Okay, I'm not old old... I'm more of an early middle aged person. But I think I have to get it in my head that I'm no longer a young adult... even if I feel like it in my brain. Not looking in the mirror

Hmmmmm... we have a nice new harpsichord, a single manual Flemish model with two 8 foot and a single 4 foot choirs of strings. And apparently, our living room can't stay in this formation... we are going

Uneven terrain rumbled the chasis of the automated truck. Once, a diesel electric powertrain. Now the sounds hydraualics only. The sound of screeching, eager to be replaced brakes replaced by whirring

Our concert weekends can be a bit hectic... on the music side of things, we do run a pretty fast and tight schedule. On the Saturday, we have two calls of rehearsals (2 times 3 hours)... one in the morning

Major chords sound happy. Minor chords sound sad. Power metal tends to be filled with major chords, driving riffs, a bass drum that sounds like a horse galloping joyfully, and a room full of similing faces,

Sigh... a combination of overloaded work schedule, a sore leg, and lots of rain from storms... mixed in with a healthy dose of strong days of hot sun... well... the backyard project has gotten out of hand!

Okay, this is definitely something that I should have done a long time ago... one of the more annoying design decisions on the Steam Deck was to have the USB-C charging port on the top of the machine...

Cr Ashleigh Vandenberg Forces Change In Local Government By now you would have heard of or about Cr Ashleigh Vandenberg and her plight elected on the City Of Melton and the challenges she has faced driving

Well... the day finally arrived, our ensemble core (my wife and I) did a recording at the end of last year... and we have been scrounging time in between various projects and just being parents to get

Disgraced Mayor, Josh Gilligan Speech A Symptom of a Deeper Problem in Local Government The recent suspension of Victorian Labor Mayor, Josh Gilligan has sparked debate about accountability in politics,

Ahhhhh... the house technology cascade! My wife had a pretty nice XPS15 that she got from me many years ago when I upgraded to a really nice gaming laptop. But thanks to Windows 10 support coming to an

Local legend Bob Rau lifts lid on CEO failure resulting in Rate Payers overcharged by $3 Million It's hard to start this story without going in to Bob Rau's life story, I had the opportunity to sit down

Jess Wilson Takes Over As Preferred Premier If you've followed my ramblings over time you are well atune to my love hate relationship with politics. Believe it or not, I despise politics which is what

Unsplash I'm a musician... and mostly performing... but I do do (hehe...) some teaching at the local university, both ensemble and individual... sometimes to do with my specialisation of Early Music, and

One of the nicest things about being a husband-wife ensemble core... and without a "business"-minded board... is the ability to just do whatever we want without needing to run it past non-musicians

@consciouscat and @new.things know how to Hive. At the risk of writing a burdensome, lengthy rambling post about human connection, I will try, defiantly, against my natural instinct to remain succinct.

Trawling Kickstarter is always going to be a bit of dangerous experience for me... games, comics... and of course, the hardware section! Games have tended to be a bit of a hit and miss affair... too much

This pile of mulch is now over a year old... it came from a huge tree that dropped a couple of large branches in a storm that damaged our neighbour's play equipment and squashed their Hills hoist clothes

Allan-Flation: How the alleged $15 Billion Stolen Tax Payer Funds Are Increasing The Cost Of Living We recently brought to light in our InLeo article on how Jacinta Allan is the Federal Labor Problem Child

Hmmmm... it appears that I'm the default organiser for a concert that I was asked to lead the ensemble for... It is a harpsichord concert that will feature concerti for 4 and 2 harpsichords by JS Bach,