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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/boozestones-liquor-at-its-finest El Reg (and commentards) unimpressed http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/03/put_a_rock_in_your_drink/

Very impressive, QA, attention to detail, process, staff conditions etc. As said above, other audio / boutique / jewelry manufacturers take note. Hand made does not need to mean variable / crappy / unjustifiably expensive. Look for a DIN standard / QA sticker on your next purchase

This is Interesting Tidal seems to use the same Global Identifiers ( accessible by the share / by email copyable link) e.g Artist Alison Krauss. = tidalhifi.com/artist/6602 Album New Favorite by Alison Krauss. = tidalhifi.com/album/3044220 Track New Favorite by Alison Krauss. = tidalhifi.com/track/3044233 and as seen before entities are different for a UK and a US account as an example , playable on UK Account, not on US Account Paper Airplane by Alison Krauss http://tidalhifi.com/album/6043300 I've a couple of days overlap for a UK registered account and a US one, so have a few days window for further exploration as time allows and have accessed both via the Web interface and the (windows) Desktop App, from the US, so will explore further, but its late now so will leave you with the following UK Account desktop App US Account desktop App

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Alleged-drunk-wedges-Mustang-on-Golden-Gate-5929686.php

Patience https://www.facebook.com/TidalHiFi/posts/1501868566731055 Chrome / Tidal webplayer -> Chromecast ?

Keep an eye out https://tidalsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201724751-Which-Home-Audio-Players-will-TIDAL-be-available-on- Ipad -> Tidal App -> AirPlay -> Apple TV , although that ,may lead to 44.1 -> 48K resampling ... Android App -> Chromecast, Anyone ? This https://tidalsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201871191-Squeezebox LMS -> Any LMS client device -> digital out (coax / optical / usb on touch) .... All feeding your Denon ( assuming it has non HDMI digital ins )

Amazon Fire TV $69 Today Only

Cornetto Trilogy Blu-Ray set on Amazon for $15 http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Trilogy-Blu-ray-Digital-UltraViolet/dp/B00F98FOL8 Lots of extras on the disks

Happy Birthday Gene! oh, too late, sold out! you'll just have to celebrate some other way!, Have a good one!

Third day of overindulgence, this time with another expat Brit for an early Christmas meal. Roast turkey with the proper trimmings (yay for roast parsnips and proper roast potatoes). Joanne and I were asked to handle dessert, so a team effort resulted in some home made Mince Pies. yum.

^Ex Spice Girl and Squeeze member, on the daytime TV sofa. Living the dream, eh Stretch? Not a bad cover Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Or in animated Gifs, Because: http://gizmodo.com/the-star-wars-the-force-awakens-teaser-trailer-in-8-gi-1664303089

Bryan, Happy Birthday!

Quote from elsewhere that may be relevant " I had a good photographer attend one of my courses in the pre-digital age. He told us once you get known for producing good portfolios then it was the girls who asked if they could take their clothes off. "

Almost had a thankless thanksgiving when a domestic "accident" sheared the binding posts off one of the Celestions (Note to self: use spades, not Bannana plugs in future, as they don't leverage the enthusiastic impact of a "Hoover" at the weakest point, on ~45 year old fatigued metal) So after some initial "fretting", thought about how it might be salvaged ... Some improvisation and meatball soldering ( a la meatball surgery) later, Voila, stress relieved, phase correct, functioning solution! +1 for a speaker cabinet that can be used as its own workbench, and Duct Tape Now happily listening to Radio Paradise, with a well deserved Diet Coke. I do indeed have something to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving Head Case!

^ if you're thinking about mini vans, interesting comments on el reg on how minivans are classified as light trucks, and thus don't impact CAFE values http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2014/11/22/ford_b_max_the_very_essence_of_sense_and_sensibility/

http://www.dustandgrooves.com/book/ http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/eilon-paz-dust-and-grooves-book-excerpt DUST & GROOVES Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting is an inside look into the world of vinyl record collectors in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. It all started out several years ago as nothing more than a way for photographer Eilon Paz to make use of his idle hours. Adrift in Brooklyn after emigrating from Israel, Eilon—a record collector on the side—thought it might be fun to start taking photos of people whose record collections were both larger and weirder than his own. Adopting this as his personal project, he began traveling the world, from Australia to Cuba and Argentina to Ghana, in pursuit of intriguing and memorable subjects. Unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community, the assembly of portraits he created quickly turned into the Dust & Grooves website. In the summer of 2012, Eilon launched a Kickstarter campaign that funded his road trip to shoot collectors throughout the American heartland, and since then, the project has been embraced by many friends and supporters who have volunteered to work with Eilon along the way. This year, Dust & Grooves expands even further, complementing the website’s cloud with a physical book that profiles over 130 vinyl collectors with photographic essays and in-depth interviews. Dust & Grooves has engaged and connected the underground community of record collectors. As well as becoming a go-to place for vinyl lovers, it maintains the integrity and history of vinyl, as well as the musical heritage that goes along with every record in these collections. As technology moves forward and many music formats go digital, Eilon’s endeavor helps keep the rich, warm, analog life of vinyl spinning.

Heads up, Linn is having it's 24 bits of Christmas, again, this year in December. http://www.linn.co.uk/christmas

And image loads from the web site (mobile) Result!

Thanks to a recent Groupon, I now have a 2nd Nexus 4, so can avoid single point of failure. In the meantime I've done exactly what you'd expect. And then enabling LTE Interesting to compare different software on exact same hardware to see how a feel about it. tapatalk crashes when trying to add attachment, hence EDIT...

You've reminded me how bright the LED's were by default. Nothing duct tape, a hole punch and a sharpie couldn't fix

+1 for the Sansa cliip zip http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanDisk_Sansa#Sansa_Clip_Zip Color screen, AAC support She (or her friends, eh Barbie?) can rockbox it

http://gizmodo.com/barbie-f-cks-it-up-again-1660326671 Despite having ruined her own laptop, her sister's laptop, and the library's computers, not to mention Steven and Brian's afternoon, she takes full credit for her game design— only to get extra credit and decide she's an awesome computer engineer! "I did it all by myself!"

and very nice it looks too