For a very long time I have used “other people’s systems” to publish my work. Starting this spring I am self publishing all my work here on Micro Blog. Text, images, videos the works. I am getting out of my own way to just do this.
If Peter McKinnon can then so can I:
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The evidence decisively demonstrated that Meta – once an online “Facebook” for connecting students – has evolved into a diverse global provider of entertaining and informative content that competes with increasingly similar social apps including TikTok, YouTube, iMessage, and others. Times, technologies, and norms of use change, and the trial evidence proved that Meta has adapted due to competitive pressure in this fast-moving industry. Today, only a fraction of time spent on Meta’s services – 7% on Instagram, 17% on Facebook – involves consuming content from online “friends” (“friend sharing”).
Hello I am Clippy. I am here to help you not steal your info!
[https://youtu.be/2_Dtmpe9qaQ](Louis Rothman on consumer rights)
I am happy with this one:
The calm before the storm!
Currently reading: This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin 📚
Put it aside it is not helping my brain
I have all the parts and have done a test fit of both cabinets. I am still fussing over binding posts. The drivers are going out for Cryo treatment this week! Cabinet assembly will start the week after next.
The WB4 project has kicked off. I have the drivers in hand along with the parts for the baffle step filter. I am working on selecting binding posts.
Neil Blanchard and I have tested his cutting settings for the Tang Band drivers and I now have the flat pack cabinets in hand.
I have two videos on my YouTube channel with the unpacking and dry fitting one of the cabinets
I have decided to build two Transmission Line speakers. The second is the WB-4, which uses a single Wide Band Driver. Neil has a second driver, which performs better but is quite expensive. The Tang Band W4-1879
www.parts-express.com/Tang-Band…
I went to bed last night frustrated with the recent changes on the internet. There used to be places where real people did real work to review things like printers, computer displays and the like. About the only places left are Consumer Reports and RTINGS. The Noise level is exceptionally high, and the signal is almost gone.
Mr. Universe: There is no news. There is only the truth of the signal what I see.
Over the last weeks, all three of my blogs and website pages will soon be moved to Micro. blog. They aresing cate now merged into a single blog ugories.
I still have a lot to learn. I want to understand themes better to start with.
Personal
While at Axpona, I had enough time to discuss the speaker design and goals with Neil. I have started to understand the Mass Loaded Transmission Line speakers better. I do not understand the math, so I will not delve too deep into that. The goal and the result are a smaller speaker with better low-bass response and a very smooth and detailed midrange.
Cutting the cabinets on a CNC machine allows for much greater precision in construction, ensuring that the transmission line is “perfect”.
Over the last several years, I have been using stand-mounted speakers in my living room system. I have been frustrated by the stands and all the little goodies between the speaker and the floor. While thrilled with the sound, I have been noodling over changing to a floor-standing speaker if there were only something out there I liked. I was not looking, just a tickle in the back of my brain, until Axpona 2025.
Project mini-shack
An interesting trend is occurring in home labs and networking. It is epitomized in Jeff Geerlings’ Project mini-rack, which is mainly built around the 10-inch rack mount “standard.” Between commercial and 3d printed racks and accessories, we have a base for my parallel project:
Project mini-shack!mini-shack front viewThis was also inspired by my purchase of the zBitx radio, which compresses this into a single box you can take anywhere!
The zBitx can be used with just the touch screen, but there is so much more. Today, I set up my radio at home while I traveled to visit family. At my brother’s house, I used his Internet service to connect to my Tailscale network and thus directly to my radio. The following video shows the connection process and some playing around on my iPad operating the radio!
With the Tailscale system, I have a DNS name and the IP address on the extended network.
Over the past couple of years, a little Amateur Radio miracle has happened right before our eyes. TWICE!
I want you all to slow down and think about what has been built here. A one-man show has had the vision and has merged a computer front end with an SDR-based radio in a single box. The core software and hardware were developed, and the radios are in production and shipped to customers worldwide!
For the photographers out there: where do you post online? Do you?
I have my own website and do some here. I was wondering about using Glass or the like??
Trying Perplexity AI as a search tool.
The summary data seems good most of the time and it shows the sources where the data comes from. The software also keeps your searchs in a list so you can go back to them. It feels like search instead of an ad delivery system
Hulu, Disney , etc. are changing their rules
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• We are clarifying that, as we continue to increase the breadth and depth of the content we make available to you, circumstances may require that certain titles and types of content include ads, even in our 'no ads' or 'ad free' subscription tiers.
Yesterday, they changed their policy on “AI that causes harm."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy081nqx2zjo
I have always had a love/hate/love for what Google (and Microsoft) are doing. My Defcon level has been rising for the last couple of years when I watched the Windows 11 OS as a spyware process that Microsoft seems to be taking. With the end of support for Windows 10 looming, I plan to execute some actions. But I digress.
Johnnys Seeds Catalog
It arrived yesterday. https://www.johnnyseeds.com. There are so many new ideas in there. I have to get peas in the greenhouse soon. My watering systems need an update. Oh, that back garden plan has not started.
App Fatigue
www.fastcompany.com/91268694/…
This begs the question of why I need three apps to interact with Micro.Blog.
Over the years, I have been working to find little corners of the world to visit and enjoy. We have traveled to that end, and I have been able to find some digital corners to live in. I can only emotionally afford to invest energy in a few areas. I cannot watch or read mainstream news. I can no longer tolerate the massive systems to see the photos of my grandkids, etc.