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HHGTTG! Oh, and also early jazz and swing, Balkan folkdance and music, 60's rock, Do-wop, electronic and ambient, folk, African. EE / algorithm developer back to the 70's: classifiers for realtime signal and image processing. Adaptive and continual AI.

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Just posing for a time traveling sculptor from the middle ages.

09.03.2026 03:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Since when does the insane Tesla despoiler get to own that much space??!

09.03.2026 03:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They're refried because they never get it right the first time.

09.03.2026 03:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Blackberry Picking
YouTube video by Bob Hadley - Topic Blackberry Picking

Imagine this playing in whatever room you prefer!
youtu.be/BhErKnlQPw0?...

08.03.2026 16:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

On the other hand, if they had traveled with you, in your house inside the tornadoe (rhymes with "potatoe"), to the land of Oz, no doubt they would be feted as honored guests of the land. #:')

07.03.2026 11:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The photo on the bottom right is in Copehhagen, is it not?

04.03.2026 15:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

About freakin' time, yo!!!

03.03.2026 00:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah -- I almost forgot about it! But it immediately came to mind with your prodding, ha!

02.03.2026 23:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sounds like me, except that announcement will come a couple of years later... #:')

02.03.2026 23:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Subustitute pretty much any song that has a real "hook". Leo Kottke said a friend told him the only way to get rid of a tune hook that keeps playing in your head is to record it and listen to it while playing it backwards.

02.03.2026 15:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Tomo Nakayama - Open Room
YouTube video by Tomo Nakayama Tomo Nakayama - Open Room

Didn't have to stretch this one to fit Rachel's topic (one of my favs on the more mellow side):
youtu.be/ky8_TRCmq9Q?...

02.03.2026 13:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks for the reminder about this great tune and group that is one of the truly unique from the UK (or anywhere)!

01.03.2026 14:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Leo Kottke - Girl Of The North Country
YouTube video by kazalvinrunts Leo Kottke - Girl Of The North Country

Just because it came up in a Leo Kottke stream, after "Sleepwalk":
youtu.be/-C8kblp8S_0?...

01.03.2026 13:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Sleep Walk
YouTube video by Leo Kottke - Topic Sleep Walk

Sleepwalk -- but not the version you probably know!
youtu.be/HVPxQbPW-hw?...

01.03.2026 13:17 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Mary Lattimore - Sometimes He's In My Dreams
YouTube video by Ghostly International Mary Lattimore - Sometimes He's In My Dreams

Another amazing harpist:
youtu.be/5g2AGGI_FLM?...

01.03.2026 13:15 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Did you get them from a guy selling them in the median strip of the Roosevelt Boulevard this morning?? #:')

28.02.2026 01:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah -- the band and accompanying singer were terrific too! Couldn't help myself, ha. Thanks for the well wishes -- flu came on like a bolt of lightening, and left just as quickly... #:')

27.02.2026 20:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Iris DeMent   Mamas Opry
YouTube video by Roy Locke Iris DeMent Mamas Opry

Whelp, apropos of neither, I just want to post a wonderful live performance of "Mama's Opry" in lieu of coming up with anything on either of those topics...
youtu.be/33G-n87p5ZM?...

27.02.2026 14:07 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Your crazy uncle that is no longer invited to family gatherings...

26.02.2026 16:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Or, a good used HP 8640B signal generator. #:')

26.02.2026 16:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, was only there once for work. Probably slept through the train ride (?) from the airport, and spent my day off renting a car and driving to Zurich (from Lake Constance).
PS. It was a great trip, terrifc staff at the little hotel, but kinda weird, since I was there during Yom Kippur.

26.02.2026 14:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As a proud former member of several groups at Siemens, I'm also not surprised the Germans have the better system! #:')

26.02.2026 05:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Also was hoping to appreciate the storm from our mid-century modern enclave; window wall Shoji screens open w/ fireplace going. Wound up imagining the storm instead from bed with a raging flu, while missing the chance to try out my new, heavily modified & highly suspect XC equipment.

26.02.2026 05:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yeah, but that goes for pretty much all women married to us clueless guys, right?? #:')

25.02.2026 16:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still, I listen (at times) on the radio, and kudos to them for this yuuuuge story!!

25.02.2026 13:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The fact is, NPR isn't all that "woke" even, thanks to another former prez who crippled it years ago. Now on NPR it's always both sides say this and that...

25.02.2026 13:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Actually, I'm sure he said "For fork's sake!"...

25.02.2026 06:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hope you didn't stop for yellow lights like my wife did when she was taking me to the ER...
PS. I'm calling an ambulance next time. #:')

25.02.2026 06:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Except for having to dig out the car, ha! And thanks for the well wishes! #:')

25.02.2026 06:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You're too young to have heard this before, ha! #:')

25.02.2026 05:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0