July22009
Balance in all things
The knee saga continues. It would appear that I have Arthritis, but with careful management and exercise I can live a rich and fulfilling life. Just stay away from the wobble board.
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July22009
The knee saga continues. It would appear that I have Arthritis, but with careful management and exercise I can live a rich and fulfilling life. Just stay away from the wobble board.
read on...March152009
There are usually two reasons for building a ‘project guitar’. One is that you’ve never had quite the guitar you wanted, and yet you know exactly what it is you want, and the second is budget.
read on...February12009
Yes, it’s beginning to dawn on me that the view from over here in the oldies corner seems to reach a lot further. I can see things now I never saw before. Now, where did I put my specs…
read on...January152009
Having spent some time developing the code for testing servers to see whether they support Wordpress podcasting, I’ve decided to pass on the script in the hope that it helps some other confused folk out there. You can download it here.
read on...January102009
I went into Manchester Royal Infirmary at 7am on Wednesday for what I was told would be an arthroscopy. Now I’m back (Yes, flat on my back) with photographic evidence.
read on...January22009
The newspapers all do it, the TV channels all do it, the magazines (’books’ if you live in Manchester, UK) all do it, so why the hell not?
read on...December312008
Well, a few more tests out of the public eye, some dialogue with my current host Heart Internet and the support of the author of Podcasting have finally led me to a better understanding of the issues with Wordpress and mp3 files…
read on...December192008
It wisnae me man!
The reason for the recent flurry of bizarre and meaningless posts is that I’m using a new plugin for Wordpress to handle my podcasts, which goes by the name of Podcasting. The old plugin Podpress worked well enough,…
read on...December152008
So, with two of the files failing even to be included in the feed at all, and two of the files being included but faulty, I’m going to continue the tests with the faulty ones. No point experimenting with invisible…
read on...December152008
Well, all 4 failed. In fact two didn’t even make it to into the feed with both the Audion and the Logic Pro mp3 files disappearing into the ether. And yet all 4 work fine in the audio player right…
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