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Were was I?

Mar 11, 2022adminBlogNanoPi M4, Pwnagotchi, Tesla k80, WiGLE, XT660z

It's been too long since I have posted anything here. My guilty conscience aches despite the low number of people who can even be bothered to read past the first page. I thought that I really should relieve my discomfort by giving a brief summary of some of the things I have been doing.

Motorcycle Lift part 2

Dec 8, 2021adminBlog

I have been lazy in not updating this website for quite a while. I have been engaged in many othe (unfinished) projects.

Emgee (nom de plume, you may have heard of him already) helped me a great deal on this problem as he had provided all the engineering and much of the the thought to solving the issue of the fast dropping lift already documented.… More...

Protected: Help needed to identify this lathe

Jun 20, 2021adminPractical topics

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

My Old Motorcycle Lift

Apr 12, 2021admin2 CommentsBlog, Practical topics

  I've had this motorcycle lift for well over eight years and I haven't used it the last 2-3 years; it's been sitting in the garage ,covered in junk. More recently I have decided to drag it out and repair it. The reason I haven't used it is because it is quite dangerous.

It is dangerous because it drops like a stone.

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Add This…

Mar 27, 2021JamesBlog

I stare through my laptop screen, unwilling – no determined not to focus.
My unshaved chin rests on my arthritic hand. My dry lips uninterested in the fresh coffee steaming under me.
I wait for the meds to kick in – it’s late now, 11:03 AM perhaps they are beginning to work – that is how I able to talk to you now.

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Jaap Blonk

Jul 12, 2020JamesRadioBraaxtaal, Cheek Synthesiser, Dutch, Improv, Jaap Blonk, Kurt Schwitters, Microtonal, Schwitters, Splinks, Ursonate

Delightful to have internationally renowned composer, sound poet and musician Jaap Blonk as our guest this week on Outsider in.

Jaap explains safe ways to check your voice; the excercises he uses, demonstrates his cheek synthesiser, discusses his recent work with electronics and performs with gusto.… More...

Adam Bohman 20th May 2009

Jul 12, 2020JamesRadioAdam Bohman, Apriocot My Lovely, Bohman Brothers, Conspiracy, Morphogenesis

Adam Bohman? Is that the guy who was in Morphogenesis oh yeah… and the Bohman Brothers and Conspiracy, yeah.

Well right, I better get on and listen to him play live then.

May 20, 2009… More...

Butte

Jul 12, 2020JamesAlaskaButte, Evel Kneivel, Montana, Top Gear

You find a gaggle of hung over residents of Butte wishing they had not drunk so much after a week of festivities of Evel Kneivel week in a bar in Butte Montana – the best way to deal with this is to drink quantities of Capt.

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The Talented Losers

Jul 12, 2020JamesRadioColin Shaddick, farting, haikus, Sexton Ming

A live session from the Talented Losers, comprising the notorious Sexton Ming and poet Colin Shaddick.
The Losers conduct an unusual session, in the sense that, Ming is in the studio whilst Shaddick collaborates via telephone.
The whole episode ended in a complete meeting of minds, we were united in self-realisation and found our way back to the source of the unverse through farting, haikus and shocking ourselves awake.

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Dave Russell

Jul 12, 2020JamesRadioCore Arts, Dave Russell, Survivors Poetry

Dave Russell – If you discover him – then you will not forget him. Dave is editor of Poetry Express, mainstay of Survivors Poetry and Core Arts. This is a rare opportunity to hear some new songs by Dave, performed live, with all the unpredictable technical holdups – highly enjoyable I hope.

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