Dusty Chalk

It might be a legal thing -- to call it a 'mod' instead of a new pair of headphones, that way they don't get in trouble for mimicking/"paying tribute"/"making an homage to" Grado's. Lawyers, what say you?

Lies. I still have my Beyers. I don't still have my Senns. I withhold judgment, unlike you cantankerous basterds.

No, it was meant as a recommendation, but I realize in hindsight it wouldn't be very helpful. It lets you listen to music you may not have heard before, but sounds like something you have heard before.

Jesus, that's 20 hours of just driving.

So...what's your point? Some of us are old enough to remember that film.

I should listen to that again. The only thing I ever listen to is "Fear Satan" (usually via Kicking a Dead Pig). I imagine listening to that album without listening to "Fear Satan" is kinda sucky.

Or something from Luxman.

Well, I've let my hair grow out, so I really can't call it a mullet any more, but even a month ago or so, I would have said that it smells like me. And it's not so bad, I use a mildly lavender-scented shampoo.

Are not.

Yeah that's one of the great (or bad, depending) things about watches -- you really can't make a bad decision. Sinn, Omega, and Panerai are all great watches. I really want a Sinn U Black myself. But I'm only just getting to the point where I'm starting to worry about the movements -- priorly, it's all been about how it looks and how durable the case is.

em:t...mmmm....I have all of their CD's, except some from the second life. Me: Just finished Rarum Vol. 3 (Gary Burton -- "B&G (Midwestern Night's Dream)" is sublime), Rarum Vol. 4 (Bill Frisell) on deck.

Hello Kitty chainsaw is win. This is unrelated:

I would definitely be interested to see what you are thinking about.

There was probably music.

They put on a wonderful show. I saw them twice on the previous (first) leg of the Incident tour, and they are indeed, awesome live. Every show is different. You really should see them live, especially if you like the more recent, harder material. I've never seen an entire set by them up until recently, though I've seen them live as far back as the Stupid Dream tour. And this coming from someone who is avowedly against having babies. And believe it or not, I've heard that before. Pretty sure it's a different girl, though, 'cause this one lives in 'bama. And lives with a guy she calls "Reap" -- this girl doesn't have a boyfriend she calls "Reap", does she?

So, DC area head-casers...Friday, huh?

Ticket to see Porcupine Tree in the Big Apple in September (well, not really bought, but commited to buying -- my buddy bought them). Orchestra front 2-6, huzzah.

What are you worried about, you pant(singular)less pachyderm? And in your case, you probably have two pairs of said headphones, so you should always refer to headphones in the plural.

If you showed me one and asked me which it was, I probably wouldn't be able to tell you, but from what I could tell in a decent in-store audition was, it was just a little less harsh to my eyes. Could probably have been placebo as well. Plasma > LED > LCD, I think. Hard to say without a rather large budget and being able to audition all three for weeks in-home. I envy those people. I say go with that plasma. I think Hirsch got his (and I want to say it was a G15 and that the alternative was a G10, but he can pipe in here if he likes) from one of the cheaper online shops (somethingth street?), and he is extremely satisfied with his purchase.

The relationship you have entered is too short.

So that means you're, what? 44? Just curious, sometimes it gives us a little perspective. Not sure if you meant high school or college or what.

You guys really believe multi-tasking is on deck? For those of us who developed for the iPhone, there were constant rumors about multi-tasking being on deck, but in reality it never came, and I suspect the reason it was always backburnered was because if you wanted multi-tasking, you jailbroke your iPhone. So consider me permanently entrenched in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp. That, and the bluetooth keyboard. (Did that ever come to pass? I've stopped following.)

Had a hard drive die on me yesterday (the fabu Seagate "click of death" -- no, I'm not even going to defend myself from that one, thought I updated the BIOS, didn't), spent (yesterday and) today getting my system back to where it was and me with my work back to where I was, when we had a brown-out. My UPS responded to said brown-out by doing the exact opposite of what it was supposed to do, namely, shut off all electricity to the power outlets. Permanently. double-+- Not a good week for me.

Multi-touch?

No worries, I was just playin' the contrarian. Well, no, actually, I really do like them, but the seeming acerbicity/acerbicness/acerbia of my post was playful. I would even go so far as to say that away from each other, on a really good amp (e.g. BHSE, ES-1), I'm not sure everyone would be able to tell the difference. The coloration that I heard (slight midbass hump) worked well for rock-and-roll, and is probably the one you're thinking of will go away with mods, so: spot on. Also, nothing a little EQ couldn't solve. Also: moar black (at least, the black one is).