I've just noticed there's a picture link on my profile. Any LJ Scrapbook pictures that are public can be seen there. Neat.

I'm on the slippery slope here, I can tell...just came across this page of double bass links: http://www.gollihur.com/kkbass/basslink.htmlRead more... )

Chess again last night. First game of the year and I knew I wasn't on form. That didn't excuse my eventual loss. I tend to give up when I haven't played well even if a position could be defended for a draw. My opponent did make an amazing gaffe though. He was winning and moved his queen, proudly anouncing 'checkmate!'. He'd put it down on the ( Read more... )

Does anyone know of a reliable broadband provider? A friend is having hassles with ntl and would like to look elsewhere. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks :¬)

Apparently it's snowing in Berlin. Nearly a month late for me. Bugger!

Here's a webcam, just to rub it in :¬(

http://www.berlin-wetter.de/webcam.php

Played the guitar a fair amount over the weekend. I'm determined to learn jazz chords. They are pretty much useless for anything except jazz (suprise) but give new sounds like major 7 and minor 7 flat 5. Plus all the progressions (though there appear to be a relatively limited number that cover most jazz standards.) Jazz guitar really seems to ( Read more... )

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I've put up a handful of pictures from last year's ML festival:

http://pics.livejournal.com/lsur/

When do these normally go on sale? They still don't seem to be available according to the website.

'House of Flying Daggers' didn't really work for me. ( why not??? you ask... )

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