Saddling up and heading out, this time for a swing through New Hampshire and Connecticut. These are both states refreshingly devoid of Southern heat and humidity, thus suiting me better than my last expedition. For the exactly two of you who give a shit about audio, I’m picking up a pair of classic speakers (that I’ve been wanting for decades), then attending a press event for a new technology that involves 3-D sound. And I get paid for the trip, so I got that goin’ for me. Which is nice.
Know what else is nice? Birthdays, and today’s include a guy who famously described my ideal date; a guy who pioneered photo-blogging; a guy who showed that having personality problems will keep you from being as famous as Einstein; a local commie; a guy who was too stupid to hold on to a sure thing; a guy who was a hero to the teenage man with candy; a pioneer of making buildings look like the boxes buildings were packed in; my favorite director from Hollywood’s classic years; another NYC lifetime grifter; the auteur of floppy feet; the human vacuum cleaner (and an incredibly nice guy); his antithesis; and Mrs. Robert Fripp.
And from there, we do a smooth segue to Links.
Buffalo Bill was one of the great unsung sitcoms.
Long form piece on the Obama Biden plan for the Middle East. It’s not pretty.
So I could be the next Ted Williams?
Back up the cloud with another cloud. That’s the moral of this story.
As stupid as American politics is, something like this almost seems normal.
As stupid as American politics is, something like also seems normal.
Of all the really dumb ideas out there, this is certainly one of them.
Old Guy Music today is a great song given a great treatment by a great band. And it summarizes the way I’m feeling.
This guy should have been Old Guy Music, since it’s his 80th birthday today.
You’ll probably know just one song that he sang, but he’s also a prolific songwriter, having co-written this and this among many others.
You know what I am not seeing? I am not seeing the idealogical grandparents of today’s leftists coming forward and saying they never dreamt that the peace/love movement of the ’60s and ’70s would come to love them some rapists, murderers and calls for repeating the genocide of the ’40s and ’50s. Where is Jane Fonda and her ilk now?
They were evil commie shitbirds then and they are evil commie shitbirds now.
That was supposed to be ’30s and ’40s.
More coffee please
Why is nobody asking what Hamas’ “day-after plan” is? The one where they have to admit at a minimum that Israel is inviolable within at least the 1967 borders and that there no such thing as a “right of return”?
They have elaborated on this before.
Their stated goal is the murder of all jews. They dont care about anything else. They won’t rest until every jew everywhere on the planet is murdered.
That mentality permeates Palestinian culture. It really is undiluted evil. In many ways so are the motives and goals of the WEF.
Because it would be unseemly to acknowledge that this administration’s day-after plan for Hamas is to attack Israel again.
Because that would acknowledge they have agency. If they have agency, then they are responsible for their atrocities.
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show wintered over across the Ouachita from Jonesville, La.
My great grandparents ‘had Bill over for dinner’ a few times.
“Save all your files to The Cloud,” they said. “It’ll be safe and convenient,” they said. đ
Now, I’m not that great about backing up files, and it’s not as if I have anything that important, but I DO occasionally back stuff up. When I do, I do it to PHYSICAL MEDIA that’s in MY possession. I’m funny that way.
Remember, the cloud is just someone else’s computer.
Although you might want to have the backup in a different physical location.
We never got the memoirs of actress Kim Novak because the first copy and the backup were destroyed in the same fire.
Good point. It would be easy enough to keep one or two thumb drives at my office…which will work until I retire. Then I get to decide if I trust either of my sisters to keep them…or if I want to see them that often. (No, the CU doesn’t have safe deposit boxes.)
And don’t keep your will in the safe deposit box. Grandma and Grandpa did that, and when Grandma died nobody could get into the box without someone from, I think, the Secretary of State’s office as a witness.
My brother had the key to Mom’s safety deposit box. My other brother and I met brother with the key, we went to the bank together, he came out with the contents, enough cash for an inexpensive funeral. There was $60 left, cash brother wanted to divide it, other brother and I told him to take his wife out to dinner. Everything worked as planned.
My son is a signatory of our safe deposit box, just as I was for my father. You can access a deceased/whatever persons box with a warrent, but they will have to drill the locks if there is no key.
– We backup our system daily.
– Have you ever tested a restore?
– No.
“Back up the cloud with another cloud. Thatâs the moral of this story.”
There seems to be a lot of that going around here lately. Jesus, it’s gonna rain again? All of my plants are drowning now and the bayou is way out of its banks.
Is there an explanation of “3-D sound” somewhere on the Intarwebs that’s comprehensible to mere mortals (who had sucky public elementary school science educations?)
Maybe this?
Thanks!
Iâve been contemplating building my own transmission line speakers from a kit for the hell of it.
I never listened to any so Iâm reluctant. I believe they are pretty directional.
3 D sound in an interesting concept. I do remember hearing some speakers that were able to be extremely directional, wherein they only were loud where the there was constructive interference.
Looks like they are good at making very low frequency sound. Might be a good brown note generator.
In the bass, nothing is direction (wavelength is long). If they’re based on the Martin King designs or math models, they’re likely to be good. Worst case, seal them off and EQ.
Look, WEF wrote a narrative, decreed it to be so and it must be so. Never mind that Hamas shit all over it, it shall come to pass.
ME politics is like a plumbing job. “How’s that bathroom repair going?”
reply: “Everything was going just fine until….”
Digging in, but sounds like “No” to me.
THis is some pretty scandalous stuff. And nothing else seems to be happening.
The naivety of having to ask that question is….well, I have no words.
âpicking up a pair of classic speakersâ
Such a tease. What are they, I wonder?
I wish I could say I can remember having good enough hearing that I could appreciate super-high-end audio, but I really donât. Weirdly, I always buy much nicer audio setups than I can âhearâ, if you know what I mean.
Sam Rayburn and Tip O’Neill.
Rayburn was a Texan. You could’ve gone with McCormack.
The problem is not knowing that which I can’t hear. Women’s voices are lost on me, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Heh
No wonder you’re still married.
Allison Ones. These will join my main listening room regulars from Quad and NHT.
Good morning my Glib Globs.
I didnât know that the Maxwell equations were transformed by another. I like that so learn something new every day on this site.
It is indeed ironic that the “Maxwell Equations” which terrorized us as undergraduates are actually “Heaviside Equations.” If that sort of geekery appeals to you, I strongly recommend Paul Nahin’s biography of him. Really excellent and stimulating reading.
Thanks Old Man.
That birthday caught my eye, so I checked out his wiki page. And this was on there:
Some things never change, huh?
a guy who famously described my ideal date;
Happy birthday Lynne Truss!
I read (most of) a long CNN screed about Butker yesterday. You’d think he strangled Taylor Swift’s puppy with the Pope’s rosary.
Yes, let’s criticize a member of the League that was once graced by Ray Rice, Aaron Hernandez and Rae Carruth.
I read the transcript of his speech, and while there are some things that I disagree with, I didn’t find anything obviously offensive in it. Well, unless you think Biden and Pelosi should be considered good Catholics in communion with the Church.
It is just a version of radical personal freedom, and the raw hatred of anything that denies that concept.
Meh. There’s some distinctly Catholic stuff in there… which would make sense for a practicing Catholic, giving a commencement speech at a Catholic school. I’m sure the feminists weren’t happy about the part about women getting married and having kids portion as well.
For those who are interested, the transcript.
I am so, so sorry.
I don’t have that kind of fortitude and tolerance for pain.
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âSamuel Alito should apologize immediately for disrespecting the American flag and sympathizing with right-wing violent insurrectionists,â Jeffries said in a statement in a press release Friday.
Spoken like a real Amurrikkkin.
I’d normally say Jeffries should fuck himself, but he and Durbin both want to be all in, so they can fuck each other.
Except I donât think flying the flag upside down is disrespecting it. I thought it was a distress signal.
Yes
I think all commie rat fuckers should have their US citizenship revoked and be removed from our soil.
So youâre saying the helicopter rides should go over the ocean?
Here is my favorite cover of the morning music link.
https://youtu.be/hp6oQS_h1s0
It’s a lot more like the original Pixies version. The singer is excellent, thanks for the tout!
Yes, letâs criticize a member of the League that was once graced by Ray Rice, Aaron Hernandez and Rae Carruth.
The league rushed its head of diversity and inclusion to the bully pulpit to disavow the heretic.
Except I donât think flying the flag upside down is disrespecting it. I thought it was a distress signal.
Distress takes many forms. If Elena Kagan had flown her flag upside down the day after Trump won in ’16, they would have called her heroic.
Iâm hosting a ripper of a party today for Mrs. Timeâs PhD graduation and birthday.
Music will be a big part of it as will be various smoked meat and gravies.
Fuck yeah, that’s a big accomplishment. What field?
Also, your gift to her:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1NxreLH6hA
So we have to call her Dr. Mrs. Grandma Timeloose now?
Congrats!
She is a EDd same as the First Lady. She however did quantitative research on teachers in the STEM field and retention levels. Her sample size and stats were relevant.
Ted S yes.
Congratulations!
Thanks all
Happy 21st to Mrs. Timeloose. đ
Iâll let her know you said that. She will be grateful.
Congrats and Happy Birthday to the Mrs.
Gucci handbags at dawn
Asked for comment by CNN earlier Friday, Greeneâs office said, âthe only member that brought up any reference to color was congresswoman Crockett.â On social media Friday, Greene doubled down on her comments and slammed criticism from within her party about her behavior.
âAOC isnât intelligent. Jasmine Crockett has fake eyelashes. These arenât attacks on personalities. These are just facts,â she wrote on X.
[insert Monty Python “Battle of Pearl Harbor” sketch]
Silicone Saturday thinks the .30-06 is still the best all-around cartridge ever produced.
https://archive.is/nji49
I restored a set of what must be at least 40 year old bookshelf speakers recently. I think they came from Radio Shack. I put a set of 4″ Amazon car audio 3way speakers in the boxes. There is a discernible improvement in sound quality.
“Newly Published Records Show FBI Officials Were Instructed To âStand Downâ The Day Before Jan. 6 After Targeted Individuals From a Group They Had Infiltrated Decided Not to Come to DC”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/newly-published-records-show-fbi-officials-were-instructed/
I’m going to need more string.
It’s interesting the different spin you get at the CREW website.
Came across this yesterday with a literal LOL.
https://i.imgflip.com/8qhnp8.jpg
Spot on.
It’s phobias, all the way down
Americans traveling abroad for Pride Month should take precautions because of an increased risk of terrorist violence, the State Department said Friday in an unusual message to LGBTQ+ people.
The State Department said in a travel advisory that U.S. citizens should stay alert in tourist areas and places popular with LGBTQ+ people. It did not mention specific threats or advise against travel.
U.S. diplomats have been directed to email the travel warning to all Americans who have registered with the State Department while abroad, according to a U.S. official granted anonymity to discuss internal matters.
The warning came as Secretary of State Antony Blinken marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia.
Your tax dollars at work.
Just one day?
I can pronounce them, I just don’t know what they mean. I tried to use them in a sentence but that didn’t help.
Biphobia? Come on people, that’s just getting silly now.
And I seem to recall it was the movement gays/lesbians who originally were anti-bisexuals (it’s not like the stock homophobe is cool with bisexuals).
It’s fear of Bip.
Interphobia?
âEven as more countries make meaningful advancements towards full equality, LGBTQI+ persons continue to be sentenced to death for daring to live their sexual orientation or gender identity, subjected to coercive conversion âtherapiesâ and ânormalizationâ surgeries, discriminated against while receiving health services, restricted from exercising fundamental freedoms, and denied the dignity of same-sex partnership and fulfillment of family,â Blinken said in a statement.
Needs moar “Queers for Palestine”.
Because lecturing other countries about their internal affairs is what his job is all about.
ânormalizationâ surgeries
I’m so confused; are we supposed to be for ‘gender affirming’ care or against it now?
(yeah, yeah, I just glossed over the coercive to be snarky).
To quote Rhy: “so tiresome”.
Anybody here do anything ham radio related? We aren’t too far into the sticks, but the San Marcos TX and more specifically, the part where it jumped the house on its way to tear up Martindale has me thinking about comms for travel, emergency, and fun. We had no power for a couple of days (nothing like the Houston area is experiencing) and no cell service for same. Had to drive through and around a lot of mess to check in with everyone. Taking my Technician exam online Monday.
Fantastic! I have been thinking about taking the exam as well.
I’ve been thinking about taking the exam for years.
I’ve had the license for years but I’m not particularly active.
Least surprising thing you’ll hear all day: Long-expired Extra. From the days when we need to do 20wpm code.
Over the past year, LGBTQ+ people have been targeted in the United States through various anti-LGBTQ+ bills, amounting to over 500 bills introduced this year, according to the ACLU. The Human Rights Campaign also declared a state of emergency in 2023 for LGBTQ+ people due to the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ bills being introduced in state legislatures.
Sounds like America is an existential threat to quiltbag-ism.
Bullshit.
Only because groomers and anti-females infiltrated the club.
Centrists
Third Way, a centrist think tank, is targeting former President Trump over his past comments about defendants not testifying because he has yet to take the stand in his New York hush money trial.
In an ad dubbed âCowardâ released Friday, Third Way dares Trump to take the stand in Manhattan, where he faces 34 felony counts for falsifying business records related to a payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter.
Obviously, Trump should take the stand in order to allow the prosecution, as assisted by the judge, to drag a bunch of irrelevant issues into the courtroom, or he’s a chicken.
Gunslinger posted this at me: The League of Woman Beaters. I guffawed.
That was great.
Okay, the Google article confused me. Was it Google or Amazon? Because this is the first sentence:
“Buried under the news from Google I/O this week is one of Google Cloud’s biggest blunders ever: Google’s Amazon Web Services competitor accidentally deleted a giant customer account for no reason.”
TF is this journalisming?
It’s Google’s cloud offering, which is competing with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure offering. Poorly written sentence for those unaware of AWS, or the writer/editor wanted to make sure AWS was mentioned as a cloud service as well.
That was my take, after having to read it several times.
Here is a newish song that makes me happy.
https://youtu.be/8BuPm_5Kpqk
Stage props being uncooperative?
Students like sociology major Marq Riggins are frustrated over the run-up to Biden’s arrival, which, according to Riggins, included the seniors on campus having to move to other dorms for security reasons.
“All of it shows that the school is more concerned about leading its sort of political agenda before it is celebrating the students that make the school worth something,” said sociology major Marq Riggins.
He, along with other seniors at the historically Black college for men, expressed frustration to ABC News over the commotion the president’s appearance was causing and how it was drawing attention away from their own celebrations.
“It’s pretty disrespectful to the student body to take this ceremony that’s supposed to be celebrating them and reduce it to like a political campaign,” Riggins said.
This poor young black man seems ignorant and ungrateful, but Joe will set him straight.
Hey, show some sympathy, he’ll be back in chains if Joe loses this election.
Here is an older song, but some great musicians.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qahZ-whM6o
“This will be a moving commencement address,” Jean-Pierre added. “You will hear directly from the president on how he sees the future of this country and also the community they represent ⌠he sees this as an opportunity to lift up and to give important message to our future leaders.”
It takes a rich and powerful old white man to validate the dreams and aspirations of young negroes.
It’s the Team Blue motto.
RIP Les Schwab. Built a great business on mediocre products. All of it flushed away under the successors and new owners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Schwab
My mom loved Dabney Coleman!
Omar Khayyam always reminds me of this:
https://youtu.be/0kL7uZoHdu0
Reminds me of this. [TW: musical theater. You know, I could have hidden the TW in the “hover” text, but I’m looking out for y’all’s sensitive sensibilities.]
I was thinking of this.
Going to the Indy 500 Qualifications with Dad today. This will be an interesting adventure for several reasons. I’ve been to the Speedway before but not for events. I love cars and respect the engineering behind it all. The individuality of a car is its most defining purpose and feature. I especially love Top Gear and the Grand Tour crew. They are perhaps the most ‘natural’ trio of ‘unscripted’ people/ presenters/ characters I can think of. Especially with mass, global appeal.
Dad is likely going to have several diarrhea attacks on this foray. Common occurrence, constant concern. No biggie, really. (Honestly, it ain’t. He’s just a 74-year-old who won’t quit exercising. Hard to wag one’s finger at, but he’s actively accelerating the process. Meh. I suppose we all are. Myself, especially.)
I hope y’all have equally spirited Saturdays. Kyle Hendricks is my favorite current pitcher (for his history, not present performance). He can get through a lineup ONCE. That’s how he should be used, as the new Cubs long-man to ease the other young starters’ burden. He and Ben Brown should pretty much switch current places. Figure it out with Hendricks’ lack of velocity.
“UK: Asian Professor Claimed Sushi Restaurant Recommendation Was âRacist Harassmentâ By Colleague
Professor Nana Sato-Rossberg took her employer to an employment tribunal in March, claiming that she had been racially discriminated against, harassed and victimized by her colleague, Provost Claire Ozanne. At the time, Sato-Rossberg was acting head of the department for Languages, Culture and Linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London….
One month later in the grievance, Sato-Rossberg raised a complaint about the perceived discrimination she was experiencing in having to provide evidence she had been discriminated against.
ââ⌠when itâs come to racial discrimination, SOAS should not put all the burden of proof on me. If CO [Claire Ozanne] cannot prove that she does not have any unconscious/conscious bias, my claim should be accepted. Since she is not anybody, but the Provost, who is supposed to be a role model. She must avoid even the impression of bias.â”
https://www.thepublica.com/uk-asian-professor-claimed-sushi-restaurant-recommendation-was-racist-harassment-by-colleague/
CWAC
provide evidence
Patriarchal, white-supremacist tricknology.
Yes, make her prove a negative. That’s built in to every western justice system đ