Lion ponderings

 https://growmane.blogspot.com/2025/11/that-grok-applied-ipv6-style-pseudo.html https://growmane.blogspot.com/2025/12/4adkycbbe-bordenaro-finally-caved-said.html  https://growmane.blogspot.com/2026/03/x-algorithm-spewed-some-stories-about.html  Continuing the saga of home recordings on acoustic pianos, 1 of the worst was  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWIgvubkk0   That was mono & more out of tune than lions ever heard before.  It reminded lions of the days their own piano would suddenly go out of tune after a humidity change. The idea of ever owning a large music room faded farther into the past. It would be quite difficult to manetain low, static humidity in FL or manetain the level of tuning required for recording.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   https://www.amazon.com/Guirnd-Protected-Memorabilia-Autograph-Protector/dp/B0FBWFR3ZZ     Ba...

  Set to the task of documenting & preserving the lion kingdom's baseball souvenirs from 40 years ago.  Harder than it looks, without the right gear.  The glare problem came to a head.  The internet advice for getting it right in camera was all replaced in the last 3 years by selling AI tools for removing glare.  Documenting how something appeared in real life has all been replaced by generating images.    The best results were from ambient light, angled camera to maximize the resolution, over exposed 1 stop, F8, 200mm to minimize parallax, ISO 200. Sadly some softness in the edges.  The signatures are actually more visible in the photo than real life.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    The surviving bobble heads need to be reinforced where chips weakened the material.  Otherwise, they can probably be stored with foam stabilizing th...