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polydigm - 24-6-2020 at 09:41

I hope that sorts itself out soon Bonny.

aquagoat - 24-6-2020 at 15:24

I'm doing fine, Poly, the sun is shining.

aquagoat - 24-6-2020 at 15:25

I'm doing fine, Poly, the sun is shining.

BBP - 26-6-2020 at 22:06

BBP - 29-6-2020 at 21:45

Finally found me a copy of 13 Dead End Drive! It was never released in The Netherlands, so it's the German version.

BBP - 2-7-2020 at 19:33

Rough day at work today. I'm finding out that of numerous colleagues the contract hasn't been extended, which is terrible since it means I'll never see them again. In some cases they were good friends who didn't say bye.

aquagoat - 4-7-2020 at 06:23

Ha, ti's the kind of problem in the business you work in, there's a big turnover.

BBP - 4-7-2020 at 17:34

It's weekend, hurray!

polydigm - 4-7-2020 at 19:36

BBP - 5-7-2020 at 13:38

It's embarking on a huge enterprise for the sake of it. It reminds me a bit of the time I dug into Gabriel Knight 3's subtitle files. Every line of the game had its own subtitle file and there were over a thousand. Took a month. From these I reconstructed the Gabriel Knight 3 Screenplay - it's huge! Other than just being head-over-heels in love with GK3 I had no motivation whatsoever to do so.

There were 469 puzzle entries. If every one of those 469 plays every single opponent, how many games are played?468 + 467 + 466 + 465... +3 +2 +1. I make that 109746 games to be played in total. Unless the game masters were particularly interested in the mathematical side of it and wanted to try a real-life version I don't know why they'd want to put themselves to comparing so many puzzle entries with each other.

polydigm - 5-7-2020 at 15:28

Of course, a very large triangular number.

BBP - 6-7-2020 at 17:05

Now we will have to figure out a way of going through life without Morricone...

BBP - 10-7-2020 at 07:47

Will be visiting my boyfriend again today. Am even thinking of staying longer with him, which I can now that the logon codes have changed.

aquagoat - 13-7-2020 at 18:39

Just spent a few days in Lille, visitin ex-girlfriend anda few members of her family, went to a few restaurants, etc, etc. It was a pretty good week-end.

BBP - 15-7-2020 at 21:16

Just got back! Was great to be able to spend some more time with my bf, and just him (last time I visited him was a social visit to pretty much all his family).

polydigm - 19-7-2020 at 04:39

BBP - 20-7-2020 at 22:06

All was going well after our trip - sure there were some nasty moments, like when I had to take a very extended route due to works on the railroad, when the Great British Bake-Off that we had been looking forward to watching together for days - had been cancelled in favour of a racism debate, when my favourite MythBuster (and celeb crush) Grant Imahara passed away and when the computers at a company my BF does work for, malfunctioned and BF was tinkering PCs for a night, and the minigolf trip that couldn't happen because the owner hadn't cleaned the tracks, plus real bad nights of sleep due to bad bed, but all in all it was good fun. We ended up watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, played Tantrix a couple of times, napped in the day, went for a few walks and cooked together.

Less than 24 hours after leaving BF the high of the visit was crushed when I had to call a very nasty customer who is honestly the first client in 2 years to call me names. I broke down ten minutes before the end of my working day to the point that my team manager offered me a week of holiday - in the high season after Corona it is so impossibly busy I never imagined that would happen, but they fear I'm approaching burn-out. So do I bytheway. A week from now I have a week off.

So, past few days... I watched a lot of Mythbusters, played a lot of music and consulted my BF if we can meet again that week.

polydigm - 21-7-2020 at 14:09

Bloody hell, Bonny, my last couple of days have been a cakewalk in comparison. I think we should stop trying to outdo each other, it could end up pretty dangerous. :duh:

BBP - 22-7-2020 at 21:48

Been doing some amateur sleuthing at work, it seems to be paying off in that I got a pat on the back from one of the bosses. It's relating to an individual that has scammed our company way too many times.

aquagoat - 23-7-2020 at 16:30

Damn, Bonny, that week off is gonna do you good, I'm sure.

BBP - 24-7-2020 at 06:15

Absolutely!

I wish I had the transportation to take me to France...
https://youtu.be/OeAfI7GxUQQ

BBP - 25-7-2020 at 23:07

I'm on vacation!

BBP - 27-7-2020 at 22:26

So, first day of vacation, I baked a lemon cake and finished the prototype of my chandelier project.
Two weeks ago I was elated to find 13 Dead End Drive (German edition) at the local second-hand shop. This game was never published in The Netherlands and I'd been dying to have it as a Cluedo fan. There aren't many games where you actually get to kill your opponents.

13 Dead End Drive has been described as a cross between Cluedo and Mouse Trap. The unimaginably wealthy Aunt Agatha has died, without any living relatives. Her 12 closest friends, employees and cat have gathered at her house to see who will inherit the vast fortune... but there are strange things afoot in the home and there are less and less potential heirs left...

Each player is dealt 3 to 4 heirs in secret, and must keep these secret throughout the game. A stack of cards with the characters shows who is the favourite heir at that moment. If the character manages to flee the house while (s)he/cat is the favourite heir, the player owning that character wins. A player can also win if the inspector arrives at the door when his character is the favourite heir.

Or, by being the last character alive. There are several fun ways of disposing the game's cast with actual working traps: flip them down the stairs, let the bookshelf ladder collapse while they're climbing it, drop a statue on them, cast them into the fireplace or, my favourite, drop a chandelier on them.

And the chandelier, that's where the issue is.

The game chandelier drops 20 cm - it is therefore pretty likely it'll not survive the murderous mayhem.

The game has become a cult classic, thanks to the violence, the surprisingly interesting gameplay although marketed at 9 and up, the violence, the astonishing artwork, the violence, the elaborate set-up, the violence... Copies of the game sell for 20 to 50 dollars - depending on whether the chandelier is still in one piece.

The chandelier in my copy works and is still intact (although missing decals), but I've noticed that this won't last long. There appear to be some weaker spots in the plastic, and the bulk mass at the bottom is held up by a little thin bit of plastic, if you have bad luck the chandelier flips 180 degrees during its fall and there goes an inreplaceable piece of plastic.

So I am making a chandelier to use instead of the original one. It has to look good enough to be fun, and soft enough to not cause damage to board or pieces.Today I finished a very nice looking prototype.

Here's a review of the game showing all the traps at work:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=13+dead+end+drive+&iax=videos&...

Picture of chandelier coming up...

BBP - 29-7-2020 at 21:43

Went to the local open-air museum, now again known as Prehistorisch Dorp. When I was a kid there were three replicas built of iron age homes that were found in the region. Back then entry was free so we went there a couple of times - at 15 minutes cycling from my house it was quite convenient. But I hadn't been there since my elementary school years.

A lot has changed since then - a medieval section was added and they charge 9 euros now, but I decided to go anyway.

I had to reserve a time slot and couldn't spend more than 3 hours there. In fact after 90 minutes I'd seen and done pretty much anything and couldn't stretch it much longer than 2.5 hours. And in this short time I shot 195 photos. And one film that didn't get saved.
Prehistorisch Dorp has 25 reconstructions and is with that a lot smaller than the Archeon. There's a stone age hunter's camp, a Bronze/Iron age long shed, work shed, small home, pug sty, sheep farm, loam pit, grave hill and holy oak, there's a Roman era (50BC to 500 AD) lookout tower, work shed, cow farm, Roman work shed, and herbal garden. There's a Framks era (500-1500) dwelling, archery course and arena (= patch of grass), a late Middle Ages crafts home, blacksmith and medieval celebration market. And of the 80 Years War (1568-1648) there's an inn, marketplace, chapel, pottery house, and entrance.

Image here:
https://www.deviantart.com/bonnzai/art/PreHistorisch-Dorp-Mi...

Their website is here. I already noticed their German was noticeably not done by native German speakers, and I get the same feeling reading their English site.
https://prehistorischdorp.nl/en/plan-your-visit/what-is-ther...

So, what did I do in those two hours besides making 200 photos?
-Passed the market place, made a lot of photos of the blacksmith;
-Noticed the arena was a patch of grass with a tent and hobbyhorses.
-Moded to the Frankish section with the fireplace and a lots of kids in costume. In the Frankish farm it is possible for kids to dress up in medieval costume (as in, linen, square and only top dress and/or shirt), but god that looked adorable. Also there was a weapon set for kids to try on for size and weight, and wooden shields/swords for playfight, and all that stuff..
-Went to the archery setup and missed three arrows. Was fun though.
-Walked back and noticed there was a chapel with a medieval style cemetary (= wooden crosses), took more pictures
-At the potters only 1 family at a time is allowed (Corona), and it's empty. I go in and find that here it is possible to make your own pottery. With spinning disk! Hey that's one I'd love to try - unfortunately as soon as I dip my fingers in clay, three kids walk in. I have to leave due to Corona rules.
-Next to that is a stone throwing game, but as soon as I want to try some woman with kid pushes me out of the way to let her kid throw stones. Seriously. To throw with rocks.
-The sheep stable normally has a sheep, but now it's just a big plush sheep due to Corona.
-Behind the stone throwing is a pull ferry (basically you have a wooden raft, you step on it, and pull on the rope that's attached to one end to advance.) It was too popular to have a go every time I checked.
-Climbed to the top of the Roman Watchtower, took pictures and had to leave because it's so small and only one exit and Corona.
-A lot of little paths are closed due to Corona, most farms have a one-way route. With the smaller locations this gets awkward.
-The bronze and iron age square is a huge activity hub - besides the few farms and treehouse and pig sty (without actual pigs) there's wood splitting, fibula making, loam amulet making, wheat grinding, canoe peddling... I make a fibula and decide against getting myself dirty with the loam amulet making, but it looks like fun!
-The best photo opportunity is at a Frankish oven - one of the free-roaming chickens hops into it and finds a nice place to hide. Unfortunately I couldn't make a photo but such chickens are convenient. Now we just need to train them to eat rosemary sauce and pluck themselves before they climb in.
-At the Holy Oak there are some musical instrument replicas of the Roman era, but I don't get a chance to play. At the Hunter's camp a woman gives a fire making demonstration - I shoot some film but my camera gives in unfortunately. It's very crowded and not many people still do the 1.5 m thing.
There's a spear throwing activity at the oak - I got quite the action shot!
-I visit the various farms. They're a bit spartan with information - the museum has an app with audio tour and TimeViewer but I can't download that on my old phone.
-I head back to the market square, where there's a block building activity, a guess the age of this item game, hoops, stilts and numerous other games. The tilting at the ring and Quantain looks tantalizing!
-Unfortunately the crossbow shooting is proving too popular. I visit a fortunately quiet museum store, have fun browsing. I find a nice necklace but the only one left is the one that was on display and somebody broke the chain. The shop attendant gives me the pendant for free. I also come out with a medieval replica bracelet, another necklace with pendant (compass), a postcard, a 12th century Endehoven coin replica, a postcard and a handful of gems that I got from the gumball machine with a large "THIS ISN'T CANDY" sign.
-I have some fresh ginger tea in a quiet corner. The family at the table before me are waiting for their pancakes - as they arrive, the mother has to gather all the kids and temporarily leave the table - a jackdaw spots the opportunity and gets a good chunk of apple pancake.

Other activities are a barefoot path, Nine Men's Morris, and a sandbox for archaeological excavating (the staff put stuff in there for kids to find).

BBP - 31-7-2020 at 11:00

Went to the Dutch Lithography museum in Valkenswaard, where they had a gorgeous Mucha exposition!

BBP - 31-7-2020 at 20:35

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aquagoat - 1-8-2020 at 07:05

13 Dead End Drive, that seems to be an interesting and funny game.

Prehistorisch Dorp looks great and amusing. We've got the same kind of thing in different regions here, it can be pretty interesting and exotic.

I'm now on holiday for 3 weeks. Don't know exactly what I'm gonna do, yet. I'll start with doing sports and music, and I'll see if I can go somewhere around the country.

BBP - 1-8-2020 at 15:04

If you feel like exploring The Netherlands we could meet up, I have vacation until Wednesday

aquagoat - 2-8-2020 at 07:17

I don't know about The Netherlands, but I'll probably spend a day in Belgium, with a girl-friend of mine. Unfortunately, it will be next week-end.

polydigm - 2-8-2020 at 09:12

I don't know ... these people on holidays!

BBP - 3-8-2020 at 09:36

Am baking baguettes for the first time since... well, ever. Let's just see how the dough's proofed...

aquagoat - 4-8-2020 at 12:10

Yeah, let's see that! One of these days, I'm gonna try making my own bread.

BBP - 4-8-2020 at 17:52

Baguettes aren't as easy to make. Or, well, they are, but one thing is having the key ingredients, one of them is really hard to come by. (T45 flour in The Netherlands is pretty hard to obtain)

aquagoat - 5-8-2020 at 07:59

Ho, ok. Dindn't know that. Why is it so difficult to get?

BBP - 5-8-2020 at 17:47

Aside from Corona? Unfortunately the Dutch don't label their flour in the way that is done in France - we either have bloem or patentbloem (in English it would be flour and strongflour). Bloem is protected but patentbloem (the "better" flour for baking) isn't. Because of the lack of indication on the package it's unfortunately a matter of trying out.

aquagoat - 6-8-2020 at 07:47

ha, ok, I understand.

BBP - 7-8-2020 at 16:56

So... hot...

aquagoat - 9-8-2020 at 16:34

Yes, so fecking hot!!!!

BBP - 9-8-2020 at 18:18

I can see the ice cubes melting in my lemonade... pfff...

aquagoat - 10-8-2020 at 07:36

Hahahaha. ok.

BBP - 10-8-2020 at 20:26

Was great to be at the office again...

Thing was I had a meeting with my team manager and I hadn't brought my laptop, and I had forgotten my phone.
Another team manager sat right across me and she allowed me to use her work phone...
until at 14:00, that team manager packed her stuff and went. Our manager had made a surprise visit to the office and there is a maximum number of people allowed, so somebody had to leave and she chose to go.
So I ended up borrowing a third team manager's laptop. Office adventures...

BBP - 11-8-2020 at 19:26

Thunderstorm today, brilliant! Temperature dropped 5 degrees!

BBP - 14-8-2020 at 06:43

Two days off in which I did precious little due to weather conditions. It was supposed to rain here yesterday and there has been real bad rain in my province but unfortunately none out here. Am trying to cool the house, it's still suffocatingly hot.

aquagoat - 16-8-2020 at 07:43

It's rained a lot lately and the temperature has decreased a good amount, but I hope it's gonna get sunny again for my last week of vacation. I'm gonna stay a few days at my ex's appartment in Le Touquet, so it would be cool to be able to go to the beach, have long walks, etc, etc.

aquagoat - 16-8-2020 at 13:12

Well, my home cinema system seems to be fried. Actually, it's only the wireless system that seems to have broken down. I'll try to get it repaired when I come back from vacation. Since it's my main way of listening to music in my flat, I really hope it can get fixed, I don't want 1to have to buy a whole new system when only a part of it doesn't work. It sucks.

BBP - 16-8-2020 at 13:51

Aw sorry to hear that...

polydigm - 16-8-2020 at 14:19

BBP - 16-8-2020 at 16:15

Decided to move outside with a laptop. Within five minutes a harvestman dropped down - into my hair. Eek.

aquagoat - 21-8-2020 at 14:09

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat

Well, my home cinema system seems to be fried. Actually, it's only the wireless system that seems to have broken down. I'll try to get it repaired when I come back from vacation. Since it's my main way of listening to music in my flat, I really hope it can get fixed, I don't want 1to have to buy a whole new system when only a part of it doesn't work. It sucks.

Well, I've just come back from a few days at the beach, and I now, this system works perfectly fine again. Go figure!?!?!

polydigm - 22-8-2020 at 01:17

When you say wireless, what exactly do you mean? We previously had a Sony TV that had all the connectivity in a separate box, which then communicated with the TV via wireless. This meant you could have the box inside the display unit and bring all the cables in through the back. After about ten years, the wireless started intermittently dropping out and eventually got so bad, we ended up having to get a new TV. That extra tidiness factor, probably wasn't worth the extra cost, so this time we didn't get a wireless one.

BBP - 22-8-2020 at 20:07

Today I got to finish feeling really good about myself - we're, for the first time in months, not behind on or proofs of payment!

aquagoat - 23-8-2020 at 08:30

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

When you say wireless, what exactly do you mean? We previously had a Sony TV that had all the connectivity in a separate box, which then communicated with the TV via wireless. This meant you could have the box inside the display unit and bring all the cables in through the back. After about ten years, the wireless started intermittently dropping out and eventually got so bad, we ended up having to get a new TV. That extra tidiness factor, probably wasn't worth the extra cost, so this time we didn't get a wireless one.

well, it's this system here:
https://www.sony.co.th/en/electronics/all-in-one-home-cinema...

The wireless part concerns the satellite speakers, there's a little box that serves as a receiver for the signal emitted by the dvd player, the satellite speakers are connected to this box so that you have no wires running through the room. I opened that box and cleaned it up before going on holiday, perhaps that's the reason why it started working again.

aquagoat - 23-8-2020 at 08:45

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Today I got to finish feeling really good about myself - we're, for the first time in months, not behind on or proofs of payment!

Congratulations, Bonny.

BBP - 23-8-2020 at 22:05

Glad to hear your audio system is still working!

I'm starting to work out again - Corona got me hard.

polydigm - 24-8-2020 at 13:08

Swimming pools are open again so my wife and I have been back swimming regularly again. I was starting get out of shape.

polydigm - 24-8-2020 at 13:18

aquagoat - 27-8-2020 at 17:48

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

Swimming pools are open again so my wife and I have been back swimming regularly again. I was starting get out of shape.

Good! Swimiming is good for you! I should do it more often, if only I didn't swim like block of cement...

aquagoat - 27-8-2020 at 17:48

polydigm - 29-8-2020 at 04:31

Thanks man, I appreciate the feedback.

I find it interesting that I do get positive feedback and have never had a negative comment except from Cleon at zappa.com who said that my guitar in my Zoot Allures cover sounded like shit. I'm aware that it's just a practice amp recorded through a single microphone and far from a professional production, but that wasn't the point, I just had the camera going while I was practising. My recent Echidna's Arf and Uncle Meat videos are examples of when I put a bit more effort into the production.

So, Cleon aside, if there are people out there who think my music is okay, my problem is how to get more people to listen to it. I haven't put a lot of effort into that so far, because I wasn't particularly bothered, but now I'm doing this full time and I'm working towards my first fully produced album, I'm starting to give it some thought.

So thanks again to you, and Bonny, for her positive feedback so far, you've helped inspire me to take it further. Watch out when the world is looking for someone to blame later on.

BBP - 29-8-2020 at 17:11

Very nice, great to hear about your album! Hope it works out!

Been doing too much talking today. I wish governments wouldn't decide on Friday evening to appoint new orange zones so that we're stuck doing customer service on Saturday while we'll have to wait until Monday for the corporate decision.

polydigm - 29-8-2020 at 20:32

Orange zones?

BBP - 30-8-2020 at 22:13

Travel warning that holiday trips are not recommended.

BBP - 31-8-2020 at 17:48

typed a long forum post and seeing it gets lost !! noooooooooo

BBP - 31-8-2020 at 21:05

Well, now that I have two hands (one and four fifths of a hand actually) available I'll summarize the story I'd attempted to write in full, only to fail when I pressed alt-F5 insteald of alt-5 when I wanted to make a Euro symbol:

-Woke up, took out the trash, found the garbage bag had leaked a nauseating brown ooze in the trash can and on the floor, so I'd have to start cleaning. It's a day that starts at 8:30 for me and I need to use all the time for my morning routine - never too happy with a cleaning interruption;

-Upon taking it out, disaster strikes. I grab my keys, but something green disagrees and pricks my left forefinger. It hurts. I pull it out and bring the trash container to the front.

-I wash and inspect my wound, it is small and not bleeding much although it aches, so I set to cleaning the ooze, thoroughly washing my hands, then making breakfast.

-While making breakfast I notice my whole finger has swollen to the point I can barely bend it. I put ice on it, but the amount of swelling is too much for a simple thorn puncture. I decide to try to call the doctor, but the tape informs me they don't open until 8, and it's 7:30. I app my boyfriend but he doesn't respond. I try to have breakfast and put several .

-At 8 I start calling my GP numerous times, but I keep getting the busy tone instead of the queue I'd normally get in. When it's 8:15 I should sit at my PC to get started, but I want to make sure I am not in need of dire medical attention.
I call my team manager. Not there either. Dad comes in and notices the stress I'm enduring.
I call my back-up team manager. She's not there either, but another team manager answers her. I explain what happens and she puts me on absent. Some time after that I finally get the queue at the GP, and BF responds.
I talk to the GP assistant, since it's busy she can only fit me in for this afternoon but she doesn't think it's urgent and recommends me to keep an eye on it. A few minutes later I head up and fire my work laptop, and call my team manager again to tell her I'm ready for work.

-I'm on senior tasks, which is a nice and varied set where we contact the client for things related to his booking - requesting group composition or other data, informing client of changes at his accommodation, but sometimes the major things - telling a client the jacuzzi is not available or dealing with frauds. In one booking it's a short-term one, arrival today - the accommodation doesn't allow groups where all travellers are under 30. With us home owners are allowed to place such restrictions, and they're put on the website - if the client books for a group of youngsters even if they are not allowed, and even though it's mentioned on the website, it's the client's responsibility, and he can either rebook to costs or cancel to a lot more costs - and since it's arrival day for this client, the cancellation costs are 100% of the rent.
I don't like to be the bringer of bad news. Fortunately for me, client doesn't answer and I mail a callback request, with one finger down.

After I'm done with the priority tasks I do the minor ones and pick up one that I haven't ever done yet - contact a client to merge his accounts. The client apparently had multiple client accounts and I was supposed to call him to ask if we could merge them. But since there were several accounts with the same mail address and phone number but a different name, I didn't trust it entirely and went to research.

Three hours later, I close some 30 tabs and wrap up research that showed individual is a fraud that has already cost my company well over 20K euros - inform my senior and go on my lunch break, two hours too late. And one of the fraud accounts just happened to be the one I just tried to call for the group of youngsters.

You know, those days.

polydigm - 2-9-2020 at 09:31

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

I try to have breakfast and put several ...

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Quote: Originally posted by BBP

You know, those days.

Yes I do.

I hope your finger is getting sorted out.

I had some bad trouble with the middle finger on my right hand and then after much hassle for several weeks and no improvement following a mis diagnosis, I got a second opinion a couple of weeks ago and it was diagnosed as trigger finger. A few days later I had a steroid injection and it has vastly improved.

BBP - 2-9-2020 at 17:10

Ooh I forgot what I wanted to say there, sorry.

Sorry to hear about your trigger finger, my father actually has one. I hope your story helps to convince him to go to the doctor, he's had it since February.

Yesterday I found that the individual had made a new booking, I made a quick bid to senior to block the mail address, senior blocked it. Towards the end of my working day senior asked if I could put it in an Excel sheet. Sure! Except I don't really know much about Excel so it took me an hour and a half to get that done. I mailed it in reply to the seniors, the finance department and two higher up people...

Today I worked at the office instead of home, so I didn't have my work laptop, and then I found out I'd forgotten to mail the attachment.
Nooooooooooooo!

I phoned my dad, he was kind enough to send it to me but then he had mailed the wrong one... and in the mean time I found the SOB had made another booking last night - arrival today.

Fortunately Dad found the correct one, I adjusted it to add the new booking and finally got the ball rolling. I hope they get them as soon as they can. Heaps of stress and got a virtual pat on the back for it.

BBP - 7-9-2020 at 21:45

Just got back from a stay at my BFs.

polydigm - 8-9-2020 at 10:38

Posted another acoustic guitar/drums duet video. This one predates Palindromatically Inclined by six months.

Cardboard Shuffle

BBP - 14-9-2020 at 09:39

Lovely Poly! I have a soft spot for 6/8.

I love the slogan on the drum sticks. So many perfect pairs!

Sorry about being so quiet for so long. My holiday starts next week so I hope to improve soon.

polydigm - 14-9-2020 at 10:45

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Sorry to hear about your trigger finger, my father actually has one. I hope your story helps to convince him to go to the doctor, he's had it since February.

It depends on how bad it is, but it's definitely worth getting investigated. I was having a lot of trouble, particularly with sax and piano and I was beginning to worry about it being a permanent problem. Luckily for me, the cortisone injection worked very well and my finger is almost totally cleared up.

BBP - 17-9-2020 at 21:31

Pfff baking again. This time I'm making something with caramel. I don't like caramel and unfortunately it proved pretty hard to do - 2 tins of condensated sweetened milk (basically fat and sugar), 90g of butter and 90g of sugar, melted, brought to boil, then cook for 5 minutes on low fire, and don't burn it. And stir all the time.

Unfortunately the low fire had to be a permanently low fire - even when stirring, if I put the heat juuuust a bit higher, it would already burn. So I spent half an hour getting that to cook.

Condensated milk is weird stuff. It's 58% sugar and 9% fat.
I hope it turns out OK, I can't go back now.

polydigm - 17-9-2020 at 23:06

Why are you making something with caramel if you don't like caramel?

BBP - 18-9-2020 at 21:08

Three colour marble chocolate top layer.

Looked stunning, proved very popular and I could still take something home. It's not bad but it's really sweet.

BBP - 22-9-2020 at 08:42

Had my sister's birthday on the 20th, which was fun. My BF came and took me to his place, where I'm staying for a week to hopefully get rid of some stress.

polydigm - 23-9-2020 at 04:25

Have a good break, Bonny!

BBP - 24-9-2020 at 08:21

Quite different from the lifestyle I would've had at home. I actually go to bed before 11 and get up early (no easy feat). Spent hours solving nonograms and went gardening in BF's grandfather's garden.

BBP - 25-9-2020 at 15:50

I solved 11 nonograms this week.

It must be vacation!

polydigm - 26-9-2020 at 06:22

BBP - 28-9-2020 at 08:31

Sorry to hear that...

After a week of rest (aside from my nephew's first birthday, which was exhausting - his brother is a handful) I'm back home, missing my boyfriend but sure glad to see my father again. He surprised us all by going to the GP in my absence, he's getting a cortisol shot tomorrow.

polydigm - 1-10-2020 at 00:27

I hope your dad's cortisol shot goes well.

I'm still embroiled in computer problems, but every cloud has a silver lining. This situation has forced me to develop some of the less glamorous skills required for music production, which has turned out to be a big help. A major down side is that Logic Pro X 10.5 introduced some great new sampling software that was really making a big difference to a current project I'm working on, but now that I've had to go back to 10.4, I'm having to do that the old hard way again.

BBP - 2-10-2020 at 06:50

Sorry to hear about your computer issues. Fortunately
I now have a bf who helps out with them.

Back to work...

polydigm - 4-10-2020 at 02:20

I'm generally able to do what's required, I have a fair bit of experience with the grittier side of computer systems and Apple support is pretty good when things get gnarly, but that doesn't stop this kind of happening being a major pain. I'm through the worst of it now. In fact, having gone back to work with the old EXS24 sampler has pushed me to figure out a few important techniques to make it a bit easier to work with them. Now I've got to give comprehensive feedback to Apple and hopefully I'll see a bug fix soon enough, so as I can return to upgrading my computers and get back to the new version of Logic Pro X.

Have fun at work! Are you still doing it from home or are you back at the office?

aquagoat - 4-10-2020 at 07:39

Hello everyone.

Bonny, why does your dad need a cortisol shot, if you don't mind my asking?

Poly, yeah, it's always a pain when a piece of equipment fails us, or doesn't want to work as it should, and you have to go back to your old way of doing things. It's crazy how easily we get used to the comfort of new software features or a new piece of gear.

BBP - 4-10-2020 at 13:01

Hi Aqua! Great to see you again!

Dad has a triggerfinger, a condition where it becomes hard and painfu; to bend your finger - and once it's bent it won't stretch anymore, unless you try real hard, then it shoots straight. The cortisol should get the inflammation in the tendon area down.

Poly - iniktially I was scheduled to go to the office on Thursday and Friday, but two days before the Futch government decided to step up Corona measurements and now it's back to working from home full time for the next three weeks at least.

polydigm - 4-10-2020 at 23:17

aquagoat - 5-10-2020 at 17:31

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Hi Aqua! Great to see you again!

Dad has a triggerfinger, a condition where it becomes hard and painfu; to bend your finger - and once it's bent it won't stretch anymore, unless you try real hard, then it shoots straight. The cortisol should get the inflammation in the tendon area down.

Ho, ok, I understand. I think I'm gonna get that in a few years. I've got a finger that gets "blocked", once in a while, impossible unbend it. Hoipe the cortisol shot will do Ded good.

aquagoat - 5-10-2020 at 17:32

BBP - 5-10-2020 at 20:39

It's lonely and I need a better chair. I'm considering going into team meeting tomorrow even if I have to get in earlier for work, to see my colleagues.

BBP - 12-10-2020 at 20:36

Hatches are out at work - colleagues who reached the 2 year stay point don't get an extension of their contract.

polydigm - 12-10-2020 at 22:58

How long have you been there now?

BBP - 13-10-2020 at 15:44

2.5 years. I was lucky to get my contract in February, just in time.

polydigm - 17-10-2020 at 00:40

That's good to hear.

Zappateers has recently been reborn, which is good news.

aquagoat - 17-10-2020 at 07:24

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

2.5 years. I was lucky to get my contract in February, just in time.

Thank your lucky star, Bonny.

BBP - 17-10-2020 at 21:10

Yes. Mind you work is in the stress zone. Very happy to have a day off tomorrow.

BBP - 19-10-2020 at 16:46

Dad's finger is better but not all there yet.

BBP - 25-10-2020 at 11:56

THe halloween event at a forum I frequent has turned so low-key - only 4 people competing - but still I'm up late to make sure people think I'm American with the time difference.

BBP - 27-10-2020 at 21:56

Cancelled over 70 bookings force majeure today... it's starting again...

polydigm - 28-10-2020 at 10:03

So, after having gone through the major pain of downgrading to avoiding this weird file problem with iCloud, the Logic Pro X engineers at Apple are saying definitively that they will not support the use of Logic Pro X with iCloud. So, I've bitten the bullet and back on the upgrade trail again with my Logic Pro X system on an external SSD drive. It's a shame to not have the advantages of iCloud, but it's a system that's actually working quite well. I just have to remember to do regular backups.

Anyway, things are basically back to normal for me, just getting on with my music.

BBP - 1-11-2020 at 14:31

Nice!

BF came to visit me!

BBP - 3-11-2020 at 23:08

BF's stay was great! Definitely had my cuddle fix!

Back in the rat race... it's odd to see the infection rate has dropped in the past few days. Hope for the future!

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