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With a coat of Penofin. Marc, I think the hubbub is when you're taking it and you're not in excruciating pain.

Yesterday I received this bad guy

Very stylish! Even back to the chair.... Maybe 2 years ago, I was on a call with a vendor/consultant and we were doing video, not just audio. After the "business" portion of the call ended I asked him to stay on if he had time for something non-business. The background of his video showed some Focal speakers (in his NYC loft!). They turned out to be Sopra 3's (> $25K/pr). I joked that they were charging too much, but we ended up chatting audio and music for almost another 1/2 hour. One of my favorite business calls ever.

You pick the musical personality that defined the punk/rock attitude for you. Taking on the church or Frank Sinatra it’s always been her for me. Like a lot of soon to be parents I started thinking of the music I wanted to introduce to our child. Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and O’Conner’s I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got were one and two. Celebrate the beautiful. Tear down the opposite.

Deck Curry 🍽️🥥🐔🍛🍌

More memes https://www.guide4moms.com/2023/07/try-that-in-a-small-town-jason-aldean-memes.html https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-controversy https://www.newsweek.com/jason-aldean-song-small-town-country-music-1814498

Probably not.

I've always been an aircraft nerd since I was a kid, particularly military, particularly WWII aircraft. I had the chance this weekend to see one of the two flyable B-29s, Fifi, up at the DuPage Airport, so made it up there. There was also a B-24 (very early model, serial number 18 of ~18,000 built), as well as a Stearman biplane, a T-6 Texan, and a Beech RC45 transport aircraft. I could have bought a ride on any of them (B-29 was $1,800 for the bombardier seat), but they were all sold out. Was cool to go up there anyway, and be able to go inside the B-29.

Any interest in D7000 body for free with a vertical grip? I might have the stock kit lens for it still (unopened???) if I can find it in the storage room.

I love the design as well, but it is not mine, it’s Thor’s. https://thorterkulve.com/Shop-Stool

Last evening, halibut with lemon rice 🐟🍋🍚

Figured I'd post here... Checking to see if anyone has a FujiFilm X-T2/3 or X-T20/30 they're interested in selling. Lauren has rented a bunch of the mirrorless options and at this point has decided she wants to supplement the D750 as opposed to replacing it. So the Sony and Nikon options are on hold. And the size of the Fujis are nice.

I never really liked the top end of Focal/JM Labs.

I'm dusting off my collection of Rudy Van Gelder recordings/remasters: Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles.

It did not explode, so now a ton of sanding and some finish to make it match the bench.

Back surgery might be your next level then… I don’t see what all the hubbub is about fentanyl…

A Night in Tunisia - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

Here are some silent films to watch until you have a solution. https://www.openculture.com/free-silent-films Also an AppleTV with Airbuds works for me.

Plugged holes (I'm well known for that ability), and cladded the sides.

Make yourself comfortable, connect the 007 to the BH, turn up the volume and put Tomorrow Never Knows. Ufff, God. It's brutal. Ringo's drum track is insane...

These are nothing special, but been shooting the 5D Classic this week after awhile. Surprisingly stress-free and little post needed.

303's are stereo. I have a 33/303 + FM4 as my system in the kitchen feeding Mordaunt Short ceiling stpeakers. Fiber feed to a cheap D/A from the TV, and roof aerial to feed the FM4. The 303 is just about bullet proof. We used to use them in the mid 70's as disco amps. They had herbal smoke, beer and heaven knows what else ingested into them. Dented cases - and they just shrugged it off and just kept working.

Nice vintage Quad 303s with a side of ...a Bose soundbar. O_o Are 303 amps stereo? I thought they were monoblocks.

Should have gone to India, I guess. From that reliable source "Friend of my cousin" https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/barbenheimer-for-real-oppenheimer-played-in-theatre-with-barbie-subtitles-101690102502685-amp.html

So for the last 24 hours I've been toying with the idea of buying a refurb'd D3S. They're not that expensive, and a fraction of the price of a new Canon mirrorless. Insane high ISO performance. 12MP is fine for me. As I mentioned I have Dinny's old Nikon 50mm, which I have not used in the 15 years I've owned it. I also have a super neat Nikon 75-150mm F/3.5 E zoom (it has lousy CA, but the best bokeh I have ever seen.) Well that idea is officially dead. I did some reading and (re)learned that it's not a good idea to mount M42 lenses to Nikon bodies. Nikon's flange depth is the issue. M42 lenses cannot reach infinity focus without an optical adapter that acts as weak tele-extender and reduces image quality. Canon does not have this problem. I have an army of M42 glass. From amusing crap (Yashika 50mm F1.9, a very beat up Ashai Super Takumar 50mm F/1.4) to stunning and historic optical achievements (Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar MC 135mm F/3.5, Tair 11A 135mm, Meyer Orestor 135mm F/2.8, Orestegor 200mm F/4, Orestegor 300mm F/4). Yes, I have more manual 135mm primes than a used camera shop and it's not like 135mm is a particularly useful focal length. Stop looking at me like that. The point here is there is no way in H E double hockey sticks that I am giving up all my manual lenses. I'd sooner buy a refurb'd 5D Mk II and I kind of hate that body (it was a sign of Canon going in the completely wrong direction: high MP count, lousy high ISO performance.) My Meyer-Optik Orestor 135mm F/2.8 attached to a friend's Rebel digital body in '09. One zebra ring is focus, the other is aperture preset. The Orestor has a 15 blade aperture. This shot was taken with my 30D and my Tair 11A, which has a 22 blade aperture. The Meyer-Optik Orestegor 300mm F/4 tank shell of a lens mounted to my Rebel K2 film body in '08, not far from where I'm sitting now. It has a 19 blade aperture. All of these lenses with insane number of aperture blades allow for absolutely sublime "bokeh shaping." It's so heavy it more or less mandates a tripod and still subject. I've mentioned this before but the 300mm Orestegor is a medium format lens with its own 35mm adapter. I've always wanted to buy an old Pentacon Six or whatever body and try out the 300mm with double the FoV and same DoF. I have told myself I'm not allowed to buy any more film cameras until I've built a darkroom. [I'm nearly 50 years old. I probably will not live to build a darkroom, but it's not entirely beyond the realm of possibility.] Photo of the Tair 11A's aperture by Simon's utak on Flickr. The 300mm Orestegor's aperture as captured by SteveFE on Flickr. I don't have any photos OF the Jena Sonnar, but I have a few taken with it (what an odd idea): Study of a bar ...thingy. ISO3200 on my 30D, which in general sucked at that ISO. Note how sharp the metal detail is and how pleasing the OOF areas are. The truth is, I have definitely not used the Sonnar enough. It's probably the best of the bunch from an optical perspective. Bonus, SteveFE holding his Orestegor in 2006, propped up against his car so he doesn't fall over: Me with the same lens, doing an imitation of Steve in 2009: If the lens looks smaller when I hold it, that's because I have freakishly oversized mitts. TL;DR: All digital camera bodies are ultimately disposable. Glass is forever. I have a thing for lenses with a silly number of aperture blades. I'm sticking with Canon.

Did a ‘thing’ yesterday

The reason I always write it as "Millet(t) Hybrid" is because my HRDMH was a production sample and in addition to having the "Home" upgrade, it also bears a typo: When I contacted Headroom a decade ago when I bought it, the staff member I spoke to expressed surprise that it had been sold. It still smells faintly of pot smoke.

My only remaining sibling, my oldest Brother Rob, is now retired and spending the summers back in Alaska. Kenai, to be specific. That means that I now have a smoked salmon source once again. So, a Barton's Bagel from San Anselmo, cream cheese and the aforementioned smoked salmon.

Wow, this one hit like a gut punch.....RIP to an amazing person. I used to argue for her when so many were crapping on her for tearing up the pope's picture. Compare that to what was done to thousands of kids BY that very church.... Her voice was incredible, the passion of every song evident. RIP to a truly great one that did not deserve the bad she got. May she truly rest in peace.

From what I read, she did not want to be in this world without her boy. Tragic.... HS

^^^ Just came here to post the same, @Voltron. If/when further details emerge I would not be surprised if the situation only comes more sad. It was news to me that her son committed suicide last night. That’s an unimaginable level of grief to me.

RIP Sinéad O'Connor, aka Shuhada Sadaqa, at age 56. Very sad. 🙁 https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/07/26/sinead-oconnor-acclaimed-dublin-singer-dies-aged-56/

Got my abscesses tooth extracted (and a bone graft put in). Fun times! I didn’t get any of the good drugs for afterwards.