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: This Morning's Listening Inland See - Bitchin Bajas music.youtube.com/playlist #music
: Into The Afternoon I got home after having my breakfast and stopping at the butchers for some beef for a roast dinner, and also stopping at the bakers to get some crusty …
: Out In The Morning Sunshine I got up with Kathy and went to Richmond with her. Went to Dharma for coffee and breakfast, but no breakfast until nine! I had coffee and then, after …
: Lunchtime Listening Fabric Live 2 music.youtube.com/watch
: Roon Rabbit Hole I’m definitely deep down this hole. I am finding so much good new (to me) music.
: Early Morning I’m a morning person but 3.50 am is too bloody early, even for me. Hurry up 2pm.
: This Evening’s Listening I am meandering through an assorted selection of tracks picked by Roon.
: Dinner Pork ribs with roast potatoes. Greens, squash and peas.
: Coffee O’Clock It’s one of the very few highlights of my working day. I get a freshly brewed Americano from my favourite coffee shop near my workplace. The best …
: Sunny Saturday It started off very pleasant this morning once the sun came up had some sunshine and although it’s not particularly warm, the temperature is only …
: This Evening’s Listening Waldeck. An Austrian. Been recording over 30 years. Interesting stuff for sure. Go search him out on your favourite stream #music
: Roon Ready Issues with Denon I’ve got a Denon AVR S670H. I cannot get any ‘Roon Ready’ option to come up in setup and the Receiver is telling me that the firmware is up to date. …
: Wide Awake! Why am I wide awake at 2.25am?
: This Evening's Listening: Live At Fulham Town Hall Charlie Watts Orchestra music.youtube.com/playlist #music
: Grrr Wide awake at 2.30 am with an adjacent snore monster
: When Disaster Struck Today is the 59th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster when 144 people, 116 of them children, lost their lives when the village was buried by a slag …
: The Dreaded MRI To check up on my Crohn’s Disease, I am sent for an MRI every year or so. I know it’s good to get checked but I hate it. I have to drink a litre of …
: Brooklands Today was Transport Fest at Brooklands, where the London Bus Museum is situated. The weather was a bit crap but I got a good batch of photographs
: Time For A Cuppa I’m a coffeholic but even I have limits. I’ve had five large Americanos so far today, so on my break, I opted for a cup of tea to go with a slice of …
: This Morning's Listening Poking around in the rabbit hole that is Roon, I found a new album from Tame Impala, an Australian band. Deadbeat is the title, and it’s definitely …
: Lunchtime Listening Some Infected Mushroom music.youtube.com/watch
: It’s That Time Of Year Never ending days of grey. Is not cold but some nice warm sunshine would be great #weather
: The Blog Is Quiet Why? Ten hour shifts this week. I get up, get ready and go to work. I c come home, eat a meal, chill will some music or a You Tube video and then go …
: At Least It’s Not Monday Mind you, it could be. Same long work day, same dreary grey weather. Summer has definitely gone until next year. Thought I’d give this protein drink a …
: Bedroom Entertainment No come on, don’t be filthy, you lot. We don’t have a TV in the bedroom, but we do have a stereo pair of Apple HomePod Minis, and they are …
: Late Night Listening tidal.com/browse/al…
: Lunchtime Listening Jazz Cinema Paradise from The Tokyo Cinema Jazz Band. It’s a collection of files on my A&K SR35 Hi-Res Player and I can’t find a link to anywhere …
: Halfway I’m halfway through the working day. Having a break, which means #coffee, of course. The day is still grey and dreary, although my mood is slightly …
: Morning Music Listening to a techno podcast while travelling on the bus to work - unlike some assholes, I’m wearing head phones! #music
: Monday Morning A grey dreary day. Matches my mood really. Ten hour shifts this week which means I leave the house soon after eight in the morning and get back about …
: Sunday Morning Bug Blitz Got up, made coffee, took it back to bed, read the news, next to sleeping beauty. Got up, washed and dressed, and made more coffee. Amazon delivery …
: Genealogy This evening I got an email from Ancestry.com with a Family Tree hint, so I delved into the depths of the tree for a couple of hours. I always find …
: Welfare Benefits - Where it's going In the UK, half of the welfare budget goes to in-work benefits — a direct subsidy to employers who pay wages too low to live on. #politics
: Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. They’re appearing in between podcasts/music in the UK too. I have been told this by several Spotify users who are angry about it, as it’s further …
: TIdal for streaming I know that Spotify is considered to have the best algorithm for suggesting new music. However, the sound quality isn’t there. Therefore, I use Tidal …
: Online Grocery Shopping It’s so civilised. Sunday morning, make coffee around 7-8 am. Take it back to bed. Use my iPad to do the grocery shopping at Morrisons. Get up and …
: An 'Off' Day It’s a good thing I’ve got a long weekend off. The jabs have left me with a high temperature, a headache, and feeling lethargic. I’ve just got out of …
: The Inevitable Fever 2am and I wake up sweating with a temperature of 102.2° and two sore arms. The fever shouldn’t ..last more that a few hours. Still it’s worth it if I …
: Jacobin Anyone here read Jacobin? I’m reading the latest issue, although as I had to wait for it to wing its way across the pond, there will soon be another …
: This Afternoon's Listening Some Techno from Soundcloud. Nocturnal Party Animals. on.soundcloud.com/okECVD6UM…
: A Busy Morning Procrastination is the thief of time, right? Well, rather than sitting around thinking about what I need to get done, I find it easier to get up and …
: A Bright Sunny Morning IT’s very unlike me to sleep in, but I did this morning. I didn’t wake up until almost 8 am. I’m having a #coffee, and then it’s off to the doc for a …
: Harrow & Wealdstone Rail Disaster Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the Harrow & Wealdstone Triple train crash, in which 112 poor souls lost their lives in the morning rush hour.
: My Reading Session Spent an enjoyable hour with the latest edition of Fabian Review. It certainly gave me a few things to think about.
: This Morning I am Mostly Reading I have a couple of new publications that have arrived on my doormat. Yes, I still read physical books and magazines. On that note, I am going to step …
: Up and About I had a terrible night’s sleep. I went to sleep around 10.45 according to my Apple Watch, but I was awake around 3 am, and couldn’t sleep for over two …
: An Old Blog Wide awake since soon after 3 am, I was lying in the dark, poking around online. I found entries to an old blog I used to write on my BlackBerry back …
: Nocturnal Mutterings Yes. It’s just after 4 am. I’m wide awake. I went to sleep around 10.30 pm. It is so annoying to wake up in the middle of the night for no real …
: This afternoon's Listening Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue music.youtube.com/playlist
: Politics & Religion From a young age, I was told that these were the two subjects that you shouldn’t discuss because you’d end up falling out with everybody. We all have …
: Sunday Afternoon Listening: The Chameleons tidal.com/album/552… #music
: Closed Back Headphones I have some AKG 701s and also Hifiman Anando Nanos. I’m more than happy with the Nanos for home listening, but I am looking for some good closed-back …
: Sunday Morning Chores Got a bit done too. Vacuumed the front room and hallway. Got the garden vac out and vacuumed up the dead leaves in the front yard. Helped Kathy with …
: Working in Lightroom Now that I’ve got the sync sorted out, and everything is working on all my devices. I’m going through my entire library and deleting items that are no …
: Hospital Calls Aside from this bout of potential flu right now, I usually feel pretty healthy. Having said that, I am under the care of local hospitals for several …
: Up The Wooden Hill Time for bed. Still under the weather. Hopefully feeling better tomorrow!
: Early Evening Listening The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight (45th Anniversary Edition) music.youtube.com/watch
: I hope not It was put in my mind that there’s new covid strain is going around and I do feel really yuck. It feels a bit more than just a cold but we’ll see how …
: The Lightroom Sync Issue OK, it’s sorted at last. It took two days to do it. I had to delete all the photographs in the ‘sync error’ folder (250,000), and then delete them …
: Coffee Is The Solution. When you are feeling unwell, it is recommended that you drink plenty of fluids. Therefore, I’m on my second mug of #coffee.
: The Dreaded Lurgey Started sniffing and sneezing a couple of days ago. Now, it’s progressed into a mild fever with aches and pains, headache, runny nose and so on. …
: Still Sorting Out Lightroom I tried to combine photographs in Lightroom Classic with Lightroom Desktop. The reason is that the desktop app syncs across all my devices, including …
: Simple Formula For Living Live beneath your means. Return everything you borrow. Stop blaming other people. Admit it when you make mistakes. Give clothes you no longer wear to …
: Hospital Appointment This afternoon, it’s another visit to the hospital for an assessment for the forthcoming thyroid operation. It’s been postponed once, due to me now …
: Online Shopping This morning’s order is exciting. Toilet Bowl Descaler, heavy-duty rubber gloves, and a set of optical screwdrivers.
: Kindle or Kindle Reader App? I have a 13 inch M1 iPad Pro, with plenty of storage. I was thinking about buying a new Kindle. A good idea or a waste of money, given that I have the …
: Job Done! I don’t hang about when I finish work. Twenty minutes door to door, including a bus journey and a six minute walk from a further stop than usual. …
: It’s just after 9 am. I’m never usually in bed this late. Still can’t burn the candle at both ends, and that’s become more so as I’ve gotten older. …
: Into The Small Hours Working late messes up my body clock. I am usually in bed by ten and asleep soon afterwards. This evening I got home around 11pm, and I am still wide …
: Waiting for a bus. Fifty people here waiting too.
: Oh well. It was a nice break. A working weekend ahead though.
: Photography Magazine The Latest copy of Klick magazine appeared on my doormat this morning!
: More Afternoon Listening A change of genre now, for Angela Easterling’s 2006 album, Earning Her Wings. Americana at it’s finest from this South Carolinian native. #music
: Afternoon Listening This afternoon, I am listening to the brand new album from Robert Plant, named after the band he has been with for the past six years. Saving Grace. …
: Lunchtime A generously filled ham salad roll, with a pint of Shepherd Neame’s 1968 ale to wash it down. #beer #food
: Late Night Music Listening Listening to this album, I can’t believe it’s fifty years old! music.youtube.com/playlist
: Beer & Music. An Excellent Combination. After a day going from one hospital to another, and grabbing coffees in-between, it was good to get home and chill out. Listening to some tunes now. …
: Two hospital appointments today. One took blood, the other took poo.
: It’s a very pleasant sunny afternoon out here. Currently 61°
: A long black at one of my favourite indie coffee shops. I am a bus ride away, but as I was going past on a bus this morning, it would have been rude …
: A nice healthy snack to go with the beer. Home grown tomatoes and basil with mozzarella and a drizzle of olive oil. #food
: About to enjoy a Leffe Brune in the evening sunshine after a little gardening #beer
: Jobs At Home Two jobs done today. 1. Mowed the lawn. It was a bit overdue, and leaving it longer only makes the job harder. 2. Moving a two-seater recliner from …
: Monday morning 5.35 am. Wide awake. I’m on leave and don’t need to be alert at this hour
: They died trying: www.cracked.com/article_1…
: Sunday morning. Coffee time.
: Just reading the blood test results from yesterday. Seems I have an underactive thyroid. I’m waiting for an operation to remove nodules, anyway, which …
: Starting the day off with some photo editing (and coffee, of course!), from yesterday’s short photowalk from Paddington to Kensington
: Another day done. How was your day? Hospital, beer, burger and Fabians was mine.
: Went to five guys for food. I’m not a fast food fan at the best of times but they’re better than other chains. Expensive though! Bacon cheeseburger, …
: The Lizzie Line seems to be running well this afternoon. Just missed a train but only waited three minutes for the next one and not overloaded either. …
: Well, it’s a visit to the hospital today for a follow-up appointment for my DVT earlier this year
: For playing music, my default player is Pine Player Pro. However, one thing is missing that Elmedia Player has, and that is native DLNA capability. …
: I need more coffee. Kitchen, here I come! #coffee
: Listening to a bit of old-time mellow jazz this morning. Anita O’Day. In glorious mono too. It’s still a fine recording. #music
: It’s still officially summer for a few more days, but, except for the temperature, it feels like a winter day out there. Overcast, damp, dreary, …
: Me and baby brother. OK, it was a few years ago in the back garden of my first house.
: I’m in a strange mood today, Kind of down, but also relaxed at the same time. I’ve got really tired of all the social media noise these past few days, …
: Silly me! Concerning my previous post about Apple upgrades, I should have mentioned I am referring to the various operating systems, NOT hardware. I …
: Slightly warmer in my house today. The thermostat says 20.5°C (69°F), so no need for any heating again.
: This morning’s listening is a bit left field… tidal.com/browse/ar…
: The Apple upgrades get crazy here (especially when you go the beta route too). I’ve got a total of ten devices each time!
: Waking up at 3am and then not getting back to sleep is so annoying!
: A nice break from work now until the 27th. I’ve got a few tasks to get done, both computer-related and around the house. First, though, it’s time for …
: Vinyl Time Playing Jack Bruce: Songs For A Tailor (1969)
: Well, that’s another working day done. I wasn’t looking forward to getting up at 5.30 am, nor am I looking forward to getting up at 5 am tomorrow, but …
: Weird. I was out this afternoon and had coffee and cake and did a little food shopping. Got home and started to prepare dinner and I came over dizzy, …
: Popped by work to pick up paperwork for tomorrow’s job. Had to grab coffee and cake while I was there
: I got some blowback after posting about the Charlie Kirk assassination yesterday. I certainly didn’t share the guy’s views, but it is very wrong to …
: Tonight, 24 years ago… 246 passengers went to bed, ready for their morning flights. 2,606 people laid down, preparing for another workday. 343 …
: As I am sitting at home journalling, I thought it would make eminent sense to decamp to the local pub with my MacBook to continue the task with a pint …
: Someone, somewhere, on which platform I cannot remember, was asking if anyone listened to music through headphones while home alone. I’m doing that …
: Many people dislike the Apple Mouse. I’ve never had a problem with it myself. It does what I need it to do without any fuss or tantrums. Never loses …
: I found my Apple Trackpad. Charged it up. Now I’ve got both a trackpad and a mouse on my desk. I’m going to keep them both there and see which one I …
: The problem with good headphones? I have to be VERY careful not to be late going out somewhere, as I get lost in the #music, and always want to play …
: Sometimes, these Ananda Nano headphones make me jump. I’m sitting at home alone, listening to some jazz. In a quiet part, someone, on the recording, …
: I have some good coffee along with The Very Tall Band from Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Milt Jackson. #coffee #music
: If you’ve got jobs to do, my philosophy is to get them out of the way ASAP. Do the job you hate most/takes most effort first. THEN, go and enjoy a …
: I like that the Apple Watch is moving more towards a medical monitor than an exercise one. I might consider an upgrade. I currently have a series 7. …
: AirPods that translate in real time. Interesting but do they translate any of the many Indian languages or Middle Eastern ones? Other than POLISH, …
: The 17 PM looks interesting in terms of speed, battery life and a 48MP camera. However, I don’t take that many photos on my phone ( currently a 15 PM) …
: It’s raining quite hard; at least I won’t have to water the garden. However, I was hoping to mow the lawn tomorrow!
: Last working day until the 27th. YAY! Just on time it’s started raining. Hope it’s not going to rain every day for the next fortnight.
: This afternoon’s listening: tidal.com/browse/al…
: I walked in the door from work at 14:51. I took a shower and changed into something scruffy and comfortable. I prepared vegetables for dinner. I got …
: These days I almost always drink my coffee black. I quit sugar years ago.
: Exploring some new closed back headphones for hi-res listening on iPhone
: I am exploring adding some printer profiles for my Epson ET 8500. New to this, and it’s not straightforward
: I was at work soon after five this morning, but my wife did a little harvesting in the garden…
: Right now, I don’t have much to blog about as I’m doing long work days. After Wednesday though, that should change.
: I am drained this afternoon. I was up this morning by 4 am, and I only had 4.5 hours of sleep, though. An early night tonight, methinks!
: Early to bed as I have a 3.55 am alarm set for the morrow
: The morning coffee break. Very rare that I eat muffins but it made a change.
: It’s a nice sunny morning here. A little fresh though, only 53°
: Post work refreshment - Fuller’s ESB #beer
: Highlight of my working day. Coffee break!
: Oh well. Back to the grind. First day of seven early mornings.
: it’s a little after 10 pm and it’s time for me to retire for the night as 5:30 alarm call arrives way too soon
: I picked these from my garden this morning. My wife is about to cook some of the beans and cabbage for dinner.
: This is excellent pizza. Much better than any chain rubbish! Under £14 too, enough for two last evening.
: Slow traffic and little delays everywhere this evening!
: I can’t believe that Billy Cobham’s album Spectrum is over 50 years old! #music Still sounds as good as when I first heard it as a music-mad teenager! …
: I am adding my book library to Micro.Blog
: Tonight is Vinyl Night at The Mason’s Arms. To that end, I shall dig out some 45s very shortly. I’ll spin a few to be sure they’re still playable as …
: More work and play. Now I’ve steam-cleaned the upstairs landing and run the vacuum over the stairs one more time. This calls for more coffee.
: I’ve grabbed the macOS app for Micro.blog. I’ll see if this is any quicker than simply using the web page.
: This morning is a mixture of work and play. I’ve steam-cleaned the stairs and hallway, and now I’m chugging more coffee while I give my Ananda Nano …
: The days grow short as you reach September.
: Enjoying a couple of pints of Fuller’s ESB, and some Bao buns while I get this updated, and links set up.
: Getting other SM feeds set up in Micro.blog.
: I’m trying to set this up with a custom domain that I already own, but it’s being a pain in the ass.