cenbe

cenbe, 3 days ago to random

Why is Mastodon so slow?

cenbe, 29 days ago to random

I've had time to reflect on Sir Simon Rattle's #Mahler 6th last weekend, and I know what blew me away: it's that it was a European orchestra! Rarely have I heard them live; it's a whole different way of playing. They're like friends casually getting together to make music (only the level of mastery is superlative). Even the way the guy struck the hammer -- kind of hefted it for a second, then rested the head on the floor until it was needed and took a quick, mighty swing... like an executioner.

cenbe, 1 month ago to random

Wasn't MS-DOS 4.0 the buggiest version ever? I seem to remember that it was withdrawn almost immediately in favor of 5.0. Maybe M*S released the source so that young programmers would learn how not to code!

cenbe, 1 month ago to random

Wizard The Cat listening to Brain Eno's "Ambient 4: On Land".

cenbe, 2 months ago to commodore64

Just hangin' out in gopher on my #Commodore64 running GEOS...

cenbe, 2 months ago to random

I think I may have recovered sufficiently from seeing #Dune Part 2 last Friday to see it again. Can I withstand it? Will my head explode? Will I come out of the theatre speaking the Fremen language? Or will I be transformed, and become one of the Fedaykin?

cenbe, 2 months ago to random

Those times when you find yourself awake in the wee hours and only Miles Davis will do...

cenbe, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Going to see #Dune Part 2, need advice: how many boxes of chocolate raisins is enough for 2h 46m?

cenbe, 3 months ago to random

I miss the "Mikey likes it" commercials.

cenbe, 3 months ago to random

Brand new, freshly washed, and ready for its first listening!

cenbe, 3 months ago to random

legs stowed in neutral position

cenbe, 4 months ago to audiophile

I'm heartbroken. My new Music Hall mmf-3.3 turntable failed after two days (power issue)... but I'm getting a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO instead (with the wood grain finish). I think it was the universe telling me "no, you do not want avant-garde, go with something safe and predictable." The situation was extremely well handled by B&H Photo, and the new turntable should arrive tomorrow. #audiophile

cenbe, 4 months ago to audiophile

Final adjustments and a cartridge upgrade on the new turntable. #audiophile

cenbe, 4 months ago to random

NASA got it open! If only they had listened when I said to tap it on the edge with a butter knife... but I suppose butter knives aren't allowed in the glove box. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-samples-canister-1851159732

cenbe, 4 months ago to random

If you don't know this guy's music... it's mad. Cross between Conlon Nancarrow and Captain Beefheart. Fiendishly complex polyrhythms weaving in and out...
https://youtu.be/KGED2ExalzY?si=Ve1okeYVpIevHF5L

cenbe, 4 months ago to python

Continuing to evaluate #Python IDEs. eric looks really interesting... if you spend several days tweaking the defaults, which are criminal. The editor looked like a carnival sideshow!

cenbe, 4 months ago to random

I'm starting to like the "eric" Python IDE, but the UX is criminal. Look at the number of icons, you could die from it!

cenbe, 5 months ago to Milwaukee

At the risk of sounding like a commercial, I ate from Curry Hut on Humboldt in #Milwaukee for the third time tonight, and it was superlative (again). It wasn't an accident, this is fabulous food. In the picture: paneer pakora (left) and Punjabi Kadhi.
https://curryhutwi.com/humboldt

cenbe, 5 months ago to Milwaukee

A #Milwaukee tradition.

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cenbe, 6 months ago to random

So only one-legged pets are allowed on Amtrak? Is that really practical?

cenbe, 6 months ago to random

Obsessed with Debussy's La Mer lately, studying the score and trying to figure out where all those little scraps of melody come from and go to. I can see why Boulez admired this music so much.

cenbe, 6 months ago to random

Can't find any more #Commodore GEOS geoPaint images that I can't decode... even the two disk jacket images near the end, which have missing records! The Disk Wrangler is nearing its first non-beta release!

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cenbe, 6 months ago to random

Another Amazon fiasco! Lebkuchen, the very ambrosia of the gods, delivered in this condition, with no protection whatsoever... IT WILL NOT STAND. This I will go to war over.

cenbe, 6 months ago to random

I'm planning a trip to the chocolate store... someone stop me before it's too late!

cenbe, 6 months ago to random

Sometimes I think polymorphism in Python is more like shoggothism.