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A Tale of Two Shitties... [1]

I've always done my own seasonal tire changes on my vehicle and my partner's as well. When I first started many years ago, I bought a cheapie 2-ton trolley #jack from Princess Auto - USAnians can substitute "Harbor Freight" and the story will be essentially the same.

But I replaced my vehicle a year and a half ago. The new one rides a little higher off the ground, and has the massive #wheels and #tires that have become the de facto standard, and my old jack didn't lift high enough to change the wheels on the new vehicle. Being the better part of 20 years newer, the new vehicle is also a lot heavier.

So I bought a larger 3-ton trolley jack, with a higher lift height. It's even a real name brand, #Torin. [2]

So anyways... I went to take the snow tires off on the weekend, and the new jack had #leaked, and won't lift properly. So it's sprung an o-ring or other #seal, after only using it 3 times (I think). The 20-year-old Princess Auto special is still fine. They sit next to each other in the garage, so it's not storage conditions.

Winner: Princess Auto.

Then, while changing tires, one lug #nut was #seized. Got out a decent sized breaker bar, and a 1/2" to 3/8" socket drive adapter from Princess Auto - their "pro" "Pro Point" line, yet - put my back into it, and #sheared the damn adapter off.

#Craptastic!

[1] Couldn't resist, sorry. [3]
[2] I didn't say it was a great name brand.
[3] Not sorry.

Qtractor 1.5 4 was recently released on April 04, 2025.

Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio, and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI, are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio.

#Linux#Qtractor#Qt

Nimm #pipewire, haben sie gesagt. Damit wird alles einfacher, haben sie gesagt.

Naja, man ist da sicher auf einem guten Weg. Aber das Jonglieren mit config Dateien und Einstellungen erinnert mich doch etwas daran, wie es vor reichlich zehn Jahren war, wenn man
#jack und #pulseaudio zusammenbringen wollte.

Zwar muss jetzt nicht soo viel konfiguriert werden, aber man muss schon ein wenig herumsuchen...

Mit meinem install
#Script für das #Audio Zeug hab ich es nun ohne jack versucht. Mal sehen ob es sich mit #ubuntu 24 #Linux bewährt:
https://codeberg.org/cExplorer/install-audio-libs-ubuntu

Dankbar bin ich für Ideen dazu und für Hinweise auf Fehler.

#Ardour #DAW #LinuxAudio

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KIRBYVISION: Jack Kirby, Genius and Pioneer of Comics, Documentary Announced!
Director Ricki Stern teams with Producers Dan Braun & Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment, Mike Cecchini, Ron Fogelman, and Chris Longo on long-awaited, official documentary feature on the life, legacy, and influence of Jack Kirby, the legendary King of Comics.  

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_The Evening Post_, 28 February 1925:
RADIO HISTORY
DR JACK’S PIONEERING
The early history of #broadcasting in New Zealand is already interesting. “Electron,” in the #Dunedin “Star,” writing on the experimental work in that city by Dr. #Jack, says that this put New Zealand ahead of both England and America in early broadcasting Dr. Jack returned from England early in 1921, and at once commenced to get together apparatus to conduct research in #radio telephony. By October, 1921, he had his transmitter assembled and on the air. Although radio telephony was used during the war, and also during 1920 various experiments were conducted in England, it was not till 14th February, 1922, that the first transmission from the first broadcasting station … took place; while in America, the first broadcasting station … was … still experimenting when Dr. Jack started …. in New Zealand there are so few facilities for original research, and it is so difficult to obtain both apparatus and data to work from, that Dr. Jack's work deserves the highest recognition … paving the way … and bringing before the Government the possibilities of radio in our country.
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Biography in the DNZB teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4