18th
November
2014
Strange climate moment. I awoke, suddenly; the gust of wind had me wondering if we’d just had a tiny tremor. By the time I went downstairs, the anemometer showed a misleading 0 (as in zero. Dead calm). Turns out that a heavy snowfall had frozen things temporarily, although another gust shook the mechanics enough that we were back into recording mode shortly after. A downtime of eleven hours, according to the stats page. Enough snow came down to break one shovel, which means that winter may be here for the next few months.
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8th
November
2014
Another playoff round is underway, in Canadian university football. Laval whupped one of the lesser pretendants to the crown this afternoon, while another moved into the forecourt. Next week, things get serious.
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27th
September
2014
Music on demand. Not the content available on the radio, and there have always been radios around the place, including one with a B battery that my father kept in the ktchen. Rather, music in whatever the packaging format of the day happened to be.
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8th
August
2014
Campers make their own fun. Today, the spectators gathered for multiple loads of laundry. Managed to spend the whole morning, handing out timely advice, drinking coffee cooled by strong breezes and wait for it. Charging various devices.
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9th
July
2014
It wasn’t an impulse purchase; it was a rational need. I am being held prisoner in a dog-controlled room, and the lack of musical opportunity made me detour into that music store up the road. No impulse, either, because I waited a full ninety minutes for the store to open. OK, maybe there was some spontaneous behaviour, but the price was excellent. $50 for a Line 6 Mobile Keys 25… That comes out to $2/key, and I had the necessary cabling and related software and… OK, it followed me home. Final version.
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8th
July
2014
The last three evenings, I’ve been studying. Famous musicians. Thanks to Netflix, and the big screen and sound combo of an iPad Mini and my Bose headphones, my concert choices have been exceptionally good.
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25th
May
2014
Some things in music (as in life) are a question of scale. Not scales; that’s for another time. Today, I was caught up in the question of the “largest instrument”.
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19th
May
2014
I’m a gearhead. Nothing to do with wheels and sprockets, and everything to do with patching one electronic device into another. This afternoon, with only the dog to protest, my first massive MIDI test is completed.
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10th
May
2014
Two dogs. A window on the world. People passing in the street. All that lacks is a translation of the the dialogue.
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2nd
May
2014
About a year ago, we went to the Metropolis, for the fun of it. A chance to get out of the house, test our multilingualism and shop. A little. We’re not big shoppers. Along the way, after an afternoon of shopping for brass, I decided to add a MIDI controller to the facilities here. Even upscaled, when the price point was right.
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