Thomas Vander Wal

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Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-09

@prem_k I may need to get back to posting both again.

21F = -6

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-09

A really enjoyable Super Bowl, which may have had Cory Wong's “Lisa Never Wanted to be Famous" looping during the 1st quarter. Halftime was awesome in so many ways. My second fav team won and played well.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-09

@artlung Everytime I see Ipswitch clams on a menu it is so difficult not to say or think, “dummy" after it.

There are so many good scenes in that movie.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-09

@artlung Ipswitch clam movie

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-09

@Downes That is no good. Sorry to see it go.

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Harold Jarcheharold
2026-02-09

I was recently interviewed by Felipe Zamana. We covered a range of topics including

felipezamana.com/perpetual-bet

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

Today's Farmer's Market feature most of the vendors with a lot of big coolers for their produce and products to keep them warm.

It was a balmy 21F

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@noah @noahmittman @mittmania-noahmittman Oh, I know that one well. It can be a bit freaky.

Listening to Seal's first album and hearing so many different instruments I've never heard.

Listening to Taylor Swift and Bon Iver on Exile and all the different layers of voices is amazing. (the first Swift song I intentionally listened to).

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@noah Oh, I had seen this when it was being released. It got good reviews. I wasn't looking to change when it came out.

Actually still not looking, but I'm always interested in what others are doing.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@noah @noahmittman @mittmania-noahmittman I’m hearing things in the details and instruments in pieces I never heard before. Amazing separation and spacing.

I’ve hit a point when any further improvement will be very costly and minimal improvement. I've had my current setup about 2 years and still finding things in listening that are new in pieces I've played more than 100 times prior.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@noah @noahmittman @mittmania-noahmittman Oh, I've not run across Tea Pro. During lockdown I started down the DAC/AMP path from Dragonfly Cobalt, to a mobile iFi (hardware quality issues), and ended at Questyle M15.

I mostly listen now on iPad and Mac.

I upgraded IEMs, then over ears through a few iterations. The difference between Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless is quite noticeable now, which is a blessing and a curse.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@ozdreaming I college I spent a few days with foley techs in LA learning and understanding that part of media creation. It was just pre-digital and a wild process.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@ozdreaming You are correct, it is foley, which my spellcheck doesn't like, and I tapped to correct. (features)

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Phil Gyfordphilgyford
2026-02-08

If you want to hear from a lot of random men in a hurry, advertise a broken lawnmower on Facebook Marketplace on a Sunday.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@noahmittman @mittmania-noahmittman @noah Interesting. Have you had an external DAC and compared?

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@ozdreaming Yep. So, is ski chatter, and all mountain sounds. There is a folly specialist just for it.

I learned it this week, possibly from Tom Scott's Lateral show. Then validated it. The cameras are too far away to capture sound and microphones not closer and also pick up wind and other unwanted sounds, so it is all up to a folly tech.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

The Olympic ski events have all the sounds on the slope as folly, nothing is real sounds. The annoying drone wizzing is all added in.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-08

@artlung Gett'n Scritti with it

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Dan Gillmordangillmor
2026-02-08

Dave Farber, R.I.P.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J.

More information will be forthcoming.

Thomas Vander Walvanderwal
2026-02-07

@evan I’ve always leaned toward having A's wishes respected as a first order priority.

I've worked to help platforms work through options for B to respond in a manner (it was a two tiered response model) where the one to A is clear, but one that filters out A from the response (either as script to remove it, or giving B the option for a public version).

These options were never implimented.

I know Traction software (for enterprise and “secure" focussed organizations) did this really well.

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