11 October 2022
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Tonight was the final training band session for this half-term. With our regular conductor away, one of our more experienced clarinetists took on conducting duties and we ran through quite a few pieces in the pad, often at a slightly … Continue reading
4 November 2021
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I’m slowly making progress through the sheets of music I’ll need for Christmas gigs with the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra, creating Lilypond scores via the Frescobaldi GUI. However, there are a lot still to do as I try to minimise … Continue reading
6 February 2019
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I hadn’t realised how much slower travelling by bus would be compared the nimble bicycle. Door to door journey time this morning was about three times slower than my regular time and, although coming back was faster, it still was … Continue reading
10 July 2018
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A gleaning from my RSS feed reading today was a webdev tool called the Pingdom Website Speed Test, mentioned on Thomas LaRock‘s blog. You enter a website and a test location and the service reports on how long the page … Continue reading
20 May 2016
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I was recently listening to a discussion on Radio 4 about the Government’s rather half-hearted attempts to follow up its commitment to giving even those in rural areas access to superfast broadband. One of the participants made the entirely fair … Continue reading
26 June 2015
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I know the Internet can run faster than this but I’m pleased with the boost that switching to a cable modem has given. Previously I was on about 4-5 Mb/s download speed so this should make a significant difference. A … Continue reading
7 August 2014
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I got a new laptop at work this week. Having had a Windows 7 machine for the past few years, which I mainly use to host a Linux workstation via Virtual Box, I decided to take the opportunity to get … Continue reading
10 November 2011
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According to an article on the BBC website, Would Raising the Motorway Speed Limit Make Pile-ups Worse?, the government is keen on raising the motorway speed limit from 70mph to 80mph. I accept the point that there are a lot … Continue reading