.

Great sounding gear, very unappealing room and layout. I would stare constantly at the bit of screen covered by the Naim Statement sitting directly on the carpet. Also, who puts a dropdown screen in a dedicated room?

Thanks, Birgir! Grabbed two sets and a new headband.

The alcantara pads on my workhorse HD800s are rotten and I'd love to replace them. Over the years I've always been able to buy spare parts directly from Sennheiser, but no distributor seems to carry them for shipping to the U.S. at the moment. I don't want to ruin these by putting aftermarket Beyerdynamic pads or whatever on them, I just want to pay Sennheiser an ugly markup for parts they apparently no longer want to keep in stock. Does anyone have a line on a real supplier for these?

Thank you all for the well wishes, we’re safe and sound for the time being and are well-taken-care-of. We have plenty of supplies to ride this out, but I doubt we would have to. State has been really forward-leaning about security ever since Ambassador Stephens’ death in Libya tanked Secretary Clinton’s career. That might just be the shock talking, though. Would you believe I have to compete to get these assignments?

Made some QOL adjustments to the bomb shelter/home office. It's seen some use these past few days and my wife and daughter were getting tired of sitting on the ground while I luxuriated in a herman miller desk chair.

Just for documentation's sake, "Bridgeport" is alive and well. Doug obviously knows the details better than I, but I expect to have her resettled here in the holy land before too long. Thanks again, Doug!

I've never used a Deluge, too intimidated, but I'm all-in on Digitakt sequencing. It's a fun puzzle, though admittedly a big perk for me is running it through Overbridge to Ableton. It looks like you're composing entirely out of the box. Also you're consistently putting out awesome music and I do this purely for my enjoyment, so your workflow is infinitely more productive.

How do you like the 1.5 firmware update for the Digitakt? BTW, I'm very jealous of that Digitone Keys.

Congrats Shelly and Yumi! I'm very pro CO meetups, even if I myself am thousands of miles away. Durango is a truly charming town, and while the price of houses now is eye-watering, you sure chose a good one.

I third Macrium if this is a one-time operation. I've used it for the reverse of this, cloning a 512GB boot drive to a new 2TB boot drive and expanding the partition, and it worked very well. The free version was perfectly adequate. I don't use it for regular backups because I'm a fool and don't perform those.

Genre trash but I like it.

Not a NYC bagel, admittedly, but I adore Bagels Etc. on P St. in the district. https://www.yelp.com/biz/bagels-etc-washington I have learned bagels are an intensely personal preference, but these are the ones I dream about when I'm far away.

I distrust the government in a way only a government employee can, and I grew up in a very pro gun rights environment. I enjoy gun sports, own and shoot them for fun, and love taking friends out to shoot who come from places where that would never be an option. Those are my bona fides, which only matter when I say that we need to just do this right and repeal the second amendment entirely. We haven't had a new amendment since 1992, though admittedly that one took over 200 years to ratify, so I think it's high time.

Happy birthday, Brent!

Don't I know it. Still, so much death right next door influences every part of life. That is grammatically an imperative, so, an order. I have no fight with you, Helium, I'm just expressing a little solidarity with a fellow forum participant in my neighborhood. That can't possibly be what passes for hate.

Слава Україні, і удачі з Кишинева.

I just can't help it. There's something about him...

Thank you, friends! All safe so far! I'd prefer it stays that way, but I bet I'll get promoted if they send me to war...