Category: Ramblings

Banks can now lend you your own money.

“THE government is to invest £50bn of your money in British banks so they can lend it back to you with interest.The historic move is being hailed as a lifeline for the financial system as long as nobody asks too many questions. Julian Cook, chief economist at Corbett and Barker, said: “The government will give

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Don’t trust WebWise

BT are about to embark on a trial of software which spies on your web browsing. They claim it’s for your own good. More Info.

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It’s Wednesday, and we all know what that means.

Yup, for want of anything better to say, its time for some introspective navel-gazing. And today it’s about music – specifically the weird things that happen to your taste in music as you get older. See, my taste in music has always been a bit odd, with Richard Wagner happily sharing shelf space with Metallica or Turisas

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Undecided

This is either the most loltastic lolcat EVER or the most terrifying thing since The Grudge.

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LOLz

I don’t often repeat internet memes in a public place, but I felt I had to make an exception for this one. more animals

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Podcast Overload

So, I’ve had a backlog of podcasts to listen to for a while now, on a wide range of different subjects. Well, thanks to roadworks on the way to work, I’ve finally caught up with them all. So, I thought, I’m going to have a wee look in the iTunes podcast directory and see if

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Breaking News

According to the BBC, swimming about in green stuff has the effective of – well – staining you green. And for those doubting thomases amongst us who may be sceptical of this, they’ve even provided a video of a polar bear. With green on it. I’m glad my license fee is going towards this kind

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Tuba Smartie Pt. II

Slurring. That’s what I need to do. Low G/A -> F is flawless. G -> B Fine. High(er) C->F fine. Low G/A -> High(er) F not as smooth as it could be – mostly because of the changes in embouchure at C, G and C. So back to C->G->C->G->C slurring. Over and over again. Until

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Tuba Smarties

Well, I’ve got a shot of a Bb Bass from the band. It’s certainly different from the baritone – needs a lot more air through it for a start. It’s not just the air though – my embouchure technique, while fine for my baritone, needs to be completely changed. The mouthpiece on the Bass is

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All’s well that ends well.

Today was an odd day. Everything went remarkably smoothly in the morning and then Epic Fail began to flow across the interweb at me from the East. Fortunately, a few swift verbal corrections to counter the ridiculous groundless assertions (No! Black is NOT white!) countered the incoming bogon flux and from there the day improved.

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