2009Archive

Learning to drum is teaching me the importance of both left hand and right hand in playing musical insruments. And maybe it can change your personality too.

From Caedmon songs to Twitter via pedal boards and guitar pickups, a general review and update.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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?