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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · Oct 10

💿 What album are you listening to today?

#AlbumsCommunity

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 10h

Repost with a fun translation of your name.

French: si mon
English: if my

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 14h

💿 First time listening to Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan.

Started with "Your Community Hub".

open.qobuz.com/album/iv4zcj...

My initial interpretation: Super immersive dystopian synths with subtle nods to FSOL.

Thanks for the music, @warringtonruncorn.com. It's great!

Open Qobuz

open.qobuz.com

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 1d

Nice one, Chris. Glad to hear it.

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Canebrake @canebrakemusic.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely agree. Anyone who uses Wikipedia and can afford to should help support this vital resource (which is what the whole internet should have been) wikimediafoundation.org

Home – Wikimedia Foundation

We support protect fund openhuman knowledge We are the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia. We support the people, technology, and policies that enable reliable information to be shared with the world. Hel...

wikimediafoundation.org

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 1d

In a world of AI silliness and slop it feels extra special to donate to the Wikimedia Foundation this year.

I pretty much use Wikipedia every day.

I only donated £15 but at least it’s something.

Wikipedia feels like one of the important places we should keep AI free and human-community focused.

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 1d

The Three Tomes Brothers™️ are ready.

Can’t wait! 🕺💃

One Night Only @ono-ch1.bsky.social · 3d

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 2d

Newish jam night at my local pub. Had some fun on the drums. Happened to jam “Breathe” by Floyd but decided against playing “Money” – photo is of them playing it.

Did finish the night back on drums playing a funky track. I recognised it but couldn’t put my finger on it.

Musicians playing instruments in a British pub setting.

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 2d

Cool, got it. Thanks.

It's not an issue right now as I've only been blogging since August and have 8 live posts. So should be a simple clean up exercise.

Thanks for the excellent product and service.

Will continue to recommend Pika to existing and future bloggers.

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 2d

You can hopefully see what I mean about inconsistencies on this tag page: simontomes.com/tags

Tags - Simon Tomes

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 2d

Out of interest, is it possible to modify an existing tag? For example, I've been inconsistent with case and would like to fix that.

Is it best to remove the "incorrect" tag from all posts and create and add a new tag with a consistent case?

i.e. not modify but delete and recreate

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 2d

Lovely stuff! That's a handy feature.

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 3d

💿 A little bit of Sunday The Orb thank you very much.

open.qobuz.com/album/tneef5...

Album cover for The Orb - Prism.
A dark, black square image with a vertical strip of bright, thin, colorful lines on the right side. The colours, from left to right, are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet, resembling a rainbow or prism effect. The word "PRISMORB" is written in white, retro-futuristic font to the left of the colorful lines.

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 7d

youtu.be/hbO1z13WP8o?...

"How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments

YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 10d

Listening to “Soup for One” by Chic and then “Lady (Hear Me Tonight)” by Modjo and then “Soup for One” by Chic. 😀

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 10d

Wrote about guesting on podcasts.

simontomes.com/posts/how-to...

How to be a courageous podcast guest in your tech community - Simon Tomes

Podcast proliferation. According to Digital Silk, there are approximately 3.55 million podcasts and over 175 million episodes available globally. The podcast format has taken over the world. One of ma...

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 10d

Nice one, Fraser.

I’m a Bluesound user too and Qobuz connect works great.

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Acidgrandads @acidgrandads.bsky.social · 11d

Yes.

www.mixcloud.com/OneNightOnly...

One Night Only - Chester 6/9/25: Andrew Dunn

www.mixcloud.com

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 10d

Thanks @drownedinsound.bsky.social for prompting me to revisit my HiRes audio streaming subscription.

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 10d

So glad to be back on Qobuz.

Kinda surprised I hadn’t revisited it sooner.

Much better than TIDAL both from a discovery/zine angle and audio quality.

Unsure how yet through several tests using multiple iFi equipment the HiRes Audio output from Qobuz is better quality.

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 12d

Friday night’s music to cook dinner.

💿 Alison Goldfrapp - Flux.

Music player with Alison Golfrapp’s album “Flux”.

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 12d

You will 100% enjoy the beats. Just a very cool collection of tunes. 😎

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 12d

Glad to hear there's gonna be a Volume 2. 😃

Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 12d

💿 My favourite album discovery of this week.

Ectopic Beats Volume 1 by Dr Rubberfunk.

drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/album/ectopi...

A must listen for all drum geeks who love the groove. 🥁

@drrubberfunk.bsky.social So glad you rediscovered and worked on that TO BE FINISHED folder. 😃

Ectopic Beats Volume 1, by Dr Rubberfunk

20 track album

drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com

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Simon Ward @drrubberfunk.bsky.social · 12d

Exhibit A.

drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/track/montma...

#doublebassfriday

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Simon Tomes @simontomes.com · 12d

Very cool indeed! Sounds ace.

That ride is spectacular.

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