Knuckledragger

Thanks, Bueller. I found a 2M pair of Kimber Tonik's I'd forgotten about. They sound fine (possibly better than PBJs) but ave the patented Kimber fragility. They're certainly do for the moment.

Nachos made with organic pepper jack and cut up Portuguese hot peppers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIBZZjPFF4E

Now this is some DIY. http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8393403029360051976 From the article: What it does? Basically: * Navigate around, collect some data, avoid obstacles, until it * Finds something "worth playing on" (a single isolated object or a wide flat surface that it can find an angle onto) * Snakes into place * Plays some beats on what it have found, and samples this, checking it has a "good sound" * Based on data collected in the area, and sample just made, then compose a little rhythm, and plays this along with the sample

That video is hugely popuar. The guy who made it hasn't done too many others, but there is this one: The video quality isn't as good, but the cats are quite talkative ...and somebody is snoring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36w-CyqCO1A

YGPM, SP.

LAME 3.97+ at the V0 VBR preset sounds good to me ...for lossy compression. I don't spent much time critically comparing different mp3 encoders, however. For anything serious I use FLAC.

It doesn't bother me, because I hardly use Head-Fi. Two years ago, I was still viewing Head-Fi at 1024x768. It was difficult to navigate at that resolution. I went to 1280x1024 shortly thereafter, and it became much more usable (the layout at least, the content continued to decline.) I went dual head a while back, which is handy for putting two web pages opposite each other for quick comparisons. None of this has improved the signal-to-noise ratio on HF. Lastly, the Great Crash of 2007 fucked up all Head-Fi bookmarks, and I swear the search function still haven't recovered. Anyone seen that massive Sennheiser replacement cable roundup thread?

Final message from Arthur C. Clarke, on his 90th of birthday. His voice can be a bit grating, but his words are powerful.

A shot and a lap dance.

LIAR!

It's true. The passing of a legend.

There's a new exclusive video on the Portishead website. You have make an account with your email address, but in my experience, the P do not spam. The new track is "Machine Gun" and it's pretty clear how they came up with the name. It's pretty abrasive stuff. Those expecting Dummy-era sedate trip hop will be in for a surprise.

Do you hyphenate "anal retentive"?

I don't know much (anything) about the MDR-F1, but whenever possible, I replace Sony pads with Beyers. B&C carries a few.