Monthly Archives: May 2012

Six Simple Synthesizers: a personal history of synth pop

Posted on May 18, 2012 by blogmywiki

This is not a definitive history of electronic music. This is a personal account of the electronic music that has punctuated my life and meant something to me. You can listen along to most of the music on this Spotify … Continue reading →

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Day 8 in the Raspberry Pi house

Posted on May 12, 2012 by blogmywiki

My boys made a cool Lego case for the Raspberry Pi – it has holes for the USB, HDMI, ethernet and power leads – and the coolest rotating Raspberry Pi logo on top. It’s not perfect but it does the … Continue reading →

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Green Continuity

Posted on May 11, 2012 by blogmywiki

Green Con was where the main World Service English language network was put on air. The announcer sat on this side, and the Studio Manager sat on the other side of the glass on the right (now a TV studio) … Continue reading →

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I know what Twitter is like

Posted on May 11, 2012 by blogmywiki

It’s like the Noise in the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness. It’s like being able to hear everyone’s thoughts all the time whether you want to or not. Or like Bruno Ganz in Wings of Desire. It’s nice when … Continue reading →

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Days 4 & 5 with Raspberry Pi

Posted on May 9, 2012 by blogmywiki

On Day 4 I broke my Pi! I tried to install some Google calendar thing and then my Pi wouldn’t get past the ‘startx’ command – it turned out that the install had totally filled the disk space on the … Continue reading →

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