28 February 2025
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Mild Bee is my latest homebrew, based on Graham Wheeler’s recipe for Boddingtons Mild. The brewery has a long association with Manchester and, as was impressed on me on a visit there a couple of years ago, the city has … Continue reading
27 February 2025
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One of the 3D printed systems I was keen to experiment with was Gridfinity. It was designed by Zack Freedman and released under a MIT licence, to encourage sharing and further development. The underlying idea is very simple. You print … Continue reading
26 February 2025
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When I do my bottling, using my current technique, I am still typically left with a bottle that doesn’t quite get filled up and which gets a certain amount of sediment in the bottom. I try to make sure that … Continue reading
25 February 2025
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I recently bought some spools of printing filament from Sunlu but they have larger holes than the Bambulabs ones I have been using. I decided to print an adapter but, having found a simple model online, it turned out to … Continue reading
24 February 2025
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Jane and I have been singing with the Loughborough University choir for a little while now and, compared to other musical projects I’ve been a part of, there are a lot of relatively complex time signatures to cope with. It … Continue reading
23 February 2025
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This afternoon, I had lots of problems trying to send a print job to my A1 Mini. It would slowly begin downloading on the machine and then stall and fail after 10-15 minutes. I even tried moving the device to … Continue reading
22 February 2025
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I just brought a couple of songs to this afternoon’s sing around (as well as the double bass). To kick off, I tried In a Broken Dream by Python Lee Jackson. The original was released in 1972 and had vocals … Continue reading
21 February 2025
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Today I managed to move our plum tree from its original spot, behind the polytunnel, to a new location, at the end of the existing lawn. Ideally I would have done that a few days ago, while the weather was … Continue reading
20 February 2025
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Apparently it has been about 5-6°C warmer today than the average daytime temperatures we had earlier this week… but it hasn’t felt very much like that. I suppose I didn’t feel the need to do my coat up for the … Continue reading
19 February 2025
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Banjos can use a regular guitar capo but there is a problem if you want to use it below the fifth fret on a five string banjo because the G string next to the thumb doesn’t start until that point. … Continue reading