I have an under sink Reverse Osmosis system that shows a display of how many Total Dissolved Solids are being filtered out. I kind of assumed the number was bullshit since it was 5-7 the entire year I have been using it. since Sunday night it is now reading 10-15 for the first time since I installed it mid-2025.
Maybe part of the water outages? I never lost water pressure. In Kaka’ako.
So Warwick & Jon Stockman just released a new video talking about his gear. Most of the video is him talking about his basses but there is a bit on effects and he's using a QC. He says he's using it "because it did a good job of capturing the pedals I use which are a bunch of Darkglass pedals" (link to interview & effects section timestamp https://youtu.be/IZfHfUc1F30?si=cFcwqsvxOastMYh3 )
I got into Karnivool & Jon Stockman tone after I discovered the Alpha Omega Photon and found out his involvement in the development of the pedal. The Alpha Omega sound is my favorite sound. It's frequently the only pedal I use.
It seems just wild & crazy that Darkglass didn't set him up with an Anagram. Jon Stockman is on their YouTube demoing the Alpha Omega and Alpha Omega Ultra but rather than emulating the sounds through the Anagram he captured the sounds into a Quad Cortex.
Anyone have any theories to why QC wins out against the Anagram even for Darkglass heavy artists?
Hoping this helps someone else, but I had been searching for a Lightroom alternative for a while. I'm a hobbyist, shooting on and off seriously since 2002 and used a perpetual Lightroom 5.3 license all the way until 2023 when it stopped being supported on my computer. I couldn't justify the ongoing cost of a subscription.
I tried Darktable, Capture One, ON1, Affinity, a few more but they all fell short. I ended up just using the built-in photos app for mac. Super quick culling/rating/cropping and slight editing. I'm a sports/nature photographer so I'm shooting in JPG and have a couple thousand shots per shoot. If I was still shooting in RAW and doing lots of edits this wouldn't work but I was surprised at how capable the built-in Photos app was for my needs. Good keyboard shortcuts, super fast on my Macbook Air, easy import/export/album management and all local files.
I still miss Lightroom. Fuck corporate greed. I'd happily pay another $100-200 for the same Lightroom Classic I had, just with modern hardware support.
Located in Honolulu, 34th floor high rise. Found small (~1mm) bugs on bedroom walls only. They don't jump or fly, crawl when you knock the wall near them, and leave light staining on the wall surface. Based on research they appear to be psocids/booklice feeding on mold from excess humidity.
The weird part is the distribution. Bugs and staining are on every bedroom wall but nowhere else -- not in the connected bathroom (where we shower), not in the closet, not on gloss painted trim, not on recently repainted sections. The bedroom walls have matte paint, the bathroom has semi-gloss. The closet has a DampRid bag we change quarterly and is completely unaffected.
I think I've diagnosed the humidity source: we shower at night, leave the bathroom door open after, sleep with the bedroom door closed and the Mitsubishi heat pump running in dry or cool mode. The AC isn't running hard enough to dehumidify effectively because the outdoor temp is around 75F and we set it around 75F, so the compressor barely cycles.
I have an Aranet4 logging the bedroom. Some observations:
Dry mode brought the room from 62% RH to 52% within 30 min, then humidity crept back up to 62% over the next 8 hours with no one in the room and doors/windows closed. Temperature dropped from 80F to 70F and stayed very stable all night on dry mode, which I didn't expect.
After two showers at 9:30pm, humidity spiked from 58% to 70% by 11:20pm, then slowly dropped to 56% by morning.
This morning I noticed condensation droplets on the oscillating vane when I woke up. I think the wet evaporator coil is re-evaporating moisture back into the room when I shut the unit off in the morning.
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Thanks
I live in a high-rise in Honolulu and I am dealing with a localized humidity issue in my bedroom. I have a Mitsubishi heat pump (mini-split). I recently discovered psocids (booklice) on my walls.
I have an Aranet humidity/temperature sensor and the results are confusing me. Last night I ran the unit on "Dry Mode."
From what I can tell, Dry Mode is cooling the room too much without actually pulling enough moisture out, or the moisture is just re-evaporating off the coils. Since I am in Hawaii, the outdoor temp is usually around 75-78°F at night.
Is there a better way to use these Mitsubishi units for actual dehumidification? Should I avoid Dry Mode and just stick to Cool Mode at a specific temp? Also, is it normal for the vanes to have condensation on them in the morning, or is my unit not draining properly?
I want to get the RH down to a consistent 50% to get rid of these bugs without turning my bedroom into a 65 degree walk-in freezer. Any advice on settings or maintenance would be appreciated.
I went for a bike ride with a friend around the Eastside 11 years ago and snapped this photo of the new and old 520 bridge. With the old bridge demolished for so many years now this might be an interesting shot to some newer residents!
I recently got a bike and wanted to ride it to the rail and take a trip across the island. Google Maps is recommending Dillingham but I don't want to die. Nimitz has bike lanes until Waiakamilo but you're on your own after that and Dillingham seems like the only route.
Anyone ride this as part of their commute?
I've had my pedal for a while and can’t remember.