technology and audio matters

Just learnt that the band leader that my late father played with passed away this month.  For those of you with an interest in early big band music check this link: 

http://vzone.virgin.net/davidh.taylor/lewis.htm

My father (Al Ferdman) played guitar. Sadly for me , he’d almost given up playing by the time I came on to to the scene.

Just heard via a colleague that the old Wavefinder works once again with XP ! Evidently it’s been possible since the introduction of service pack 3. In truth I  thought it was permanently broken , but evidently not!   (The Wavefinder  stopped working when SP2 was introduced to Windows  XP) . Well I fired up the old sample on my Shuttle machine, first installing Psion Wavefinder V1.4 software.  Not much joy at first. So had a thought to try the Windab front end. Success, but unfortunately it crashed after about 20 minutes use. This might be hardware issue to be fair as I’m running an old early working sample. Still it proves that there’s a chance of running it. The Windab front end can be found here: http://www.simans.net/

Psion Wavefinder DAB Radio

Bought one of these mono laser printers from Ebuyer. Works well and does what’s expected. The refill supplied though isn’t good for 300o pages. Their effectively only partly filled. I guess this  is what happens when you buy a complete system for £40! A quick look at the prices for genuine Samsung replacements gave me a bit of a shock.  So I decided to go the refill root.  Found this company to be extremely efficient and helpful:  http://www.refilltoner.com/ They sell starter kits that even include a screwdriver, gloves and face mask. But in practice you may care to buy just the standard kits. They cost about £18 , a lot less than a full replacement. Be aware that you can’t refill these indefinately , perhaps 3- 5 times. Also be aware that when refilling you may need to empty the waste as well. Full instructions provided. Do take care though, the toner dust goes every where so don’t wear good clothes or refill on your best carpet.