musings

Almost at the end of day one of the fast - this was both more and less difficult than the last time I remember. Easier because I’m not actually hungry, there is sort of a constant nagging from the stomach, but nothing that is really difficult to ignore (or to shut down with a glass of water). The family (of course) continues to eat, and that is a bit more difficult to stomach - so to speak - so I have not spent time with them at the table. ...

Tomorrow I will start a 7 day fast. Today saw reduced food intake (even though I had two social events to attend to) and not-tea instead of tea. The last time I held fast must be around 18 years ago. I remember deeply enjoying the experience (and missing the act of chewing the most) and I have been on the verge of fasting again from time to time. But now, finally, the stars have aligned and I am ready to do it again. ...

Contributing to a large OS project (OpenStack) means to jump through a lot of hoops to get the necessary agreements in place and tools installed. OpenStack uses Gerrit for code reviews, and recommends to use git-review for easier review workflow. The installation is explained in the documentation and it could be as easy as: sudo pip install git-review However that didn’t work for me - I was stuck with: ~ ⮀ git review git: 'review' is not a git command. ...

My good friend Daniel Frei is embarking on several new exciting projects. One of them is Mikropolis, a “live polit no show” social media political discussion event. Daniela asked me and Dragica Kahlina to come up with some jingles for the show. This has in turn expanded into a live happening with Dragica and me playing live on May 15th and 22nd. I have made some first sketches and yesterday and today worked on a “bigger” soundscape: ...

As I am slowly winding down the 100 blog posts, another brave soul has started a 61 days blog marathon - but with much longer and more useful blog posts than mine have been. If you are interested in home recording, then be sure to check out Michael Hollands “Wiggly Toe Music” and his “Recording at home” series. He’s on day 2, has good content and there is a bunch more in the pipeline…

The last 10 days of the blogging challenge… Not much to say, really, I have been busy making music and enjoying the day off today.