I often have Gem at WOMAD, so when I recently saw it in the local supermarket I thought I’d try a couple of bottles. Well it was just as good as the draft. I was really impressed I have to say.
Now that’s a lovely ale
Month: September 2015
Edinburgh Fringe 2015: The Blues Brothers Live
This was a must for me at Edinburgh this year. Of course, with a show like this you never quite know what you’re going to get before you get there. It’s a gamble, like most of the Fringe, but even more so when you’re a big fan of something like The Blues Brothers.
But it was very good. Very good indeed. They did all the major songs and more. The routines were very good, Jake was especially convincing and all in all it was a good gig.
I think I should go to a few more Blues Brothers tribute bands.
I can’t believe that Sylvian’s new release is sold out already
I’ve missed it. I’m really annoyed about that. I’ve checked the confront recordings site and it confirms that it’s sold out. How irritating is that! I didn’t even know it was going to be a limited edition release. I thought I’d just be able to get a digital edition.
I guess I could look for a copy on eBay and pay too much for it. I’m not really happy about it all. Sort of annoyed with myself too.
So I didn’t make it out to Open House London at the weekend
Instead I had a very quiet weekend and caught up on a load of things instead. It was a bit of a shame, but not the end of the world of course. I didn’t really fancy anything in particular from this year’s set of buildings either. Still, perhaps I should make a bigger effort to go along next year. We’ll see.
Messing around with littleBits MIDI bit
I’ve been playing around with my new littleBits MIDI bit. It’s pretty easy to get to grips with. It handles USB MIDI and 5 pin MIDI too, which is very handy. It all worked very well actually. I tested it out using Genome MIDI Sequencer on my iPad. No problems at all.
I got it to hopefully make my littleBits collection a bit more useful. I think that it will. The down side is that it appears that one of the oscillators in my kit appears to have stopped working. Which is disappointing. I doubt that there’s anyway to fix it sadly. I guess I’ll just have to get a new one.
Pebblits from the Pebble hackday
I thought I’d take a look at the stuff that was made at this event to see if there was anything of interest. There was, and this was the most interesting of all. As I’m both a littleBits user and a Pebble Time owner this is of especial interest to me. I hope that they do release their app to the Pebble store as I’d really like to tinker with this. However, even if they don’t I’ll be looking at their videos to see what they’ve done and how.
Doctor Who Companion Chronicles: The Pyralis Effect
This audiobook was on sale recently and as it was a very good deal and I’d not heard it I decided to grab a bargain. It was worth it actually.
Whilst it isn’t a particularly long story it was a good one. I quite like these short stories. They’re fun. They’re well written and nicely bite sized.
Another good ale from Beer 52
This was a lovely ale from my first batch from Beer 52. I really enjoyed it. Never heard of this brewery before, but I might need to check them out now.
Doctor Who Companion Chronicles: The Invasion of E-Space
Another of the companion chronicles that I bought when they were on sale.
I especially liked this one as it picks up the story from e-space. The e-space stories were particularly interesting and I loved how they brought the fourth doctor’s final season to a close. So it was good to hear a little bit more.
Pebble announcing something new on the 23rd?
My guess would be that it’s something along the lines of bringing the timeline to the original Pebble smartwatches. I hope it’s more though, a lot more. There’s quite a few things that I’d like to see come to Pebble. It’s got a lot of potential, but I don’t think it’s been properly exploited as yet.
I’d love it to be more about smart straps too, that would be great. I think that’s one of the few areas they could really get an edge over the mass market that the Apple Watch has developed.
Anyway, I’m hoping for something interesting from them on Wednesday.
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