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Joined the "crowds" at Did what it said. Also: (Bonus Points) London And (Water) Lilies. Not shown: People taking selfies with the (Celebrity?) Artwork.

Bill Evans - Suicide is Painless (from You Must Believe in Spring)

Unholy carp!

Ojas and Klipsch colab - kO-R2

A few years back I discovered a newish country singer named Charlie Crocket. I've become a big fan, and today I went to see him play at Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco. It's an outdoor, kind of natural amphitheater. Nicki Bluhm opened for him and both artists were great. It was a long day but well worth it!

Tried a relatively new restaurant near us, Kirkwood. Short rib and old fashioneds very respectable. Service was super. HS

Last night's fresh caught walleye fry. My sister in law and I caught them and cooked them up.

I'm looking forward to those as I'm slowly working on my own version just for me, i.e. fixing how they sound. :) I got these recently: https://poloyoaudio.store/products/hongshu-eh1 It is my third one of these as they design has been maturing over the years. I'm waiting on a replacement set as mine had some noise issues in one driver so I'll do a proper write up as they arrive but I do like them a lot. The earpads are crap but there is a lot of potential there.

Split Enz - Time and Tide

This one is for @MexicanDragon - we’ll see if I made a good decision a week from now.

Lately, a few cattle egrets have been wandering around my house.

Sharing a Chocolate and peanut butter, marble raspberry at Tuckers

Here’s one of my secrets - I’ll take Coltrane and Bill Evans over Miles Davis any day. That’s probably little to do with the artists, but damn is this album great (the cover art is not)

Standard geo, and probably thrown off by the extreme closeup. Yes, 58. Echo, 1st generation. I’ll take better pix when it gets here. TLDR - I had a friend who was looking for a gravel bike and mentioned that I had been thinking about moving the Canyon that I bought last fall. I had really bought that bike for the wheelset that was on it and so that my friend Tom would have something to ride for the century we do every year. Those two needs met, it wasn’t a bike I loved or really cared about so out it went a couple weeks ago. I had just missed the chance to buy a first-gen Allroad and had been looking at Allied’s offerings when I came across this Echo. Frame is from 2022, color is BMW’s Java Green Metallic, and it allegedly only has 1,000mi on it. I think I’m going to have Allied make a color matching stem for it and the wheelset will be getting upgraded from the Boyd aluminum hoops that there are there now. Should be a fun whip and will likely take over commenting duty.

Dpa 4015gs -> mma-a Knoxville https://archive.org/details/jason-isbell-2026-07-17 https://archive.org/details/jason-isbell-2026-07-18 I’m jealous. I’ve wanted to see him but it hasn’t worked out for me yet.

The Breeders - Pod

The Bay Area instance of The Spazzmatics. Chain Band? Think Blue Man Group.

I’ve just finished binge watching Ann Droid. More than entertaining, I’d say.

ES Labs are cooking something good. 😃 https://www.instagram.com/p/DbBxCZOTJCE/?igsh=MXBuZDUyejU0c3pzeQ==

AP NewsJudge questions difference between Hegseth's testosterone...Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new initiative to test and treat troops for low testosterone is facing scrutiny from a federal judge.I kekked.

yep exactly. on the back of the board as close to the output pins as possible.

nothing with 60db of gain is going to be completely noise free. unless you want to move to a much colder climate. and even then maybe a couple of extra db of s/n. without a volume control in front of the input stage you have no idea how loud, loud is. that residual noise is undetectable when playing music. you can try say 10pf instead of 5pf. anything higher and the frequency response will change.

One for @blessingx -- possibly an all-time disconnect between vibe and content.

Yes, those. Will have a look with the scope on the output but it'll be a while, I've put this project away for a few days while waiting for the right top and bottom chassi plates.

Finally The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers by Punch Brothers (2026) https://open.qobuz.com/album/itmcb0mrpbqud Example: I have been waiting for this since April. Of course I am happy about the addition of Brittany Haas to the crew, being a long term fan. They do plenty of the Punch Brother's alt-folk things. All instrumental this time.

Agreed on all accounts.

You'd better hurry, as Sunday is the last day, and this weekend is the Marathon which will make things interesting. I'll have to see if we can fit in a visit to see Boom and Bust before it's last day on August 2nd!

Sometimes you just want to watch a man repair a kitchen knife - there are a lot of fake restoration and repair videos online, but this one is like relaxing ASMR - never abuse a fine knife like this:

Fish (Taco's) & Chips

Just to confirm, do you mean adding a .1 to 1 uF ceramic capacitor directly across the RKZE-1515 isolated supply output (+15V to -15V) that powers the CCS section?

you can also try a cap something in the range of .1 to 1 uf ceramic soldered to the switcher power supply outputs.

1) damn, that's a tall headtube 2) 58? 3) I can't even tell which model that is, but you're the first Allied owner I know. Neat! 4) Where are the proper pix!?! And details!?!

"Hotdickles" 🤣

I’m still working on the above. It’s sort of a known issue (main page image funkiness) but the posted solutions don’t work for the specific issue that we have. I need to join the support forum for the software platform and I’ll see if anyone there can point to an actual solution. What is supposed to work is at the “user level” where if you click your own name at the top of the main page you’ll see a Theme Editor option which is supposed to allow you to be able to configure what you see/don’t see. I haven’t found a way that productively helps with the mobile version of the site and can’t find a way to set a tiny image as the stock forum image so at least the view might condense down while we find a better solution.

Here's a fascinating (at least to me) series of lectures by one of my heroes - Richard Feynman. These are all about an hour long, and I was enjoying his engaging talks about diverse topics. For example, below. You get a flash at the beginning that I missed. But at the bottom it is Feynman Reborn, an AI Feynman, along with unmistakably his voice. There is a list of publications at the bottom (for example the Feynman Lectures on Physics). There is a series of these, and the only real hint that something is up is if you look at the background. I think that the authors of the AI Feynman left a really weird background to give a sense of the unreality of the superb AI Feynman.

Great job Adam! You're definitely ready -- especially for a supported ride with breaks and refueling stops. Impressive progress!

Did a final big shakedown ride before the Marin Metric Century in two weeks. I didn’t want to see the hardest climb (Wilson Hill) for the first time on Fondo day. It was indeed a bear, but I am ready for this. The training has paid off. Should be a fun century. West Marin is pretty damn good riding when you aren’t on the major through roads.

Frozen Charlotte by Jack White (2026) https://open.qobuz.com/album/h83ak1ouymgjv Example: Lots of heavy riffs with a groove. Like it.

A.I. Enhanced Costco Brownies ATK Enhanced Banana Bread.

Unfortunately, the dusty haze kept me from capturing the full moon. It's normal here ☹️ I had planned to go to one of the highest points on the island on thursday to try and take some pictures of the Milky Way... I have confidence in my equipment but not in my abilities. Some photos with the RF 35mm F1.4L usm. I really like how this thing catches the light.

Wayback playback:

Here are a couple of posts in Audio Asylum from the late Mr. Charles Hansen (founder of Avalon speakers and later Ayre electronics) where he illustrated the history and inner working of HDCD. There are many more related posts you can find in Audio Asylum. I found them both educational and very interesting read. https://www.audioasylum.com/audio/digital/messages/18/184385.html https://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=digital&n=184436&highlight=HDCD+pacific+charles+hansen&search_url=%2Fcgi%2Fsearch.mpl%3Fsearchtext%3DHDCD%26b%3DAND%26topic%3D%26topics_only%3DN%26author%3Dcharles%2Bhansen%26date1%3D%26date2%3D%26slowmessage%3D%26sort%3Dscore%26sortOrder%3DDESC%26forum%3DALL

Finished this morning, devoured at work.