Resumo: Mi parolas pri mia semajnfino - agrabla kombinaĵo de plezuro, muziko, programado kaj hejmtaskoj.
I have had quite a productive and enjoyable weekend. On Friday night we went to the Railway Inn, a local pub well-known for live music. We saw The Autons play there, who were very good and we got a nice chat [...]

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In case anyone has not yet seen this little angel by the name of Andrew Johnston … i saw this 13-year-old kid on Sunday Life this morning, and oh my gosh, this purity of voice brought tears to my eyes. Especially when you hear the back-story of bullying and realise all that Andrew has overcome [...]

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Woohoo!! Songbird 0.5 is released!!
Blog post
Release notes
Downloads for Windows/Linux/Mac
Also, my very favourite feathers (theme) Goose has been updated for 0.5. Hooray!!
I have been following this effort over the last few months, watching the test statistics, downloading the release candidates, so i am really excited that it has now been released for real! :)
You can all [...]

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I have come a long way with the Wordpress 2.5 and i really like it! It’s a much cleaner layout for the admin area. I also found a wonderful template from freewpthemes.net so i like it way more than the current theme i have. I’d put it up tonight except i know if anything goes [...]

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Further to my previous post, there is now a video of The Choir singing Stand By Me on youtube.
Okay, there are plenty of criticisms you can make, particularly with speed, timing, and volume contrast. I could go on. But if you saw the whole program you would know how far they have come, and the [...]

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Funny TV for a Friday night, but oddly un-tear-away-from-able … The Choir, “Boys Don’t Sing” where Gareth Malone takes Lancaster School in Leicester and forms a choir out of nothing and takes them to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. I watched both episodes, and i was completely in tears by the end of it [...]

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Here is a cute video animation to go with LMC’s Take me to the clouds above:

I can’t believe i have loved this song for years and never known where the tune came from!
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
Brilliant song!! I love Whitney Houston!! Sometimes i wish i was a bit older and had more [...]

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There is something about Spring that attracts positive feelings to me. I feel happy about the weather, and therefore, i start to feel cheerful and optimistic about other things too. I went to have my eyebrows shaped nicely yesterday, so i was feeling really good about my appearance. I went into the charity shop thinking [...]

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And what a beautiful day it is! My favourite season is here and it is making me very happy!! :D It’s the kind of day i want to throw the doors and windows wide open and let the sunshine stream in! If only the neighbours weren’t smoking on the balcony below …!
This afternoon i am [...]

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My friend Becky has got me somewhat obsessed by this:

Yamaha NP30
It is the most portable keyboard ever made, weighing only 12.7kg, it has 76 keys (six octaves) 10 multiple-sampled voices, graded touch, and best of all … it only costs £160!
By the sounds of this this demo it plays like a dream, but i must [...]

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