Roo's tumblelog

A general scrapbook of ideas, interests and inspirations by roo.
Aug 20
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My 2+ hour commute means I’m listening to podcasts at an astonishing rate. I’m going to need to subscribe to a lot more of them. A lot more.
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It’s getting late and I’m sleepy. I meant to phone my mum tonight too. Mum, if you’re reading this, I’ll talk to you on Wednesday. Goodnight
Aug 19
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South West Trains announcement: ‘we are celebrating customer service week…’. Really? Why?
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Trying to work out the best time to travel home. Bad connections from Clapham to S’ton Parkway at times I’m likely to be there so far.
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Great first day. I have an email address, a badge, a laptop (MacBook Air, no less), 3G USB dongle, a desktop, a phone and access to webmail
Aug 18
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Return to Olympia. Very strange not to be going to Waterloo. Must remember to bring passport photo tomorrow so I can set up a season ticket
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Preparing for my first commute to the new job. Excited. First day of school feeling. ETA 10:05am. See you there, @fabricoffolly and @Doctoe
Aug 16
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Brainwave re Rock Band guitar MIDI hacking: left + right on the D pad to move up and down the circle of fifths. Whammy bar = pitch bend.
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I stopped being an IBMer on Friday. I join the BBC on Monday. Enjoying the strange weekend in which I fall between the cracks of employment
Aug 15
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Progress. The Rock Band guitar has 5 frets. The C major pentatonic scale = C, D, E, G, A. The C minor pentatonic scale = C, Eb, F, G, Bb.
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Back at home, deleting vast quantities of email.