Books, delays and dates

Books, delays and dates

Wow, its been ferociously busy recently. Not only are things going on at work, but I am also working at finishing up the Official Ubuntu Book. This has involved the usual game of submitting work for review, taking review comments, merging them in, adding missing...
Comments b0rked

Comments b0rked

Just to let you all know that for some crazy reason, comments are not working at the moment on the site. Something odd has happened on the server which I suspect is down to a crash a while back. I will let you know when comments are re-enabled. Don’t you just...
Comments b0rked

Jokosher Mix Design

In [Jokosher](https://www.jokosher.org/) we need to implement audio sliders. These sliders are used for adjusting the volume of a particular instrument in the composition. In addition to adjusting the volume, sliders are also augmented with a few other features: *...
Adventures in spam 1

Adventures in spam 1

You know, spam is a wondrous thing. No, not for filling our inboxes with pointless junk, but a wonderous thing for pure, unadulterated entertainment value. My spam folder in GMail is increasingly becoming a source of astonishing comedy. For your enjoyment, I figured I...
Heck, its busy y’know

Heck, its busy y’know

Busy as usual. For the last few weeks much of my time has been spent working on the Official Ubuntu Book and working on [Jokosher](https://www.jokosher.rg/). In addition to this I have been nursing Sooz through a cold, going to work, writing music, rehearsing with the...
Hero’s never die

Hero’s never die

A while back, my band (Seraphidian) supported [Anthrax](https://www.anthrax.com/) at one of their UK tour dates. This was incredibly exciting for me. I was not only looking forward to strutting my stuff in front of 1200 people, but as a long time fan of the band,...