There’s always money in the banana stand.

I’m doing new dad shit and I need to be doing old dad shit.

My midlife crisis won’t be a car, it’ll just be A/V equipment. Maybe that’s what this all is. At least I still have hair. Idk.

I need to do better.

I don’t really want to use Threads but I (unfortunately) use Reels pretty heavily and it keeps pushing me there. I have begun to enjoy The Pitt conversation I’m seeing there. Idk if bsky has these things and I’m not seeking it out, or if the community on here just never grew large enough.

I sometimes forget that my 2 1/2 year old doesn’t know or care about “fidelity” and I should stop ever trying to tune the media he is consuming in any way.

(He got a toy that projects books on the wall and I keep fiddling with the focus. Other examples…)

What I learned is that I never understood the receiver or the speakers, and have likely never had them set up in an accurate or optimal way.

They made sound, but now I feel like I missed out on really understanding them...

If nothing else I'm good at distracting myself. I am trying to sell my old receiver and passive speakers. I wouldn't mind keeping them but they're bulky and don't make sense.

In the attempt to sell them, I have done more research and learned more about them than I ever have.

I wonder if that’s why religion…

Sometimes it feels like life would be easier if I didn’t want *things* so badly.

Tried out a makeshift surround setup this weekend I just don’t think it’s going to work out with the seating arrangement in our room. A bummer but I’m not surprised.

All I want is to hear sound from the front and also to the side, slightly behind me.

For better or worse I’m in Sonos ecosystem, I have a soundbar, the surrounds would be wireless.

Maybe the rule is “if I still care two weeks after the baby arrives than I can get it” because sure, whatever.

Music is great though. My son is excited that the music follows him between two rooms now. That makes me heart happy in a dumb way.

it's amazing how once I start looking at anything with audio I start to think that I listen to music all day every day. I don't and I won't.

modern actual facebook.com is truly a terrifying place.

Can anybody tell me if "surround sound" is worth pursuing for just a living room tv setup? I have never bothered to have rear surround speakers for an actual 5.1 setup, but I've always sort of wanted to. I have a nice soundbar and have been entertaining the idea of surround speakers. Worth it?

I hate any time I get into audio because there's no ceiling to it. You can't just dabble and end up with "arguably the best" audio setup. The more you research the worse it gets.

Video's ceiling is pretty low. Not inexpensive you top out quick. Audio never ends.

I didn't do nothing but I at least went for the less expensive option.

Roar. Roar. Roar.

Like a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Considering between two different speakers upgrades for the new room, and I have to keep telling myself over and over again that doing nothing is the most correct third option.

One year to the day what the fuck.

I did a bunch of interior painting over the weekend. It's weird how home ownership just forces you to learn to paint.

The worst part about it is that by the end, I'm much better at it than when I started. But then it's over, and by the time I have to paint again I'll suck at it.

It's an incredible idea. I hope I do it.

I ordered 500 coffee filters shortly after my son was born and they are about to run out. I commented to my wife then about how they marked the passing of time and we chatted about it again now. She had the idea of writing a journal entry every time we have to order coffee filters.

I think the keyboard may be giving me carpal tunnel but it could have also been the month of picross I played on a Nintendo DS. Jury is out.

existing waste deep in a pool of your own technical debt is a privilege that few get to experience any more.

skeet

🥳

Fucking January.