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	<title>richard vodden's blog</title>
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	<description>the everyday musings of a bloke named richard</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mince Pies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comparing Dutchy Original with Waitrose All Butter, our exclusive team say 4 to nill that Waitrose win. 
Dutchy original were acknowledged for their smell, however the texture of the pastry and a general lack of flavour let them down. It was felt that Waitrose offered a better filling to pasty balance and on the whole [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comparing Dutchy Original with Waitrose All Butter, our exclusive team say 4 to nill that Waitrose win. </p>
<p>Dutchy original were acknowledged for their smell, however the texture of the pastry and a general lack of flavour let them down. It was felt that Waitrose offered a better filling to pasty balance and on the whole a better quality of both ingredients.</p>
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		<title>Speakers</title>
		<link>http://www.vodden.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/09/speakers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve actually started my speakers. They&#8217;re based on John Krutke&#8217;s ZDT3.5 design. I&#8217;m documenting the progress here.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve actually started my speakers. They&#8217;re based on <a href="http://www.zaphaudio.com/ZDT3.5.html">John Krutke&#8217;s ZDT3.5</a> design. <a href="http://www.vodden.com/wordpress/index.php/richards-zdt35/">I&#8217;m documenting the progress here.</a></p>
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		<title>Wharfedale DV832B</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I strongly suggest that nobody every buys a Wharfedale DV832B set top box. These are currently on sale in Argos punted as a low power model. I have not made any investigations into the power consumption, so I have no idea how accurate that is. 
The unit looks nice, its apparently well built and the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I strongly suggest that nobody every buys a Wharfedale DV832B set top box. These are currently on sale in Argos punted as a low power model. I have not made any investigations into the power consumption, so I have no idea how accurate that is. </p>
<p>The unit looks nice, its apparently well built and the user interface is straightforward. It supports full 7 day EPG and has an option to drop back to the old 24 hour EPG. Tuning is fast and intuitive and the picture quality looks fine. I don&#8217;t like the absence of channel re-ordering, but that&#8217;s only a feature on more advanced units. The major problem I have with the machine is that every few minutes there is a 2 or 3 second audio drop. This is not accompanied by any clicks or pops, its just plain and simple silence. This could be an issue with just my machine you might think. No! Several people on Digital Spy have had the same issue as me:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=482516">http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=482516</a></p>
<p>I therefore recommend that no-one even considers buying this machine and opts for something made by someone else entirely. The unit has been in production for 3 years, and from what I can very few efforts have been made to rectify the problem. The technical support line told me it was a problem with my SCART lead (its not).</p>
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		<title>A C an Eb and a G walk into a bar&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vodden.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/07/30/a-c-an-eb-and-a-g-walk-into-a-bar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them.
After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished: the G is out flat. An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. A D comes into the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them.</p>
<p>After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished: the G is out flat. An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. A D comes into the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying, “Excuse me. I’ll just be a second.” An A comes into the bar, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices a B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and exclaims: “Get out now! You’re the seventh minor I’ve found in this bar tonight.”</p>
<p>The E-flat, not easily deflated, comes back to the bar the next night in a 3-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender (who used to have a nice corporate job until his company downsized) says: “You’re looking sharp tonight, come on in! This could be a major development.” This proves to be the case, as the E-flat takes off the suit, and everything else, and stands there au naturel.</p>
<p>Eventually, the C sobers up, and realizes in horror that he’s under a rest. The C is brought to trial, is found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda () at an upscale correctional facility. On appeal, however, the C is found innocent of any wrongdoing, even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are bassless.</p>
<p>The bartender decides, however, that since he’s only had tenor so patrons, the soprano out in the bathroom, and everything has become alto much treble, he needs a rest — and closes the bar.</p>
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		<title>Inspiration</title>
		<link>http://www.vodden.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/11/inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months I have had the privilege of working with some very great people. I have been conducted by Charles Mackerras, Andrew Davis and Mark Elder and most recently I played 3rd trumpet with the Rehearsal Orchestra who were accompanying Peter Donohoe playing the Busoni Piano Concerto. All of these events have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the last few months I have had the privilege of working with some very great people. I have been conducted by Charles Mackerras, Andrew Davis and Mark Elder and most recently I played 3rd trumpet with the Rehearsal Orchestra who were accompanying Peter Donohoe playing the Busoni Piano Concerto. All of these events have fuelled my desire for a professional music career. Somehow, and I don&#8217;t really understand why, even more inspiring than all of these events was a somewhat random piece of prose I found whilst watching Darcy Bussell&#8217;s retiring performance on BBC2 last friday. This text, written by Martha Graham, I think beautifully sums up the emotional side of performance. She is writing about dance, and much of what she has to say focusses and applies only to that genre. I think, however, that there is something in this writing which applies to all art forms.</p>
<p><a href="http://marthagraham.org/resources/about_martha_graham.php#dancer">http://marthagraham.org/resources/about_martha_graham.php#dancer</a></p>
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