So sad.

Logitech MX Master 1,2,3 or whatever current iteration is.

Logitech MX Master 1,2,3 or whatever current iteration is.

I actually know some things about this type of thing.

eh, ATT, Verizon, etc have been doing this for years

As someone who is a “supertaster” it SOUNDS really cool and exciting but the only real result is that cilantro is fucking gross, it’s not a very good superpower at all. I also find grapefruit to be mostly inedible. 

You danced all around it. It’s called depth of field. The longer lens compresses the area of sharp focus. You don’t need to go all the way to 300 mm, just shoot wide open, smallest f-stop you’ve got. It works better with longer lenses, but the f-stop is more important.

Is there a Chrome extension that gets rid of the shitty slideshow on Kinja?

I won’t spoil the story for you

I am a professional astronomer. I design and build the cameras that look at the stars (think Hubble or Gemini, not a backyard toy). The more detritus that crosses the night sky, the more difficult to study the nature of the universe. For each streak that crosses a single frame, an additional frame is required to…

“I will turn this store around right now if you kids don’t settle down!”

You really don’t need to over think this. All bikes you are likely to see are “English” threaded, spacers to make up stack height are effectively just 1" washers, and you don’t need to replace with a roller bearing headset, any headset will do. You definitely don’t need a fancy Chris King headset which will still be…

You can replace the roller bearing headset with any other threaded headset of the proper fork diameter. The spacers needed to make up the 45mm stack height can be any washers of the proper diameter. You could cut a piece of pipe to the right length if you wanted. Or go to a bike shop that has been in business for a…

Thanks v much for the tips! I’ll order new cables and try trouble shooting this weekend. Good idea to replace with 105 if the brifters are busted, but there is no way in hell I am switching to barcons :-) Even when I did a bit of touring I never understood the attraction of barcons. In any case, brifters are awesome,…

And in spite of people thinking expensive crap attracts people (maybe expensive, crappy ones), making things yourself actually does. I’ve had more interesting conversations (and got a few phone numbers) that started with people approaching me about stuff I’ve made and seen people ignore expensive stuff to look at…

Did someone call me?

Just because it’s sitting right behind me, black biopace ring.

Bike sales are also through the roof thanks to gyms being closed.

That looks like it’s got an XT rear derailleur and what might be Deore crankset with the biopace rings swapped out. Good start. If it’s got the matching thumbshifters they have an invisible 8th spot so you can run a (more) modern 8sp setup. Make sure you have a cassette rear hub and not freewheel before you go…