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Also, for me, everyone appears as Brent...

For the same money, you can buy a Steinway grand piano that will play itself.

I think there's just a weird fetishization of ptp wiring now, with the worse it looks the better it must be. I own an amp from this company (it was a gift) and all I can say, as a person comfortable working on amps, is that I sure hope it doesn't break (you can zoom in on the third picture for the hot (melt glue) mess.)

Look into unifi wifi https://ui.com/wifi It's meant for covering a large area with easy integration of multiple access points. You could put one access point in the main house and another in the loft over the garage and you should have excellent coverage everywhere. You would need to install the controller on your computer to set everything up, but once it's running you don't really need to do anything else. It would also give you the ability to easily monitor it all while you're away. You could continue to use the current router, or you could use a unifi router (I have an extra in a box that I never opened of you want it).

Sonny Rollins, colossus of jazz saxophone, dies aged 95 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/26/sonny-rollins-jazz-saxophone-dies-aged-95

Happy Birthday!

The best version of one of the best songs by one of the bet bands. Good stuff.

A lovely cover

Ghosts, nudes and lesbian pageant queens: highlights from NYC’s Photography Show – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/22/aipad-photography-show-new-york

Iris Long, who helped steer early AIDS advocates into effective treatment activism that led to the development of lifesaving HIV meds, died April 4. She was 92. Long was a retired pharmaceutical chemist living in Queens, New York, when AIDS emerged as a global threat in the 1980s. Compelled to take action at a time when people couldn’t do research online and when most young AIDS activists knew little about pharmaceutical companies and drug development, Long shared her knowledge with activists in ACT UP New York, working directly with them on effective ways to pressure researchers to test and market lifesaving drugs. The title of a CBS news segment in 2013 illustrates her legacy: “Iris Long: How One Woman Saved Eight Million People.” https://www.poz.com/article/rip-iris-long-lifesaving-hiv-treatment-activist-ally

Happy birthday, Jeffy!

The cat looks really embarrassed

Happy birthday!

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Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday!