Dio Bach's Web Fun

Coming Out Of The Closet... The Guitar I Mean!

2008-04-29T12:16:00.003Z

I'm getting the old inklings again, I want to make music. I miss not making tracks and songs, and last week I picked up a little practice amp for a tenner at the New Hedges car boot sale. It doesn't help that I've been working on updating my guitar site either, looking at loads of lovely old Fender Stratocasters. It's driven me to envy - so my old guitar has come out of storage this morning, and

Sonic Youth And The Ramones Covers Like You've Not Heard Before

2008-04-24T10:54:00.004Z

Or maybe you have? I don't know - these videos have been up for a while. That said, I've not spotted them before now and I just happened across them doing some bingo related research. Anyway, basically these are two covers by the Young@Heart Chorus from Northampton, Massachusetts. They are a bunch of senior citizens who do live theatre and songs and videos and more. Their speciality is belting

Photoshop Disasters And WTF Costumes

2008-04-21T14:55:00.002Z

Just a quick note to feature to new favourite blogs that have been added to my blogline. First up is Photoshop Disasters, a site that pretty much does what it says on the tin. Bad montages, mixed up perspectives and more the site is full of posts that have had me chortling and smiling. Perhaps my favourite of the many favourites is this recent one. With out leaning on UK and Eire stereotypes,

Day Trip Media V2.0

2008-04-08T21:00:00.003Z

After nearly two years, I've finally done something with my business related domain. Day Trip Media has been languishing unloved as I was to busy actually making a living to actually worry about that site. Originally it was essentially going to be an online CV of past photography, video and stuff and a brochure for a range of services I didn't actually want to offer. As it wasn't a money maker I

Strange Weather And A New Site...

2008-04-07T11:45:00.003Z

The weather has been pretty strange the last couple of days. I woke up to snow yesterday morning, then an hour later there was blue skies. Then it was hale stones, then snow, then bright sunshine again. I can't keep up. It's doing the same today, snow, hale and now bright sunshine. What with Cardiff winning a place in the FA Cup final (as opposed to merely hosting it) things seem a bit surreal to

Cardiff City FA Cup Final 2008!

2008-04-06T20:21:00.004Z

Well, anyone who knows me knows I have zero interest in football, but given Cardiff City's winning the FA Cup semis today, I had to mark the occasion. I know many of my footie loving friends and family will be hankering after Wembley tickets for the FA Cup final - I might even watch it on the box myself, if I remember.There will be no end

Amroth Trip

2008-04-01T02:05:00.008Z

Well, Easter holiday has been here and I've been not doing any normal work or abnormal work. By which I mean, the last week or so it's been taking it easy and not paying any attention to the rat race. We've had a few nice trips the last week, and the guest room is all but finished. So, what do I have for you tonight but the ramblings of a

Wales Grand Slam 2008

2008-03-16T22:46:00.003Z

Well, we did it. To be honest I wasn't expecting anything from Wales this season, in fact during the first half of the first match against England, I turned the match off expecting another dreadful defeat. Luckily I tuned back in after half time with a thought of 'just give them one more chance' and boy did they live up to it! As you know,

Weekend Glen Beach And Saundersfoot Strolls

2008-03-11T23:43:00.004Z

We did a couple of nice trips out from the house over the weekend. Saturday we went down to the village for tea, and then on Sunday we walked through the woods down to Glen Beach, then took the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path for about a mile down toward Monkstone Point. I took the camera on both days, the light was nice - it was prior to the storms we've been having since Sunday night. So here's some

A Post About Hammers

2008-03-11T19:26:00.005Z

Bit of a strange post, but I had the urge to do it so what the hey? Anyway, as part of the ongoing DIY, we had the wall finished (that featured in the video I've now taken down for other reasons) and decided to fix the floor as well. We had some work done on the floors before we moved in, but there was still more to do and having seen what

Back To Work, New Site And Stripy Clouds

2008-02-19T21:05:00.005Z

Well, back to work here - just about up to date now with the paperwork. As for the house we've got the builders in replacing the chimney as it turned out to be rotten and causing lots of damp in the front of the house. Once that's done we can think of decorating that room and finally having a guestroom (to invite people come stay and do the

First Photos Of 2008

2008-02-09T00:48:00.000Z

Well, the big tidy up has slowed down in favour of the big and boring paperwork catch up. Finally up to date on 3 months of invoices and receipts, or at least I thought I was when I got a load of VAT related stuff that I have to sort and will cause me another couple of days of paperwork. Plus we got scaffolding up on the outside of the house as we're about to get our chimney rebuilt as it's

Keep Chopping

2008-01-30T22:20:00.000Z

Yeah, I know, you're getting as bored by these posts as I am sorting this stuff out, but hell, I'm getting there. A lot more stuff gone today, shredded, composted, recycled etc. I'm working my way through all the old paperwork now, and I'm feeling a lot lighter. I have to make space, as now I'm running a business, I need to keep all the paperwork for it for at least 6 years, and this new place

The Cull Continues...

2008-01-25T14:59:00.000Z

More stuff going to the dump or recycle today. I bottled the videos I mentioned yesterday and pulled them out the rubbish pile. I've set up my TBC unit and VHS player in the living room, where I can run a copy through the DVD recorder. Takes up a lot less space at least. Quite a blast from the past today - going through all my old photos.

Shredding The Past

2008-01-23T16:34:00.000Z

As we continue to settle into our new home, I have boxes of junk that have been following me for years. Hiding in cupboards, lurking under beds, etc. They've got a nasty habit of building up - no matter how hard I try to declutter.A lot of stuff has come out of boxes already, now that my office is set up. I've also eBayed a load of stuff

A Cardiff Tenby Saundersfoot Blog...

2008-01-03T00:25:00.000Z

Ok, first up, Happy 2008 to anyone out there catching up at the old web fun. I'll give you a quick peep show into the last two months since my last post to give you an idea as to why things have been so neglected around these parts. First up, we completed on the new house in Saundersfoot on the 13th of November. That led to a month of outright hard work renovating the new house before we moved in

Nice Sunset And Bits Of Web Fun

2007-11-08T11:54:00.000Z

There was a lovely sunset over Tenby last night, a nice Wintery sun one with jets streams involved. There's a couple of snaps below. As for the house in Saundersfoot, we're now only a day or two from exchange of contracts and hope to complete on the 13th. Then it will be all guns blazing and full steam ahead to get it ready for us to move

A Big Photo Splurge For Your Eyes

2007-10-30T02:55:00.000Z

I've not posted any of my photos recently, mainly due to a lack of time. So, rather than burden this homepage with a massive batch of images, I've set up a gallery page with the big splurge of images instead. They've all been taken between the end of August and yesterday. You can visit the full gallery of images here, and follows are a couple of what I consider the cream of the crop to tempt you

Lots Of News

2007-10-29T11:20:00.000Z

Well, can't believe October is almost done, this means I've been self employed now for 16 months, and to be honest - it's flown, I'm enjoying this life too much, as hard as it is sometimes trying to keep everything ticking over. I have to say I've enjoyed every minute of it, you'd never get me back in an office now. So what have I been up to recently? Well, there's a lot of change afoot, so I'll

Decaffeinated Dio

2007-10-10T07:38:00.000Z

Well, been a busy month - haven't had time to drop in here for a while, but I thought I'd take five minutes to do so. I needed a moan you see. So, for years I've been a caffeine addict, generally five to six cups of well stewed tea a day. So I was watching something at the weekend, and decided the time had come to quit my addiction. I've

Rachel Trezise's New Website

2007-09-02T07:42:00.000Z

Alongside a couple of new BANS sites I've been working on, and the running of my other websites, I've been working on a web site for the Welsh author Rachel Trezise. It went live yesterday - it's nearly all finished, just the store to do and a few last minute tidy ups.There's exclusive content and a new journal that Rachel will be working on in between writing work and publicising her books. As

Tenby Promenade Through The Eyes Of A 4 Year Old

2007-08-08T22:19:00.000Z

I'm taking the night off. Todays photos are brought to you courtesy of Elis. Only just turned 4 and he's been snapping like a mad thing. He's been taking photos for about a year now, and he took a corker of his folks and grandparents a while back - it's up on the wall at their house. I think after watching me, he's picked up a bit of my point and snap mentality. So, the camera I won finally

Tenby's Retained Fireman's Carnival 2007

2007-08-06T01:10:00.000Z

Carrying on the holiday fun, Wednesday we went along to see the annual Fireman's Carnival. Talking to the neighbours it's quite a highpoint in the local social calender. After working at the Swansea and Cardiff Carnival's in the past, this one was on a much smaller scale, and a lot more fun. Basically, the idea is everyone gets wet. The fire engines and floats spray water everywhere, and the

Tenby Paella Festival

2007-07-31T19:42:00.000Z

I've been feeling really in a continued holiday mood this week. My parents, grand parents and aunty, partner and grandson have been down since Sunday. They're staying in a caravan at Kiln Park and we've been doing a fair bit together. My parents and grand parents went back today, but my aunty's lot remains. As Elis and their grandson are roughly the same age, they've been having a ball together.

Tenby Before The Storm

2007-07-30T01:10:00.000Z

Prior to disappearing to England for our holiday, the weather here had been a bit strange during the early parts of July. Warm but cloudy and threatening has often been the order of the day. We had one nice afternoon on the beach one weekend, but things got threatening pretty quick. Wonderfully dramatic skies heralded an oncoming rain storm, and I got some nice shots. Wonderful dark sun rays