Author Archives: Anthony Batchelor

About Anthony Batchelor

Job: Software engineer at Mercurytide Hobbies: Guitar/Band, Kendo, Beer Brewing, Simple Electronics, Python hacking.

Long time no post…

So, it looks like me and 161,000 other people all thought of this hilariously original title for a blog post… Much like the rest of them, I intend to blog some more in the future… So I guess it’s time … Continue reading

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Speeding up Liferea

Liferea was taking a couple of minutes to open for me, so I thought I’d look for a solution to that. I have >100 feeds, but I’m not about to cut the amount down (not addicted, honest). Liferea stores a … Continue reading

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I am not THAT Anthony Batchelor

I am not THAT Anthony Batchelor. ok.

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Handy Hints: Emptying log files

When emptying log files, don’t just rm log_file.log as the disk space won’t be freed until the application that is logging is restarted. It is better to use > log_file.log as that will allow the file system to free the … Continue reading

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Handy Hints: What is using up my disk space?

Here are some commands I use to find out what is eating all of my disk space on a remote server: df -h Shows how much disk space is available. The -h means that you get G for gigabytes, M … Continue reading

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The Shadow Factory

The Shadow Factory is now the name of the band. We nearly have a website, it can be found at http://theshadowfactory.net. New songs will be posted there, and the ones on this site will be migrated over.

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DEMO: To Live With Rich People

A slower heavier one again. Like the last one, there wasn’t too much to do in the way of mixing. There are some “bass farts” where it seems like the bass saturated the mic when we recorded it. (If you … Continue reading

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DEMO: 100 Years

Another day another demo. 100 Years – Download There’s not so much going on in the mix for this one. Quite simple and a bit short, but you get the idea.

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DEMO: The Runner

Here is the third demo song that we have waiting for a singer… The Runner – Download Maybe the panning is too wide on the solo. Maybe I should listen to these through a stereo instead of just my headphones … Continue reading

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Demo songs

I have a band with Adam and Fraze in Dundee. We don’t have a name yet, or a singer… If you want to sing with us, let us know. Here are a couple of demo songs: Head in the Sun … Continue reading

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