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^^ Not available anymore....did you get a picture? Or maybe a security thing?

I prefer blues and greens myself. Water/sky, grass.....calming colors (though not too dark on each). Helps keep me from doing the things my mind screams at me to do to some people.

What Dan said....I also think it's about the recording and mastering first. I have several things on 16-44 that I also have on hi-rez. The improvements I hear seem to be less about the format and more about changes in how the recording was made. All that said....I still like to have hi-rez copies of things because....well, hi-rez 🤣

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday!

Today NASA hosted a chat session with my nephew. We got to catch up with him, talk about things he's doing, etc. He took us on a bit of a tour and we got to see his view from ISS. And....fancy that....the world really IS round! 🤣 'Twas very very cool! Pics are screen captures, and video quality was so-so. But wow.....

So sorry Ozgur....especially difficult when there's family "things" going on. Glad you and your dad got to visit and pay respect. RIP to your aunt....

Happy New Year everyone! Bit bittersweet for me. The last few years Karen and I have had mixed celebrations: 3 years ago at some friends' place in NH, we went to bed early but watched the ball drop on streaming. Two years ago, same friends weren't feeling well so we skipped, but watched the ball drop. Last year, too tired, went to bed early. This year, I fell asleep reading, but woke up at ~11:40 to turn on the TV and watch the ball drop. When the clock struck midnight, I turned to the other side of the bed...and started crying. The sweet side was some of my closest friends sharing pics and texts for the New Year, our bonds are ever closer. Hoping that 2026 is a much better year....for me, for my family, for all of us here, and for our country and the world!

Wow...... Thanks......

^^^ Love it! "Our lord and savior the trans man....?" 🤣

Belated Happy Birthday, hope it was great!

Went to a Chinese restaurant for lunch. Another Jewish friend joined, and a work colleague/friend who is Indian (and leans towards Buddhism). Was a fascinating 4.5 hours (!!) of conversation: religion, philosophy, jokes, and just good stories! Incredibly nice people!

One more Happy Birthday! One question though: what does rumored cake taste like? 😁

Very Happy Birthday!!

^^^ Glad I got my first NAS updated to 40+TB (!) before the AI component craze......

So sad about the Reiners..... What a legacy Rob is leaving.... RIP as well to the victims at Brown University and in Bondi Australia. I think we need aliens to come and spray the earth with "let's get along" mist. This is a fucking crazy world.....

Thanks all! Wasn't the celebratory day Karen would have recommended.... Fighting a cold, and did some work starting at 4:30am! But after all that, was able to chill for much of the day. Realized I hadn't done that for a long, long time - a few hours here or there but not for basically a whole day - and it felt damn good! Needed to recoup some but also just shut things off. And having Andrew's cat June purr in my lap was good medicine, too. Andrew ended up bringing in Thai for us for dinner; our planned excursion out will be a rain check.

...and the Apple Peace Prize goes to Donald J Trump!

Happy Birthday Tom! Hope it's a grand one!

Few more from the drive....the first is my new Spirit Animal!

Indeed!! My mom said his kids took it hard when he left for the rocket but were excited to see him in the ISS itself.

Thanks Ric! Something was meant to be, we had a power blip at ~3:45am EST and my alarm keypad beeping woke me up. Managed to watch the launch as well! Time for caffeine....a whole fucking bunch of it! 🤣 Have a 3.5-4 hour (if I'm lucky) drive in a bit.....

For those of you so inclined.....my nephew (niece's husband) Chris is in Russia (Kazakhstan) now, and he will be launching EARLY local time on a Soyuz rocket to go to the ISS!!! Streaming is available at https://plus.nasa.gov/ 3 highlights (times are EST):

RIP to two people: Jimmy Cliff, and Udo Kier. Without knowing Udo so well, I realize I have admired his work in several horror or other movies.... And Jimmy Cliff....not much needs saying....another big one lost IMO

Happy Birthday! Don't know you well, but always great to see an "old name" come back!