If I Had My Document Way… Official Templates

If I Had My Document Way… …official templates would not be created by the unqualified. That sounds snobby, but if you end up using a template that looks all right, but has all the problems I’ve talked about in these posts, then it becomes a problem for everyone. Don’t delegate it to anyone who has… Continue reading If I Had My Document Way… Official Templates

Rock Family Trees in yEd

Over on the Coiled Spring, I describe how I drew a Pete Frame-style Rock Family Tree for Flange Circus, Zirkus, BBO, and all their related groups and people. I used the free diagramming tool yEd, which was great. This diagram accompanies the latest episode of my podcast, which you can listen to while perusing the… Continue reading Rock Family Trees in yEd

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Baby Milestones, Part 1

Sleeping quite well, but not through the night Outgrowing oversized new pyjamas in a matter of days I finished both sample tubes of Indian herbal toothpaste that came in the goodie bags from the hospital Twins now sleeping in their own nursery Video monitor image jumps from time to time, giving fun “paranormal jump scare”… Continue reading Baby Milestones, Part 1

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Birthday Boy/Man

It’s taken him 4 years, but my favourite older brother is finally 13 today. Happy Birthday, Simon! https://goo.gl/photos/i54H3SZ4ZGwTHDwZ9

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Change Is In The Air

Even a couple of days ago, I had to wear a fleece to walk the dog first thing in the morning. This morning I was in shorts and t-shirt, and when I got out of my car at work, the parking lot was stuffy and warm. The weather is beginning to think about warming up… Continue reading Change Is In The Air

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New Audio Activity

I’ve managed to get another Coiled Spring episode out, and it’s available here. Now I’ve ironed out some glitches with the podcast creation script, I should be able to clear the backlog – so that means there will be a few more coming! I’ve also been playing with other audio experiments, such as this phasing… Continue reading New Audio Activity

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The Colours Of Babies

Cassie and I don’t want to perpetuate any kind of colour-based gender bias. It’s infuriating to see so much stuff on sale that is divided by colour for boys and girls. I think it may be particularly bad here, because people seem to have embraced it (or at least haven’t become more progressive about it… Continue reading The Colours Of Babies

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DIY Crib Mobile Arm From PVC Pipe

Cassie bought a lovely felt aeroplane mobile (UK pronunciation: mōbīl, US pronunciation: mōbēl, it’s a wonder we ever get anything done) from the nice people at Dundry Hill Feltworks to hang over the babies crib. It’s beautiful, but I didn’t want to hang it from the ceiling or attach it to the wall. For one… Continue reading DIY Crib Mobile Arm From PVC Pipe

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Audacity Crash Path To Permissions Hell

[graphviz] digraph Audacity { node [shape=box fontname=”Arial”] edge [color=”black” penwidth=”2″] “Audacity crashing” -> “consider replacement” -> “Ardour?” -> “JACK settings issue” -> “Google solutions” -> “Add user to ‘audio’ group” -> “error in command” -> “user is now ONLY\na member of ‘audio’” -> “not member of\n’admin’ or ‘sudo’” -> “can’t change user settings”; “boot to\nGRUB… Continue reading Audacity Crash Path To Permissions Hell

Actual Name Sources Of Our Children

In my recent posts I suggested that the names of our less-than-two-month-old twins were just plucked out of think air. Of course that was a bit of a lie, as shown by my wife’s post on the same subject on Facebook. I include it below for the record. What’s in a name? I have been… Continue reading Actual Name Sources Of Our Children

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