Simply random stuff

[barfle]

Yes you have to keep those cast iron pans seasoned.

I have one of those “genuine Chinese hand-hammered woks” that they were selling in infomercials back in the 80s or 90s. It’s iron, and getting the seasoning right was a bit tricky, but it’s been pretty easy to care for for ages.

 

[cbmmm3]

wow. beautiful day outside. bright sunshine and 48 degress. weve only been above freezing prior for 2 days out of the past 40. snow is melting and saw my first Robin today !!

 

[gvl_guy]

Wow! 1,000 British artists on this one new release album!? Who's gonna buy it?

BTW, it's not in surround....yet.

https://www.isthiswhatwewant.com/

 

[Rhinojack]

Wow! 1,000 British artists on this one new release album!? Who's gonna buy it?

BTW, it's not in surround....yet.

https://www.isthiswhatwewant.com/

And apparently, … silence.

 

[Owen Smith]

And apparently, … silence.

Not silence, ambient noise of the recording spaces as I understand it.

 

[gvl_guy]

Not silence, ambient noise of the recording spaces as I understand it.

Exactly!

 

[inspclouseau]

Full moonrise over the Sapphire mountains.
A back porch image

 

[Bill B]

Full moonrise over the Sapphire mountains.
A back porch imageView attachment 114147

That’s it!! Rub it in.
Most of us don’t have such a grand back porch view. With that view I might spend the whole day on the porch.

 

[inspclouseau]

That’s it!! Rub it in.
Most of us don’t have such a grand back porch view. With that view I might spend the whole day on the porch.

yeah, after living in the mountains most of our lives.. we do take for granted sometimes. We do run around outside a lot, mostly when it's not below zero outside though. This is the back porch. A smoke filled forest fire day. A lot of lightning strikes over the years

 

[GOS]

yeah, after living in the mountains most of our lives.. we do take for granted sometimes. We do run around outside a lot, mostly when it's not below zero outside though. This is the back porch. A smoke filled forest fire day. A lot of lightning strikes over the yearsView attachment 114163

Now you've gone too far. Absolutely beautiful.

 

[inspclouseau]

Now you've gone too far. Absolutely beautiful.

Kathy does most of the gardening around the house. I cut, trim and fix stuff.. She is awesome. I am going to pass your message on to her. Thank you

 

[Willie Wilson]

Just saw Ludacris on a State Farm commercial and thought wouldn’t it be cool to see him and Fee Waybill as QuayLude doing a commercial.

 

[Bill B]

Perhaps this was discussed on another thread but I just happened to see this today....

https://shop.bonjovi.com/collection...pery-when-wet-water-filled-lp-limited-edition

Is it me? Or is this beyond stupid?

 

[Sonik Wiz]

Perhaps this was discussed on another thread but I just happened to see this today....

https://shop.bonjovi.com/collection...pery-when-wet-water-filled-lp-limited-edition

Is it me? Or is this beyond stupid?

Is this for real? I notice it says sold out. I'm not sure any Bon Jovi album is worth almost a hundred bucks.

 

[JediJoker]

Perhaps this was discussed on another thread but I just happened to see this today....

https://shop.bonjovi.com/collection...pery-when-wet-water-filled-lp-limited-edition

Is it me? Or is this beyond stupid?

Nothing like a variable-density record!

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

Dolby Atmos on Blu-ray is not entirely lossless (due to the way it stores heights as objects and how it extracts them) and Auro3D's static height speaker channels are lossy. Well, DTS:X has largely been unused and forgotten, but has anybody done any experiments with it? Because from what DTS claims, unlike Auro3D and Atmos, DTS:X can actually store up to a 7.1.4 mix on Blu-ray losslessly, before going into object-based shenanigans.

 

[mandrix]

Dolby Atmos on Blu-ray is not entirely lossless (due to the way it stores heights as objects and how it extracts them) and Auro3D's static height speaker channels are lossy. Well, DTS:X has largely been unused and forgotten, but has anybody done any experiments with it? Because from what DTS claims, unlike Auro3D and Atmos, DTS:X can actually store up to a 7.1.4 mix on Blu-ray losslessly, before going into object-based shenanigans.

Do you have a reference for the Atmos?

 

[ar surround]

Full moonrise over the Sapphire mountains.
A back porch imageView attachment 114147

yeah, after living in the mountains most of our lives.. we do take for granted sometimes. We do run around outside a lot, mostly when it's not below zero outside though. This is the back porch. A smoke filled forest fire day. A lot of lightning strikes over the yearsView attachment 114163

From now on I'm only looking at pictures on this thread. Gorgeous!

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

Do you have a reference for the Atmos?

I remember it being discussed in that long thread regarding Dolby TrueHD...although whether it's actually perceptible is a separately story. It's not limited to Atmos, DTS:X in object mode does the same thing, its just the nature of object-based audio at home. You can't deliver the full 118 objects or however many it is, so you have to compromise and use some psychoacoustics to get the same effect when rendered on larger speaker arrays.

 

[Sonik Wiz]

Full moonrise over the Sapphire mountains.
A back porch imageView attachment 114147

Many years ago I actually made my living by working in various fields of photography. At one point I had the pleasure of working with two photographers from The Missoulian. They were publishing a "coffee table" book of the beauty of Montana. As you might expect it was strongly outdoor & wild life shots.They came to KC because, thanks to Hallmark cards, we had a thriving industry of photography, pro photo labs, color sep houses, and the country's leading fine art publisher, Lowell Press. And coming to KC meant they could be involved directly with every step of the process. Like going into a restaurant's kitchen to tell them exactly how much salt you want.

My main point I'm slow to getting around to, is that so many of your pics remind me of that project. Just casual shots on a phone? I'd say it looks great on my monitor. I really enjoy your photography & I hope you blow up some of them for wall display.

Edit: Then again I guess you can just step outside your back door & see it even bigger, eh?