Wayward Wandering Washer

Turns out the new Strathmore residence does not allow for a top loading washing machine.  These unit type residences can't waste bench space for a toploader.  It just so happens I have a spare front loader just laying around. Moving all the old computer gear reminded me of my old job back at CMG as I did that type of thing a lot.

Control Room to Paris

Long Way to the PO

I had to pick up a parcel in Buckley St so I took an hour and a half detour along a new section of the Maribyrnong that I have not ridden before.  The Afton St bridge is actually a pipe that crosses the river but there is room to ride across as well. This side used to be mud and gravel and dirt now there is a brand new path but it only goes for a few km then stops and the cross country continues.  I had to walk it out of this dead end up the hillside until I found a road at the top.  I finished off at Brian's Pies for lunch.

Wall Art

Pipe Bridge

Dirt

Beep Beep revealed

After three maybe four years of beeping going off in our office which you could only hear during quiet times, I have found the source of the noise.  Closed up inside a box of odd electronic bits and pieces was a smoke detection alarm that had been removed from the kitchen due to its sensitivity and repeated bleeting during cooking.  The battery had been left inside and was sounding off once per minute for the last three years.

At least it still works

Technology Cleanout

I have been on a technology purge today. Access to some cupboards and wardrobes has been reawakened recently.  I did not actually pause to see if there was a spark of revelation around each object although on one item there was an electrocution of nostalgia. This was around my old turntable. I saved up $200 for this machine which in the late sixties was considered a piece of furniture.  I was 12 at the time and so now 50 yar later I dug it out for a test and the sound is still as good as ever.  That one will have to stay. The rest including a laptop, home theatre, dvd player, modems, digital receivers, monitors and a box of cables will have to go. 

This also plays at a 16 speed

The Small One - Decca 78 Speed

My audio digitising project has had its first request. I have not tried an antique 78 speed record before now and this double set recorded by Bing Crosby in 1947 was a challenge.  The vinyl layers were so damaged you could see a felt layer underneath where the vinyl used to cover it.  I set the needle to avoid this section but lost only a small part of the narrative.  The amount of recording time is deceiving at the 78 speed.  The double set yielded just 12 minutes of recording.  There are many clicks and pops in the background which, if I can find my way through the spectrographic analysis, may be reduced.

Note bottom right missing

Audio Spectrography reveals many glitches

Afternoon Tea

Yes the count down has reached the penultimate day.  This afternoon tea sendoff was more like a party.  It was cold outside but the number of bodies made every window in the house start dripping with condensation.  Many sandwiches and sausage rolls were consumed. Now for the Queensland weather.

We're steaming in here

School's Out

This would have to be one of my original favorite albums from the early seventies. I can remember queuing for tickets at Festival Hall for Alice Cooper. The queue went around the block.  My vinyl record has a scratch which looped endlessly in the digitised copy. But like any file you can edit it and delete the looping section.  It sounds a little messy at the join but the recording has been resurrected. One aspect I have not considered is the creation of the playlists.  One playlist per album is possible in the The Groove App.  I have placed these songs in the "ceiling". If you are outside the're in the cloud, if you are inside the're in the ceiling.  The playlist doesn't seem to stay with the songs but rather attaches to the device, i.e. devices in different rooms need the're own playlists.  I will have to check out the google home devices and chromecast devices.

I used a desk like this once