Hobby projects including cars, photography, woodworking, restoration, and many other things of interest.
In my last post I explained how I had acquired a pair of Tannoy PBM-8 studio speakers. I also discussed the condition of the speakers. Since then I have started the process of refurbishing the units, and the progress has been quite good so far. Speaker cabinets are almost always …
I had occasion to acquire a pair of Tannoy PBM-8 studio speakers recently. These units were manufactured in June of 1988 and were originally purchased from a Tannoy dealer in suburban Philadelphia. They have had a colorful history, and were moved a number of times before landing in rural environment …
These are some monster artichokes that we purchased in Washington State. The photo was taken a couple of years ago, not recently. These things are monsters. They are about the size of a common softball. You will never see these in New York State. I suspect they were grown in …
I thought that reader might get a kick out of this. The photo here. This is my graduate school stereo system. Right! What we are seeing here is this: Top Row (from left) – Scott tuner (possibly a 299-C), Fisher amplifier (maybe a KX-100), Sound Design 8-Track player (I think …
Do you remember 1983? You should! Huey Lewis and The News released their rather spectacular album, Sports, in September of that year. It sure seemed like they got a lot of play on MTV, which was only about 2 years old at the time. I was wandering through the local …
This is a sort of funny photo for technical reasons. You get a pretty good idea of how panorama photos work. This was snapped, so to speak, near the pond at the nature center adjacent to the Shaker Heritage Society property in Colonie. The idea is that when you make the panorama you turn around in a circle while holding the camera steady. The clever software stitches the photo components together so that when displayed you get a 360 degree view.
In the example here, you can see that the image is somewhat distorted and that the center of the image is almost like a “V” where the arms of the V go off at about a 40 degree angle. In fact, this central point is not at all like a V in real life. If you go there you will see exactly what I mean.
If you look closely at the left side of the photo you will see Anita walking Annaleigh and Maggie. It looks like she has six dogs, but, in fact, Anita has only two. It is really a strange effect.
Remember the good old 8-track tapes? I had a bunch. Remember Columbia House? The young ‘uns out there might not remember those guys. What a scheme, what a setup! The way it worked was that you would get an offer in the mail or see one in a publication. Maybe …
