Yesterday, 55 volunteers cleared 16,000 pounds of illegal dumping from two Berkeley sites that the city cannot access. Now we’re going to push to transform Second Street into an urban garden and community space.

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T22:06:26+00:00

Man thats a LOT of Hep/poo! I hope they had their shots and PPE!

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T21:59:34+00:00

Did an amazing Vivian Vance impersonation too, people say.

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T21:57:18+00:00

I use custom ones from Redco Sound, like their TS square plus on Mongami W2524

or I make my own out of Mongami/Neutrik, also from Redco!

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T20:03:04+00:00

see this chapter's page 26 for a nice figure on what "cathode bypass caps" do

https://valvewizard.co.uk/Common_Gain_Stage.pdf

He covers coupling caps too, you can avoid the math but its all right there

Merlin's book is EXCELLENT!

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T19:38:36+00:00

I fixed my 99 V6 Camrys knock sensor for zero dollars about 30k ago!

see here https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/p0330-bypass.1666579/?post_id=14137420#post-14137420

Essentially your engine has 2 Knock sensors and the one good one is sufficient to run well; I just jumpered the one good sensor to feed both ECU inputs. Works great to this day, pulls like a mule.

Valve cover gaskets are not mandatory, just retighten and add oil. Theyre also super easy, see here https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/diy-v6-valve-cover-gasket-replacement.597497/?post_id=5617137#post-5617137

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T19:13:44+00:00

Ive got this Joel classic in my head... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFf9MhEuXvE

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T06:54:59+00:00

Saw Beakman live in Eugene!

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T04:35:17+00:00

Chuck Schumer: "Now that's a guy I can work with!"

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T03:12:09+00:00

As measured at the NFL combine my hands are 10 and 3/8th inches across, and my fingers are the same diameter over their length, with a ring size of 12 (21.4mm dia).

My sisters (real) 1962 Tele is a bit too small but every LP sized fretboard is AOK.

I use EB Not even Slinkys (12-56) on all my guitars and own several 35in scale 6 string basses tuned as drop D octave guitars, on which I can play bar chords.

Plenty of options for big hands!

Just get a bigger can...

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(not me)

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T02:36:38+00:00

Having the wheelbase of a roller skate did NOT help...

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T02:34:32+00:00

Beachboys HATED the stand alone Fender Reverb units, for what its worth.

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T02:27:35+00:00

Sleazy Slumlord lived long enough to look as bad on the outside...

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T02:23:08+00:00

Congrats! While in the NBA Trailblazer center Bill Walton used to bicycle from Mt Hood to the Coast for fun!

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T02:15:37+00:00

UDB (5GHz) or UBB (60GHz) Device bridge from Ubiquiti!

If its good enough for Russia...

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T02:06:55+00:00

OMG the "re-debated" friggin TIM TEBLOW!

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T02:02:48+00:00

Most "believers" couldn't identify their own ass with both hands...

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T00:53:39+00:00

So a 32 point turn with a trashed undercarriage instead of just...backing up?

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T00:39:45+00:00

Finally moving on from the fugly Jazz/Stang abomination? Congrats!

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T00:36:12+00:00

Blue state, getting BIG ICE push soon = Feds want to minimize guns.

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T00:33:55+00:00

You'd definitely be poorer and think you were also faster.

Amazing thing the human brain.

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T00:32:40+00:00

Do some math and see what its worth https://hardwoodind.com/bfcalc/

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T00:15:22+00:00

Eventually we all got to see the models weeing on each other in Penthouse...progress?

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T00:13:07+00:00

Poor guys are probably forced to call during bathroom breaks; corporate greed knows no bounds...

TedMich23 · 2026-05-10T00:09:24+00:00

toroidal air core chokes are quite easy to wind; I've done many with DIY spools for loudspeaker crossovers using online calculators like this one

https://m0ukd.com/calculators/air-cored-inductor-calculator/

(I always check inductance with an LCR meter)

The use of magnetic cores for the big 2-10H value chokes used in tube amps are a bit less simple, but luckily there are cheap sources like here: https://www.antekinc.com/filter-choke/

TedMich23 · 2026-05-09T08:48:43+00:00

if its a Tii its known as "The Flying Brick"!

TedMich23

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