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Went from Via To They say that moving is a major life stressor. I can believe it. It's almost like I feel a year older! Time for bed!

Peter Doig built a sound system using parts from old cinemas and then Brian Eno did a DJ set on it.

And after all that headed down to Burlingame to catch up with Joannes tall Australian nephew to hear all about his project work for Nvidia before catching the red eye back to New York. He very kindly gave us his'n'hers house warming gifts from Joannes sisters and himself. Also spotted in Burlingame

Turned out nice.

Squeaking in under the wire with birthday greetings in your new home! Hope you had a great day of usuals and nibbles and such! Cheers! 🥤

I tried a new biscuit recipe. It's better and simpler than my stock recipe.

Thanks for the Birthday wishes everyone. The day was taken up with moving and it's aftermath. Had to look away when the movers decided it was easier to heave various pieces up and over the deck than navigate up a flight of stairs, but they are the professionals 🤷‍♂️ Then out for a Birthday Meal at a highly rated local dining establishment https://maps.app.goo.gl/3axzZPydB9u67P9y5 While we waited for a commercial sized load of bedding to be washed. Tasty Large portions, enough for lunch the following day. Brent would have felt at home.

Dan Tyminski Band (Man of Constant Sorrow) Bijou Theater Knoxville he puts on a good show

I have been going down the anamorphic rabbit hole for ages now. The more I learn, the less I know. I have discovered some fascinating bits of trivia along the way. This guy's 🇫🇷 accent is something else, but the camera is spectacular in its insanity. Also, Cool Story Bro: the fence at the 4 minute mark in the video is a rather famous one in Paris. A guy I know on Flickr photographed it in 2006 with an 85L. Note the 1/8000 shutter speed. His 5D classic was crying.

Introducing the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome

Great, now I'm hungry for a Bit O Honey!

https://archive.org/details/dan-tyminski-2026-01-15

Revised our plans ... To match reality For the big move tomorrow. The accent wall is on hold, for now.

a professionally hand rolled for a charity event last year that my friend passed along to me... a good smoke even if it had a little uneven burn to begin with. and I found that having little sips of cheap sake goes really well with a smoke...

https://www.amazon.com/Overlook-Shining-Non-Slip-Doormats-Bedroom/dp/B085HGM3CN

Weird place to put this, but I scrolled by this and thought Michael Stipe was you.

Double Vision by Foreigner (1978) https://open.qobuz.com/album/0603497923533 (looks like Songlink does not really work anymore) Example: I remember this being a harder album with Double Vision and Hot Blooded. But it has a lot of delicate and subtle ballads, like example. Enjoyable album, I thought this was in the 80's, but I am remembering Foreigner 4.

Couple from last night.

These guys could only, realistically, be French.

Probably my last watch for a long time, but one I really like.

Jim Croce’s Operator

Happy birthday - (working on my prompts)

Happy birthday!

Missing Footage of Logan’s Run

pump the brakes.

What a split legacy! Loved the comic, hated his political views. Still....RIP.....

So have a quick/short vacation possibly coming up and although have been nearby previously (GC, Bryce, Zion, etc.), we've not done the John Ford wet dream yet. Researching now, but anyone have any suggestions of specific buttes, mesas, petroglyphs, or other sites to visit? Even a preference between the two areas? Driving our rough & tumble Mini Countryman, so everything is on the table.

Ha. Is that the children's menu? Watching John Ford at Monument Valley. This should get me up-to-date information. https://tubitv.com/movies/571280/john-ford-at-monument-valley

Todays painter progress Can you tell the difference between the Desert Tan in the South Facing "Primary" bedroom - the previously accepted term is no longer PC, apparently, And the Rich Cream in the north facing bedrooms/planned offices. ?

A few more that I follow - mostly vocal people. and there is always Elizabeth.

After mornings outside when the temps are in the 30s I could get used to going out when it is already 70 at dawn in Hawaii.

The new season

Well I've been away and a certain SR-009D showed up in the meantime... Sorry for the crap picture but I've only had a couple of hours with them and I should have been in bed an hour ago... First impressions, I like the color but it's clear that Stax have cheaped out with one of those surface treatments that are so popular in China. Nothing as nice as the 009BK here, it's that matt but shiny black except in the grove on the back. It's okey but we are clearly seeing production moving away from Japan here of crucial parts. Same is true for the earpads, very different from regular 009 pads and the smell and feel is identical to the various earpads I've been buying from China. Nothing wrong with that really... if they didn't resell the 10$ pads at 200$. They are also odd as they don't seem to fit nicely on the headphones but feel nice, much better than the 007S trash pads. They are similar to the Omega pads in some ways, large opening and pretty thin. The headpad seems also different from the older models so likely a new supplier there too. Same basic thin pad design though but a bit wider overall compared to the L500 part I have on the MA-009 in the picture. Same cable as the SR-X1 and the 007S. I'm not in Japan so I'm not getting the shorter cable as instead of throwing them into the boxes, Stax wants you to send in for them, in Japan only. Gotta love companies living in the 70's. As for the sound... I was expecting to hate them but no... these are the first 009's that aren't way too colored for their own good. For the most part, they are easy to live with with plenty of bass and presence. Maybe a tad dull and uninvolving at times but still easy to get long with. Now they are not perfect, there is a distinct "bass drum" resonance on many tracks and some certain ranges make them way too shouty in the midrange but it's far from as bad the originals or what the hell the 009S was. Nice controlled soundstage with some depth to it, good extension on both ends of the spectrum so yeah... I'm pleasantly surprised. I haven't detected any of the serious driver resonance issues as with the 007S either. Only a couple of hours with them but some volume matched comparisons with the MA-009, I prefer the fuller sound of the latter but it's not a long way off. I do feel the irony of me finally tackling the long planned project of fixing the 009's, only with Stax releasing a new version which doesn't suck like the older ones at the same time. Still, this is good move in general and at present I'd recommend these over the 007S and the X9000, let alone the older 009 models.

Sapphire Sandwich arrived. I neglected to make sure the stock bracelet had enough links, so it’s a good thing I had a Forstner Flat Link (which was a bear to size) ready to go. I’m very happy with it.

Happy Birthday Renato! Hope you got spoiled!

Happy Birthday, Renato!

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Happy Birthday Renato - Cheers -

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Renato! (party favour noise)

Happy Birthday Renato! Cheers!

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