- Did #genealogy
- Listened to Just a Minute and Brain of Britain
- Caught up on Only Connect
Thomas Preece
30-something from #Bristol, UK. Interested in #boardgames #genealogy #esperanto #music #ukulele #ocarina #RetroTech #vinyl #cassettes #gramophone. #golang and #colemak user. #gameshow and #BlueJays #baseball fan. #ActuallyAutistic
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Can anyone recommend a good freelance logo designer please? My brand is history and heritage related, and everyone on Fiverr seems to just be offering minimalist modern logos which wouldn't be suitable (and/or AI-generated, which is even less suitable!)
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Today's cassette repair was just replacing a felt pressure pad. The glue that holds them to the metal spring tends to fail eventually, and they fall off.
This one came off very cleanly, so the repair just involved pulling out some tape to get better access (best to do this with the leader rather than the magnetic tape, as it's harder to damage and less of a problem if you do), cutting a small piece of adhesive-backed felt and putting it in place with tweezers.
Tape sounds good as new now!
- Repaired cassette
- Listened to that cassette and some others
- Call with friends
- It finally rained! The temperature is much more sensible now!
- Listened to music
- Call with friends
1. Listened to cassettes
2. Played ukulele
3. Watched Atomic Shrimp video
1. Listened to cassettes
2. Watched Hard Quiz
3. Called a friend
1. suno pi toki pona (I watched jan Usawi's first concert and will watch the later one tomorrow)
2. Did genealogy
3. Played online party games with friends
- Watched lipamanka and Tom Scott videos
- Read Martin Gardner book
- Called friends
- Listened to cassette
- Did genealogy
- Played online boardgames with friends
I've had a weird false memory for years about a fairground ride called the Spritzer that I saw several times as a young kid. It's a type of ride called a Miami, and I always remembered it as being slightly larger than other rides of the same type and having two rows of seats instead of the standard single row.
Well this week I found some photos of it, and it looks exactly as I remember except that of course it has only one row of seats and looks to be completely standard, albeit quite distinctively decorated with multi-colour seats two painted slogans, and a particularly nice title sign, all exactly as I remembered them. Apparently it's still touring, but with a different owner and different artwork.
My guess is that I probably mixed it up with rides like the Huss Rainbow, that have a similar movement but are significantly larger and do have multiple rows of seats. My local fair had one called the Sidewinder, but I've never been able to find any photos of that particular machine online.
Photo source: https://cdm15847.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15847coll3/search/searchterm/mm12
Today's #genealogy finding: William Nicks married Mary Baker. Their son William Nicks married Mary's niece (his first cousin), also called Mary Baker.
- Listened to LPs
- Did genealogy
- Call with friends
- Listened to cassette
- Listened to podcast
- Watched NFL game
- Listened to cassette
- Watched YouTube videos
- Call with friends
- Listened to CDs
- Made progress on something I'd been putting off
- Watched Jet Lag The Game
- Listened to LP
- Played online boardgames with friends
- Watched YouTube videos
- Listened to LPs
- More progress on the secret project
- Watched Jet Lag The Game
- Listened to LP
- Watched Hard Quiz
- Called a friend
- The secret project is getting closer and closer to launch
- Listened to a genealogy podcast
- Call with friends
- Listened to podcast
- Got my car fixed
- Called a friend
- Listened to radio
- Listened to cassette
- Listened to podcast
- Listened to podcasts
- Watched Atomic Shrimp video
- Call with friends
- Listened to radio
- Did genealogy
- Watched Only Connect
- Did genealogy
- Listened to LPs
- Watched Atomic Shrimp and Jago Hazzard videos
- Listened to podcast
- Read book
- Watched YouTube videos
- Listened to cassette
- Watched NFL
- Refactored code
- Listened to LPs
- Ubuntu upgrade on my VPS went very smoothly
- Watched videos on Nebula
- Finished a big genealogy project
- Listened to radio
- Watched YouTube videos
- Listened to podcast
- Read book
- Watched YouTube videos
- Watched @filomel@musician.social's stream
- Watched Jet Lag The Game
- More progress on the secret project
- Listened to podcast
- Watched NFL (an exciting, close game this week!)
- Chatted with friends
- Listened to podcast
- Did genealogy
- Call with friends
- Listened to LP
- Watched Atomic Shrimp video
- Solved the Minute Cryptic right away with no hints
- Listened to LPs
- Watched Only Connect
- Call with friends
- Listened to podcast
- More progress on the secret project
- Called a friend
- Listened to podcast
- Read book
- Called a friend
- Listened to LP
- Watched YouTube
- Called a friend
- Listened to LPs
- Watched YouTube videos
- Called a friend
- Listened to LP
- Watched Atomic Shrimp video
- Call with friends
- Listened to cassettes
- Added new information to https://db.eomuziko.com
- Call with friends
- Watched Atomic Shrimp video
- Listened to @filomel@musician.social stream
- Read book
- Listened to cassette
- Did genealogy
- Call with friends
- Listened to podcasts
- Read book
- Watched YouTube videos
- Did genealogy
- Listened to CDs
- Call with friends
- Listened to new (second-hand) LPs
- Did genealogy
- Watched Atomic Shrimp and Techmoan videos
- Watched cricket
- Listened to Brain of Britain
- Played ocarina
- Listened to Brain of Britain, Just a Minute and Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz
- Watched YouTube
- Called a friend