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Blogs

Site Rebuild

2025: The NextJS iteration

5^th Aug

2025

Time to rebuild, again

Mis-Adventures In Film

The return to shooting film

15^th Sep

2021

The return of shooting film

Droning On

Potted UAV musings

2^nd Jun

2021

Potted UAV musings

Site Rebuild

2020: The Jamstack iteration

15^th Nov

2020

Not much else to do this year, so why not rebuild ...

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 10 - Reflection & Jam

14^th Nov

2020

Reflection and jam

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 8 - Step Sequencer

7^th Nov

2020

Simple 8 step sequencer

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 9 - Voltage Quantizer

7^th Nov

2020

Voltage quantizer

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 6 - LFO

30^th Oct

2020

Dual waveform, low frequency oscillator

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 7 - Mixer and multiple

30^th Oct

2020

Mixer and buffered multiple

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 4 - VCF

29^th Oct

2020

MS20 style voltage controlled filter

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 5 - VCA

29^th Oct

2020

Dual voltage controlled amplifier

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 2 - MIDI To CV

26^th Oct

2020

MIDI to CV convertor

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 3 - Envelope Generator

26^th Oct

2020

Attack/Release envelope generator

Modular Synthesizer Project

Part 1 - VCO

25^th Oct

2020

Voltage controlled oscillator

Modular Synthesizer Project

Introduction

17^th Oct

2020

Building a modular synth

Multi-track Video

How to clone yourself

8^th Apr

2020

Being a multi-instrumentalist, and playing with yo ...

Virtual Session

Pub Closed - What to do?

25^th Mar

2020

What to do when Covid-19 closes the pubs, and you ...

Coding Shortcuts

Arrow functions, map/filter/sort

17^th Mar

2020

Various shortcuts to make code more efficient

IoT Project Retrospective

Part 2, Hardware

29^th Feb

2020

Hardware elements of IoT project

IoT Project Retrospective

Part 1, Software

24^th Feb

2020

Write up of evolving IoT project

Runners Mojo

22^nd Feb

2020

I think mine has up'd and gone.

Blog Tag Cloud

Latest Videos

Royal Oak Point wrecks

31^st Jul

2022

Decaying wrecks at Royal Oak point on the Isle of ...

Hoo Marina Wrecks

16^th May

2021

Rainy walk along Saxon Shores between Upnor and Ho ...

Modular Synth Project

Part 8 and 9

7^th Nov

2020

Final 2x modules; 8 step sequencer, and quantiser ...

Modular Synth Project

Part 6 & 7 - LFO, Mixer & Multiples

30^th Oct

2020

Mixture of utility modules; LFO, Mixer and buffere ...

Modular Synth Project

Part 5 - VCA

29^th Oct

2020

LM13700 based dual voltage controlled amplifier h ...

Modular Synth Project

Part 4 - VCF

29^th Oct

2020

Voltage Controlled Filter module based around LM13 ...

Modular Synth Project

Part 2 & 3 - MIDI to CV , and Envelope Generator

26^th Oct

2020

Overview of the MIDI to CV convertor and Envelope ...

Modular Synth Project

Part 1 - VCO

25^th Oct

2020

First part in the series, this one covering the CE ...

Modular Synth Project

Intro

17^th Oct

2020

Quick taster video of a series of modular synth co ...

Garden Wildlife

13^th Apr

2020

Isolation based nature filming!

Ballydesmond Polkas

8^th Apr

2020

Taking a break from virtual sessions for a couple ...

Garden in Spring

6^th Apr

2020

Bit of a "feel good" vid, shot on a lovely warm Su ...

Humours of Cappa / Tobin's Favourite

29^th Mar

2020

A little experiment (with a few duff notes!), with ...

Loch Ness Marathon 2019

9^th Oct

2019

Spectacular scenery, glorious autumn colours, net- ...

Race to the Stones 2019

15^th Jul

2019

100Km ultramarathon that follows the route of the ...

Teetotallers Reel

6^th Jun

2019

A bit of mandolin-guitar dueling of this classic r ...

Paris Marathon 2019

17^th Apr

2019

Paris Marathon 2019

Amsterdam Marathon, 2018

26^th Oct

2018

Accidentally left movies on Flat colour so a bit w ...