# 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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