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Korean meatballs from NYT cooking. I added some gochujang to make it spicy. We had a fresh baguette and kimchi pickles so we went for the sandwich option. Good stuff.

Porque no los dos? Introducing the new "drumpFZeel" monoblocks. (TBH I always though they looked like excessive computer cases aimed at the LeeT GaMeR market. That'd explain the darTZeel name at least. Also, I mention this every time the brand comes up: Frank Herbert modeled House Harkonnen after the Swiss.)

Had to borrow a 3D printer, but challenge excepted, and your AirPod stand is complete. Be sure to leave it on the street on Wednesday morning.

I got you and your Airpods covered...

Fella on /r/audiophile decided to show up ...everybody: System #37 of 58. Was refurbed and upgraded recently. Reddit thread posting as a link because I hate the way the site embeds.

Picked up a 75mm f/2.8 for the Bronica body. I think this is going to be a lot of fun, especially when I start my photo project soon.

I used to own a Contax G. It's a great camera with great lenses. It will do AP, shutter priority, full auto, or full manual. Olympus OM system (1, 2, 3, or 4, not the consumer level bodies) might also be worth a look as they are much more compact and quieter than contemporary SLRs. I like the picture, but as a personal preference I think the composition would be stronger if you took a step to the right, squatted down, and pointed a little to the left and tilted higher or lower. That would get the vanishing point out of the center of the frame, move the horizon from the center, move the arrow on the parking sign to the right and make it point into the shot rather than out of it, and emphasize either the building, the sky, or the ground. And one of the things that was really hammered home to me was to avoid taking pictures from eye level where people already see. Instead, get high, or low, in order to give a perspective that is a little out of the ordinary.

You're over 60 now. Don't you know that dinner is supposed to be served at 4:00 pm?

$380 new are sold out everywhere, it seems. There's one open box 120 miles away, but I ain't got the time or the budget. At least they didn't pull a NewEgg on you.

I played around with one 30 years ago. If one were a collector and a Leica completist it's worth having, but it wouldn't be my first choice for a camera to use. Have you looked at the various Rollei 35's?

Slash - Orgy of the Damned A collaboration album by Slash. They take on several blues standards. I enjoyed it.

The less Microsoft, the better. I installed Ubuntu 24.04 and it is working well so far. Still very buggy, though.

I'd like to report a murder.

As I was asked in the consumer thread, the Light Lens Lab 1966 (Leica’s original 50mm f/1.2 ASPH Noctilux recreation) arrived two days ago. Probably wrong to pick up the brass version for solid weightiness, because it’s very solid and very weighty, but feels great in the hand when not mounted. Kind of the opposite of the modern CV 50mm Nokton f/1.0 in traits and balance. Accurate in all the 60s fast lens grand imperfections. And I mean all of them. Some disappear as you close down. These are all toss away snaps shot too wide open for the effect, but work is going to keep me busy for a bit and figured I’d post a few slightly exposure tweaked SOOO jpgs from a SL (typ 601) now. Great potential.