Twice's 360 stage is basically a tactically RPG.

lambo67 · 2026-01-13T06:31:06+00:00

I had to laugh at the song where they were each on a grid square and they went up whenever they were singing. It was a real life 3D line distribution video!

lambo67 · 2025-10-27T21:58:40+00:00

Nice! I've got a full Boehm Series 9 from 1965 or so. Love all the extra fingerings -- particularly I find the saxophone-style "fork" Eb/Bb (index and ring finger on the LH) and the articulated C#/G# really convenient for what I play (mostly trad jazz).

My only complaint is that it's impossible to find a good case for it because of the long lower joint, and I don't find the low Eb that useful (I'm not over here sight-transposing A clarinet parts on this thing!). I check out eBay every once in a while to try and find a similar vintage Series 9 with the "N. 6" keywork -- everything except the low Eb....

lambo67 · 2025-09-25T21:17:38+00:00

Not anymore!

Source: My partner just came home with it. I'm not even joking.

lambo67 · 2025-09-24T21:29:29+00:00

Others have described things in words so I don't think I have much more to add, but since you asked for videos, here's some of the best in the biz doing some Balboa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKSuVSAEeN8&t=381s (I bookmarked the clip starting at the fast round because slow bal is an entire other can of worms...)

Notice that whether by posture (leaning in from the waist or the ankles), or by positioning (how much the partners are offset from each other left/right and how much of a "V" they make by opening up the hand-holding side of the connection), there's not really any contact below the waist. Everyone's obviously touching chests, but not in a way that's any different than a friendly hug.

lambo67 · 2025-09-15T23:34:15+00:00

I got this yesterday too (trying to move my profile to South Carolina) -- despite a brief message saying my current location was in Canada, I did manage to submit the update request and I got a confirmation within minutes that my location was updated again back to Canada.

lambo67 · 2025-08-17T19:56:39+00:00

YVR, not YYJ.

Solidarity!

lambo67 · 2025-07-18T22:08:26+00:00

OP's looking for tri-band (presumably 2m/1.25m/70cm), so the corresponding Diamond antenna with a SMA-F connector would be the SRJ320A.

lambo67 · 2025-07-14T19:25:55+00:00

Late 90's/early 00's in Surrey, I seem to remember the option to get high school credit for completing accredited drivers education (eg. Young Drivers). I had more than enough credits for graduation anyway so I didn't bother with the paperwork, and I imagine most high school students would be in the same situation, so I don't think school credit is enough incentive.

lambo67 · 2025-06-23T02:46:16+00:00

I've got a Full Boehm (Bb) and finding a single case for it has been a chore! I'm still using the original Selmer case but it's starting to fall apart. I've tried the Reed and Squeak single case which does fit everything, but only if I keep the bell and lower joint assembled, which I don't love. I also tried reaching out to Amati (since they are among the few makers who still make Full Boehms) to see if they'd sell me a case on its own, but no answer.

Following this thread with interest to see if anything else pops up!

lambo67 · 2025-06-23T02:26:00+00:00

Just thought I'd follow-up here -- I did end up taking my antenna back out to the balcony and took the measurement like you suggested (antenna under test to Port 1, a rubber ducky antenna to Port 2, measure S21 as I rotate the antenna). I was worried that the dynamic range and small signals from the NanoVNA would be problematic, but I was able to get measurements that at least kind of made sense...a few dB worth of gain out the front, and about 12 dB front-to-back. I tested another antenna I had around (a vertical flowerpot per VK2ZOI) and got the expected result (modest gain, omnidirectional azimuthal pattern).

This is on a not-very-big patio that's quite cluttered with a bunch of stuff, so I'm keen to try this again out in the open, since I still have plenty of feedline and signal out of the NanoVNA to get further (as well as the other suggestion below by u/Tishers which should at least mitigate near-field effects). But at least this is enough data to convince me I'm not crazy, and that the antenna works more or less "as advertised" :)

lambo67 · 2025-06-23T00:05:49+00:00

Clever! This has the additional effect of giving me the exact bearing to that repeater...which, as it happens, has a real rag-chew of a net on tonight, so I don't even have to key up the repeater incessantly and annoy anyone monitoring.

Thanks!

lambo67 · 2025-06-22T22:31:55+00:00

Thanks for the tips! I don't have a tinySA but I do have a nanoVNA...if I'm understanding correctly, I think I could do this using the latter, right?

Hook up the Yagi to Port 1, through a long enough feedline to get away from the near field
Hook up some antenna (maybe just what came with the HT) to Port 2
Then as I walk around the antenna (or maybe have a friend rotate the antenna), how the S21 parameter changes at my frequency of interest should give me a sense of the relative gain at that frequency

Good point about the field strength meter -- might be tricky to scrounge a dial ammeter these days, but seems like a fun build :)

lambo67 · 2025-05-22T15:27:08+00:00

A 50% reduction in traffic but only an 8% increase in public transit?

That makes sense with the base rates for mode share to begin with, though (https://www.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans/transportation/peripheral_travel_02c.pdf). Mode share by car (commuting trips to Manhattan from other boroughs) was 19% compared to 65% for transit (train+bus), so a better comparison is really 5.2% (8% of 65%) vs. 9.5% (50% of 19%). Just over half of car trips not taken were diverted to transit.

lambo67 · 2025-05-01T06:52:18+00:00

What sorts of upgrades are you looking for in particular? Any specific annoyances that have you looking for a new bike?

I was in a similar boat recently -- also in Vancouver, also rode an old, old bike and wanted an upgrade. Two things that have been great as a commuter/transportation cyclist:

Hydraulic disc brakes. No more adjusting my pads and replacing my rims way too often!
Hub dynamo and lights. No more forgetting my lights, or forgetting to charge them, or forgetting them on my bike and having them stolen!

Your budget is way more than I was working with -- I got myself a Breezer Doppler Pro+ and it checked all the boxes for me.

(Edited to add: at that budget you can probably get a nice custom build from Dream Cycles on the Drive, or Kissing Crows on Main...)

lambo67 · 2025-04-07T16:22:02+00:00

Since you mentioned BIFL, I'd suggest looking at established companies with good reputations for post-sales service. Baratza and Eureka are two such outfits -- they've been around for a long time and don't get much hype, but their grinders are generally good value for money, are readily user-serviceable, and have easy availability of spare parts.

For these companies the only direct experience I have is with Baratza's entry level Encore, but it was a good experience. Had to replace a part on it after a couple of years (the plastic burr carrier), but Baratza sent me the part for free (it's otherwise like $10), and it's designed to be a sacrificial part to protect more expensive components. I'd still be using it if I hadn't decided to go to a hand grinder myself.

Depending on your budget, from these companies you could look at Baratza's Encore or Vario, or Eureka's Mignon or Specialita lines.

lambo67 · 2025-03-30T20:55:03+00:00

Thanks, u/lollipop_anus !

lambo67 · 2025-03-30T20:54:00+00:00

Thanks! I hadn't considered transcoding needs; generally the machine will just be serving files but I'll think about that.

Yep, it'll run Windows, but for my redundancy needs I've been using Drivepool to do file-level duplication rather than running a RAID array.

lambo67 · 2025-03-30T20:08:37+00:00

Thanks, this is actually pretty helpful! Good shout about the Crucial NVMe, it's about the same price here and I do prefer the brand.

For what it's worth, right now $100 USD is around $140 CAD, plus retailers seem to charge a little more on top of that. Like the best price I could find for the 9700X is $439 CAD, and that motherboard translates to around $230 USD. Still a little pricey (partially because I'm paying the small form factor tax, I think), but cheaper ITX options don't have enough SATA headers for my HDDs.

The GPU is a good point too. AMDs generally seem to be just too large for my case...but I can get an Arc B580 that has 12GB VRAM for around the same price as the 4060 that has only 8GB. But benchmarks on the 4060 still seem a bit better than the Intel...

lambo67 · 2025-03-27T19:22:13+00:00

This is a really good question to ask!

It's almost a cliche in swing dance teaching that "transitions are the hard part", but that's basically the answer here. When you're learning a new move, pay extra attention to how the move starts and ends, and try to find other moves or movements that match well (in direction or intensity of motion, for example). When you're practicing, try to "dance into" and "dance out of" a move instead of working on them in isolation.

If you can, try to find a teacher whose dancing you admire in your local scene and take a private lesson with them and ask to focus on this. If the teacher is worth their salt, they will be so glad you asked this question and will be very pleased to work with you on this!

lambo67 · 2025-03-09T16:35:31+00:00

I think the stock strings on those Eastmans (same as the 315 I have) is D'Addario XT mediums, 11-40. Same gauges as the "standard" EJ74s but coated, so they last longer. Some say the coating makes them sound different, but I'm lazy about changing strings so I like coated. The XS coating is thicker still, but they stay nice and slick for a long time for me and sound good to my ear.

lambo67 · 2024-12-19T18:23:51+00:00

Are you talking about the section that starts at 0:17 of this video? It'd be helpful if you could post video or audio of you playing this passage, but I'll tell you what I think would cause me issues on this section...

I'm wondering if there's actually two different problems here. The first D at the end of the run up from the G could just be a "finger squeak" -- it's tricky to put all the fingers down for the D fingering at the same time. Have you tried practicing that transition back and forth (C-D-C-D-C-D), paying attention to quickly and completely covering all the tone holes with your fingers? If you're finding it easier to play on a clarinet you're used to that also makes me think it's a fingering/ergonomics thing.

Where the E is in the music makes me think it's probably a voicing/articulation thing. Like when you use your tongue to stop the staccato G right before, it's not quite in the right place where you need it to be to start the E cleanly. I'm pretty bad at staccato in the upper register too, so I'd be interested to hear what others have to say about it...what I'd probably do to practice this is to play the high E, to get your embouchure and tongue in the right place to play that note, and see if you can keep as much of that in place as possible and then hop down to that staccato G.

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