21 July 2015
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Tonight’s musical experiment has been in two parts: Getting the output of my bass into Logic X using my Zoom B3 as an audio interface (the two necessary tricks seemed to be to unplug the unit from power adaptor before … Continue reading
20 July 2015
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There are some mysteries of the universe which I haven’t spent a lot of time puzzling over. However that doesn’t mean I can pass up an answer: My current trainers are velcro-fastened and, to be honest, I don’t do a … Continue reading
19 July 2015
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I love the LibraryThing website because it provides a tool to keep track of both my own books and the large number of things I read from libraries and other sources; I also love the fact that it retains an … Continue reading
18 July 2015
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Just a week on and the Chamerion angustifolium (Rosebay Willowherb) leaves I harvested last weekend and left to dry on the windowsill have lost their pea pod flavour and are much tea-ish, for want of a better word. The plants … Continue reading
17 July 2015
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I need some S hooks. Today I got round to an outstanding DIY task and combined a couple of wooden racks that I rescued from a skip into a single rack to hang on the wall in the utility area … Continue reading
16 July 2015
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I’d been keen to review this anthology of science fiction stories which promised to use the genre to explore questions of gods, beliefs and faiths. Sadly though, I got to the end and have to report that nothing particularly stood … Continue reading
15 July 2015
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Apparently you can now get a smartphone which has the selling point of containing an emulator of the Commodore 64 computer. I’m not that interested, as I was on team Spectrum instead. I’m not sure I would be entirely convinced … Continue reading
14 July 2015
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One of the exercises for the section of study I was working on last night was this video: I really can’t say any more without giving away vital clues but give it a watch (less than two minutes) and see … Continue reading
13 July 2015
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Some of the trees in the garden are beginning to get quite tall. If they grow within the expected limits of their rootstocks, they shouldn’t have much further to go but it does mean it is time to start giving … Continue reading
12 July 2015
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I’m thinking of a magic word. Not abracadabra or even please but… edible! Edible is a magic word because it can transform an ornamental plant into one that is also useful or a “weed” into one that ticks both boxes. … Continue reading