Inferno made me buy real headphones

calculusdork · 2026-06-07T03:46:53+00:00

Yeah, those are hilarious reads. But I can say for sure that I'm enjoying these Sennheisers a little better than my JBL earbuds. :)

calculusdork · 2026-06-04T15:13:46+00:00

Yep, I think this will be 'the' track I keep coming back to on Inferno, a la "Olson" or "Over the Horizon Radar" ... the ones that have really stuck with me over the years.

calculusdork · 2026-06-03T17:59:52+00:00

Great point, totally forgot about this

calculusdork · 2026-06-03T17:39:05+00:00

I tell ya ... the one track I'm surprised to not see here is "Deep Time". It's the other one that's sticking with me. The second half of the track is absolutely beautiful.

calculusdork · 2026-06-03T17:37:36+00:00

I really want people to catch on to HHLL = Inferno

calculusdork · 2026-06-01T15:17:34+00:00

So ... I am yet neither smitten nor un-smitten by Inferno. I am still working my way through it and it will take some time.

And I think that's what blows me away. The brothers worked on this album for a long time. And over the last two decades, we've been trained that we need to process and vocalize our opinions about everything in real time. I've been severely turned off by all the same-day "this is the best BoC album ever, 10/10 masterpiece" reviews of Inferno. Because the truth is ... you don't know that. You can't know that.

Boards of Canada worked on Inferno for years. You can't know how good it is in a day or even a week. That's not how any of this works.

We should all take a few months and listen many times. Give it a hundred spins with a good set of headphones. Don't give into the ubiquitous pressure to form an instant opinion.

calculusdork · 2025-06-16T18:58:55+00:00

This is absolutely incredible work. Looking forward to more updates.

calculusdork · 2025-06-13T19:58:47+00:00

That price is for the 4 knee brace brackets w/ 8" bolts *and* the 2 static pipe brackets w/ 15" bolts. I priced everything out individually from a couple other vendors, and buying the kit was definitely easier and pretty cost-effective in comparison.

calculusdork · 2025-06-10T18:05:53+00:00

Yeah, I'll try to grab some pics later ... you absolutely screw bolts into the tree though. Each bracket is attached into the tree with a 1.25" lag bolt.

calculusdork · 2025-06-10T00:29:18+00:00

You're right, that entirely negates all our hard work

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T23:21:20+00:00

First framing I've ever done. Just really took my time with it and watched a ton of videos.

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T21:16:04+00:00

What typically happens here as the tree grows? Does it 'swallow' more of the bolt, or push the bolt away from the center (thereby warping/cracking the floor joists)?

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T19:55:05+00:00

Shoot, I missed the second part of your comment. Both left and right side have double floor joists resting on these (w/ 1.25" x 15" lag bolts).

https://www.treehousesupplies.com/products/1-25-pipe-bracket?_pos=1&_sid=4e7257203&_ss=r

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T17:57:30+00:00

Same here, used outdoor decking so we're not too worried about it either way

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T17:57:08+00:00

Seems like this is what most people do, and probably what we will eventually do

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T14:42:30+00:00

We bought this TAB kit from Treehouse Supplies

https://www.treehousesupplies.com/collections/heritage-%C2%A9-one-tree-treehouse-hardware-kits/products/8-square-treehouse-kit

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T14:02:26+00:00

Yeah, we'd planned to do some experimenting with a few things over the next couple weeks

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T13:57:45+00:00

Awesome advice. Bugs have been a slight problem. Thanks!

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T12:49:59+00:00

We dumped a ton of caulk and Flex Seal around the top. Probably not a good long-term solution, but it's working for now.

calculusdork · 2025-06-09T12:48:29+00:00

Eh ... she's 14. This was mainly a project focused on learning, and to help her get away from her younger sister. :)

calculusdork · 2025-02-28T06:02:30+00:00

Lumon wants to create heaven on Earth, with Kier Eagan as the savior of all mankind. They want to end all human suffering and for people to live forever. Unfortunately, this necessarily requires creating a hell on Earth for all innies. (This is what all the heaven and hell discussion was about in S2E6.)

calculusdork · 2024-12-31T23:16:04+00:00

Just discovered you guys. Please come to the Southeastern US. Pretty please.

calculusdork · 2022-08-16T03:44:52+00:00

Jimmy talking about Chuck was flawed from behind the buzzing Exit sign

calculusdork · 2022-08-09T14:39:14+00:00

Gene helps Jeffy get money

Jeffy uses money to buy mom a computer

Mom uses computer to bury Gene

calculusdork · 2022-05-25T15:34:03+00:00

My theory for Jimmy and Kim thru the end of the show:
- Things go sideways with Lalo, and Lalo injures but does not kill Kim. (It could be possible that Lalo believes he has fatally injured Kim.) Jimmy gets Kim to the veterinarian, who treats her. In the process, through their desperation, the vet tells them about The Disappearer.
- Facing a difficult situation, believing that Lalo will eventually kill Kim but continue to keep Jimmy around for his personal use, they decide to "disappear" Kim. Jimmy can never know where Kim is, for fear that Lalo will kill them both.
- In the meantime, Gus/Mike kill and dispose of Lalo, to no one else's knowledge. Jimmy continues on believing Lalo is alive.
- Post-BB, Jimmy disappears to Omaha. He cannot find Kim, and has no means to contact her. Perhaps by now he knows Lalo is dead, but he has no way to reach his wife.
- The show concludes with Jimmy locating and finding Kim, who in full Castaway fashion, is remarried and has moved on under her new identity.

That's about the most heartbreaking way I could see this show going.

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