1. As-Is & To-Be More-or-less shown here in pictures. The turntable will go; the cassette players, probably the minidisk players too. But occasionally visitors come around with a CD in hand so maybe these should remain. And the FM tuners? Probably these also should remain ‘just in case’. 2. What to do with the vinyl? I […]
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These loaves look great from the top, but actually a bit thin as they failed to rise before bedtime. A normal-ish brown loaf for hereabouts with a ratio of around 850 grams stoneground whole wheat (strong), 150 gm strong white, and 60 gm of whole rye flour. The usual starter, reinvigourated with about 100gm of
All sourdough starter this weekend – no support from dried yeast. As an experiment a few of the loaves incorporated ‘cracked wheat’.
There’s several strands which unlocked the streaming puzzle for me. 1. I could continue to use my HiFi amplifier and speakers.2. I can easily store my existing music eletronically.3. I can play streamed music at the same HiFi quality I am used too.4. I can select and control the music from where I play it.
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Most stories have many beginnings and I’d like to start this one this time with www.pandora.com. It seemed a great concept those years ago. You name a few favourite tunes and, based on the characteristics of the music ‘throbbing bass, female voice, minor key, etc’, it selects other music and played it through your ‘radio
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Sourdough starter hurried along for same-evening baking with a bit of yeast! Sandwich plans safe for the rest of the week.
From Pen Llithrig Y Wrach A spectacular weekend of sunshine and sub-zero temperatures at the end of January. As usual – a click on the pictures should show them large! Day 1 Carnedd Llywelyn from Capel Curig. leaving road near Capel Curig Pen Llithrig Y Wrach Up onto Pen Llithrig Y Wrach with a great
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For my trip to Skye last year I really wanted the Skye Scrambles guide from SMC. It was out of print and hard to track down. Eventually I found someone who offered a loan of a copy and along with it came Ralph Storer’s ’50 Best Routes On Skye’. An excellent little book, most portable
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A major job for the winter holidays. A subject for much discussion and probably more than a few links. Moving from here:- and from here:- and from here:- and from here:- to here:- The objective:- 1. Remove the mess of music (not a really a concept of mine, but certainly current in some others!).2. Find
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