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Holiday, Workshop and Electronics

2022-12-26

Long time since my last update! Figured I'll write a bit down to reflect

on the past year and the time since my last post.

I've been expanding my small basement-office from being only used for

darkroom-work to also include a workstation running OpenBSD and some

stuff related to electronics. I've gotten a used soldering station for

cheap and have spent some time putting together small kits to practice.

I really enjoy it, and will probably continue doing so, so I've put in

another desk and gotten a few more shelves to keep track of all the

stuff related to that.

I've also gotten into synthesizers a bit. I got a Volca Keys a while

ago, and liked messing around with it, so I got a Volca Bass and Volca

Sample II to be able to jam a bit. It sounds like shit, but is pretty

fun. Plus, I can also connect them up to my Atari ST via MIDI and use

Cubase to orchestrate some stuff in more detail. It works pretty well,

and the only thing stopping me from getting better is actually putting

in more time to practice.

Sadly I haven't really put as much time into photography as previously,

but I'll do some updates soon on 158.nu with new photos. I HAVE been in

the darkroom, but mostly to print stuff for friends or for myself to

hang on my wall at home. I usually draw a line between those three

categories of pictures, which my be a mistake since I tend to spend the

time I acutally put into the darkroom with the other two, rather than

what I upload to the project site. I have a lot of ideas though that I

will look further into during the winter/spring. For some reason I've

been photographing and printing wedding pictures for three different

couples of friends this year. I'm not really a skilled wedding

photographer, but I usually brought the camera just for a laugh, and

took a few anyway. I then printed them ones I liked the most and mailed

them to the couple in question. Pretty random, but they seemed to like

the pictures a lot.

Christmas holiday this year has been pretty calm and conmfy. We

celebrated at my sisters house. Mostly because she has a three-year-old

that does not like long car-rides, so it's easier for them. Plus they

have the room. We pitched in a bit each for the dinner, and we have

stopped buying gifts for each-other since a few years back, and instead

focus on spending time together. The notable exception is of course for

the kid, he enjoys getting christmas presents in a completely different

way, and we each buy him something thoughtful. This year I got him some

beginners skis, so that he may spend some time out in the winter

landscape.

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