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As my avid readers know, the hub of the Fiftieth Anniversary Edition is a 20″ 1.8 gHz iMac, which takes pride of place in the studio. But recently, I’ve been getting even less stuff done than usual, because when I…

Yup. I’ve stopped smoking.
To be honest, I’m not quite sure how it happened. I certainly didn’t ask for it. It was one of the simple pleasures that got me through the night: a bottle of red wine and a…

In February I wrote about the search terms that lead people to this site. One of them oddly, seems to be ‘fiddling electricity meter’. Whether that’s because I’ve written about my fiddle-playing, electric guitars and audio level meters I don’t…

Gagged. I think that’s the word.
Ahh, the wonder of the internet and the power of the blog.
About three months ago I wrote here about the experience of getting my iMac repaired after repeated problems with the hard disk.…

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 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…

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.…

Yup, I’ve been on holiday. A short two week break with Ruth and our boys (and sister-in-law and nephew) and that was just in our tent.
Just in case you hadn’t guessed, it was a camping holiday, to the same…

So I bought an iPod for my birthday, and chose to get the grand-daddy 60gig iPod photo – hey it all goes on the never-never and my kids can always pay it back.
I use it as a hard disk…