Deep Funk

Sorry to hear. But props! Very likely better than my immediate responses in the past: vodka & oxycodone syrup—never mixed (because I'm not ready to die).

I don't know about mourning (sorry, @Deep Funk) but kava is by broken-heart medicine.

Yikes. I hope the bed bugs didn’t impact you and were gone quickly.

Indeed, after your travails I wish you good fortune in your endeavors. Moving is never easy, but I hope it's relatively painless for you.

Hope you find that for which you are looking, and free from the varmints of your previous domicile.

Thanks for the note on the Ghost album, checking it out

New animals as leaders is freaking sweet. It's crazy these guys live up the street from me.

oh! and Tosin is a car guy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbkqmpzJzAs&ab_channel=MishaMansoor

It wasn’t the ‘new Daft Punk album’ I expected, but it’s the one I have come to love the most.

This one and "Discovery" make my heart skip a beat. There are not enough words to express why.

I agree, Discovery and RAM are their two best albums, and the two I listen to most.

My wife (an MD) has seen a marked difference in clinic with omicron between mRNA vaxxed, J&J vaxxed and unvaxxed. Unvaxxed have had way worse symptoms, J&J has been almost as bad as unvaxxed and mRNA vaxxed are almost all very mild. That is her firsthand observation.

@DigMe thanks, it's good to hear on the ground reports. I'm boosted on Pfizer, but clinically vulnerable. I've kept informed via research papers and following a few epidemiologists with a good track record. However I'm now faced with either shielding alone for an endless duration, or mitigate where poss., enforce FFP3/N95 mask usage, hope there are no escape variants, and roll the dice.

I didn't trust it to hold during the trough before Delta. My wife, a Mistress of Public Health, thought I was nuts when I insisted on masks. I'm sticking with that till the Israelis give the O.K. When you're attacked for 70+ years, you get good at war and medicine.

I got a pair to monitor my guitar. After the great purge of 2020-2021, they and my AirPods Pro are my go to headphones. Bullet proof, foldable, 3 cables, reasonably priced…

When I ran my project studio I had 6x of ATH M50X, HD280, and 7506 for musician cue mix. M50X were the most popular, HD280 next and 7506 only occasionally picked.

@BillP has some good mods for them. I want to mod mine to match. We should get him to post his mods.

Very glad to hear that you're on the mend

Before that happens - while the person still has all their marbles - get powers of attorney or whatever your local equivalent is. If activated by a medical opinion that the person becomes unable to make decisions for/look after themselves, you (or whoever is attorney) can make decisions and start to tidy up their affairs so that when it comes to estate time, the process will be smoother & quicker.

GF just lost her mom this week. no planning, no nothing. besides grief, we're not looking forward to the next 6-12 months of administrivia.

@yotacowboy, I'm sorry to hear it.

My condolences. Thanks for the headsup on the Burial....

Sorry to hear about the funeral man. Hope you enjoy the Burial release. I was pretty disappointed by it, as I had hoped it might not be entirely ambient. Still enjoyed it somewhat.

Remember to take time to remember. Take care ...

Very sorry t hear that. Stay well indeed, and allow time to sooth the grief.

I think this is the closest, so far, that it has come to me. Friends of on-line friends. But still too many, second wave onwards.

I'm so sorry to hear this. Just found out another family member of mine tested positive.

Add my voice to the list of those sorry to hear of your loss. Stay well and tend to your emotional needs. Several of my in-laws have tested positive and I am hoping to avoid your level of loss.

The Gogoro subscription model of swapping batteries at charging stations works well in Taiwan.

I had thought that was the most common sense solution, having universal swapable pre-charged batteries.

Glad you're back...your presence is always appreciated (by me at least)

Featuritis has also lowered quality and expectations in too many ways... I get you can only do so much with "100 functions" crammed on one chip, but still...

While there's something about the magical all-in-one that tweaks a certain part of my brain that likes toys... I would rather have a half dozen high quality dedicated tools rather than a box full of multitools that all sorta half-overlap and only do a mediocre job at any of it.

Heresy! Somebody ban this guy!! Seriously, glad you like it...

I took out the old foam. Brainwavz ear-pads inserted on adapters. Ears have more space, a bit of AKG-ish open sound magic combined with Sennheiser warmth. This is really good.

Sometimes comfort and headbanging functionality wins out over absolute sonic performance.

I can see my ethernet port puckering already.