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Still Samsung A52s and Note10 Lite (need many sims). Both behaving excellent in every way. Like new really, after 3 & 4 years. Will keep them until something serious happens like black screen, motherboard failure etc or whatever not worth any repair, gives a good excuse to get something newer :O) The only wanted\needed improvement is the camera dept., the latest offerings in zoom, macro, low light. Contenders (with correct roms for my region): Honor Magic 5\6 pro, Xiaomi 13 pro, 14 ultra. Pixel as a maybe (like 8pro ...at a major discount), it definitely got the cameras, yes, but lagging behind in too many other ways (imo) (except AI which is not my main concern in phones). Samsung ftm not high on the list, although generally great, solid, well built etc, love oneui, but the direction and philosophy of their image software and image treatment makes me look elsewhere.

Just another small 'first time' car story, the windscreen on my van over the years severely worn by microscopic traces from the wiper blades. 100% impossible to see them in normal use, but when a low sun shines from a certain direction I get ***completely*** blinded by a million of minuscule stripes, literally lethally dangerous. Long ago windscreen repairshops offered polishing service, but no longer, they rahther sell a 1500 $ new glass. Alternative would be to throw a stone and claim damage from insurance (new screen with just a small % to pay personally), but nope, am staying legit in life. The windscreen otherwise fine, decided to try glass polishing at home. Initial tests seemed that at least the special polish compound did no damage, so gave it some hours of repeated polish\clean\re-polish etc. Zero experience in polishing work, so will see in the coming days if it was worth it.

The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl, July 5, 1968

Ozric Tentacles - Lotus Unfolding

Space-trip time... Electric Moon - Stardust Rituals

Azam Ali - Endless Reverie

08 kb installed. All perfect as always.

Jelusick - Follow The Blind Man

UK unrest, Musk: “civil war is inevitable” Why can't this guy learn to take his pills regularly, and concentrate on his real and outstanding skills, like Tesla, SpaceX. "agitator-in-chief Elon Musk" lol https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/06/tech/elon-musk-civil-war-uk-riots/index.html

:O) This. Well, bought it some time ago, but put to heavy use recently. My country cabin is close to a gentle, beautiful little river ...which a few times a year goes catastrofically over it's borders and leaves behind tons of big rocks along it's berges. So, the joy of cleaning up and cutting things up into manageable sizes to transport stones away. Good for building muscles! The machine, china-ebay stuff, costing next to nothing (price\weight\useability ratio :O) does an absolutely miraculous job. Bluetooth Sennheiser headset taking care of all noise, enjoying heavy hardrock while working.

Distant Dream - Point Of View Some great guitar stuff

Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I

Creye - "One Step Away"

^^^ ref post above, another one from this strange musical world. Whichever the bands in that genre, am always enjoying the drums! Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex of the Worlds

Don't be fooled by the start.... wait for 7:37 :O) Am listening to such stuff not so much as music \ songs, but rather attracted, baffled and intrigued by how (and why :O) they compose and produce such wall of sound \ energy, and still manage to include that underlaying musicality \ harmony woven into it somehow, there's a relaxing stream under it all :O) Crazy guys, but skilled ! Oh, and those great vocals & lyrics 😃😃😃 btw, playing such music very loud in old age homes would probably kill 90% of the people there 😃😃😃 Panopticon - ...And Again Into The Light

Psychlona live | Freak Valley Festival 2022

Latetst ltsc kb install report: .....am always 'hoping' for something to write about, this or that breaking, good things removed, stupid things added, but, as always, ...nothing.

A dose of wake-up music (...i'ts late afternoon :O) Insomnium - The Primeval Dark + While We Sleep

^^^^ This? Looks like great stuff https://www.space.com/spacex-announces-compact-starlink-mini-dish-internet FTM, my 4G setup got ok speed, ok monthly GB's, ok price. If that wasn't the case or needs change, Starlink on the shopping list.

And another one for the 5540...that feeling of imminent ☠️, but all went well.

^^^ :O)

Black Rainbows - Superskull

Time to leave this troubled planet for a while... Outpost Theta: Dark Ambient Sci Fi

And this month's ltsc update report: nothing to write about. Just a perfect OS.

"I tested the 100 most popular free VPNs in the Google Play store and found significant security and privacy flaws affecting Android apps that have been installed over 2.5 billion times worldwide." https://www.top10vpn.com/research/free-vpn-investigations/android-vpn-security-flaws/