Category: News

New Pop Mart store is coming to the Bridgewater mall!

Got this old girl all warmed up and just had a good listen to it. First impressions is this is not a modern amp. I listened to some Tasha Sultana and boy does this amp pair well with her type of music. Absolutely beautiful, smooth warm and holographic sound. Very good match. Going to listen to some more electronic music and see how it does. I get the feeling it might not do as well. Will report back but I need to power it down now. It’s hot as balls in here now!

Been super busy for awhile!  Finally got a chance to check in here and make sure things are still running smoothly.  Will do a better update when I can but for now just letting people know that I am still alive and well

Been awhile since I have posted here.  The server needed a bit of TCL.  It was running Ubuntu 16.04 so needed a urgent refresh.  If you have any issues with anything loading please let me know.  Not sure if I migrated everything over.

Will give an update to what I have been doing soon.

Yesterday was a surprise, hopefully people don’t go balistic and start riots again. Have to see how this progresses. 😅

Took a week off after I got some big projects off my back. Had people breathing down my neck to get things done early… Had to play let’s make a deal between different projects because hardware is in such short supply. Lead time for Arista hardware is something like 18 months if you order today! Crazy!

My car is leaking coolant because the body shop that did the work after my deer strike didn’t fix the clips on the lower radiator. Been rolling the dice nothing will happen because nobody can get me in… Have an appointment for next Monday so hopefully they can get the parts!

Not much else new around here. Been cutting services and cooking at home now. With the wonderful job Biden has been doing and my crazy commute I wanted to cut back before we have $10 gas. I would go electric but I don’t think that will work really well for my commute. Plus why should I have to go electric to support Brandon’s tree hugging adgenda. He’s going to cause rolling black outs and make this country feel like the 3rd world. People… Wind and solar do not make good baseload power… 😅

Anyway, keep cool… It’s a hot one today!

Took the Ferry to Dumbo last weekend.  Didn’t get a ton of sun but the weather was nice. Did some walking around, got some chocolate and a few Janet Jackson records. The record store was more hip-hop so not really my thing. I try to always get something to support local records stores hence Janet.

The ferry ride from Queens was a nice little day trip. With Covid spinning down and the weather getting nicer we need to expand our horizons and explore more. I can definitely say I like LIC more then Dumbo… Dumbo has a cool vibe but it’s noisy and might be a bit sketchy after dark.  With that said I think we will be back during warmer weather… Seems like it’s the place to go for ice-cream…. Saw at least 4 shops and 3 trucks selling ice-cream… People really like it I guess.

This year’s 2 tons of pellets have been extremely dusty and have caused feeding issues with my stove. I found some plans for a device used to clean corn for burning.

If you have a pellet stove and get feed issues this is a simple way to clean the dust off before it get into the feed auger.

If your thinking about a stove I highly recommend something that burns pellets. The fuel is cleaner then regular wood and takes up alot less space. The stoves feeds like a coal unit but can start and stop itself unlike coal. With a little bit of electronics experience you can interface them to something like a Nest and control it from anywhere. They don’t need a chimney, you can direct vent them like a dryer so basically you can put them anywhere. I pulled a permit for my install but you can probably get away without doing that if you install yourself. Since it uses fire I didn’t trust myself to install. 😅 Having seen it now I would do it myself next time…. It’s simple just need a thimble for going thru the wall. You save quite a bit on heating and I keep the place pretty warm most of the time now.

Been listening to the Orbital remix of “Namaste” by Morcheeba. The bass in the intro is insane, overall an great remix.

Also listening to “Nextra” by deadmau5. It’s got a really cool bass line as well. It’s well done like most stuff by deadmau5.

And lastly “Solar Power” by Lorde… The album cover is a bit naughty but it’s kinda funky sounding and recorded well.

Looks like we might have another cold war with Russia.l brewing. Not sure why we can’t be more friendly with them. When the USSR fell it seemed like a perfect time to right all the wrongs between our people. To bad… I have no issues with Russia or Russian… Both governments f’ed it all up. Let’s hope shit doesn’t get out of hand! Hey Xi, it’s a really good time to make some moves!

Anyway, I run Russian tubes in my amp and just got an extra set just in case they become impossible to get in the near future. I also use Russian razors so I need to see if I can order a bunch. Other then that I was wanting to order a Radiascan scintillation counter/ geiger counter but I may hold off on that as they are out of stock and if I order I might not get it before whatever punishment is put in place.

Not much else going on here. I will be going to the gym again soon once it gets a bit warmer and covid calms down more.

I tried to trade in my car for a Toyota Highlander but the markup is crazy now. I will pay 10k+ for a special car like a Dodge Demon. But for a ordinary Toyota…. I wanted to get it because I need something bigger. I’m driving my parents around more and a small VW is not the best choice. Going to wait it out tho… Not paying the dealers for basically nothing.

Getting into long range shooting. Plan to take a class on shooting out to 1000yards. Building a sub moa rifle to get the job done. Looking into what glass I want . I like Vortex so might give them a try. I will be shooting 6.5 Creedmoor and have already been able to stash a few boxes away. Will probably get into hand loading so I can control things more with special loads and reduce costs.