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My nephew is doing a space walk (his first, the woman he's doing it with is on her fourth)! Live link, think it will be saved as well: Trying to watch while at work, very cool stuff!

Saturday was Pie Day so we had previously agreed to celebrate this week. So tonight I made but did not bake Taco Pie and also made the crust (and did bake) for a Chocolate Chess Pie.

Finished this morning, devoured at work.

Shepherd's Pie...sort of -- used ground turkey instead of lamb and beef culinary stock, but otherwise...NAILED IT! It came out delicious. Didn't overwhelm with any one particular spice (I'm looking at you, the usual suspects garlic and black pepper), but it was sweet and savory and the carrots came out perfectly al dente...just...(chef's kiss)... Yes, I realize I'm kissing myself.

A few roadside graffiti snaps from two mostly grey days on a recent trip to Monument Valley and Route 66, that aren’t at Monument Valley or on Route 66. Colors are from the SL2 (CV 50mm f/1 Nokton) and monochrome the M9M (LLL 28 f/2.8 9E). Final two are with the Sigma BF (24mm f/2 Contemporary). I need more road trips in my life.

Happy PI Day

Sweet Italian sausage and leek Detroit pizza

When I've had time recently I've assembled a few more DIY electrostatic headphones: First off, the last of the Superex chassis I had in stock so I designed a new stator design for them: This has been a long running project to to make drivers and test the various aspects in a controlled housing. They are not ideal as they are mostly closed but I got a bunch of them for next to nothing years ago. New stators with some minor tweaks and a protective grill too: These are not really built for sound quality but to test different coatings, distortion tests on drivers and all that jive but still fun to have a pile of these here. Since the Superex is just a Beyerdynamic clone, I found some DT880's with blown drivers that could also work: The need to be modified internally a bit to open up the back but nothing major. Different stators on this one and the drivers have to be at a 45° angle to get it all to fit (not that it matters at all) but same basic idea as above Round them off with some nice leather pads, silicone 6 core cable and my new Stax plugs that I've been refining recently. These do sound better than the Superex shell as the backwave is more open. Finally, the second of those Kiwi Ears headphones was fitted with drivers: No major changes here except I didn't use the bayonet plate to fix the earpads, I rather slipped the stock pads over the lip of the housing which helped a lot Also some simple tweaks to ensure better baffle seal: Thick cloth tape here and it works nicely. These are okey sounding headphones for next to no money at all.

Previously: One day lad, all this will be yours. What, the curtains?

Brit Brunch

Update - woke up to 2" of new snow. It is time for winter to end.

One of those songs that sneaks up on you gradually. Robert Quine (Voidoids, Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Tom Waits) on guitar.

Shepherd's Pie from Dogfish Head Alehouse

6 hours ago. Has been constant. Probably walking home in the snowmageddon. Uphill, both ways.

Man, they had the worst ships.

I think most everyone missed that one the first time around.

Once again Tiny Desk inspiration. Several years ago Madi did a Tiny Desk At Home that led me to her Album at the time - "History Of A Feeling" which I really liked. And then I lost track of her and she has put out 4 albums since. oops. So... Fatal Optimist by Madi Diaz (2025) https://open.qobuz.com/album/nsfpkr7hq7ric Example: Good album. I will have to check out the others she has released.

(moved from beverage thread) Grace Under Pressure (Super Deluxe) by Rush (1984) https://open.qobuz.com/album/fpz7sd7tvobor Example: Okay, I know that I have shit on Deluxe, Super Deluxe, Ultimate Editions in the past. And I have to say I was worried about this release. But how could Rush disappoint me? Well they didn't... No demos, no Alt takes, no unreleased tracks. Just a new remaster of the Album, followed by a new Mix of the Album (Terry Brown). And then for fun the entire live show from September 21, 1984. That is how you do a deluxe album my friends... Thanks as always Rush... 🙏🤘

Apple announced their new Airpods Max 2 today (lossless audio over USB-C cable, improved noise cancellation and Live Translation): https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-airpods-max-2-powered-by-h2/

I’ve just finished an updated version of my CFA3smd something. Main difference is dual OPA445 bias servo with optocoupler as Kevin suggested previously in this thread.. Diagram of bias behavior from cold and the first 3 minutes. With optocoupler there is an overshoot before stabilizing at desired 150 mA. Removing optocoupler gives a nice take-of and climb to 150 mA. The diagram also shows the old single OPA445 servo with no optocoupler. It takes some more seconds before start climbing compared to dual OPA445 and a small overshoot before stabilizing.

Give Detroit a shot, Mikey. https://www.seriouseats.com/detroit-style-pizza-recipe

Got roped into seeing Kelly Clarkson at the rodeo with a bunch of friends. The rodeo was great (and cheating on my diet was also) but I don’t understand why people love Kelly Clarkson.

Ella van der Woude‘s How to Shoot a Ghost (OST) ex.

A.I. Fish Taco's 🐠 🌮 🌮

Returning to missed shows from the exotic 70s, when every channel needed their own Han Solo/Buck Rogers, they kinda needed a Wonder Woman too - The Secrets of Isis. Starting with episode two, though one is further down. Personal space seemed different back then.

Playing catch up on a show I missed the first time around - Jason of Star Command.

Molcajete "Zapata"

I have no idea how she did not get flour all over her black top, so I just watched this very carefully 13 times in a row, to see if I could spot the trick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qN4a6kCI_t8 ...oh well, on to number 14...

I saw Maybe my demographic is different.

Nvidia released some DLSS5 teaser images and are getting absolutely roasted. The Akakichi no Eleven meme, which I still don't fully understand. My personal favorite, Gen XLSS5.

Post Indian Valley walk platter.

Did they use actual rope? Hi Shel! 😁

A.I. Fish Taco's

https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/CRW-Extension or more specifically Install on Chrome, Edge and Brave https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/consumer-rights-wiki/bppajinomefndbbmopljhbdfefnefdha Install on Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consumer-rights-wiki/ How Enshittified/anti consumer are things on your favorite websites?

"The speakers ARE the room treatment."

If Stayin' Alive Had Been Written in the 16th Century

It appears Chicago will be joining you Nate. It was 60’s a little today and last week we hit 70 and I believe we are expecting up to 3” of snow or more in my area by tomorrow morning lmao

A little lesson by Lenny and then Bach/Gould. @5 min. Worthy of 14 min of my evening.

I have a vague memory of Dr. Smith being in a goofy kids series with Robby the Robot but I don't remember Peepo. I remember the girl was in a creepy Star Trek episode

Very wet snow day. It dances between rain and snow.

Unlike Jason, I actually recall Isis.

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Not sure if this is widely known, but I only found out about it today on The Norman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show. Seems the first three Space: 1999 episodes were stitched together and released theatrically in Italy. And they got Ennio Morricone to do the soundtrack! It's very different than Barry Gray's. Import CD purchased, below is a sample, and the whole thing is streaming on some Hungarian site. Fun! Ex. (put on your seat belts)

Such fun!

^^ in my queue, looking forward to it. The Magnificent Moodies by The Moody Blues (1965) https://open.qobuz.com/album/urxbgzj4qgepc Example:

I've seen a bunch of her videos, but I've never heard her sing

Glad you posted that Jimmy. I've read all of the Dept Q novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen, which are set in Denmark, but it seems they kept the characters and themes the same. Gonna check it out.