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Sunday evening 1x chess defeat.
Monday morning rain 7 degrees.
Wood burner on.
More rain.
1x chess defeat.
Evening caught up with na
Had a go at creating a simple backing loop with the yamaha pss-a50.
Tuesday morning cold grey 6 degrees.
A bit of sunshine later.
1x circuit in the cold sunshine 8 mins 06.
New growth and flower on the lemon tree.
Afternoon coffee and apple pie at dunelm pausa cafe.
1x chess defeat.
Refuel and aa bit of shopping at other tesco.
Home about 16:00.
Cleaned the car.
Evening more rain.
Caught up with mg.
We saw what ever happened to baby jane (again).
Wednesday morning cold damp sunshine 4 degrees.
1x chess defeat.
More wind and rain.
Afternoon we went for a walk round the village circuit, over the slime, in the cold windy rain 7 degrees.
3305 steps.
Evening caught up with avengers age of ultron (again).
Ukulele session (5).
Thursday morning cold damp sunshine 4 degrees.
Afternoon windy grey.
Out in the wind and rain to currys to get a lenovo ideapad 15.6 i5 laptop for carol.
Coffee and cocolate twist, and a bit of shopping at m+s,
Home about 17:00.
1x chess defeaat.
Evening heavy rain.
Opened a bottle of reverdy ducroux.
Friday morning windy grey rain 8 degrees.
A bit of cold sunshine later.
Lots of laptop setting up.
Afternoon coffee and cake at the farm shop.
We went for a walk round the village circuit, in the cold windy sunshine.
3999 steps.
More heavy rain.
Saturday morning cold sunshine 4 degrees.
1x chess defeat.
1x circuit in the cold sunshine 8 mins 15.
Afternoon my pogolab m3 wireless instrument link arrived.
A bit of shopping at dunchurch, and other morrisons.
Bought some more torlonia.
1x chess defeat.
Home about 17:00.
Evening started reading 3 body problem.
Sunday morning windy grey 8 degrees and bst.
Had a play with the wireless instrument link.
Seems to work well, but I'm not sure 8ms latency is not noticeable.
Afternoon still windy grey.
| showcase | showcase cinema at coventry walsgrave triangle |
| odeon | odeon cinema at coventry city centre |
| arts centre | arts centre cinema at university of warwick (in coventry?) |
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whatsonlive.co.uk/warwickshire
what's on local |
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darkhorizons.com
early info, trailers and pictures from upcoming films |
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sfx.co.uk
anything even vaguely sci fi |
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spring |
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1 pound = 1 euro. After the disaster of brexit, the decline continues. Latest rate here. |
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Doorbell camera. Looking at the eufy at the moment. But there seem to be privacy issues. Probably want to add other cameras later. Should I be recording to the synology nas rather than the homebase. |
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The old garage door is looking tatty. It would be nice to have something bright and new. But do I want canopy, retractable, automation, insulation. Should I really spend the money, when the original is working well. Now the lift spring cable has snapped. I managed to replace the cable, but it would still be nice to have a new door. |
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New road bike. It would be nice to have something lighter. I was looking at bianchi. In 2018 they had a ducati range. No more it seems. |
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A dash cam for
the bike. Now looking at the vsysto dr6l, with cameras front and rear, but no gps, and the microphone is internal only. |
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Or do I want an action cam? Most seem to capture travels with a gopro. But more recently the various insta360 offerings seems to be taking over. Not sure I have any use for 360 (actually 4π as a solid angle). But it seems they can also operate as a simple front facing camera. The x3 seems to be top of the range. Still rather fabulously expensive, and memory cost too. |
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I already have a small guitar amp, the crate gtx15 that has some dsp
effects. But this fender mustang lt25 is getting good reviews, is ridiculously cheap, looks good, and even has amp modelling. No eq control on mid (although you can tweak it through edit controls). Should I really spend the money? |
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I have sometimes wanted to have a go at a flute, but assumed it would be difficult and expensive. Interesting that they are fully chromatic over 3 octaves. It seems less than £100. But plain nickel, silver, or anodised colour? |
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I once went out to buy a mandolin, but came home with a mandola, impressed by the extra room around the frets, and the warmer sound. But do I want 1 as well? Should it have a pickup? Rather expensive. |
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