With the resurgent popularity of LP’s and the turntables to play them, phono cartridges are perfect stocking stuffers. Observe the dissection of two cartridges from Danish maker Ortofon.
Electricity generated with magnets, and Denmark has a claim to its discovery.
Joseph Kittinger has died.
There’s more about Kittinger in this video that I first used back in August.
When I had a set of Michelin CrossClimate2 tires installed on my Camry, the difference in ride and handling was immediately apparent, from driving out of the parking lot to getting on the highway. I’ve always assumed any new tire is better than a worn tire. Wrong!
As expected, I’ve noticed a slight decrease in mileage with the CrossClimate2, due to its rolling resistance. As shown in the video, that effect should actually improve as the tires start to wear.
2023 will mark the 40th anniversary of the Compact Disc being introduced in the United States. Here is the British view on the format at that time.
This month marks one year of blogging without technical trouble, after several years of the WordPress installation hanging on by a virtual thread. Well, that’s not entirely correct. There was a problem not long ago.
The SSL certificate for HTTPS encryption that comes with my level of hosting service doesn’t work. I paid $80 for a 3rd party certificate, and it’s working. Fine, whatever, as long as the WordPress dashboard looks like this.
Anyway, the point is that, after sixteen years, I can either keep doing this… or not. If I quit it will be at my discretion, and not out of frustration because the site keeps crashing.
