Well, Infinex goes from strength to strength... easy onboarding with passkeys from your favourite provider (google, Bitwarden, whatever) abstracting away the private key and seed phrase problem for most

Honestly... just a naughty boy.... Honestly, I hate that the American Democrats made such a hash (haha...) of their interaction and response to cryptocurrencies. It sort of meant that anyone who wasn't

Unsplash ... and this is a follow-on post from the 2026 planning puzzle from only a few weeks ago. As soon as we had the main guest availabilities and the 2026 planning from other ensembles around the

It is always fun programming for a concert for our ensemble... lots of of interesting pieces to play from the Baroque and Classical era for historical instruments... and most of it is waaaaayyyyy off the

As you might have noticed from the lowered rate of posting on Hive... well, it is a bit of a busy period for my wife and I... lots of music, and just general life stuff. Hopefully, it will start to ease

Things had gotten a bit dry at the auction house... no wins with my stinky bids... it hasn't helped that the price of silver and gold have risen steadily, and that most of my bids aren't even lasting the

ArGHGHGHGHG... this is the last holdover from our time in the Netherlands, and it is really quite an annoying one. We have so many fond memories of our adopted homeland, but these blue envelopes are really

On a recent trip to the big smoke, I was put up in this set of serviced apartments right in the middle of Sydney itsel

Hmmmm... I wonder if other gardeners also have the fear of an incoming spring? Well, obviously not on the other side of the planet... but I have it here. Already the blossoms on our hose tree are blooming,

Unsplash Phew... that was easier than feared... well, at least the creation of the required material... it is still up to the regulation gods as to whether or not we have done it all correctly! But we

Unsplash Ahhh... the life of a freelance musician running their own ensemble. And even worse, two freelance musicians running their own ensemble! So, forward planning had already tentatively started for

A bit of a quiet spell at the auction house was broken by this little win... I do love my old silver coins, and this United Kingdom 1854 Groat (4 pence) was a nice little item to pick up. Pre 1900 coins

Phew, that was a whirlwind tour for our little group... three concerts in three days in regional coastal New South Wales and Victoria. Not crazily lots of driving (roughly 10-12 hours in total...), but

Grant is acquitted... and now we can move onto the preparation for our upcoming coast tour! We will be moving around with a Mozart-era Walter fortepiano, an early version of the hammered piano... and that

Unsplash It isn't my most favourite thing to do... but after a concert weekend for our ensemble, there is a whole batch of things that need to be done. Mostly financial and other administration, plus thank

Heh heh.... stinky bids are the best! And the previous week, I picked up two more auction wins with near spot bids... of course, there were about 100 others that failed to win, but on the plus side...

I'm trying to spend an hour or two in the garden each day at the moment... it is a short lull in the concert schedule... I have a few days off before going away again... and so, I'm trying to squeeze in

It has been some wet and windy weather in Australia over the last week and a bit... something about a cold "bomb" that was coming in... a really low pressure system or something. I wasn't really

Phew... a busy concert week is now over, and apart from the ongoing administrative and financial wrap up... well, the craziness is mostly over. And that means that I can return back to blogging... and

... and here are the two other ounces that I picked up from the buyback box last week... again, just only a bit above spot, and I was lucky enough to be able to take my time to rifle through the box to