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I'm listening to Propaganda's A Secret Wish right now! They also have an interesting remix album called Wishful Thinking that you've probably heard as well. I was just about to put on some Hall & Oates. Great minds think alike.

The Crow - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack It's exactly like I remember...

The Motors - Airport The Spinners - Games People Play Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach

Imagination - Belouis Some

Yes - Roundabout (2008 Remaster) Sometimes a tune will just pop into my head... obviously a staple of classic rock FM radio. Most of the comments are about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean on Netflix.

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls

Happy Birthday!

Thanks, everyone!

Happy Birthday, Antonio!

The Corvette E-Ray has AWD - that is a good way to make use of the engine power.

Gorillaz (2001)

I didn't watch the video, but it's bad optics for a big company to step on a small YouTuber.

The Riven remake is here:

Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985) Why Movies From The 70s & 80s Look Like This: Kodak 100T 5247

Celtic Woman - Dúlamán "Dúlamán" (Irish for "channel wrack", a type of edible seaweed) is an Irish folk song. The lyrics of the song relate to the Irish practice of gathering seaweed, which has been done for various purposes, including as fertilizer, bathing, and food. Bill McClintock - Somebody's Snowblind

This might be the last OS for Intel Macs. MacRumors started their annual unsupported Macs thread already: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-15-sequoia-on-unsupported-macs-thread.2428654/ Apple moved the cutoff for macOS to 2017/2018: iOS and iPadOS (2018 for the iPhone XR/XS and iPad Pro, 3rd Gen):

The OS updates seem mostly evolutionary rather than revolutionary, like the rumors projected.

and the Craig Federighi parkour sequence... 🤸‍♂️

Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe

I started watching Smiling Friends (on Adult Swim). It's brilliant.

The less Microsoft, the better. I installed Ubuntu 24.04 and it is working well so far. Still very buggy, though.

Windows 11 is removing support for Dolby Digital AC-3 in new installations of upcoming 24H2 this fall: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2349721/dolby-digital-support-disappears-in-windows-11.html

A slight update on the Sony Walkman DAP, the formerly Japan-only NW-A307. Difficult to find, barely discussed. Android still seems to be a weakness described in other online A307 reviews... mediocre battery life and performance and that compromised user interface from the small display:

I don't know much about cameras, but the Lumix S9 caught my interest too. I've set my sights on the new Fujifilm X-T50, however... I think it has more flexibility. 📸