2005Archive

I recently finished a site for Outback Music Group; friends of mine who supply a full range of services to independent musicians. The most interesting thing from a 50th Anniversary Edition perspective is that they run a small analogue studio…

Hah! My first podcast is waiting for you…
Yup, having discovered that I’m already listed on some podcast directories, simply by virtue of having posted links to my mp3 files on this blog, I’ve decided to bite the bullet and…

Yup. I’ve had enough of this lonely existence, working in a vacuum with half finished songs, alien software and enough self-doubt to paralyse George Bush.
So after an immense hiatus, Pete (Condor – alias P Funkin, the Groove Machine and…

So, on Friday the 25th of November, I took my iMac to the Apple Store in the Trafford Centre, Manchester. I was booked into the next available slot to see an Apple Genius, and after half an hour, had a…

To our collective joy, astonishment and delight, Apple have opened a store in Trafford Park, Manchester.
Yes, ‘Designed by Apple in California’ (built somewhere else if at all possible) and it’s actually here! Even better, we went to the Grand…

Yup – it looks like the iMac G5 is F****d Up Beyond All Recogition (just in case my mum doesn’t know what FUBAR means).
[UPDATE]
The computer was supplied by a company called ABC, who have now requested that I…

So while I wait for the results of extensive tests on the iMac G5, I’m working on the office eMac which I brought home for the interim. It has only the base set of apps for work installed – and…

One of the sites I’ve been developing while I should have been working on the 50th Anniversary Edition, is Sheerpoetry.co.uk.
Those of you who have been following my progress (and grumblings) in this section of the site will probably express…

OK, so I’ve just watched ‘The Shining’ for the first time.
I’m long overdue for an update, and my apologies to anyone who still pops in to find out what’s happening to the 50th Anniversary Edition.
And for anyone who’s…

By the way, did I tell you that we (the Bisset Family) just got ourselves an Allotment?
For non-UK readers, this means we’ve now got a small plot of land for growing fruit and vegetables rented from the local council.…