Thank you @Big_Al 🙂

@Big_Al said in Piano recording:

I couldn't tell what was the influence of the sustain pedal and the resonance of the piano itself, what reverberation in the room might be contributing, and perhaps also the tendency of cell phones to try to maintain a constant level as the sound varies. Any ideas?

All of the above?? 😅

Joking aside, I imagine part of it has to do with the cellphone recording, what you mentioned and also the fact that I set the cellphone on top of the music desk, treble side, which is surely not a good place for it!

But another big detail is that Einaudi is very much expected to be played with heavy pedaling, and that's how I play it.

Lastly, there were probably times when I was over fermata-ing to cover up for one thing or another. Like trying to keep my concentration, or one part where my bluetooth foot pedal didn't turn and I had to turn the page (on my iPad) with my hand (which I never do anymore and so it slowed me down).

So yeah, that's probably all of what you were hearing... That and just general mediocrity.

Something really ironic about having Santa pass out Christmas candy to Jewish children. What a sick bastard. I'm surprised to learn that there are neo-nazis in a former Soviet republic.

Big Al

I could go for a couple of those dogs. There was a Chicago-style hot dog shop across the street from my office when I worked in downtown Pittsburgh years ago, but it's long gone now.

Another sandwich I really liked when I was working on a project at Inland Steel was Zel's BBQ beef sandwich. They had several shops in the northwest Indiana area.

Big Al

I really like shiso when it’s in pickled plums or a seaweed salad. It also nice tempura-ized. But I think Mr. SK thinks of it as something you eat in food prepared at a restaurant, not something he uses in his regular cooking.

And the plant is not something you think of as an indoor house plant… it kinda just looks like a weed in a pot. 😅

Wonderful!! 🎉🎉🎉

One step further....

If President Joe Biden were to not only acknowledge Democrats’ worries that he’s hurting the party’s chances at the poll but decides to resign from the presidency altogether, Kamala Harris would immediately become the President of the United States.

This transition is outlined in the U.S. Constitution, and would make her the first woman and the first person of South Asian and African American descent to hold the office.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2024/07/20/president-kamala-harris-how-it-could-happen-if-biden-quits/74467430007/

Like any option it has its pros and cons.

I think it’s a White Pine “Baldwin”

Pinus parviflora 'Baldwin'

I'm sort of where Mik is at. I'd be surprised if a bad case of COVID is tagged as the reason. But I guess anything is possible.

And at this point, it really doesn't matter what reason he gives. Everyone will know why he dropped out.

They look cute but are wicked mean creatures. Used to see them occasionally in Door County and we always gave them wide berth.

Quote from 1984 or Brave New World goes here.

I have an update!!

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The electrician came out. The landscape lights work, and they actually look great when on. The guy said the part that was worried about is just old and doesn’t look great but still functions so we’re leaving it as is. (Bc the alternative is probably totally disconnect and switch to solar stick lights)

So Instead of swapping out the lights that are there, we added a timer to the switch plate as per @wtg ‘s suggestion.

Yay!

I think we might actually be done with all the stuff we needed to when we closed on the house 😊

On the sit-com a patient mentioned a girlfriend who was manic-depressive and said that she was a heck of a lot of fun half the time. I thought that was hilarious. I was living with the woman who is now my former wife. She is manic depressive and that hit home.
I think that was the only show I was a fan of.

Salmon burgers and tofu in the air fryer. Beef, salmon, and lamb on the outdoor grill. Foreman grill is probably still in the oven drawer. Baked potatoes and sweet potatoes in the air fryer.

@Steve-Miller said in It's a miracle:

Sharon’s grandparents got their whole house replied after an incident like yours.

Their old galvanized plumbing system had nearly closed shut with corrosion over the years and then a bunch of sand got pumped in when a contractor hit the water main in the street.

Contractor’s insurance company paid to repipe the entire house in shiny new copper pipe!

Cool beans!

We have copper already, but I grew up in a house with galvanized pipe so I know the issues. A lot of the houses in the subdivision had already been replumbed, but my Mom sold it before hers needed it.

@wtg said in sharing video here?:

Once you've figured it out, could you post the steps in the Tips and Tricks thread

Do you mean figured out how to limit view-ability? That's not what I can't figure out. What I can't figure out is how to get back into my SK YT account. 😢

Re videos, when you upload a video to YT, you can select public, private and unlisted (as I recall). Only public videos are searchable. Private I think means you set who can see it (lie, based on email addresses). Unlisted means anyone with the link can see it (so you don't have to preset access) but it's not searchable. I always used unlisted for videos I shared on PW or WTF.

BTW I meant to give an update on this. Just fyi but if you're going to make it, please try to get Japanese mochiko, rather than some other glutinous rice flour. Mochiko comes in a box that looks like this:

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Mr SK made it with a different kind of glutinous rice flour this time, and he decided that it's better with actual mochiko.

Yep!

They do tumble off of bagels, but I still love them.

Poppy seeds are very common in Lithuanian dessert cuisine. Besides a poppy seed roll, we have a traditional Christmas Eve dish consisting of small leavened biscuits that have some poppy seeds. The biscuits are served soaked in a poppy seed milk. One of my favorite holiday foods. Christmas Eve isn't complete without it!

Poppy seed roll:

http://delightsofculinaria.com/poppy-seed-roll/

Kuciukai/slizikai:

https://myfoododyssey.com/2014/12/08/lithuanian-christmas-eve-biscuits-kuciukai-recipe/#more-3971