Qildail

@Erroneous Those look cool and can also double as a candle lighter.

Thanks for the suggestions, gang. The arc lighter idea is an interesting bit of physics, for sure.

Mist carpets with a spray bottle containing water and 10% liquid fabric softener. That keeps the static down significantly.

I genuinely miss playing the card battle. Was rather competitive back in the day, haha

just listen to some Industrial?

@Cryptowolf ha!

My mom texted earlier tonight from Ames, said it was getting really windy but was still near 70 degrees. We just had the wind move through here in Denver overnight through this morning. Sounds like it's making its way east.

Yeah, I had 75°F and 75mph here in the Ozarks yesterday. Then rain all night.

The storm moved here really fast with minimal damage. We were luckier than many other places this time around. But 40 degrees coming out of the air in just a few hours makes for a very unstable atmosphere.

Could one of you provide a picture of what properly packed vinyls should look like? I'm guessing it's much more than just putting vinyl in a box with bubble wrap around it.

#1 you want no movement of the lps. Wrap taut or if using a reg. lp box, use cardboard stiffeners on bottom and top of 1-4 lps. If you shake and can feel movement it is not right. Also I use external corner bumpers made of folded carboard.

For larger lots, wrap or brace in a tight box with bubble, foam or something to prevent movement. Then put this box in another box and pack to immobilize via paper, peanuts of whatever you have to do the job. sorry I have no pics.

@Qildail, @Tchoupitoulas, Condolences to you both. So sad.

Oh no! So sorry to hear that. When you're ready, please consider sharing some pictures/thoughts in the pet pictures thread.

My condolences to your very bad day. May your beloved furry friend be enjoying time at the rainbow bridge.

I'm a Wes Anderson superfan. He's the one director I get all his movies Criterion. His films are obviously influenced by French Cinema and he makes that transparent with this movie

@Cspirou I hope Criterion gives this a run in their new series of 4K releases. The last third was a bit weak, but I still found it quite entertaining.

I’m not as much of a devoted cinephile as I used to be but when Bottle Rocket originally came out I was a big fan and he’s only gotten better since,

Room acoustics are wild. I distinctly remember when I went from a wide shallow particle board construction desk to a narrow deep pine/metal construction desk the sound of my nearfield setup changed drastically for the better.

So I can pay less and get free protection from MQA? Awesome!

Not if the AAC You're listening to on the free tier is sourced from MQA files.

@crenca hopefully they just zero out the least significant bits that normally have mqa data.

er, your room is too warm?

Maybe yet still. I've had the room at 68F pretty consistently. May be time to try pushing that down a bit more.

I sleep at 65-62 this time of year. Also try melatonin 1 hr. before bed and do 1mg or less. The big doses over do it. I move way less when melatonined. :)

The only record i own is the Voyager 44th anniversary box set!

I had to cover up the basil, sage and rosemary on the porch. Temp at 4:30am said 36F, so it was close but no frost.

@crazychile We brought in our still-potted replacement trees where they will spend the next five months under an assortment of growing lamps. I may end up stealing one of those lamps for my work office before it's over.