16 October 2009
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Years ago I was given a broken old electric guitar, which I succeeded in making halfway playable as well as applying a black and blue paint job to. Truth be told, I didn’t do an excellent job of it and, … Continue reading
15 October 2009
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From a recent post I made in the Digital Photography School Forums explaining High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography: The camera has a limited dynamic range. It can capture more exposure steps than -1 -> +1 but noticeably less than the … Continue reading
14 October 2009
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It has been a busy week for me so far (hence no blog post yesterday) with plenty to write about, like the electric guitar I bought on Monday (and, perhaps, my demographic ramblings about giving away my old one). However, … Continue reading
12 October 2009
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Yesterday afternoon Jane and I worked on a short video about how I bake bread. My method is based on the one given in Richard Bertinet’s excellent book, Dough although, following further reading on the Internet, I also incorporate a … Continue reading
11 October 2009
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Last night I met up with an excellent local saxophonist, Anna, to play some jazz. We started with a couple of my tunes, Faraway Street and Automacar Blues (the latter of which you can hear a version of on my … Continue reading
10 October 2009
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Two nights of music (Fri + Sat) and two projects forging ahead (one folk, one jazz). Hey! How about jazz-folk fusion? See my twitter feed to see more of my tweets and sign up to twitter to reply to @basswulf … Continue reading
9 October 2009
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Thinking of spending lots of money to upgrade your TV to HD? According to an article in the New Scientist, Think Yourself a Better Picture, you only need to think that you are watching in HD to perceive the benefits! … Continue reading
8 October 2009
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This is one of the three chickens we have in our back garden. This one can fly a bit so has escaped the current design of our chicken pen a couple of times but, this morning, all three managed to … Continue reading
7 October 2009
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On Sunday afternoon I managed to finish turning my first tyre planter inside out, following my work on cutting off one of the sidewalls last week. The secret was to get one section turned inside out (relatively easy by applying … Continue reading
6 October 2009
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I saw my first spam comment today since installing the Disqus system a few weeks ago. It was quickly and easily dealt with though so spam isn’t a big problem at the moment. By and large, I am pleased with … Continue reading