OT - What are you doing right now?

Botch

HeavyG said:
Poor Buffalo... damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

P.S. - I blame @Botch - he was quite vocal last year about the problems with pages taking so long to load pix. However, now that he's retired and living a more leisurely life perhaps page load times are less important. 

 

 

 
Yeah, I did **** a lot then, but at that time "somebody" kept adding posts with 57 pictures of shaving foam, and then 27 other people would Reply to that post, and for some reason each pic loaded separately (ie very slowly, even when it was repeated in a Reply).  That never happened on any other forum I was on; I wasn't aware the pics were so greatly re-sized.  
 
Mr. Buffalo, I greatly appreciated the work you did to fix that, but since I carry all the weight of a Dallas wrecking ball, if everyone wants zoomable pics again, fine by me; I'll just wait until Utard advances beyond dial-up.  
 
(oh, and for anyone using an Apple, double-tapping the trackpad with two fingers will give you a little bit of zoom) 

Hans61

Maiden voyage with kick ash basket doing some raised direct chicken with big moe seasoning 

rifrench

HeavyG said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I wish I could click and zoom in the photos.  I thought we used to be able to do it.

I brought that up with the buffalo last week. I might need some more pull from other forum members to make a change. The zoom was helpful with certain posts. 

Poor Buffalo...

Last year a handful of folks were complaining that pages with lots of pix were taking "forever" to load because the pix were all too high rez. So the Buffalo takes the time/money to rework the forum software in order to make the forum quicker for folks with low bandwidth connections.

That move likely also saved BGE some money each month since they were storing/pumping fewer bytes from their server. So, on the surface at least, it seems like a win-win for everyone. However, there were many of us (myself included) that really liked the ability to call up the higher rez pix (just how often would folks want to see a higher rez image anyways?). Enlarging a pix using your browser controls sometimes helps but too often just creates a very pixelated image which doesn't allow tiny details to be seen.

So does the Buffalo now respond to the pendulum swinging back to appease the few? (or is it the many???)? It is possible to initially send the low rez pix when a page loads and link each pix to a separate high rez version. Would that impact BGE's monthly expenses in running this forum? Should BGE spend more money to mod the programming of the forum software to implement that capability?

Poor Buffalo... damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

P.S. - I blame @Botch - he was quite vocal last year about the problems with pages taking so long to load pix. However, now that he's retired and living a more leisurely life perhaps page load times are less important. 

    Because we have crummy connection speed through a jet pack some of the pics are still too slow to load for me.  That's okay, Because no one gripes about my smoke when I cook, nor can they wander over from door to help me eat.  I can also shoot in the backyard, hunt deer, turkey, or tree rats in my backyard.  Five miles from a small town, but far enough out that no one farks with us.  I just click thru the posts with high resolution  pics to the next post.  I understand why you folks use them , I do too so I can capture small details and magnify them on the computer.  I don't post my cooks, all I have is Corelle plates and stainless steel flatware.  I can't hold a candle to most pics on here, so don't try to.

frazzdaddy

rifrench said:

HeavyG said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I wish I could click and zoom in the photos.  I thought we used to be able to do it.

I brought that up with the buffalo last week. I might need some more pull from other forum members to make a change. The zoom was helpful with certain posts. 

Poor Buffalo...

Last year a handful of folks were complaining that pages with lots of pix were taking "forever" to load because the pix were all too high rez. So the Buffalo takes the time/money to rework the forum software in order to make the forum quicker for folks with low bandwidth connections.

That move likely also saved BGE some money each month since they were storing/pumping fewer bytes from their server. So, on the surface at least, it seems like a win-win for everyone. However, there were many of us (myself included) that really liked the ability to call up the higher rez pix (just how often would folks want to see a higher rez image anyways?). Enlarging a pix using your browser controls sometimes helps but too often just creates a very pixelated image which doesn't allow tiny details to be seen.

So does the Buffalo now respond to the pendulum swinging back to appease the few? (or is it the many???)? It is possible to initially send the low rez pix when a page loads and link each pix to a separate high rez version. Would that impact BGE's monthly expenses in running this forum? Should BGE spend more money to mod the programming of the forum software to implement that capability?

Poor Buffalo... damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

P.S. - I blame @Botch - he was quite vocal last year about the problems with pages taking so long to load pix. However, now that he's retired and living a more leisurely life perhaps page load times are less important. 

    Because we have crummy connection speed through a jet pack some of the pics are still too slow to load for me.  That's okay, Because no one gripes about my smoke when I cook, nor can they wander over from door to help me eat.  I can also shoot in the backyard, hunt deer, turkey, or tree rats in my backyard.  Five miles from a small town, but far enough out that no one farks with us.  I just click thru the posts with high resolution  pics to the next post.  I understand why you folks use them , I do too so I can capture small details and magnify them on the computer.  I don't post my cooks, all I have is Corelle plates and stainless steel flatware.  I can't hold a candle to most pics on here, so don't try to.

That's good livn. 

ColtsFan

Can't make this stuff up 

frazzdaddy

ColtsFan said:

Can't make this stuff up 

Hmmmm, I do a passable Martin Sheen in poor lighting. That's got to be good for a big mac and a C note

WeberWho

HeavyG said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I wish I could click and zoom in the photos.  I thought we used to be able to do it.

I brought that up with the buffalo last week. I might need some more pull from other forum members to make a change. The zoom was helpful with certain posts. 

Poor Buffalo...

Last year a handful of folks were complaining that pages with lots of pix were taking "forever" to load because the pix were all too high rez. So the Buffalo takes the time/money to rework the forum software in order to make the forum quicker for folks with low bandwidth connections.

That move likely also saved BGE some money each month since they were storing/pumping fewer bytes from their server. So, on the surface at least, it seems like a win-win for everyone. However, there were many of us (myself included) that really liked the ability to call up the higher rez pix (just how often would folks want to see a higher rez image anyways?). Enlarging a pix using your browser controls sometimes helps but too often just creates a very pixelated image which doesn't allow tiny details to be seen.

So does the Buffalo now respond to the pendulum swinging back to appease the few? (or is it the many???)? It is possible to initially send the low rez pix when a page loads and link each pix to a separate high rez version. Would that impact BGE's monthly expenses in running this forum? Should BGE spend more money to mod the programming of the forum software to implement that capability?

Poor Buffalo... damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

P.S. - I blame @Botch - he was quite vocal last year about the problems with pages taking so long to load pix. However, now that he's retired and living a more leisurely life perhaps page load times are less important. 

We could maybe pool in some money and get a "zoom/high rez" decal for their Nascar stock car if money is tight for the forum. 

Elijah

If you long press on a photo while on your phone and open the photo in a new tab it is zoomable. 

YukonRon

Pork tenderloin rubbed with a sweet and spicy home made rub, then glazed with a brown sugar/mustard mix.

155⁰F IT.

Served with country style green beans and potatoes.

Yeah baby. 

Botch

rifrench said:
I don't post my cooks, all I have is Corelle plates and stainless steel flatware.  I can't hold a candle to most pics on here, so don't try to. 

You didn't mention bad lighting, so your cook pics would be better than mine; go for it, dammit!  

JohnInCarolina

At the ATL airport.  Spotted this guy at the gate.  Suffice to say his wife is NOT HAPPY:

GATraveller

WeberWho said:

Listening to a lady smack her lips while eating 3 tables away....

WeberWho

GATraveller said:

WeberWho said:

Listening to a lady smack her lips while eating 3 tables away....

I thought for a second that I might be on that old MTV show Boiling Points. It was bad. To the point that I almost felt bad for her. Another lady stopped in her tracks next to the lady smacking her lips when walking by her table. The lady muddered something under her breath than kept walking. I shouldn't judge but I wish a friend or family member would say something to help her out. 

thetrim

Just got home after 9 long days of training in Memphis.  I was fortunate enough to have a connection in the ATL.  Unfortunately, I was stricken with a coworker who doesn't share in my passion for Popeye's at the Atlanta airport, so we ate somewhere else.  I have to say, the leper colony is cleaning their act up.

DuckDogDr

Just finished booking all the particulars for dive trip to the Texas Flower gardens this summer

CPFC1905

ColtsFan said:

Can't make this stuff up 

If it was last Sunday morning, then Ed will have looked a little jaded as he was singing happy birthday to James Blunt on stage at the Brighton Centre, Saturday night.    
And don't overlook the fact that the Ginger Collective are all related and on a mission to rule the universe. 

nolaegghead

For whatever reason I didn't take any pics.   Took the center console out to Bayou Signette.  Been a while, had to fight a few mechanical issues but burned some gas today.

ColtsFan

Pretty stoked. My sister and her man have a small farm. They just added a couple KuneKune piglets to their inventory. Grow baby grow! Bring home the bacon!

Are you familiar with this breed @Sea2Ski?

billt01

google Moderna - MRNA.
click BUY



You're welcome...

Griffin

Just threw on the first round of Demonstration of Capability (DOCs) samples and Detection Limit (DL) samples on our new GC/MS. Nola knows what I’m talking about. Maybe.

Legume

billt01 said:

google Moderna - MRNA.
click BUY



You're welcome...

I thought you were supposed to give stock tips before the big news and the market reacts?

Legume

Griffin said:

Nola knows what I’m talking about. Maybe.

I think you just found a quote for your signature line.

billt01

Legume said:

billt01 said:

google Moderna - MRNA.
click BUY



You're welcome...

I thought you were supposed to give stock tips before the big news and the market reacts?

reacts = past tense
reacting = current mood

or you can sit on the sidelines.

  

GrateEggspectations

Some neat tips - many food-related - in these posts. While I know from personal experience that some are true, I cannot vouch for all of them. 

nolaegghead

Griffin said:

Just threw on the first round of Demonstration of Capability (DOCs) samples and Detection Limit (DL) samples on our new GC/MS. Nola knows what I’m talking about. Maybe.

Yeah, in a previous life I operated GCs.  Now I work on a massive data warehouse where data from all over the country accumulates.  I mine it like coal.

nolaegghead

PL/SQL is my language, a lifetime of experience with the data is my groove.

JohnEggGio

billt01 said:

Legume said:

billt01 said:

google Moderna - MRNA.
click BUY



You're welcome...

I thought you were supposed to give stock tips before the big news and the market reacts?

reacts = past tense
reacting = current mood

or you can sit on the sidelines.

  

Sure - fast money can be made, but one can be left holding the bag, too.  Just heard that at best, vaccine goes into Phase 1 testing in 1.5 months, which means even if fast tracked (and effective), could be in use in 1.5 years.  Good luck.  Same occurred in 2009 with H1N1.

Legume

nolaegghead said:

Griffin said:

Just threw on the first round of Demonstration of Capability (DOCs) samples and Detection Limit (DL) samples on our new GC/MS. Nola knows what I’m talking about. Maybe.

Yeah, in a previous life I operated GCs.  Now I work on a massive data warehouse where data from all over the country accumulates.  I mine it like coal.

Botch

Got the new laser printer set up and connected to my home network (a feat for a techno-dummy like me).
Then replaced my ancient Roku XD with a Roku Ultra, that took a lot longer.  I was smart enough to pull the old unit forward and grab both the HDMI and 9v power, so I could just plug them into the new unit; of course Roku had to change the 9v connector, so I had to pull the rack, pull out the vacuum, kill all the hobo spiders, and eventually get everything back in.  Then connected the Roku to the network, and loaded all the channels I use (LOTS of button pushing).  But its up and running.
I also have an Amazoid FireTV to hook up, with jailbreaking instructions, hopefully will be able to cut the Dish cable once and for all.  But I have a headache now, save that for tomorrow.  

GrateEggspectations

Just reading about this debacle......



Don’t you just hate when you can’t finish a cook because your jewel-encrusted apron’s too heavy?