Blogretro remix: going commando!
By booyaa | May 12, 2008
game: commando
remix:
original for reference:
this is my first tune using sid2midi (the freeware version) which i’m pleased to report works well with darwine so you don’t need to fire up vmware or parallels.
oh and i like booming bass so i suggest you turn on the subwoofers or switch to your bose on the ear phones to pick up that sub!
as a parting comment, itunes lost my entire music library (well the database, still have the music) whilst I was exporting from garageband. I wonder if its trying to tell me something?
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my first attempt at remixing retro game music: cauldron
By booyaa | May 8, 2008
a little backfill: i’ve been really getting into electronica of late, in particular chip music. i’ve always wanted to make my own music, but sadly i’m tone deaf. after checking out a few garage band tutorials, i think i’m close to realising my dream of making my own chip music…
whilst this track is not quite chip music, but it’s a start. i nabbed a midi composition of cauldron’s theme music from vgmusic.
yes there are some cliched sound effects, but garage band is a new toy and i’m trying everything out 
oh a bit of trivia for you, if the cauldron music sounds familiar, its cause its derived from the sound track from halloween!
click on the play icon below to listen to the remix
at some point, i’d love to use sid2midi to make my own midi files (the vgmusic library are compositions based on the original game music). better still get pump sidplay into the line of garage band. the sid chip is of course my preferred chip, because it powered the commodore c64!
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seedling watch day backfill: sowing the seeds of an idea
By booyaa | May 6, 2008
sorry for the cheesy tag line, won’t happen again guvnor, honest.
on the 22nd of april we commenced with our seeding project. pretty much everything we’re growing from seed will go to the allotment with a few exceptions. i hope to use the seedling watch to fill in the gaps between allotment visits, rather than twitter posts.
so far we’ve managed to seed the following:
orange banana tomato seedling (for allotment): 
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chili anaheim seedlings (allotment): 
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garten perle toms (allotment):
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sweet basil seedlings (allotment/home):
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last week we bought an electric propagator after finding out that the room temperature in our living room and kitchen (our prime germinating spots) were too cold. we’ve already seen amazing progress since we started using it, the seed growth rate has gone up, even those that we wrote off as dead (after the toms and basils seedlings started to appear) have started to seed.
as you can see from the picture there are seven individual pots with plastic tops. the red bits at the top of the plastic tops are the vents. the green tray that holds the pots is where all the magic takes place and is the bottom warmer. *waits until the giggling stops*
since the biggest threat to germination is the sudden drop of temperature at night time we keep the propagator on then, during the day it’s off with the vents open.
mrs. booyaa’s started using the dehydrator again, so i’ve conscripted that into propagating service, and have a few seed trays cooking on top.
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at the allotment day 6 (ep): light yet filling
By booyaa | May 5, 2008
i should probably warn you all that this week is gonna be allotment heavy i.e. i will be posting frequent updates. the reason for this, is that i somehow managed to accumulate a sizable amount of leave at work that needed to be used up, so i decided to use it up on the lotty.
today’s visit was a fleeting visit, mostly ’cause me and mrs. booyaa were still knackered from saturday and sunday’s heroic effort. i made a start on the area that would be host to our peas, jicama and beans. this part of the plot was previously called “fox town” because it was once used as a hideout by a fox (or so we’ve been told by our plot neighbours), but don’t panic wildlife fans, uncle boo did check several times before digging it up to make sure the fox hadn’t set up home, no tell tales like cigarette butts or hen fancier weekly were to be found, nor did a fox come bounding out demanding to know what the hell we thought we were doing.
whilst digging i kept finding bits of rotting wood. it was starting to look like an archaeological dig until lionel (who appears to spend as much time as we do at the lotty) said that the previous plot owner had his compost bin in that area. mystery solved.
mrs. booyaa was seeding like a torrent freak, she started on a half row of white beetroot and row of mixed wild flowers. the wild flowers aren’t just for our enjoyment, they’re also for the bees and insects honest.
next up was (from front to back, left to right) was
- first row - 3 x 6 pot trays with chamomile (for our lawn surrounding the shed),
- second row - 3 pots of majoram, 3 pots of parsley
- third row - 2 x black cherry toms (which we got from lionel), the rest of the row is lettuce
- four row - lavender
facts and figures
our current expenditure is about £180
time spent on allotment: 30 hours
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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-04
By booyaa | May 4, 2008
- At the Allotment digging round two! #
- Live from the allotment (lfta): the dig team break for lunch! #
- LFTA: Time to disengage the digging machine! #
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