Ramblings
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Network-enabling a Panasonic SA-PM31
I have a not-quite-vintage SA-PM31 radio/CD player/cassette player – it’s a mini HiFi type arrangement, and I bought it in the early 2000’s; my grandparents were visiting, and memory says that Grandad offered to buy me a radio as a present (potentially related to my first paying job after college, but my memory is really…
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Plant growth
The veg are doing well in the VegTrug. 17 days on, and everything is looking healthy.
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Renovating the studio – parts 24 and 25
With the skim coat finally a consistent colour, I was able to get two base coats and a soft sheen coat on. Good thing I mentioned what I was doing to the guy at the local hardware store, otherwise I might have put vinyl-based paint right on to the skim coat, and it would have…
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Renovating the studio – parts 22 and 23
Well, the builder is finished, and itโs now a case of waiting for the light fixtures to arrive so the sparky can install them.
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Dun Laoghaire to Malahide
Blue Opal needs a good scrub and antifoul, so I booked her in at Malahide Marina to be lifted this morning. Was awake at 5:30, and outside of Dun Laoghaire harbour just around 7 after tea, porridge sourdough, and two scrambled eggs. Nice morning overall, but very unpleasant sea south of the Bailey Lighthouse –…
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More veg for the garden
After getting my first COVID inoculation, I figured I may as well swing through Windy Ridge on the way home. Ended up with a few self-watering pots, and some pea plants. The rose bushes, which were cut back far later than they should have been, are doing well. The bulbs that K and I planted…