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Modular Progress
Specs I have finished filling the top half of my Eurorack case, see above. Here is a list of modules: Dual VCA – A-132-3 Buffered Multiples – Intellij Buff Mult VCO #1 – A-110-1 VCO VCO #2 – A-110-1...
View ArticleInstruments That I Use
I have a lot of different instruments, both hardware and software, for making music, but here is what I use the most at the moment: Piano I have an actual electric piano but I don’t use the onboard...
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Open Source! Device API and Device API-Android on Github
Two Ruby gems that I contributed to from my days in the BBC’s TITAN (Test Tools and Infrastructure) team, have been open-sourced. So finally I can say that I have made proper open-source...
View ArticleGet rid of the ‘most visited sites’ Grid on Chrome
Not that I particularly look at anything weird, but when I’m showing someone my computer I don’t want to have my ‘most visited sites’ pop up when I fire up Chrome. The following Chrome extension will...
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Switching Audio between two Soundcards
If you have two soundcards – maybe a normal soundcard for your speakers and maybe a headset with its own audio interface – you will want some way of switching all audio between the two. This is an...
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Modular Progress
My Eurorack modular has been progressing. I’ve added several low-cost modules, a Doepfer A-138b audio mixer module so I can mix the audio outputs of the oscilators, the noise output, and my Doepfer...
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Use Siri, Apple Earphones and Apple Music Together
This requires you to have a subscription to Apple Music and a 3G/4G/wireless data connection, but it is so useful! Using this tip, you can be walking along with your iPhone in your pocket and your...
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Goals for the Year 2015 – Midway Update
Now that I am midway through the year, I thought I’d revisit the goals I set myself at the start of the year, to see what has changed. Career Goals Settle into my new role at the BBC as Test Manager –...
View ArticleThings I’d like to Learn More About
Some things I have been meaning to investigate in my own time, but haven’t, because life just gets in the way. Maths – It might surprise a few people that, as a software developer, I never took maths...
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Completed Eurorack
I’ve finished my 6U Eurorack case. It took me 9 months to build, buying a couple of modules a month. Goals I wanted to make a self-contained dual voice synthesizer that would interface with my 2x...
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Introversion, Extroversion and the BBC Software Engineer
Whether you agree with Myers-Briggs personality profiling or not, like fellow BBC’er Ian Forrester I have found them a useful frame of reference from which to discuss my personality, because I see...
View ArticleScope in JavaScript
I am learning JS for work. This is a pretty good summary of the most common scoping rules in JavaScript: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/500431/what-is-the-scope-of-variables-in-javascript
View ArticleIFTTT.com – Program your Life
If you haven’t seen If This Then That.com then I encourage you to check it out. It has a number of ways of automating your life, and can do things like text message you when you get mentioned on...
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Next Big Thing: Voice Control for Home Automation
So, I have totally bought in to the home automation craze that is currently ‘the next big thing’ in the technology world in 2015. Apple has released iOS 9 with their HomeKit home automation framework,...
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My Favourite OSX Apps for Development
I’ve just recently bought a Macbook Pro for myself, after having used a MBP at work for 4 years. I find it to be a really powerful development environment for the development I do, in languages such...
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Biggest Disappointment Purchases for PC – Razer Tiamat + Lightpack
As you can see, I buy a lot of bits and pieces for my PC. Occasionally though, I buy something that I feel was a disappointment, or not worth the investment. This post is meant to caution against other...
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Too much Scrolling! – Tips for Dealing with Mouse-Wheel Finger Repetitive...
Recently I had noticed I’d been having quite bad problems with my fingers based on the fact that I had been scrolling the mouse wheel too much when scrolling through web pages. Here are a number of...
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Top 5 Recommended Upgrades for your PC
I have made a lot of different upgrades and modifications to my PC, as you can see here. Some of the upgrades have made more of a difference than others though. Here is what I think you should be...
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Goals of 2015 Summary
At the start of 2015, I wrote down some goals for 2015. Around half-way through the year, I revisited these goals with some thoughts on how well I’d done. Now 2015 is over, I want to reflect on what...
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A Basic Eurorack Technique
I thought it might be of some interest to describe how I use my Eurorack, at lot of the time, in making tracks. I have a 3 oscilator – 3 VCA – 3 filter Eurorack which I use primarily so that the...
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