Another reminder to enjoy every sandwich.
Author: DOuG pRATt
A Yardbird’s Passing
The Party of False Equivalencies
A comparison between the newly-discovered classified documents from Biden’s time as VP, with Trump’s classified documents from his time at POTUS.
The two aren’t comparable but, okay, let Republicans insist there’s a double standard, and drop the docs as a basis for prosecuting Trump. Doing that will free Special Council Jack Smith to concentrate on what matters most — Trump’s attempted coup.
Wait, there’s more!
The Justice Department can either stop looking into Trump’s document handling, or it can open an investigation into Biden’s document handling.
Even more! Classified documents were found in Biden’s garage! He’s stupidly handed a free ball to the Republicans, and they’re going to run with it.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/joe-biden-classified-documents-counsels-office/index.html
I already considered Biden too old to run for re-election. In my opinion he’s been doing a good job, but he already has a low approval rating, and now his credibility is shot. The Democrats need to find another candidate for 2024, and not VP Harris, who’s been a lot of nothing.
Tech Tidbits
A some point, back when Windows XP was the standard system, it became standard practice that to fix a problem on one PC, a second PC was needed for research. Technology was becoming ubiquitous. XP was introduced in October, 2001. At that same time, work on remodeling my kitchen was wrapping up.
Thanks to tastewar lending me his toolkit, I had wired two of the bedrooms with Ethernet jacks. The way the basement is arranged made that an easy project. Installing Ethernet in the kitchen? Not so easy. There had been some trouble with the electrician the general contractor was using, so I dropped the idea.
Not too many years later my concern about kitchen connectivity disappeared when Wi-Fi replaced the need for Ethernet. These days in the kitchen I use a Fire HD 10 tablet, which has an excellent screen. Amazon has occasionally put it on sale for half price, $75.
Those headphones hanging on the book holder are the Sony MDR-W08. I bought two pairs in 2011 for $15. The MDR-W08 has a large following, but I can understand why Sony discontinued it. The market has, regrettably in my opinion, moved away from wired headphones for portable use. For that matter, portable headphones have fallen out of favor compared to earbuds.
https://us.community.sony.com/s/question/0D50B00004IKvxTSAT/why-discontinue-the-mdrw08l-headphones
A hardcore fan of Sony’s gone-but-not-forgotten product had this to say recently.
https://mrmarc.com/the-venerable-sony-mdr-w08-headphones/
On the subject of headphones, in my post about WION a couple of days ago, I mentioned that as a radio DJ I used my AKG K-140’s (that I no longer have). I had a LOL moment when spotting a pair of AKG K-140’s in the WION broadcast studio.
Where You From, Boy?
I was born outside of Chicago, but I consider myself to be from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, a town between Madison and Milwaukee. My eldest sister attended college and medical school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
That was where, at the same time my sister was there, Judy Faulkner got the idea for starting Epic Systems, which now manages up to 75% of non-military medical records in the United States. Judy organized Epic by following the example of the founder of the company where I worked for 36 years. I used to assemble customized operating systems for Judy. Today, Epic Systems just gives me the blues.
I’ve been sort of knocking around the idea of buying a house in Fort Atkinson, and eventually moving there — back there, I should say. To that end, I occasionally check Zillow to see what’s doing with real estate in Fort, where a house comparable to mine costs half as much.
https://www.zillow.com/homes/Fort-Atkinson,-WI_rb/
Madison has some excellent medical care, so I’m not concerned about that, but I’m sure my liberal Massachusetts politics would rub some residents the wrong way. Our houses cost twice as much, so I know we’re right. 😉
Speaking of Elmore James, the first time I heard his name was here.
Extreme AM
Radio station studios and transmitters are only somewhat the same as they were when I was in the business. This hour-long video tour of WION, 1430 AM in Ionia, Michigan, scratches a major itch.
What’s missing? Russco Cue-Master turntables with Micro-Trak tonearms, fitted with Stanton 500 cartridges!
Back when I was sitting in the DJ chair at a commercial AM station, I’d sometimes switch my AKG K-140 headphones to monitor the on-air signal. With the transmitter tower in the field next to the station house, the sound was almost as good as monitoring directly from the control board. AM at its very best can be heard on WION’s online stream, which is sourced from their AM stereo broadcast signal.
This image, with Russco/Micro-Trak turntables, is from a PBS documentary that aired in November. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/taken-hostage/.
