Zompist Bboard Again

quinterbeck wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2026 10:36 am Thank you all for the congratulations - I abstained from checking the board over my honeymoon

Hope you enjoyed it!

Raphael wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2026 10:37 am

quinterbeck wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2026 10:36 am Thank you all for the congratulations - I abstained from checking the board over my honeymoon

Hope you enjoyed it!

Very much so

This evening I experienced at first hand what happens when a cloud comes between the Sun and the Earth!¹

¹For the baffled: we nominally had a partial solar eclipse today, but we went one better.

alice wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2026 2:46 pm This evening I experienced at first hand what happens when a cloud comes between the Sun and the Earth!¹

¹For the baffled: we nominally had a partial solar eclipse today, but we went one better.

Funny, I heard that conditions were better in Edinburgh than they were here in Glasgow…

(Though I still got to see everything get dark and then go back to day. I guess that was cool in itself.)

It was touch and go for us, but the skies thankfully cleared before the eclipse got very eclipsey, so I got a lovely view, much better than 2015¹². The sun became so thin it was more of an arc than a crescent³,

★★★★☆, would see again⁴

¹ It was cloudy, and only reached 80something% coverage, so my experience was much like alice's this time
² I'm too young for 1999
³ I'd share photos, but my brother took them and hasn't shared them yet. I'm sure the internet at large will have many.
⁴ Too bad the next half decent one's in 2081

Edit: “all lowercase,” thanks alice & bradrn

We were lucky last night, we got a very nice view, no cloud coverage and close to 95% totality.

Lērisama wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2026 6:12 pm I'm too young for 1999

I'm not: that one was totality where I was. :P (I am too young to remember the one in Hawai'i in July 1991, though...)

That said, I didn't go outside to see it because I hate people (and everybody went out to see it, plus I still remember the one from 1999, so...), but I saw a lot of photos from others closer to the climax. Big thing I noticed from my apartment, though, was the sky darkening much earlier than usual.

@bradrn: it got darkish here too, but there was neither enough light nor non-cloud cover for any of the traditional methods to work.

@Lērisama: all lowercase

alice wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2026 2:42 pm @Lērisama: all lowercase

What's all lowercase?

Lērisama wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 7:03 am

alice wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2026 2:42 pm @Lērisama: all lowercase

What's all lowercase?

alice’s username, presumably.

bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 7:09 am

Lērisama wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 7:03 am

alice wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2026 2:42 pm @Lērisama: all lowercase

What's all lowercase?

alice’s username, presumably.

yes

Earlier (technically yesterday but only because it’s 1:10 AM here) most of the drum set was successfully delivered and received! So far, seems so good. The seller also looks like they included complementary bags, which was an unexpected but greatly appreciated touch. I also received the drum heads I’d ordered.

Last week I got my 10”x6” snare to work. I bought it some years ago after randomly coming across it on Reverb (I think) but had never really used it. It’s pretty much perfect for a specific gigging use case.

Man in Space wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 12:14 am Earlier (technically yesterday but only because it’s 1:10 AM here) most of the drum set was successfully delivered and received! So far, seems so good. The seller also looks like they included complementary bags, which was an unexpected but greatly appreciated touch. I also received the drum heads I’d ordered.

Last week I got my 10”x6” snare to work. I bought it some years ago after randomly coming across it on Reverb (I think) but had never really used it. It’s pretty much perfect for a specific gigging use case.

Congratulations!

Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 8:56 am

Man in Space wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 12:14 am Earlier (technically yesterday but only because it’s 1:10 AM here) most of the drum set was successfully delivered and received! So far, seems so good. The seller also looks like they included complementary bags, which was an unexpected but greatly appreciated touch. I also received the drum heads I’d ordered.

Last week I got my 10”x6” snare to work. I bought it some years ago after randomly coming across it on Reverb (I think) but had never really used it. It’s pretty much perfect for a specific gigging use case.

Congratulations!

From me too!

WeepingElf wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 9:22 am

Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 8:56 am

Man in Space wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 12:14 am Earlier (technically yesterday but only because it’s 1:10 AM here) most of the drum set was successfully delivered and received! So far, seems so good. The seller also looks like they included complementary bags, which was an unexpected but greatly appreciated touch. I also received the drum heads I’d ordered.

Last week I got my 10”x6” snare to work. I bought it some years ago after randomly coming across it on Reverb (I think) but had never really used it. It’s pretty much perfect for a specific gigging use case.

Congratulations!

From me too!

Thirded!

lease application for a 1br got approved, i'll finally be able to move out from the shithole dungeon i live in and into an apartment with windows in the bedroom

Thanks all!

The remaining drum shells arrived today. Right now there’s a few bits of hardware still on the post. This kit is a bit of a fixer-upper and I’m looking forward to building it out over the next few months. If I can get the new drums completed, I can then stow the Crystal Ship (my intended gig kit) and have it ready to simply grab and go whilst still having this new set to practice on.

Provisionally I’m thinking of naming this new one “the Z-Machine”.

Man in Space wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 4:41 pm Provisionally I’m thinking of naming this new one “the Z-Machine”.

I presume a reference to Infocom?

There is a lunar eclipse tonight, just about at its peak. Not sure where else it's visible but I can see it from the St Louis area at least.

malloc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 10:50 pm There is a lunar eclipse tonight, just about at its peak. Not sure where else it's visible but I can see it from the St Louis area at least.

Cool! It was visible in the morning in France, but the sky was really cloudy.