: Following yesterday’s post on my blogging reset, I’m starting the process of …
: Back to blogging (part... 'n') Really starting to think of creating my own, eponymous, domain, following my prior experience with …
: Caught Covid again, most likely during the travel and flight back from the UK during the Pentecost …
: In training I’m currently in training to play that beast of a trombone solo in Ravel’s Bolero with …
: PV recycling This feels important: a relatively clean way to recycle PV cells that’s under development at …
: Effective Altruism: Eff-Al good? I enjoyed reading this article on Wired the other day on the downsides to that apparent silicon …
: Post Brexit Every Christmas, Easter and family birthday, as I list out the contents of a parcel on what feels …
: Dropping Drafts I’m a pretty good sketcher of words and ideas, but a terrible completer of posts: making sure …
: OP1-4PO is up on Soundcloud - no drums, but still got rhythm, I think… …
: Real swimmers don't smile I went swimming today with my daughter, happy to be back home after a week-long training course …
: OP1-3PO My new OP1-field track is up, after a bit of a break with orchestra and choir: this way to OP1-3PO …
: Orchestrated III, choired and tired Last Friday we played our thankfully final Musikfreunde concert of the season, and on Saturday …
: Orchestrated II Last night was the second and final of our Heidelberg concerts, like the night before in the …
: Orchestrated I Last night I took part in the first of two concerts with the [Musikfreunde Heidelberg](Programme – …
: Misery mode I drove to work at my new job for the first time on Monday and it was indeed around 15 minutes …
: Consciously, conscientiously, exploring consciousness I’m currently reading “Galileo’s Error” by Philip Goff, basically an …
: Saturday the first day of an orchestra rehearsal weekend - effective for us brass, lots to refine in …
: OP1-2PO My second OP1-field track is up on SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/halledr/o… Some decent chords, …
: Waiting Now that I have gained a few weeks' experience in commuting to work by bike and train, I am …
: Simply creating, creating simply Uploaded my first track to SoundCloud in an absolute age: wanting to simplify my music making, and …
: Out for a short walk at lunchtime, I noticed a dog on a lead, snuffling and rummaging in the long …
: Notes from a long weekend Last Thursday was the Ascension bank holiday in Germany and on Friday I had a company-enforced …
: Just to say: it was lovely heading into Mannheim with my eldest daughter to try some more …
: Job week three and counting Things are beginning to pick up now in my third week at work. I’m still a long way from being …
: Curmudgeonly at the Street Food Festival Went to the Heidelberg Street Food Festival today with the family. I didn’t think much of it: …
: Trombone goalies Orchestra rehearsal today (Saturday) - this season, there’s not much for the trombones to do, …
: Dune seen on the small screen Just finished watching Villeneuve’s version of Dune on Amazon Prime. I now understand what I …
: Inbetween The last day at work before the holidays back in December 2022 was also my last day of work at the …
: 2021 2+0+2+1 = 5 2+0 = 2*1... it's a symmetrical year! 2*0*... OK, I don't need to go further than that. …
: Mixing the senses There was an article in the Economist this week that strongly resonated with me. It concerned the …
: Farewell to 2011 This isn't a deeply thought-through review of 2011, merely a list of a few personal highlights from …
: Hej då, Saab Cars Saab cars went into bankruptcy just before Christmas. There is tons about it on the web, so I don't …
: Delicious by design Back at my parents' house over Christmas, I was (watch out, this is going to get exciting) doing the …
: Pass. Port. Last week I was on a business trip to Genoa. I was there to represent the Technology department in …
: Repetition Music purists will tell you that electronic notation in general, and copy-paste in particular, is …
: Caffeine Caffeine doesn't taste of anything. Extracted, it's a tasteless, dull white powder that has some …
: A Night flight and a right fright My business trips are now rare in comparison to how things were a few years ago. I count myself …