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  • The harpsichord
    M Mark

    My dear friend Sondra built two harpsichords from kits. They were very cool and very tempermental. <-Pun intended. 😊

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  • I got a new toy
    M Mark

    Cute!

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  • My new stereo system
    M Mark

    @Steve-Miller said in My new stereo system:

    @Mark

    I listened to that album so much when it first came out that I wore it out. I even had my artist friend airbrush a copy of that album cover on the refrigerator door in my first camper. Haven’t thought about it in years. Time to listen again!

    Lately I’ve been thinking about buying a vintage system. Nothing fancy- probably a Pioneer SX-535 like the one I bought in 1975 for $36/month. Been watching vintage stereo YouTube videos and appears that they made a ton of them, they’re reliable, parts are available and they’re easy to service.

    The soft blue backlight would set the perfect mood for listening to the Surf’s up album!

    Check out Sounds Classic in Rockford, IL. They really have some nice, fully restored, vintage audio equipment.

    https://www.soundsclassic.com/index.html

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  • My new stereo system
    M Mark

    Cool! I recently bought a new pair of speakers. A little bigger than the Bose BT you linked.

    I listen to music on my stereo every day. More traditional two speaker, Turntable, Tape Decks both Reel to Reel and Cassette. Streamer, DAC, Integrated Tube Amp.

    Last night I listened to an original 50+ year old copy of The Beach Boys "Surf's Up" album on reel to reel. I had never heard this album before and put it on more as a curiosity as I am not a big fan of The Beach Boys. Mrs Mark loves their popular stuff which I tolerate for her. But this album is something else. It sounds nothing like The Beach Boys. The album cover is also so non-beach-boys-like. It is the band's 17th album.
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  • Whelp, I'm Out
    M Mark

    Sorry to hear this Kathy.

    Our country is being ruined by some of the worst humans on the planet.

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  • Happy birthday, Mark
    M Mark

    Of course I remember! It's was the first and only time we have been to IKEA.

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  • Happy birthday, Mark
    M Mark

    Thank you all. I had a wonderful day with my daughter and Mrs. Mark. Daughter bought me this wonderful 1960s vintage Parker "Flightet" ball point pen to go with the same vintage Flighter fountain pen i have. And the Mrs. Got me a new watch. I normally don't wear a watch but we were at the jewelry store to pickup her Valentine's day gifts and she asked me if I wanted anything. 🤣

    The pen

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    the case is handmade in Japan. Daughter gave it to me for Xmas
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    My first "cool" watch. It's solar powered!
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  • 2FA warning
    M Mark

    The new job is going well. I actually like it as I am working a hybrid schedule with 2 or 3 days at the office and the rest is WFH. Everyone is really cool at the office and we even have an office dog that is there most days. The owner is engaged and is down in the support trenches with his team, as he loves helping people with computer issues and he is also very good at it.

    While I do well enough in that realm, support was never my main focus, nor do I "love it". 🤣 Software development has always been my primary focus. We are working on a proposal for a customer to replace his very much outdated and unsupported custom software package with one based on the framework that I have built over the past 40 years. If we get this job it will be a job that I will be doing for the next several years.

    I am working on finding a younger person to train, who wants to take the torch from me sometime in the next 5-10 years. We have a couple of candidates internally but we might hire someone outside of the company for this role.

    I am also still engaged in my own company. We just release an update to the 9-1-1 centers last week. Yet another update is getting ready to be pushed out next week.

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  • 2FA warning
    M Mark

    The irony that I included links in a thread that is screaming "DO NOT CLICK LINKS", was not lost on me.

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  • Happy birthday, Mark
    M Mark

    Thank you wtg. My oldest daughter is here today. We are going shopping for various stuff.

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  • 2FA warning
    M Mark

    This is the sound of email marketing dying? Without those clicks the metrics they need to justify the expense and hassle are most likely already on the decline. That is due to this type of knowledge becoming more common. Spending just 7 months in cybersecurity training and management, really opened my eyes. This threat has been known about for some time now.

    And yes, correct answer Steve! Don't click anything! Sometimes you have to do it and it's a good idea to copy the link and check it with https://urlscan.io/ or https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/url

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  • U.S. Dept of Education is the next target
    M Mark

    I used to scream at the top of my lungs that we should not be ratcheting up the power of the executive branch.

    However, I never thought it would get this bad.

    A bootlicking legislative and judiciary is part of the current situation.

    A perfect storm that seemingly has the ability to destroy this country.

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  • Update on COVID nasal vaccine
    M Mark

    No sore arm? I'm in!

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  • U.S. Dept of Education is the next target
    M Mark

    This is really scary.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-desperately-tries-to-rehire-staff-after-purge-at-nuclear-agency/ar-AA1z4q5h?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ASTS&cvid=203f1657ea7a422b99e37a9b8c562596&ei=61

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  • My latest piano recording
    M Mark

    @Bernard said in My latest piano recording:

    I do notice a big difference in the tone of the piano when the humidity drops below 30%, which it does occasionally if it's really, really cold, the humidifier ran out of water, or something else.

    I also notice this.

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  • My latest piano recording
    M Mark

    Your piano sounds so nice. You played that expertly to my ears. Well done! 👏

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  • Meet the coffee obsessives
    M Mark

    The roaster.

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  • Meet the coffee obsessives
    M Mark

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  • Meet the coffee obsessives
    M Mark

    I'm roasting my own coffee beans now. I can buy the green, unroasted beans for as little as $3 or $4 per pound.

    My coffee never tasted as good!

    My Espresso machine was under $400. My grinder was only $200 but it is a 64mm flat burr grinder with variable speed.

    My roaster was about $700

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