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Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!! Sorry for the delay - it's been a super busy weekend! Had a good birthday week with Florence and the Machine on Tuesday, dinner on Thursday with a bestie, watched Rushmore with a friend of mine who is going to start teaching at St. John's High School next year (that is where it is filmed) on Friday, dinner and a Dash (Houston women's soccer team) with a bunch of lezzie friends on Saturday, and now I'm in the Denver airport waiting to go to Durango for the week.

finished my cfa3 this week, thanks kevin gilmore for the desing and the support from the forum members. running on +-30v with moderat bias, changed the gain resistors to 3.2k for lower gain. needed some 3d printed parts so that all fit fine, a cfa3 in a quad 405 chase. no pot this time, i use a dac with volume control or a preamp. after all amps i build i think the best solution for a 1 case build ist mounting the trafos outside in vertical position, absolut no magnetic hum inducted. i also added grain oriented metal band around the trafos inside the trafo cases.

Had a MRI. I passed. (Apparently, I'm very good at laying very still.) They want me back to repeat the procedure on different equipment, so they can calibrate the equipment. Kinda reminded me of a concert I saw where Pan Sonic played one long drone and manipulated the timbre so that different parts of audience members' bodies resonated. (The concert was a very visceral experience.)

RIP -- It served us and myself personally with honor. 🫡

Nice @n_maher! The 30 fps is glorious. How do you like it thus far? Drove up to NYC to help Julie move out as she finished her 3rd year rotations for medical school. Exceptionally difficult light in the parking under the building. The A7 did quite well here, I think. Taken with a Batis 85/1.8. Stopped by in Virginia to visit with my sister and tried playing with the Batis 135/2.8. Failed miserably but got a somewhat cool extremely close crop. In color.

Mushroom onion bacon and ham

Nate’s on Marsh, my first Michelin star restaurant.

A redditor's father died and left him this: Also, I was born into the wrong family.

I've discovered that I'm not getting weaker the older I get, but in fact quite a bit stronger. Yesterday I lifted a $100 bag of groceries with one arm, like it was nothing. I couldn't do that in my twenties!

Sub SnoreWoofer.

New sponsor, new toys

In the end, I decided on the F2.8... In recent months, I've used the 24-105 F4L much more than the 24-70 2.8L because of that extra telephoto reach, and I have to say it works very well except at sunset and indoors, where I struggled to take good photos without too much grain. At those times, I missed the 24-70 F2.8L. That's why I ruled out the 70-200 F4 and broke the piggy bank to buy the F2.8. 🙂 Some more photos with the 24-105mm F4L

Some just never seem to want to die. Hope I'm not jinxing him. Legendary talent with endless imagination and ambition.

Mr Noods in Grover Beach pork noodle soup. Was the best broth I can remember.

^ In that post, I just used the URL posted by the guy on the audiophile subreddit. The following will be more UK friendly. Fuck Nigel Farage. This Scandinavian fella is living his best life:

Dipping in to the structured workouts on Zwift. What a cool tool. I like how they have little drills built in like working on different cadences or emphasizing different parts of the pedal stroke. Erg mode is also nice to get a feel for what it feels like to hold steady power, something I'm not that good at yet. I'm glad I didn't start out with this and just rode the bike for months, but I can only see it benefitting my outdoor rides.

Golden Gate Park Picnic

I had to turn down precapture to a shorter time. With a full second and 30 fps, it was getting a bit cumbersome but I agree, I was able to get some shots of my niece in motion that I wouldn't have been able to get otherwise. One from an early morning walk with the Batis 135/2.8. Shooting plants even in the slightest wind is so freaking hard with this lens but it's a fun challenge.

Exploring The Human League & Don't You Want Me

🐠 🌮 🌮 speaking of TACO/NACHO Tuesday, https://www.perplexity.ai/search/aece1583-dd4c-4a3a-bbdb-f70a193ddebb

Nibbles for / with the neighbors

Goodbye old friend. You were the perfect place to meditate.

The Last Ride of the Skanky Van... to the salvage yard. RIP RIP trusty steed.

Speaking of which A.I. “Gingery Wonton & Prawn Dumpling Noodle Soup"

Thanks all. Won't be able to make the service, but will go down to NJ for Shiva/visiting.....

They are a fun listen.....I can't remember if it was posted here, but I also liked another Ukrainian group, Yagody....

Speaking of Tiny Desk, lots of talk about DakhaBrakha here five or so years ago, but there was a Tiny Desk five further years back.

@blessingx, what are her views on magnets?

After all the wonderful music Esmé has been exposed to, her current favorite band is Insane Clown Posse. That can't be a bad sign, right? 😵‍💫 So...

The glorious Natural History Museum in London. And like all museums in the UK, totally free entry.

Another vinyl record I bought in London.... it needed a couple of passes through the ultrasonic cleaner but it's in perfect condition now. Baby Huey - Hard Times

The Hot Sardines

Meanwhile at a Publix in the South...

Now we are using My Whoosh... no bad.

He can play with Dick Van Dyke.

Happy Birthday, Shelly!

Pretty amusing how much F1 and the team leaders kept trying to tell us that the racing was great and we are wrong to criticize it. What a complete waste of a season. I worry this doesn't even come close to enough to restoring actual racing. It is just so bad right now. https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/48711882/f1-reveals-latest-tweaks-rules-2027-moves-away-5050-engine-split

No other place to put this. Just fun with bassoons.

WKRP in Cincinnati

I always feel like somebody is watching me...