My New Furniture Blog

(May 24, 2015)

It’s some sort of christian holiday here this long weekend (Presumption?  Assumption?), and it’s kinda almost spring-like, so I’ve been getting the balcony into shape.  Which inevitably means that I ended up at the garden center.  This time to buy a new chair-ey/table-ish thing.  I just had to buy this one: It’s so nautical.  Which … Continue reading My New Furniture Blog

Useful Consumer Review

(May 23, 2015)

I got a space age butter knife the other month. It was Kickstartered. (That’s a word.) So let’s test it!  I got some butter cold from the fridge… And as the control I used a normal knife to … spread? some of the butter onto the piece of bread. Eww!  So uneven!  That’s not kawaii … Continue reading Useful Consumer Review

Omnomnom

(May 23, 2015)

I got some chawklits from Iceland… My, that’s a handsome box… These are from Omnom in Iceland.  They have a pretty annoying web site.  Lots of lightbox popups… And Iceland isn’t known for their great chocolate.  To put it mildly.  But these ones are really delish.  Subtle and complex cocoa.  Nom.  Om nom.

Peak Record Collecting

(May 22, 2015)

I’ve been a fan of Kid606 and the music coming from his Tigerbeat6 label right from the start.  Tigerbeat6 is still (sort of) active, but had its peak years from 2000 to (say) 2009. They released music by such well-known acts as Kid606, Kevin Blechdom, Knifehandchop, Cex and DJ \Rupture.  Musically, it was brash and … Continue reading Peak Record Collecting

My New Concert Blog

(May 21, 2015)

See?  Colours!!! Man, that was a great concert…

My New Concert Blog

(May 20, 2015)

A friend suggested that I change the white balance on my Blackmagic camera.  I did!  Down to 2500K. Here’s the result: I bumped the contrast a bit in post, though. Well, it’s better.  The lighting on that stage is just very difficult.

Use Once, Then Destroy

(May 16, 2015)

Storage’R’Us

(May 14, 2015)

As you will recall (I command you!), I hit on the (frankly indefensible) idea of not deleting ripped DVDs and Bluray disks after I’ve watched them.  Because reasons.  So I ended up with a 12TB disk system to store all that. And, surprise, half a year later that’s beginning to look too small: big-tex:~# df … Continue reading Storage’R’Us

Pre-Blog Snark

(May 12, 2015)

Back in the 80s, how did autodidact polymaths bitch about pendantic details while reading books?  Why, by writing in them. I like finding scribbles in books.  Tee hee. (It’s a Marion Babson mystery.  It was OK.)

Couture: Hosed

(May 9, 2015)

I’m gearing up to do more silk screening this summer, and I’m trying to improve the process from last year. One major inconvenience was washing out the silks using a shower hose.  To get enough pressure, I put a thumb over the end of the hose, and that worked.  Except that that made everything in … Continue reading Couture: Hosed

My New Concert Blog

(May 7, 2015)

I’m experimenting with my newish Blackmagic camera.  I ISO’d it down a bit, and f’d it up a bit.  So the back wall isn’t a total white block now. But here I didn’t angle it high enough, and the battery ran out: And here the 128GB SD card ran out: *sigh*  

Cloudy Outlook

(May 7, 2015)

International

(May 6, 2015)

I’ve been looking for a copy of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds for quite a while, but it’s apparently been unavailable since like forever.  But look what I got today! Apparently Agnès B released it on DVD in France?  Or something?  And isn’t that a purdy DVD? Anyway, thank you, Agnès.  I’ll … Continue reading International

Mystery Object Redux

(May 5, 2015)

For some reason or other, a mystery object was included in a box of hair wax.  The interweb commentariat clued me in to what it was: An Iphone amplifier! But does it work? I guess it does!  This is Crack We are Rock playing on Youtube.  The amplifier makes things…  louder! It still sounds like … Continue reading Mystery Object Redux

Language News

(May 3, 2015)

The following was included in a CD I got the other day: “Digital” now exclusively means “on your computer” or something, so a CD is no longer digital. Neither is a Bluray disc.

Useful Consumer Review

(May 1, 2015)

I read somewhere that Toshiba FlashAir (SD cards with wifi built in) was supposed to be kinda nice. And it is!  It’s very hackable and easy to configure from Linux.  You just mount the card, edit a simple text configuration file (to set the SSID and the passphrase), and it’ll connect to your wifi access … Continue reading Useful Consumer Review

Chirp Chirp

(May 1, 2015)

The bird from last year (which might be a fieldfare) moved from outside my bedroom window to outside the living room window. So it’s now chirping its little head off on the other side of the apartment.  Which means more sleep for me.  Yay! But, man, it’s loud…