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Timbuk2 Newegg also emailed me.

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I like the idea. It is very interesting to see the methods for selling art in one medium applied to another. My question is really one for the buyer. Does (s)he buy it and give it away, or does (s)he buy it for exclusivity. I fear it will be the later, but who knows! Watching people interact with art can sometimes be more interesting than the art its self. I guess its going to suck to be under the magnifying glass like that.

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Could you post a schematic of the "filter" function?

Flickr preserves exif.

Although it requires a LOT more searching, and luck, other technics tables from the 70's-80s do pop up on Craigslist from time to time... Since nobody knows what they are the deals can be AMAZING.

Happy Birthday Al!

Technics 1200mk2 or 3. The price went up a bit (lot) since Technics stopped making them, but they are still quite reasonable. After that, they are insanely reliable and well documented. There is a 78rpm upgrade available (well, there was when they were more readily available - I have not looked in a while) and they come with a very nice arm as long as you don't drop the TT upside-down on it DJ style. So, yea, 1200. I would avoid knock offs because they suck. After that, cheap cartridges are pick your poison. I am partial to the DL103 as the next step up. Very linear and generally well documented. For the phono stage, I don't know of anything off the shelf that would work with the budget, but if your friend is DIY handy (like at all) the Hagerman bugle is well regarded for very little money. Look into the "bugle pro" for ideas on how to make the bugle work for 78's http://www.hagtech.com/bugpro.html Or just do the de-emphasis digitally. 16RPM is really hard. How many 16RPM discs does he have? Would they be interesting enough to someone else (with a dedicated 16rpm rig) to get them to rip them?

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Happy Birthday Fitz!

Over the weekend I took a bunch of photos at the Grants Tomb Criterium bike race. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_nikon_12/sets/72157642181054923/ ^^Click HERE^^ to go directly to the big set Grants Tomb Crit 2014 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr Grants Tomb Crit 2014 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr

The outside of an XLR plug is called the shell. I'm terrible with wire colors. This thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/477461/hd-650-stock-cable-to-4-pin-xlr-howto bases it off of the thicker and thinner pins on the headphone connector. MUCH more reliable than wire colors.

I ordered smooooooth and hopefully fast Schwalbe Kojak Brompton tires in preparation for the spring.

Facepalm at me for not seeing it. Nice. Try bouncing the light off of something. Or use a stupid-small F-stop (F16-22) and low ISO so that it takes a goooood long time to expose with the flashlight. The way the vignette on the back wall forces the viewer back to the center(ish) of the image is pretty neat.

You should experiment with mixing ambient light with the light off of the tubes to get the thing to look SICK in the dark. The worlds cheapest flash (preferably with adjustable power levels, although the worlds cheapest flash is probably pretty low power anyways) bounced off the opposite wall of the room should do nicely. Set the camera to take a good long multi-second exposure. Fire the camera. While the shutter is open fire the flash. Depending on your mood and equipment you can fire the flash several times, pointed in different directions for some really crazy light. I probably should have used less flash Ooh well. That's enough audio-gear related chatter. This is a photography forum

I only skimmed, so forgive me for this shameless plug, but for single-power reading glasses these things are AWESOME!!!111 http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___89276

Here are all the parts you need to put my normal birthday greeting together yourself. [ center ] : jbl : Happy Birthday (insert recipients name here)! : jbl : [ / center]

Dunno if anyone here might want to say something in this thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/707823/intellectual-property-giveaway-on-the-discovery-of-terminal-illness#post_10316570 But I will certainly miss him.

Not exactly kickstarter, but I just recently found a (hopefully) great site for group buys on things that seem relevant to us: https://www.massdrop.com/

Also, what aperture setting?

Happy Birthday Dan!

Happy Birthday Al!

Happy Birthday Colin!