Voltron

The Doc is kicking some ass in that one!

Funny, but I used that a couple of times earlier today and was thinking that was the cause for the weirdness.

Millionaire #1, right? Did you try it equal parts and not like it? More booze often works for me, and the dash of grenadine seems unnecessary, but I am just curious. And thirsty. Very thirsty. Very jealous of the two Dreadnaughts that have been quaffed today. I need to buy some from that shipping source.

Yeah, but it is being weirder than usual.

I really doubt they were ruined, but I have not been in Fairfax since I pulled them inside. I may be there during this weekend and will surely drink some or bring them back to SF. I will let you know.

"View New Content" has been very tweaky all day today. Sometimes it pulls up my own last post in a thread and sometimes it has pulled up the same posts in successive executions -- grawk's camera sale post is in the list, click the link and view it, and then hit "View New Content" and there is no new content but the next time I come back to the forum and hipt "View New Content" it is there again.

Stupid Irish fucks. Nothing wrong at all with Macallan 18, of course. Now, if they had this stuff, then they would be on the ball:

Well that's not funny at all.

Oh, an extra dry Knob Creek martini. That's different.

It was only cleaning up to cover its evil-doing.

Knob Creek martini sounds awful.

Agreed. It is teh seks. On the other end of the spectrum, I have been chubbed up since seeing the 4-SSD Thunderbolt array that is in the Light Peak demo video. Mamacita!

To quote Wired: Thunderbolt plugs have the same shape as the Mini DisplayPort connectors in all recent Macs, and it’s compatible with them, so you can plug an older monitor into a new Thunderbolt port (even using a DVI, HDMI or VGA adapter) and it will still work. You won’t have a data channel, but the video connection will function.

Tree fiddy and a cookie, here.

Awesome Shelly! Congrat.

I was definitely thinking the same way, along with "why not get it all" if the school is paying?

That's cool! It makes most sense to swap from the included HDD to a better SSD, right? JP just did that for my Mac Mini and it is such a great thing. I wonder if the RAM price difference is worth doing as well.

Like the Post-man said, the BDP-95 is very well packed and thoughtfully comes with all the cables you need and a USB wireless adapter that I wasn't even aware was included. It is a very sleek and solid unit and the basic setup was entirely painless. I set up Netflix streaming wirelessly for now, and it played an entire movie fine even though Netflix or Oppo threw up a warning that my connection was weak and there would likely be drop-outs (image quality admittedly wasn't top notch but would improve with ethernet connection or better wifi). I am looking forward to getting the Gallo Stradas set up to better hear what it can do on the audio front. Impressed so far, and already happy I made the leap to the 95.

Deerhunter -- Cryptograms

Ron Burgundy jazz flute gif is awesome!

The Link to AnandTech has a decent technical summary of the new models. I was planning on 8GB RAM and the 256GB SSD, but the annoying thing is that SSD is apparently priced off the charts compared to the 128GB, which is pretty much at market price. Still, I have to think that 128GB would feel limiting and I will definitely get AppleCare so replacing on my own is not an option. And Dinny, the 27" iMac is amazing. Not portable, but a great desktop/TV/etc.

Bensonhurst Cocktail 1 3/4 oz rye (Bourye) 2/3 oz dry vermouth (Dolin dry) Barspoon maraschino (Luxardo) Barspoon Cynar Stir with ice and garnish with oversized orange peel.

Continuing with the Cynar explorations: Choke Artist from The Art of the Bar, by Jeff Hollinger and Rob Schwartz * 1 ounce Cynar * 1 ounce Anejo tequila (I used Cazadores Reposado) * ½ ounce fino sherry (I used Amontillado) * 5 dashes Stirring's Blood Orange Bitters * Extra-wide orange twist for garnish Technique: Combine the Cynar, tequila, and sherry in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir. Add the bitters to a chilled snifter and roll around to coat the glass. Pour the Cynar and tequila mixture into the snifter. Garnish with the orange twist.