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...
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