Monthly Archives: October 2005

A useful MIDI player

I’ve been using LilyPond to write some music. One of the nice things about LilyPond is that it creates MIDI files. However, it doesn’t set the tempo outright but uses tempo change commands. Quicktime (and thus, all the apps that … Continue reading

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Drainage

We’re getting drainage at our house. We need it because lots of rain tends to cause flooding. It’s not too bad but some areas (under the back door) have sunk due to the continual wet/dry cycling. There’s another reason though. … Continue reading

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Luksusdyret has an adventure

I just spent several hours trying to recover from Luksusdyret’s latest adventure. I did several things at once and I guess that was ultimately my downfall since I wasn’t sure which action triggered the problems. First off, I half-unpacked the … Continue reading

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Photos of Emily

I finally uploaded some pictures of Emily. Pretty much every month from birth to now is represented. Go here or follow the “My Family” link to the right.

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Bree's Surprise Party

We had a surprise birthday party/baby shower for Bree on Sunday. Bree had no idea what was going on and was totally surprised. She was a bit annoyed that I gave her my present (pixel panties) with other people present.

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Severe Storm Warning

There was a severe storm warning yesterday. I didn’t think much of it until I found out that it had hit my mother-in-law’s house. More than 50 roof tiles were damaged and it took 6 tubes of silicone and more … Continue reading

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Hardware Failure

It seems I may have been a bit harsh when I criticised Apple’s filesystem (HFS+) the other day. I was complaining about how I’ve managed to lose data with it several times recently. However, it seems my troubles are actually … Continue reading

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Recovering from the weekend

My ‘bro moved house on Sunday. Instead of getting in removalists he relied on the goodwill (and vehicles) of family members. It was hard work and I picked up a couple of minor injuries too. My sister was there to … Continue reading

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First post from the garage

The big move happened today (yep, it was this weekend) so I’m now setup in the garage. The wireless connection (now my only source of ‘net access) isn’t coping nearly as well as I’d hoped it would. I’m getting less … Continue reading

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I HATE fixed-width layouts

I thought I’d picked a nice Blogger theme but no, it’s one of those “I can’t write HTML for crap so I’ll just fix the width of the content” things. Ugh. I HATE fixed-width layouts because it makes my posts … Continue reading

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