June 13, 2016: WWDC 2016 Keynote

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Apple kicks off WWDC 2016 with a Keynote from Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at 10:00 am, today. Live Stream of the Keynote is available at Apple.com, and Apple TV.

Expected to make appearances today are the next version of iOS, watchOS, tvOS and macOS (formerly OS X, so the rumors said). Remember, this is a Developer Conference, any hardware announcements would be icing on the cake.

Hello WWDC16

Dream Theater: The Astonishing Autographed Poster

Dream Theater The Astonishing Autograph Poster

Originally set for release date of March 25, 2016 and delayed several times, The Astonishing Boxset is set to ship on June 17, 2016.

To bribe reward Dream Theater fans who preordered the boxset, Roadrunner Records sends out autographed posters of The Astonishing.

I personally can make out James LaBrie’s and John Myung’s autograph. I would assume the on on the top right is Mike Mangini’s. I can’t figure out which one is Jordan Rudess’ and which one is John Petrucci’s.

Solved: Mystery of Kit Harington’s Spontaneously Combusting Pants

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No real spoiler alert!

On May 1, 2016 HBO revealed the reasons why Kit Harington’s pants have been spontaneously combusting since Game of Thrones season 5 cliffhanger.

Then again, reader of the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series and keen-eyed viewers of “Game of Thrones” might have caught on numbers of hints seeded throught the series.

For those who would like to look for those hints should re-watch the whole series again from the beginning.

Red D-tuna

EVH Wolfgang Special Stealth with Red D-tuna

I acquired a “used” EVH Wolfgang Special Stealth guitar in early April, 2016 and it came with D-tuna preinstalled. I noticed the D-tuna was rattling on the “drop” position. It turned out the D-tuna locking screw was too long. The second D-tuna locking screw provided with the guitar is identical in length with the one installed on the guitar.

D-tuna same length Locking Screws

I ended up buying a Red D-tuna kit to get the shorter locking screw.

Red D-tuna kit

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After installing the shorter locking screw, the D-tuna no longer rattles on the “drop” position.

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Game of Thrones, Season Six

Game of Thrones Season 6 April 24 2016

Here we go again with Game of Thrones. The sixth season of life-action adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” kicks off with the episode titled “The Red Woman“.

Is Jon Snow really dead?

Guess we will find it out.

In addition to that, new seasons of Veep and Silicon Valley also premiere tonight.

In case you are willing to give HBO some money for providing quality entertainment, you can head up to HBONOW.com and start a free month subscription.

Metallica: Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning Deluxe Box Sets

Metallica Kill Em All Deluxe

Metallica.com:

It’s been a long road since 1983 and today we celebrate our first two album releases as reissues of both Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning hit the streets 2016 style, all polished and remastered for the most advanced sound quality possible.

In addition to the CD and vinyl releases of these albums, we’ve told you about the deluxe box sets that include original source material from our personal collections, many never before heard or seen recordings, and books including rare photos and essays from those who were there.

Metallica Ride The Lightning Deluxe

I still am a huge Metallica fan after all these years. The first time I heard “Fight Fire With Fire”, I thought “What’s this? This is awesome!”

I certainly can’t wait for “Master of Puppets” to be remastered and released in a box set, if they ever get to that.

I pre-ordered that boxsets at a discount. They retail at $149.99 each.

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