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thunderbolt is great and all. but i cant find anything besides that pegasus raid array they have on the website that natively supports thunderbolt...

aquafina. i am in need of suggestions for red wine. i was told red meat goes with red wine and white meat with white. the interwebs seem to concur. if this is crap suggest something. was invited to a "steak dinner" and was told to bring wine. as you probably all already know, i know nothing about alcohol other than the few sips ive had of the tasty stuff at meets. any suggestions for a bottle i could procure locally? not enough time to place an order online. i dont even know what something like this would cost so keep suggestions sane - south of say $150. i dont know if thats too much or too little or about right. budget is flexible but not $900 flexible. dinner is quite important so id like to stay away from the "bourgeois crap." personally i dont think ill be able to tell the difference between $2 vs $200 wine but the hosts seem to be discerning wine drinkers.

happy bday sir.

2 tickets to go see these guys in april. just found out they playing about 30 minutes north of school. http://turtleislandquartet.com/

i sleep on the floor. have been for a very long time. when i injured my back, i was told, "beds are bad for backs but good for hips. the floor is good for backs but bad for hips. pick your favorite body part." seems a wee bit harsh but my lower back starts getting sharp shooting pain when i lie on most beds now. perhaps its because of a crazy lack of support compared to the floor. i dont know but i do know that the floor is much more comfortable.

my first ever big boy toy. time to grow up.

lol you need we 421a's first. and some bugle boys. and mullards. and hytrons. and rca's. and 5998s. and 6080s. and 6as7g's. and moar 421a's. thats like $1000 right there post pix dood. it is quite good for a cheap(ish) amp. ps. completely forgot about using motor run caps throughout the amp.

happy birthday sir.

happy fucking bday sir.

is there an advantage to cloning the factory installed os vs a fresh install using the dvd?

do mbp/mba come with install cd's for os? could that be used or would one lose all the software that come preloaded. i dont know if macs come with all the bloatware that pc's come with.

changed the bugle boy to a mullard. changed channels but whiny noise remains even with the cables switched and unplugged. problem is either with power or within the amp itself. i dearly pray it isnt the 421a. all else is cheap and easily replaceable.

very nice knuckles and mike. congratulations all around.

you dont NEED a docking station. the apple cinema display has those nifty connectors where you can just plug it into the macbook pro/air (no charger needed for mb. and viola! dual monitors. i dont know what would be needed for laptop + 2 monitors or if it could even be done. but given how flexible laptops are these days you can certainly get away without one. i only really feel the need for a big ass usb dongle. usually have 5-6 quad drive bays plugged in at any time, plus a usb mouse and the emotiva dac via usb. other than that, i dont really use any other ports. vga out to my 21" lcd. quite like the set up.

i agree with shelly here. i find desktops increasingly cumbersome in the days of docking stations and dual monitors. so much nicer to be able to just unplug and take your crap everywhere you go without having to worry about file sync issues. big piss off for me back when i had a desktop was doing something at home and then not having access to it at school etc.

for the past 2 days ive noticed this really high pitched whiny noise coming out of the right channel. audible without music. with music i just know its there because the music doesnt have any notes that high. if i unplug the headphones and plug them back in, it goes away for like a minute but then comes back again. using 421a and amperex 12au7 (bugle boy). any thoughts?

and new balance just went straight to the top of the customer service list for me. i thought i was ordering one pair of shoes but in fact placed the order for the wrong pair. entirely my mistake. got the box a few minutes ago and called them to find out if there was anything i could do. the guy said no restocking fee (i had merely opened the box), sent me a free ups shipping label for the return and gave me a 20% discount (already expired now) on the pair that i actually wanted and offered free shipping on the new pair. definitely will be going back to them in the future. have a 15% off coupon with free shipping in case anyone wants its - must buy 2 pairs of shoes though. 1226's are mighty comfortable.

god damn. im sitting here in my office and just literally laughing out loud at the seal. great video but i too must second dustys thoughts.

lol @ usb ports need to shaved every few days. that reminds me i have to hack off my beard as well one of these days. it has grown too wild.

Saw it. Was very underwhelmed. Southland > new police stuff.

happy birthday sir.

i was referring to this. http://www.dvhardware.net/article40090.html read very fast. so might have misunderstood. however it does say 22 hours. dont know if that is with just a single battery or 2 of them.

kickass doc. did you get the newfangled 22 hour battery too? im curious if with actual use one can even squeeze out 12 hours of it. if so it would be perfect for me.

thanks guys. chris, were you an operations research guy or some sort of niche engineering major? i only ask because operations research is what i am planning on doing next and just found out that columbia has a "better" OR program than most other places barring cmu. as much as i would like to be back in cambridge, i am starting to realize that i have to grow up and assume my responsibilities as an adult fairly soon. as such, attending a school that offers better placement might be the smarter thing to do. then again i dont know anything about columbia. any insight would be much appreciated. depending on how the first year goes, i will either pick financial engineering or go towards modeling dynamical systems (i think this is what you do but i might be mistaken).