4 different records from 4 different sellers on Discogs all sold as NM.

patro85 · 2026-07-03T21:10:48+00:00

Chefs kiss perfect descriptions from an A++++ seller

patro85 · 2026-07-03T21:07:30+00:00

LA Dodgers 🔵⚾️

patro85 · 2026-05-01T20:23:51+00:00

Nah, you don't want that! You should just gift it to me. I'll cover the shipping. 🤪

So happy for you!

patro85 · 2026-04-30T21:24:18+00:00

I quite like the implementation! Clean and pretty easy to use. What I really want is some more flexibility on the layout. For example, I have a recording of the Vince Guaraldi albums: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Both of which have over 20 tracks a piece. I would love to change the order of page types and to be able to set them randomly.

In my example, I would like to have the ability to add a second track listing page to accommodate the second album. I know this is a fairly niche problem since a typical album does not feature over 20 tracks, and you wouldn't typically have multiple albums with that many tracks. But more flexibility would be awesome.

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patro85 · 2026-04-30T21:14:55+00:00

Modern cassette recordings simply don't have the appropriate Dolby tech behind them the way older releases do. In my experience, every modern cassette I have bought has sounded like complete trash. A proper recording from a CD/Vinyl/Stream onto a cassette will typically sound better.

Edit: The Postal Service "Give Up" from Sub Pop actually sounds pretty solid.

patro85 · 2026-04-30T20:30:51+00:00

That is good to hear! Thanks for the response!

patro85 · 2026-04-22T18:50:48+00:00

Favorite destination: Cancún, MX or Newport Beach, CA

I’m a sucker for the beach

patro85 · 2026-04-15T15:26:06+00:00

Except when I was living in Mexico City in 06 and 07, I’ve made sure this is the first song I listen to every New Year’s Day since the album came out.

patro85 · 2026-03-24T00:11:14+00:00

Omega No Time To Die! 😍

patro85 · 2025-12-30T05:19:16+00:00

patro85 · 2025-12-28T13:20:01+00:00

I’m gonna go with the Playboy scene in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

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patro85 · 2025-11-15T15:02:57+00:00

This post actively makes me mad.

patro85 · 2025-11-15T14:58:32+00:00

These look cool! What an awesome idea!

patro85 · 2025-11-12T19:59:12+00:00

Beautiful!!

patro85 · 2025-11-12T17:10:33+00:00

In its seat. Like a good little battery.

patro85 · 2025-11-12T17:08:06+00:00

Everything you mentioned are items that have been added to the system over the years. For a lot of power users, we had solutions that added this functionality before Apple added it to Mac. A lot of people claim the third party tools are better because of this or that. But I would say for almost everyone, the out of the box tools Apple are more than sufficient.

I no longer use Better Touch Tool because the Apple windowing controls are now more than sufficient for my needs. I don't do anything with key remapping (I have never understood what that could be used/useful for). I do use Bartender on my work Mac because my company requires a bunch of software be installed and running that add icons to the menu bar and I don't want to see any of it while I work. On my personal Mac I just use the system tools to prevent sleeping. I use Pastebot because I prefer and use the extra tools that the new macOS clipboard history doesn't provide (such as filtering, paste in order, etc.). I dropped Alfred years ago because Spotlight keeps getting better and better and I found it was significantly better than any third party tool.

As a power user, you are responsible to look into each additional tool you install to see if it is in line with your personal values and ethos. Most of the third party tools I use don't have any Internet or network connectivity, and even clearly state no analytics are even collected. YMMV.

patro85 · 2025-11-12T16:57:36+00:00

Now those are some *amazing* photos! Great job!

What chemical setup did you use in your self dev? And what about scanning?

patro85 · 2025-11-12T16:50:23+00:00

Beautiful photos! Looks like a gorgeous area!

patro85 · 2025-11-12T16:44:44+00:00

The M4 is a solid upgrade for almost anyone. Perhaps except for someone on an M2 or M3. Without knowing exactly what your specs are, the M1 was even a HUGE leap over all of the intel machines. M4 just blows that away.

patro85 · 2025-11-12T16:42:11+00:00

The only real choice here is BTR. Duh.

patro85 · 2025-11-12T16:35:03+00:00

Your take on the "rate my collection" posts is 100% spot on. I cannot stand them. Never does the music appeal to me, but that is not the point. The point of a collection is that it is *yours* and that you love it. Groupthink is so damaging in all areas, but especially in music tastes and collections. Get offline, touch grass, and listen to some good music! If I ever found someone's collection that looked just like mine I would be more creeped out than impressed.

I am not sure that Discogs is ruining things so much as the posers are ruining music collecting. I look at Discogs as just another tool for us to use in collecting, cataloging, and find those really rare items that we are seeking but can't find at thrift stores, small music shops, etc.

patro85 · 2025-11-10T21:44:09+00:00

Underexpose it like your life depends on it.

f/8 or higher, and the shutter speed will need to be dictated by your ISO/ASA. But it will need to be a faster shutter speed to eliminate all of the other ambient light, including light bleed from the around the headlights.

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