HOW THIS BLOG IS BUILT
This blog is hosted for free using GitHub Pages, Hugo, and the free tier of CloudCannon CMS. Everything was built and configured in the browser. Here are some instructions for how to set up something similar. Creating a Hugo site on GitHub First, create an account (if necessary) and then a new repository on GitHub, initially with an empty README.md file. Then, create a new Codespace on GitHub based on this repository.
Read moreTAYDA ENCLOSURE UV PRINTING FOR GUITAR PEDALS
I have built many guitar effects pedals from Jeds Peds, who sell a bewildering array of PCB pedal kits, and has a great builder community on Facebook. The kits arrive by default with unpainted enclosures, which you can decorate yourself, and that’s part of the fun. Most people use spray painting and home-printed waterslide decals for this, but after my first batch of pedals, I decided that painting is my least favourite part of the process.
Read moreJTM50
My second DIY amplifier is a Marshall style JTM50, with some custom mods. You can read more about the design here. For schematics, layouts, and photos, see this repository.
PRINCETON DELUXE
I built a DIY amplifier, a single-channel Deluxe Reverb in a Princeton cabinet and form factor. I’m really happy with it. You can read more about the design and story here. For schematics, layouts, and photos, see this repository.
TO PARENTS OF TWINS
This is an article from my old blog which I wrote in 2012 after learning one of my colleagues was having twins. It has been reproduced here intact for posterity. … My wife and I became parents of identical twin girls just over five months ago. We did not have IVF or another form of assisted reproduction, and twins do not run in either of our families. From pregnancy to birth to today, it’s been a huge thrill.
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