Pyo tip: Turn down the master volume if you’re getting nasty scratches + pops in your recordings

Achievement Unlocked: First Solo Drive

My dad has made many great contributions to my upbringing, not least in bringing home a dead mole, which exploded.

I used to think that us Brits, collectively, were a bit rubbish at making trad folk songs new

Then I found out about Solarference.

Wow.

The real reason I consider passing my driving test to be more important than my GCSEs:

It’s not the amount of work/money that’s gone into it. It’s not the fact that being able to drive is liberating. It’s not even the fact that it will help my business

Firing up InDesign for the first time in a while. I’m torn between loving it and feeling I’m betraying all the best parts of the web by using it :(

Wooooo!

I passed my driving test!

Been doing a lot of work recently to get Pingback working here. I think it’s almost there.

Anyone know of an Exmouth-based luthier called Paul Xavier? Makes guitars?

@ http://aaronparecki.com/Home PINNNG! :) Ping me back, please? I need to test to see if it’s working properly

Underreported feature in safari iOS 6: looks like file upload form fields are going to work http://www.apple.com/ios/ios6/

Going through my database, changing everything to UTF8-general-ci. It’s embarrassing how many are set to swedish.

Unicode tags: http://waterpigs.co.uk/tags/★

Y’know. Just because.

I demonstrate my first hurdy gurdy build: http://youtu.be/HqWbRE_aGyI

Today, seven people visited my website.

That’s just rubbish.

Anyone know any good sources of numerical open data, preferably graphable over time?

@idiot: You did ask…

Started some interesting styling changes today. Watch out for this guy: 

Playing with #lego (note mass noun spelling, American friends!)

Gurdy people: know anyone who wants to get into Gurdy playing? I’m making custom gurdies from £900, with the option to rent a symphonie 1/2 price whilst I’m building.