nihilism is exhausting
A great day overall after a slow start. I was passing castle Landstejn and thought I would cheekily recharge my phone and laptop while sipping malenovka – raspberry lemonade that everyone drinks in summer. I had a garlic soup, then another. Good for the lungs apparently, and delicious. I got talking with an Austrian couple…
I was so comfortable that I slept-in. So much for the early start! On such a beautiful morning, it would have been wrong not to have a lazy breakfast while basking in the sun. So that’s what I did. After mounting my steed I held a steady pace over rolling countryside to Tucapy. Surprisingly I…
I was woken at 5am by a cacophony of birdsong, which I supplemented with porridge and strong coffee. Then back on the road, still following route #11, and with some trepidation about the coming hill climbs. But I needn’t have worried, I was in Neveklov no no time, picked up some water and went to…
…wasn’t as easy as I expected! If I had gone directly from the house I could have followed the river south and just veered of to Průhonice. But I decided to ‘start from the start’ and follow the ‘official’ route as much as possible. It begins in Central Park, which isn’t central at all –…
This is the main route of the Prague-Vienna Greenways, a network of trails through Southern Bohemia, Moravia and Austria. It’s not all dedicated cycle path, but mostly backroads and dirt tracks winding through the countryside, taking-in dainty villages, national parks, and UNESCO heritage sites. April is perhaps a tad too early to witness the countryside…
I’ve been all over Europe, but never to Greece. By all accounts I know that it is a beautiful country with a fascinating history, friendly locals and great food. I lived with a few Greek lunatics at university and I still can’t bring myself to drink another drop of Raki. Horrible stuff. But recently I’ve…
Brussels Sept 15 2017. IMO the best funk band around at the moment. Fabulous stuff! Check out their Youtube Channel…
Hobo (noun) ho·bo | \ ˈhō-(ˌ)bō 1: a migratory worker 2: a homeless and usually penniless vagabond After years of having my face buried in a computer screen I decided that I need to get out more. My job used to be involve travelling around, interacting face-to-face with real people, making friends and feeling of some practical help. But my line…
Awesome stuff! Watch for the everlasting cigarette 🙂
‘What do African rhythms, spallation neutron source (SNS) accelerators in nuclear physics, string theory (stringology) in computer science, and an ancient algorithm described by Euclid have in common? The short answer is: patterns distributed as evenly as possible. For the long answer please read on…‘ http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf
I built my first synthesizer today. Yay! Constructed from the PreenFM kit, it’s a 6-OP, 4 voice FM module with 2 step sequencers and a 12 slot mod matrix. Need to re-solder some joints but she’s alive. Alive I tells ya! 🙂 Here is the First Note.
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/35533656″ params=”auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=0006ff” width=”100%” height=”81″ iframe=”true” /] Raw and unpolished. Straight from the stereo outputs, using a small amount of onboard compressor. Decent basis for a track I think, and it took <5 minutes from switch-on to finish.
Latest gearlust. Think of replacing the XL-7 with an Elektron Machinedrum… Machinedrum Tips and Tricks.
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