Okish day. Did umpteen loads of washing, hoovering, shopping - housey stuff mostly. Watched Valentino Rossi win the MotoGP title, and Felipe Massa blow a decent lead in the F1 race in Singapore. Came second last in the pub quiz - 3 points out of 30 on top 10 lyrics of 2007 killed us off !
Worked out I'll have to take the synth pickup back off the Strat. Tried it with the Korg Z3 and just couldn't get enough level from the strings - so I'll need to put spacers in to lift the pickup nearer the strings - darn it !
Even remembered to sort out the outside light today too ! The dog can go back out in the dark again !
Monday, 29 September 2008
Sunday, 28 September 2008
Looking Up - Sat 27/9
Another half decent day today. Got a lot done, including finally fitting the Roland GK-1 pickup to my home built Fender Strat. Decluttering continues, so I might actually be able to use the Roland synths sometime soon !
Life in other areas continues to confuse and amuse though... hmmmm !
Life in other areas continues to confuse and amuse though... hmmmm !
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Looking Up - Fri 26/9
A better day today - seemed to de-stress really quickly today for some reason, thankfully! Also, paid for the MG's MoT test (£275 this year!), bought a set of pretty good second hand wheels, and sorted out a plan of attack for getting the passenger door painted and fitted. And some other fun developments too... a good day all round !
Friday, 26 September 2008
Another Duffer - Thu 25/9
Another awful day. Spent most of it in an appalling temper, ready to snap at just about anybody or anything. Ended up with a splitting headache, taking nurofen and sitting in the dark for a while to try feeling human again :(
Back to decluttering this evening. Slight progress, but nothing very much. Bah.
Back to decluttering this evening. Slight progress, but nothing very much. Bah.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Duff Day - Wed 24/9
How much more rubbish could today have been ? None more rubbish. Mood swings, up and down all day. Awful, awful.
Crossed a Rubicon tonight - first batch of records taken out from under the bed, and a box of bits and pieces put in their place. Of course the place looks like more of a tip than before, but hey, it's progress ...!
Oh, and the disturbed dust has set my sneezing off :(
Crossed a Rubicon tonight - first batch of records taken out from under the bed, and a box of bits and pieces put in their place. Of course the place looks like more of a tip than before, but hey, it's progress ...!
Oh, and the disturbed dust has set my sneezing off :(
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Busy Old Day
A busy old day today.
Did some housework (I'm a domesticated wee soul sometimes) then settled down to some decluttering. My usual method is to create as much chaos as possible so that I have to get it sorted out so that I can get to bed. However this time out I bit off a bit more than I could chew - I wound up eating dinner at 11:30. I wouldn't mind but it doesn't look like I've really done anything - I was actually pretty shocked at the amount of utter junk I seem to have accumulated. I reckon there's a small forest's worth of paper up there at least.
Never mind - at least I've made a start on it now, so, you never know - my target of being able to walk unobstructed from one corner to the other might just be achievable !
Did some housework (I'm a domesticated wee soul sometimes) then settled down to some decluttering. My usual method is to create as much chaos as possible so that I have to get it sorted out so that I can get to bed. However this time out I bit off a bit more than I could chew - I wound up eating dinner at 11:30. I wouldn't mind but it doesn't look like I've really done anything - I was actually pretty shocked at the amount of utter junk I seem to have accumulated. I reckon there's a small forest's worth of paper up there at least.
Never mind - at least I've made a start on it now, so, you never know - my target of being able to walk unobstructed from one corner to the other might just be achievable !
Monday, 22 September 2008
Cursing Luck
Ok, I guess I asked for it.
Changing the wireless card on the Newton I use most often seems to have bent pin 68 on the PCMCIA slots. This seems to mean that every time I remove a card from the slot, the Newton reboots. Not very friendly behaviour !
I suspect the reboot is because pin 68 is a ground, although I could be wrong. The PCMCIA to Compact Flash adapter doesn't seem to care, although since CF is only 50 pins rather than 68 maybe the duff pin isn't used ?
I think I've narrowed it down to a Linksys card, so I guess that card is going in the bin ! Then I'll have to work out what I can do about bent pins...
Changing the wireless card on the Newton I use most often seems to have bent pin 68 on the PCMCIA slots. This seems to mean that every time I remove a card from the slot, the Newton reboots. Not very friendly behaviour !
I suspect the reboot is because pin 68 is a ground, although I could be wrong. The PCMCIA to Compact Flash adapter doesn't seem to care, although since CF is only 50 pins rather than 68 maybe the duff pin isn't used ?
I think I've narrowed it down to a Linksys card, so I guess that card is going in the bin ! Then I'll have to work out what I can do about bent pins...
Newton Blogging
Looks like I'll be blogging here after all, now that I've got Adam Tow's nBlog software configured and working on the Newton !
I should be able to note things as they occur to me, rather than playing catch up ages after the event.
It does look like I'll have to be quite careful with the length of the update entries though, as nBlog seems to prefer them short and sweet - a good excuse for brevity !
That's the theory, anyway !
I should be able to note things as they occur to me, rather than playing catch up ages after the event.
It does look like I'll have to be quite careful with the length of the update entries though, as nBlog seems to prefer them short and sweet - a good excuse for brevity !
That's the theory, anyway !
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