Mmmm, a smoker…
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Except for that whole “it’s real easy to drive around” thing. Close down my county? Fine, I’l drive 30 minutes to the next county over and get infected/spread some infection there. Unless you’re going to start having checkpoints at the edges of those contained areas?
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I didn’t hear about checkpoints between states anytime in the last 6 months, so that seems a bit exaggerated. Someone is going to get shot if they start asking “Do you have your papers?” to travel around the country.
Yup. Toronto reverted to a modified Stage 2 in October, where a lot of what had reopened closed again, because of the high amount of cases there. Surprise, surprise, cases in neighbouring Durham Region (where I live) started rising again. Could be coincidental, I suppose, but personally I doubt it.
I think a few Native American reservations did checkpoints, actually: They were basically using their limited sovereignty to say “We’re dealing with this and don’t need extra stress, please stop driving through our land kthnxbye” but I think @dakboy was talking theoretically.
“Lockdown fatigue” is totally a thing. Without reminders and moral support it’s really easy to slip. We start with “Stay inside” and then open up absit safely, but people immediately slip to ignoring advice to remain distanced… And that’s just the normal stuff, ignoring the really minor nuisance of wearing masks and such.
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I FINALLY got the license plate for my motorcycle!!! It took almost a month to get the correct information (what forms to send in and the total fees) from the county Tax Office, which still remains closed to walk-in service (unless you’re a dealer). Then it took over three months for them to process the applications (title, registration, and new plate). So from buying the bike to receiving the plate in my hands was July 3rd to November 6th. At least the weather is nicer, temps are already in the 80s at 2:30 pm, but that’s better than 100° F !
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Novation Circuit. They still retail for $330; found this one (with box, manuals, all accessories, even an aftermarket protective cover) for $200 on Craigslist.
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I’m not even a musician and I want one.
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General consensus seems to be that it’s one of the best just-sit-down-and-mess-around-and-make-stuff boxes out right now. Can confirm. The minimal labels and bright lights are a little intimidating at first, but the very brief “getting started” guide gives you just enough knowledge to understand the internal logic and how to mess with things in a fun way. I still don’t know the NAMES for what some of the knobs do, but I am getting to understand the effect they have on the sounds.
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I adore this thing. My firstborn thinks it’s wondrous. My wife does not. But that’s what headphones are for.
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Bought a barely-used Keychron K2 off a cow-orker because he bought the wrong switches and wanted to swap for louder, clickier ones without dealing with a return.
I’d been eyeing Keychrons for a while so it worked out for both of us.
The compact layout will take getting used to but I’ll be switching between it and my Coolermaster Masterkeys Pro L (full size) so it might take a while.
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Speaking of keyboards, if anyone has been looking for the old-style curved 106-key keyboard with a ledge above the function keys that’s perfect for resting pens on or a pad of Post-It notes above the 10-key section, Keytronic stopped making it a while ago and it looks like they quit making all keyboards. The same design is now available from Perixx as model number PERIBOARD-106.
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RIGHT after I recorded this, I accidentally saved a blank session over the one I’d just recorded, so I guess I’m done with this.
I really ought to read the instructions.
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THE SYSTEM IS DOWN!
THE SYSTEM IS DOWN!
Diggin’ that choon, @sig!
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I have the same problem with all of my gadgets, except for my camera. I even went a step beyond the Nikon manual and bought a 1000 page guidebook for it after I bought the camera.
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Sem.
I even have a couple of DVDs for how to use my D70s. I just seem to have a problem putting it all to use.
The original manual is fine on what the controls do, but I found an author that has in-depth explanations about what each and every function of the camera does. It was worth the $30 to help minimize a lot of trial and error on my part.
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Assuming a DSLR or similar, manuals do make some sense. There’s a lot of settings that are hopefully easy to access, but the tricky part is determining when to use the setting.
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I don’t have it in my hands yet (it may not be here for 3 weeks), but I’ve got a 13" MacBook Pro on the way.
I completely skipped the Intel Retina era of Macs - my current one is the last non-Retina Pro (mid-2012), and I’m jumping to Apple Silicon.
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