17 February 2026
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Being half-term, there weren’t any band rehearsals this evening so I used the time to do a bit more work on the music library website I am working on for the Training Band. I wanted to add a couple of … Continue reading
10 February 2026
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The online music distribution system I have been working on for the training band has been well received but one person did alert me to a file that seemed not to be available. Rather than just fix that problem, I … Continue reading
5 February 2026
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We’ve recently had an influx of new people at the Charnwood Training Band, which is wonderful. It fills in some gaps where people had moved on and we’ve also gone from not having any French Horns (for as long as … Continue reading
3 April 2025
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Leicestershire Libraries recently switched to a new OPAC system (online public access catalogue). I’m not sure why but it turns out the new one isn’t very good at sending out reminder emails that your books need renewing. When I checked … Continue reading
13 November 2017
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Do you remember the scene in Crocodile Dundee (1986) when the eponymous hero is faced by a mugger with a knife and, quite unfazed, chuckles and pulls out a massive hunting knife with the immortal line “… that’s a knife”? … Continue reading
20 September 2016
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I had a meeting down in town this morning, which provided an opportunity to visit Oxford Central Library on the way back. I took a quick stroll around the shelves – it is only my second visit to the present, … Continue reading
15 June 2013
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Following my recent discovery of the work of Duruflé, I took the opportunity to visit Oxford Central Library where, as hoped, I was able to find a copy of the score. I was not familiar with how the choral music … Continue reading
18 April 2013
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After seizing an opportunity to visit the wealth of Oxford Central Library yesterday, I am weighed down with riches. I’m halfway through one of the new books already and just about to dive into selected meditations of Thomas Traherne. “Diving … Continue reading
8 August 2012
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Over the past few months I have not been using Headington Library as much as I did in the past. Out of the four days of the week when I work in Headington, it closes at 1pm (when I normally … Continue reading
9 April 2011
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I popped down to Cowley Library this morning to drop back some books that were due back and, inevitably, to borrow some more. Although it is my most local library, I more often visit the Headington branch, which is a … Continue reading