The sad demise of Maplin. It was great being able to go into their Westcliff shop with a shopping list of individual components for a project, often urgently needed the same day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o8x... #Maplin #electronics

Had a chat with vocalist Brigitte Beraha outside Cafe Oto last year, she recommended Kevin Figes' Wallpaper Music albums, the latest is the best IMO. My fave tracks remind me of Robert Wyatt and Art Bears, while this reminds me of Alison Statton in Weekend: kevinfiges1.bandcamp.com/track/the-bi...

At a gig last night where the opening act was so cringeworthy it was hard to believe he wasn't a @mralistairgreen.bsky.social character

Some of my photos from a recent gig at The Fickle Pickle in Westcliff, with @theondines.bsky.social and @tumbledryerbaby.bsky.social #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #gigphotography #Westcliff

Daily dose. As endorsed by Sarah Miles...😏

For those who fancy a trip back in time, when there were milkmen... HD recreations of UK testcards. Add your own testcard music or select a sample. All the magic of skiving off school without having to pretend you're ill... www.mcmweb.co.uk/utopia_c/ind... #testcard #retro #UKTV #BBC #vintage #tech

My dad was fond of his vodka (his grandkids called him "Bear") #vodka #squiffy

Some of my photos from the excellent evening of classic Bacharach/David songs from Southend's finest on Saturday. #BurtBacharach #HalDavid #gigphotography #Southend #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #photography

Fascinating stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DW7...

Watched the final of University Challenge and left wondering if there was a "Bertrand Russell Super Silver" hidden under Kai Madgwick's hat... #UniversityChallenge #MontyPython

Live in Essex? Sick to death of the flaccid flags hanging from every lampost, put there by your local Nazis? Then sign here: cmis.essex.gov.uk/essexcmis5/P...

A CC with a backbone. Excellent.

I guess it's about time I threw these away... 10 whole hours, in which time you could probably download a couple of files 🙄 BTW, the Wh@tnet disk is missing it's disk, I removed it to experiment with making infrared filters for photography. #compuserve #demon #whatnet #retro

Great to have the return of Tea & Oranges on Saturday night, now at the Fickle Pickle in Westcliff, with @francarlyon.bandcamp.com, Pat Lyons, Laughing Stock and Tea Vision. FWIW, a few of my photos, many more available on FB. #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #gig #photography #Southend

PCB Poetry #935: Thats right... horribly glitchy distortion, wibbly noise and existential theological enlightenment all in one place. Circuitbenders delivers it all. 😉

Latest transcription, Goldfrapp's "Clay", from their "Tales of Us" album. I'd originally done a lead sheet version back in 2013, but thought it was time to have a more complete version. Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz6x... Sheets available here: www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/c... #Goldfrapp

It's beer money time! ;) 13 newly released sheet music transcriptions by me, from David Bowie, Goldfrapp, Delia Derbyshire, The Korgis, Chris Rainbow, Earth and Fire, and Virginia Astley. FWIW, here's my cover of Lovely Head, with links to the sheet music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhCO... #sheetmusic

@tumbledryerbaby.bsky.social CD's just arrived, thanks for the freebie!

FWIW, my latest ditty, sing along with Nancy... innermarshland.bandcamp.com/track/flacci... #pop #protest

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

For those of you who are not aware, to mark his centenary, One Jazz is playing an hour of his music every day in 2026, 6 p.m. UK time. www.onejazz.net/news/miles-a... #MilesDavis #jazz #onejazz

From EMF2024, a Tim Hunkin talk. Contains chuckles. media.ccc.de/v/emf2024-31... Sadly the only Van der Graaff generator in my school was the band name scrawled on my school case. #VDGG #Hunkin #electricity

A track from his new album by Mike Johnson, of Thinking Plague. Should appeal to any Rock in Opposition/art rock/Lost Crowns fans. cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-lo... #RIO #ThinkingPlague #prog

My latest project, a Portsdown 4 DATV RF transceiver, which also doubles as a Langstone multimode RF transceiver, using a Raspberry Pi 4. This is the control/display/interface circuitry, it requires an external ADALM Pluto SDR for the RF side. #BATC #tech #DATV #Portsdown #Pluto

There’s a reason you usually see 4’33 done with a piano. It doesn’t work on guitar. After 10 seconds the performer would start trying to check that their strings are still in tune before moving on to absentmindedly playing Wonderwall.

As usual, an excellent video from Leah Kardos on Bowie's "No Plan": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iub7... #Bowie #ontology #musicology And, if you need it, here's my published sheet music of the song: www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/n...

My first time back at Southend's Railway Hotel since it reopened, there for the Tuppenny Bunters NYE extravaganza. Great to see them play back at their old home and be surrounded by plenty of the old regulars, amongst some newcomers #Southend #RailwayHotel #gig #photography #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #50mm

Oh. Turns out Snoopy piano just needed new batteries ⭐️

A few of my photos from this year's excellent Beatles Convention at the Fickle Pickle Club in Westcliff. Many more can be found on my FB page of course. #photography #sony #A6500 #CanonFD #100mm #gigphotography #Beatles #Essex

RIP Mick Abrahams. What a track this is, with Jack Lancaster on sax: www.youtube.com/watch?v=klOC... #BlodwynPig #blues #jazz #Abrahams #Lancaster

this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member

FWIW, my latest song, which, you'll no doubt be relieved to hear, is not about Xmas... innermarshland.bandcamp.com/track/pedestal #ditty #pop #alternative

A proper treat for you! 🎛️ New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in HP x

My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:

Reminder: Compliance brings joy.

The perfect gift for the musical mouse in your life. I'll let you calculate the resonant frequency...

@newsounds.bsky.social Not sure if you're aware, but your stream meta text isn't being updated, it's just showing "The Days are Nouns - Paula Matthausen" for a long while now

London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)

Replaced my old Slate 21 Android tablet with a new 21" touch screen, running on Win11 on a Beelink Mini S. The screen viewing angles aren't great, not as good as the tablet, but, being a capacitive touch screen, it's better than the Slate's, which used optical imaging. #touchscreen #mobilesheets

me when I forget I had beetroot for dinner

Just had a couple of religious canvassers knock at the door, "How do you view the future?" the guy said, pamphlet in hand. "Bleak", I retorted, which made them turn on their heels. Beats lengthy metaphysical discussions.

Great to be back at The Shacklewell Arms for the excellent German trio Painting on Friday night. Lighting was a bit tricky with no front spotlights in use, relying on luminescent outfits/masks & background filler lights instead. #photography #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #50mm #livemusic #London

A few of my photos from last night's excellent gig by Rosie Frater-Taylor at The Fickle Pickle Club, as part of this year's Southend Jazz Festival #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #jazz

Testing an old Kenwood PAL Color Pattern Generator CG-932. Works fine, still useful for aligning analogue TV monitors. #video #testcards #tech

Testing a 5GHz analogue microwave video link, comparing a homemade double biquad antenna with a commercially made omnidirectional slot antenna. #ATV

Suggested videos for me to watch on my Inner Marshland covers YouTube account. See if you can spot the odd one out😳🤔

A few of my photos from a great night at the Waiting Room in London with Beautify Junkyards, currently touring the UK, recommended. #psych #kosmische #CanonFD #100mm #Sonya6500

A simple TV test card generator using a Pi Zero. I'm using the PAL video output here, but the HDMI out is also an option. #testcardf #PM5544

Anyone fancy finishing off this bottle of vodka? 😳

Fixing a Cry Baby Wah pedal, which had lost its wah... Original inductor measures fine here, but it was badly intermittent; despite my best efforts, it couldn't be fixed. Inside is a potted core, thwarting rewinding. New one required, expensive for what it is, but necessary. #crybaby #pedal #fasel