Happy 100th anniversary to condenser microphones replacing acoustic horns in recording studios.
Ribbon mics soon brought a significant improvement in recording quality.
McGovernment Meeting
Jim McGovern, representing the Massachusetts 2nd Congressional District, addressed a packed high school auditorium this morning. Without a single MAGA hat in sight, McGovern delivered a forceful message of Democratic resistance against Trump and his subservient Republican cronies.
Listening to McGovern and the questions from his constituents, I had flashbacks to my radio reporting days. Back then, I stayed to the very end of meetings, then I’d conduct interviews to get audio for broadcast. Today, as a spectator rather than a reporter, I left after two hours when an activist took some applause he received as giving him permission to indulge in vituperative grandstanding.
From Slipping to Skiing
As explained a while ago, one of the roller mechanisms on my Nordic Track machine — the original model, that mimics cross-country skiing — was slipping.
I’d found an explanation of how a simple trick — it’s genius! — to fix the problem, by cleaning out the roller with penetrating oil. It was quite easy to do, and it worked.
Elon Unmusked
There’s so much confusion resulting from Trump giving Musk authority over his confirmed cabinet picks.
Trump has always been a terrible manager. Six business bankruptcies can’t be wrong.
So I don’t know why any members of Trump’s cabinet are surprised that he immediately undermined their positions. Elon was called to a meeting, and he even showed up in a suit.
The meeting got heated, resulting in Donny allegedly putting some limits on Musk’s ability to act independently. Here’s a paywall-free NYTimes link with the inside scoop on the White House poop.
Just Say No to Crypto, etc.
Cryptocurrency is a form of gambling that serves no functional purpose other than money laundering. Trump, having pulled plenty of scams himself, previously declared crypto to be a scam. Donald now wants in on the scam and he’s advocating for an American crypto reserve currency.
Now that I am clear of cancer and free from afib, it would be nice if I could enjoy life. Trump is making that very difficult, especially regarding Social Security and Medicare. With those concerns in mind, tomorrow morning I will be attending a “coffee with your congressman” meeting with Representative James McGovern.
Self-Healing on the Internet
Most people are entertained by watching pets, whether their own or on YouTube videos. I get my jollies from obsessively checking my home network. Today I am amused to see the Squeezebox Touch has relinquished its self-determined IP address, and reclaimed its leased DCHP address.
[An aside to tastewar: A bit of digging revealed that Wireshark’s OUI database is incomplete. It failed to recognize the MAC address for my laptop PC, that’s running Squeezeplay, as belonging to Intel. Another database found it, and also revealed that 2e:2e:2e is still very much alive and kicking, at least in the IEEE’s listing.]
My curiosity piqued by the Touch once again working with the G3100 router’s DHCP server, I checked the log and… oh… my… God. The process has been running wild. Fine, whatever, as long as it works. If it wants to rotate between DHCP and APIPA, I won’t get in the way.
[LDHCP] DHCPACK on 192.168.1.212 to 00:04:20:29:e6:b1 (SqueezeboxRadio) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 10:35:27 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.212 from 00:04:20:29:e6:b1 (SqueezeboxRadio) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 10:29:42 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPACK on 192.168.1.194 to 00:04:20:2c:84:5c (SqueezeboxRadio) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 10:29:42 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.194 from 00:04:20:2c:84:5c (SqueezeboxRadio) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 10:29:19 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPACK on 192.168.1.246 to 00:04:20:26:7e:57 (SqueezeboxRadio) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 10:28:40 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.246 from 00:04:20:26:7e:57 (SqueezeboxRadio) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 10:23:04 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPACK on 192.168.1.222 to 00:04:20:22:fe:84 (SqueezeboxTouch) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 07:19:54 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.222 (192.168.1.1) from 00:04:20:22:fe:84 (SqueezeboxTouch) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 07:19:54 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.222 to 00:04:20:22:fe:84 (SqueezeboxTouch) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 07:19:54 dhcpd info [LDHCP] DHCPDISCOVER from 00:04:20:22:fe:84 (SqueezeboxTouch) via br-lan 2025 Mar 6 07:19:51 Continue reading Self-Healing on the Internet