I’m selling my Roboscans! After many years of careful ownership – really – I’m selling up my main scan rig. They’ve not seen any gigs in the last couple of years and various changes in my lifestyle mean that they are unlikely to, so here they are for sale. There are 12 in all, and […] Read more »
Recently I’ve been cutting back on my meat consumption for welfare reasons – mine and the animals concerned. I’ve managed to put together some vegetarian and pescetarian alternatives that in some cases have genuinely been preferable to meat based dishes. Annoyingly I haven’t documented them. This evening I made a vegetarian lasagne which I would […] Read more »
I just made a fantastic chilli-con-carne. So often I just bung food together and sometimes it turns out well, other times not so well. Then I forget what made it work. Not this time! Quantity This recipe makes enough chilli to feed about eight people sensibly, or stuff six people. I made enough rice for […] Read more »
This article details the benefits of updating the firmware on a Pioneer DJM 2000. It’ll also explain the differences between a DJM 2000 running the latest firmware, and a DJM 2000 Nexus. It should be useful if you are trying to decide whether to buy a DJM 2000 or a DJM 2000 Nexus, or if […] Read more »
Note: I’ve done this using Windows 10 in January 2016. Before we start here, if you want to know more about the DJM 2000 in general, take a look at my in-depth look at the mixer as a whole. Begin by getting the mixer to display your current version. To do this, while the mixer […] Read more »
Last weekend I journeyed off with some old friends for a weekend of curry and cars. What a weekend it was! Naturally I began proceedings on Saturday morning with more than a hint of a hangover, so put in a can of beans on toast and awaited the arrival of Ste, my taxi driver for […] Read more »
This is the second winter I’ve put winter tyres on the 330d. It’s also the second winter we’ve had the Impreza. Last winter it didn’t snow properly; this year, we’ve had a proper dollop! This situation quite naturally raised the question that I’m sure was on the nation’s lips this weekend: is four wheel drive […] Read more »
Why worry about the light show? The value of a good light show is hard to measure. Does it translate to more bar spend? Maybe. Does it mean people are likely to remember the gig for a long time to come, tell all their friends, and come again? I think so, and I believe I […] Read more »
Fuelled by recent bloggery and yesterday evening’s delicious steaks, I want to tell you all about my steak stones. I was first introduced to the concept of cooking my own steak at the dining table by a visit to the Pistenklause on my first trip to the Nรผrburgring. Essentially you get served chips, sauces and […] Read more »
The last six months or so have seen me getting back into sound system and light show engineering. I emerged from school as a bit of a DJ with the requisite tools and a basic sound system, and while my primary profession turned out to be software engineering, I continued to grow my sound system […] Read more »