Using a dynamic mic with a Macbook
Look anywhere on the web and you will be told you need an audio interface to connect your mic to your MacBook, or you need to switch to a USB mic. Well, it ain’t necessarily so. Read more
Dave
You’ll Never Believe Who’s Running the News — Spoiler: It’s Not You!
Exclusive Interview With the Algorithm That Fired All the Humans [BREAKING NEWS ALERT™] In a shocking revelation that has rocked the media landscape (or at least the corner of the internet that still cares), a man attempting to submit an article to The National Investigator discovered that the entire publication is operated by a single … Read more
Climate it’s all hitting the fan
“Enjoy life while you can. Because if you’re lucky it’s going to be 20 years before it hits the fan.”
James Ephraim Lovelock CH CBE FRS (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022)
Lovelock said this in 2008. He’s been pretty correct so far. I think we can safely say it’s starting to hit the fan now. Read more
A Pair of Minutes.
My song from a time not so long ago, but before Brexit and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine Read more
Address – Seized Screw
I thought I’d check the air filter on my Address, but fell foul of an issue that should have been sorted by all motorcycle manufacturers years ago. I remember with my Triumphs and Nortons the hassle of getting the timing cover off when the Philips screws got corroded in situ. It was a case of … Read more
Motor cycles – time to rationalise.
The BMW R65 My BMW R65LS Wet weight: 207Kg, Power: 50bhp, Max Speed 95mph I am thinking about selling the old girl. We’ve been together for quite a while but she is not getting ridden much these days. At 207Kg wet weight (or 458lb) She is classed as a middle weight but I am finding … Read more
The Earth in Perspective
Imagine the globe 12 inches in diameter in the middle across the equator in front of you. That’s about football size (or soccer ball size for non UK folk). It will look spherical, although it is about 1/20th of an inch smaller from top to bottom (pole to pole). Read more
The Housing Trap
How would you feel if the council started to build houses close to yours, at a similar standard to yours, but let out at half of your mortgage payments?
When you sell your house you will not get what you paid for it. You will be in a state of “negative equity”. Due to the stupid way our banks work you will find it difficult or impossible to move house. Even if you have to move house for a better paid job to pay your mortgage! Read more
