Grahame

Indeed, for a system that has been orphaned, there are still encouraging developments, thanks to its open nature.

I've heard that some people will pay handsomely for those sort of meetings . Whips & Chains optional?

except when it won't run Adblock. In which case there's Atomic Web Browser

Happy Birthday's chaps.

^Yep. Flash over substance. No tactile feedback, and if its re-configurable, no muscle memory. They need to speak to some real human factors people. But it is nice And there's voice control + steering wheel buttons. http://reseclectica.blogspot.com/2012/09/why-touchscreens-in-cars-are-very-bad.html http://www.conceivablytech.com/10260/products/touch-in-cars-is-still-too-complicated http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/14/0350225/touch-interfaces-in-cars-difficult-to-use http://www.teslamotors.com/it_IT/forum/forums/dashboard-touchscreen

Ish - http://blog.sfgate.com/energy/2012/09/24/teslas-new-charging-stations-coming-to-a-freeway-near-you/

Some pix

An ex co-worker dropped by at lunchtime to show us his new Tesla S . Its nice to be a kept man if you have a lawyer for a wife I guess ... Very Nice. And it can shift if you want to deplete the battery ... Impressive.

(((*Hugs*))), Dusty.

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat

Next on head-fi: what's the best headphone for motor boating < $100 .kthxbye

Finishing off the bacon surprise remnants in the form of a yummy enhanced BLAT (Toasted Focaccia, Goats Cheese, Trimmed Bacon, Sun Dried Tomato's, Avocado, Lettuce, Tomato) Yum! Om nom nom. Gone!

http://compressorheadband.com/

^ OK.

What plumbing is to Hydrodynamics? What Computer Science is to Science? What Software Engineering is to Engineering?

Interesting Docu http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/03/tv-review-millionare-boy-racers

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Vizio Soundbars? http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/06/four-new-soundbars-from-vizio-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/ http://store.vizio.com/deals/soundbars.html Manual says they have optical input, but only PCM (up to 24/192!) - can you rTV convert to stereo pcm for the optical out? e.g. http://store.vizio.com/documents/downloads/accessories/VSB200/271User_Manual.pdf

Happy Birthday Knucks. Thanks for all the slow stuff from teh interwebs. brightens up my day.

Happy Birthday Jacob

Happy Birthday!

Read it and weep http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=64686 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-57471903-47/sirius-satellite-radio-still-sounds-awful-after-all-these-years/ Satellite radio had promise, but the usual market BS of having two incompatible standards, rather than having an open inter-operable standard, and shock horror competing on price / service / quality. So given finite bandwidth from the birds, and the marketing message that More Channels (N) was better than the resulting 1/N average bandwidth, what do you expect. If you're a long distance trucker, travel in the satellite footprint with line of sight, when out of cell/radio coverage, it has its place. But audio fidelity is not a strong point. It shouldn't be harder to put together a better sounding stored media solution these days. more chat here http://www.avsforum.com/f/101/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio

R.I.P Gerry Inspiration to generations who grew up with his shows. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/26/gerry_anderson_dies/

Just to add, there was more to the gathering than just Bacon. Al was on Traeger duty outside in a downpour to ensure that there was more than enough tasty meat for everyone, and Claire overcame the obstacle of having the stove die on them to produce a sit down meal for the multitude. A triumph over adversity. With bacon.