Edds Blog

I got to see a iPad in action in the last couple of days and my is it a great machine…

The Screen is very nice and the touch screen is just the same responsiveness of the iPhone.

will I get one….I doubt it at the moment but when the netbook dies it is a rather cool option.

It is like an iPhone on steroids….all that is needed is the multitasking in Iphone OS4.0

9/10 fantastic product..better once I see some good iPad apps.

Finally got one of the new raised beds done…This now is all planted up.

This has baby Carrots, Broccoli, Courgettes and butter-nut squash.

to plant in the other boarders…Mini sweetcorn, potatoes, runner beans and peas…

Also growing Tomatoes, Cucumber, Sweet Chile and Peppers.

Anyway hope to get a bumper harvest this year….

Finally got the studio rewired ready for recording the next show for the Cambridge time Traveller Group.

The new layout and monitor system will make the recording the show so much easier.

Equipment now being used

Hardware

• MG166CX Yamaha Mixing Desk,
• Lexicon Lambda USB Studio(24bit A to D)
• 2 T-Bone Studio Condenser Mics
• KAM KMFX240 24bit DSP Effects processor
• Meridian Max221 24bit/96Khz A to D
• Meridian DSP3100
• Art Headamp4 headphone distribution
• Sennheiser heaphones
• Packard Bell Netbook & LG LCD Screen

Playout system

• Meridian Sooloos, Ensemble & Control 10

Software

• Audacity & Cubase

Field Recording Equipment

• Zoom H2 Field Recorder 24bit/96Khz
• 4Gb SDHC

http://www.cambridgetimetraveller.com/

It was a Family planting day at the Recreation ground(3rd April 2010 ) and I took Sam to help with the planting.

Well what can I say he loves helping out with anything like this and he did really well…It took us both several hours to dig the really large hole to put the new tree into…

All I can say is that I was not the only one to take this length of time and it was a good job we had plenty of people around to dig holes for the other trees.

The play area is coming on really well and when you are actually in the play area it’self you realise how big it is.. The equipment is looking really good and it will be great to see our younger generations using the facilities.

The play area will be officially opened on the 13th June with lots to do on the rec as it will also be the Rec fun day,,,one for the diary.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/apr/16/digital-economy-bill-nick-clegg

“The Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg pledges to repeal the controversial digital economy act”…

Over the last month the studio has been taken apart and rebuilt to increase the working area for myself(engineer) and 2 presenters for the show…..as space was really tight.

My monitors are now mounted on the wall instead or desk…freeing up valuable space…now with the new equipment the Cambridge time traveller group has managed to purchase we will be able to produce the next show hopefully at a higher quality.

Recording starts Friday night on the next show and I can’t wait to get started.

Travelodge, the budget hotel chain, has submitted plans to build a 138 bed hotel at Orchard Park between Chieftain Way and the A14.

Plans submitted to South Cambs District Council include a bar and a restaurant, parking for 118 cars and 20 cycle spaces. It would be the second hotel on the development; there is already a Premier Inn with 154 beds.

The Community Council has welcomed the plans because the new building would be an acoustic barrier and would shield properties in the development from the noises of the A14. It will also provide jobs (12 full-time and 32 part-time) and be an amenity for local residents.

Edd is also positive. He said: ‘there are many positives from this development. However I am concerned about the traffic which it will bring to Orchard Park; there are already problems with on-street parking and these need to be addressed. I also hope that we will see some movement with respect to the commercial centre which received planning permission last year’

http://eddscampaign.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/another-hotel-for-orchard-park/

There will be a soft opening of the new playground at the Rec, Monday 3 May 10.  Click here for a leaflet about the event.

The new playground has been financed with money from the government’s Play Pathfinder Scheme, Donarbon and Friends of the Rec along with community business sponsorship. The project has got the full support of both the Histon and Impington Parish Councils.

Edd Stonham, who is a Histon Parish Councillor and a member of the project group which has made this happen, says ‘This is a super new facility for our villages. I am delighted that it will soon be ready. It will be officially opened for use on the 13th June.’

http://eddscampaign.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/new-playground-at-the-rec/

My playing Career started at The Salvation Army, Histon in the early 1980′s taught by Bandmaster Robert Carmichael and my father (A professional player in the Cold Stream Guards bands and Royal electrical and Mechanical Engineers band)

In the 1989 I was a member of The Salvation Army’s East London youth band(led by Max Weaver) for about 8months before moving back to Cambridge. During 1990 I applied to be a member of The Salvation Army’s East Midlands youth band (led by Mike Kirk) and played 1st horn until the band was disbanded when the Salvation Army re-arranged the divisions.

In 1996 I was then asked to play for The Salvation Army’s Eastern Counties Youth band, which was then renamed Anglia Youth band(Led by Matthew Peek) again playing 1st horn.  During my 14months with the band I became band librarian, I left the band near the end of 1997 due to work and family commitments.

Edd Stonham has been selected as the Lib dem candidate for the Histon and Impington ward, which also includes the Meadows and Orchard Park, in the forthcoming South Cambs District Council election.

Edd lives in Histon. He is a member of Histon Parish Council, plays in a local brass band and is vice-chair of a local history group.

Most recently Edd has been working hard as a part of a group to deliver a new playground at the Rec in Impington.

http://eddscampaign.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/edd-stonham-selected-as-lib-dem-candidate/