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  1. 'Let ‘Em In’ by Wings ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re61B8sKQWk) has been in the rotation lately on mellotron ( https://www.lemellotron.com/) which I listen to on a JBL clip on the bike all the time.

    'Let 'Em In' - PaulMcCartney.com Track of the Weekhttp://www.PaulMcCartney.comThis week's track of the week is 'Let 'Em In', taken from the 1976 Wings album 'Wings At The Speed Of Sound'.What are your though...YouTube
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re61B8sKQWk, "'Let 'Em In' - PaulMcCartney.com Track of the Week".
    Home - Vidéo Showsglobal music radiolemellotron.com
    Figure 2. Link preview of https://www.lemellotron.com/, "Home - Vidéo Shows".

    I didn’t grow up hearing much Wings so it’s just a delightful little pop thing w/ a good pedaling bass line to cycle to for me and not a Wings song I’ve heard a million times (some of those are great too of course) every time it comes on.

    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 23, 2025 - 4:35 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/23/114555286345524275/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/23/114555286345524275/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  2. Watching a waymo creep in a crosswalk on howard parallel to me like a human would, even with probably-misplaced confidence that it is doing to so to

    1. get a right on red, but for my walk

    2. not be blocked by peds crossing when the light changes

    3. drive more like a human so that the human drives behind it don’t lose their god damned minds that the person in front isn’t off the line on the green

    4. because it is probably ultimately more efficient overall for the system

    5. training

    and I’m like, sure, makes sense, whatever, but this was a chance to reject all of that nonsense and use a computer driver to force-daylight both crosswalks and get rid of right on red and we didn’t do it.

    damn.

    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 22, 2025 - 4:50 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/22/114552511400252994/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/22/114552511400252994/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  3. I am a few classes into Hubert Dreyfus’s 2007 ”Man, God, and Society in Western Literature” Berkeley lectures ( https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461120619).

    Philosophy 6 - Spring 2007 : Hubert Dreyfus : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveMan, God, and Society in Western Literature - Spring 2007. Philosophical issues as expressed in poetry, drama, and the novel. This course will compare and...Internet Archive
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461120619, "Philosophy 6 - Spring 2007 : Hubert Dreyfus : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive".

    The Internet Archive’s advanced search can return RSS which podcast apps understand, but it seems like it it’s for subscribing to new collections, not for turning collections into podcasts.

    So I think this is the best I can do? https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=identifier%33Aucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461120619fl%5B%5D=identifier&sort%5B%5D=&sort%5B%5D=&sort%5B%5D=&rows=50&page=1&callback=callback&save=yes&output=rss

    Internet Archivearchive.org

    So, I upgraded my pocketcasts subscription to a tier that supports hosting arbitrary files, downloaded all of the mp3s from the archive, uploaded them to pocketcasts on the web, found them on my phone (profile, files, sort by name) and off I go.

    A little tedious and so-close but not there with just advanced search.

    Alas.

    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 20, 2025 - 1:40 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/20/114540440342554370/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/20/114540440342554370/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  4. 🚶🏽‍♂️

    🏁 what I’m considering The Excelsior.

    Lovely neighborhood of sidewalk gardens and views. Dipping into McLaren Park for the final few east side walks was a nice bonus. Getting there on the 14 or 49 or BART was convenient but the time it took limited how often I could get any miles in on weekday mornings. Luckily the buses stop a block from my house and are running by 6AM those mornings.

    Next: Outer Mission, or Portola?

    A map of San Francisco. Balboa Park BART along the center-left, McLaren Park in the bottom right quadrant, 280 running along the top, and the entirety of Excelsior’s streets (and not many alleys) marked with a purple trail.
    Figure 1. A map of San Francisco. Balboa Park BART along the center-left, McLaren Park in the bottom right quadrant, 280 running along the top, and the entirety of Excelsior’s streets (and not many alleys) marked with a purple trail.
    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 18, 2025 - 5:11 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/18/114529945329729737/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/18/114529945329729737/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  5. A marxist analysis of people posting computer generated action figures of themselves still in the packaging in hyper-mint condition

    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 17, 2025 - 3:57 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/17/114523991980906072/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/17/114523991980906072/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  6. Fresh mozz margs and proper (whole foods deli) peperoni for jr. trying to go as fast as I can: launch, go back inside, shape, go outside, turn, go inside, sauce, go outside, pull, etc.

    ~75-85 seconds at 900F

    Also I got a bunch of aluminum plates at the right size for these so that I can to set the full size oven to warm and rack these as they come out so that and everyone gets warm pizza instead of cold

    three uncut 12” neapolitan pizzas: two margheritas and one pepperoni, on a counter with a pizza peel, two kinds of olive oil, a glass of beer, and a bottle of ginger ale
    Figure 1. three uncut 12” neapolitan pizzas: two margheritas and one pepperoni, on a counter with a pizza peel, two kinds of olive oil, a glass of beer, and a bottle of ginger ale.
    close up, a margherita piza
    Figure 2. close up, a margherita piza.
    close up, another margherita pizza, this one was shaped on wheat flour and has pecorino romano cheese as well
    Figure 3. close up, another margherita pizza, this one was shaped on wheat flour and has pecorino romano cheese as well.
    macro close up of the pepperoni pizza. the pepperoni is cupped and the cheese is melted in circles, making an overlapping polka dot effect over the red tomato sauce.
    Figure 4. macro close up of the pepperoni pizza. the pepperoni is cupped and the cheese is melted in circles, making an overlapping polka dot effect over the red tomato sauce.
    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 17, 2025 - 2:23 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/17/114523624720164727/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/17/114523624720164727/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  7. The Muni Potrero Yard trolleybus tour was super neato. I’ve been bike commuting past this station for fifteen years off and on (less so the last five) and it was a special treat to tour around inside where some of the lines I ride the most call home before it is rebuilt into a modern facility.

    https://mastodon.social/@gravely/114449902629389095

    gravely (@gravely@mastodon.social)@scott@carfree.city ty for the hot tip, got tickets to the Wednesday tour for the family and I.Mastodon
    A photograph looking southwest from the rooftop of the yard where the bus tire shed is, looking down at buses that remain at the full capacity station when most are out on routes. Dozens of SF MTA trolley busses are parked in rows in the foreground, with the closest parked next to what I learned are giant industrial vacuums that are not used anymore. The top half of the photo is a blue sky with whispy white clouds. Sutro tower, an SF landmark, is recognizable on the horizon to the right.
    Figure 1. A photograph looking southwest from the rooftop of the yard where the bus tire shed is, looking down at buses that remain at the full capacity station when most are out on routes. Dozens of SF MTA trolley busses are parked in rows in the foreground, with the closest parked next to what I learned are giant industrial vacuums that are not used anymore. The top half of the photo is a blue sky with whispy white clouds. Sutro tower, an SF landmark, is recognizable on the horizon to the right.
    A bulletin board of notices for route operators of the routs that are homed in this staion. Hand cut red letters are taped to the top which say POTRERO STATIONclipboards for six lines are mounted on the board under white paper with red lettering indicating the line they correspond do.From left to right:5R - LINE, 6 - LINE, 14 - LINE, 22 - LINE, 30 - LINE, 49 - LINEI take the 14 and 49 very frequently, I used to take the 22 less frequently and now infrequently but it is a critical line to me when I need. Love to see this!
    Figure 2. A bulletin board of notices for route operators of the routs that are homed in this staion. Hand cut red letters are taped to the top which say POTRERO STATIONclipboards for six lines are mounted on the board under white paper with red lettering indicating the line they correspond do.From left to right:5R - LINE, 6 - LINE, 14 - LINE, 22 - LINE, 30 - LINE, 49 - LINEI take the 14 and 49 very frequently, I used to take the 22 less frequently and now infrequently but it is a critical line to me when I need. Love to see this!
    A printed notice to operators pinned to the board which I cropped to not display anyone’s names or dates. All text on the page is capitalized and underlined. A pictogram of a red circle with a red slash (the “forbidden”symbol) has a figure reclining on the red slash and Z z z’s trailing from the mouthAbove:SLEEPERSSTOP BRINGING SLEEPERS TO THE YARD, PERIOD!I love signs like this and type like this. PERIOD!If you haven’t nodded off on a Muni give it a try, it’s a delight, I did on the 12 line heading home from a Giants game only a few days ago! “Wow right before my stop” I thought as I noticed I’d napped a bit.
    Figure 3. A printed notice to operators pinned to the board which I cropped to not display anyone’s names or dates. All text on the page is capitalized and underlined. A pictogram of a red circle with a red slash (the “forbidden”symbol) has a figure reclining on the red slash and Z z z’s trailing from the mouthAbove:SLEEPERSSTOP BRINGING SLEEPERS TO THE YARD, PERIOD!I love signs like this and type like this. PERIOD!If you haven’t nodded off on a Muni give it a try, it’s a delight, I did on the 12 line heading home from a Giants game only a few days ago! “Wow right before my stop” I thought as I noticed I’d napped a bit.
    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 15, 2025 - 6:05 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/15/114513169744522047/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/15/114513169744522047/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  8. Took the fam to the Pulgas Temple via the Sheep Camp Trail, saw flowers, saw water, saw lizard, saw deer, saw snek, not bad for a 'burbs hike!

    the first time I came out here in '17 we took a more boring route and saw none of these things save the water, go figure.

    A green sign with white uppercase routed letters hanging from a green pipe on a larger steel pole, surrounded by green deciduous, pine, and bushes under a clear blue sky, which reads:PULGAS TEMPLETERMINUSHETCH HETCHY AQUEDUCTSAN FRANCISCOWATER DEPARTMENT
    Figure 1. A green sign with white uppercase routed letters hanging from a green pipe on a larger steel pole, surrounded by green deciduous, pine, and bushes under a clear blue sky, which reads:PULGAS TEMPLETERMINUSHETCH HETCHY AQUEDUCTSAN FRANCISCOWATER DEPARTMENT.
    a smattering of papery-leafed pink flowers with yellow centers over greenery
    Figure 2. a smattering of papery-leafed pink flowers with yellow centers over greenery.
    a ground covering greenery with tiny yellow flowers
    Figure 3. a ground covering greenery with tiny yellow flowers.
    photograph of the pulgas temple, a (pasting from wikipedia) a circle of fluted Corinthian columns surmounted by a large masonry ring bearing the inscription "I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people" [from Isaiah 43:20]. There is a reflecting pool lined with cypress trees.
    Figure 4. photograph of the pulgas temple, a (pasting from wikipedia) a circle of fluted Corinthian columns surmounted by a large masonry ring bearing the inscription "I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people" [from Isaiah 43:20]. There is a reflecting pool lined with cypress trees.
    a mama doe on a hillside of grass. behind the doe the brush thickens but is not a forrest, in which two others (at least) younger deer linger, unpictured but who walked by just after I took this photo
    Figure 5. a mama doe on a hillside of grass. behind the doe the brush thickens but is not a forrest, in which two others (at least) younger deer linger, unpictured but who walked by just after I took this photo.
    a black snake about two feet long with white rings and a white belly crosses left to right on a gravel path
    Figure 6. a black snake about two feet long with white rings and a white belly crosses left to right on a gravel path.
    The same snake from passing by, heading away from me
    Figure 7. The same snake from passing by, heading away from me.
    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 12, 2025 - 3:23 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/12/114492718168679398/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/12/114492718168679398/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  9. It looks like poketo is not going to make the spectrum wall planners I’ve been using for the past two years ( https://www.poketo.com/, photo attached) anymore 🥺

    Home | Pattern BrandsExplore our family of consumer brands—Onsen Towel, Miracle Made, and GIR—designed to elevate the home with quality, innovation, and thoughtful design.poketo.com

    What else is out there this format?

    Please don’t suggest DIY approaches, I don’t have that kind of time or space.

    an image from poketo’s website advertising poster size monthly calendars which arrive in a roll indicating the month and days of the week but not number of days in white helvetica (or something like it) on solid, pale, color paper, which the buyer can then fill in themselves. Each month is a different color of the rainbow as pictured. I’ve also used similar designs from them with abstract patterns. A hand is writing in marker on something on the first monday of January, which is on pink paper. The rest of the months are visible rolled up to the right with the large month number showing on paper in salmon, red, orange, tan, yellow, pale green, green, blue, light blue, violet, and purple.
    Figure 1. an image from poketo’s website advertising poster size monthly calendars which arrive in a roll indicating the month and days of the week but not number of days in white helvetica (or something like it) on solid, pale, color paper, which the buyer can then fill in themselves. Each month is a different color of the rainbow as pictured. I’ve also used similar designs from them with abstract patterns. A hand is writing in marker on something on the first monday of January, which is on pink paper. The rest of the months are visible rolled up to the right with the large month number showing on paper in salmon, red, orange, tan, yellow, pale green, green, blue, light blue, violet, and purple.
    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 06, 2025 - 9:30 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/06/114463014949407442/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/06/114463014949407442/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  10. I’ve been storing SAF instant yeast that I bought a pound of two years ago (red package) in an oxo pop-top container labeled SAF INSTANT* in my pantry. I make pizza dough with it weekly but only use a few grams at a time. I’ve not gone through much of it.

    Over the past six months the fermentation of the SAF has gotten pretty laggy but I kept telling myself “yeast doesn’t go bad, it’s going to outlive us all” and blamed room and water temps.

    • my brother label maker rules everything around me

    so I got a new identical package and store it in a large deli container labeled SAF INSTANT* in the fridge, not in the pantry.

    The first proof confirmed: the stuff in the pantry was no good, the new stuff popped off. go figure.

    I post in chat about it and of course one cool-kids gang includes a working scientist who had a bunch of wisdom but generally yeah storage temp and humidity can factor in, might as well keep it in the fridge.

    • yes, the label maker again, I’d label myself if I could

    so I go to make dough for a 20" NY style yesterday, I autolyse, I reserve salt to add with the first folds, and blah, blah, good manual process and temp controls, and a few hours later? Nada. A few hours after that? zilch.

    I had used the gd pantry yeast on auto-pilot. D’oh.

    Before I went to bed, I folded in new yeast and this morning it’s healthily bubbly and jiggly and more than doubled.

    I’m going to ditch it, and the pantry yeast (finally) anyway, and start over.

    anyway: Maybe, put your yeast in the fridge?

    Posted on Mastodon about a year agoon May 02, 2025 - 2:47 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2025/05/02/114438783057309140/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2025/05/02/114438783057309140/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.
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