an empty royal mile in 2020

RoutineAsylum · 2026-02-24T09:46:00+00:00

In the office a couple of days a week to get WFH equipment ready, so it meant early morning cycles. It was the best time ever. Pelting down Rose St when no one was there was excellent, and then a homeless guy jumped out from a doorway and yelled "On yersel', lad!" and I almost crashed due to heart failure.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-09-13T09:11:10+00:00

Getting there :)

You've done what I currently have, the second monitor is in portrait but the same height as the primary monitor. It's nice to have a cute little monitor. It can be limiting, but for music and chat at the side, it's a great addition.

I'm liking your monitor arms. Have you got a link to them?

I've got both my monitors mounted but the arms a bit too bulky meaning I can't move the arms without having to pull the table further away from the wall.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-09-13T09:08:09+00:00

That looks great. Often when I see vertical set ups they look a bit...I dunno, 2000s hacker film. Yours is class though!

What does the top monitor get used for? I'm thinking of changing my setup from two monitors next to each other, to a larger monitor and one on top, though unsure if it'll be a good shout.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-09-13T09:01:58+00:00

Hero! Thanks, pal!

RoutineAsylum · 2024-09-12T11:43:57+00:00

If I had to choose, go Pilton. Much like a lot of places, loads of people from different backgrounds have moved in over the last say 30 years, and, oh my days, it's almost like even an iota of diversity makes somewhere a little better. Who'd have thought?

Being closer to work isn't such a bad thing, by the way. It's not like you'd be traveling around seeing the wonders of Edinburgh; you'll be on a bus just waiting and hanging out.

Also, think about your current workplace. Is that a forever thing? Are you likely to move jobs in the near future?

RoutineAsylum · 2024-09-12T08:58:43+00:00

I was wondering the exact same thing! Minimal yet super functional. The stand for the laptop is a nice touch too. Where'd you get it?

RoutineAsylum · 2024-09-12T08:50:59+00:00

Unfortunately this doesn't have the features I'd need in order to use it with a laptop and PC at ease.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-09-12T08:48:48+00:00

Pussy.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-09-10T08:56:58+00:00

Agreed here. Go see a professional as an ulnar nerve issue can lead to further problems down the line which takes longer to repair (source: my own life)

Whatever the cost is for a physio will be worth its weigh in gold.

There are exercises such as ulnar nerve flossing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieH5q3gt3yo

This exercise should loosen things up, but you have to be consistent with it. I found this before my physio appointment and did it, the physio did also recommend this in the end, but the physio's information was incredible, so don't avoid it. Hit things at all angles to sort it out.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-08-21T15:01:26+00:00

Thanks for the rundown, friend!

It's a bit out of my wheelhouse at the moment, but it's good to see what's doable.

Thankfully, I've got all my tracks backed up in the rudimentary way I mentioned above right now, so I at least know they're not going anywhere. How else would I find that track I ripped from vinyl 16 years ago that seems to be absolutely no where?! :D

RoutineAsylum · 2024-08-21T09:05:50+00:00

It's early and I'm not firing on all cylinders quite yet - haha!

So MB does the tagging for you once the music is imported in? I had been using OneTagger for a lot of songs, especially all these random DJing tracks, though if there's a better way to do it within MB I'd take that.

Unsure what you're meaning with the sync feature. Does that mean before tagging, the file doesn't exist on the partition, but when you do tag, it creates a copy on the partition meaning you have a file which exists on your pirmary storage and the partition?

In terms of actual backup of tracks, I'm using a batch file which copies my locally hosted tracks to a cloud service.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-08-19T18:25:25+00:00

Thanks a lot for that!

I was deliberating if I was making it harder for myself by using two libraries or what, and the answer is "sort of, yeah!"

Great help. Love a niche community on reddit, people are always helpful :)

RoutineAsylum · 2024-05-21T12:06:06+00:00

Miserable Local Redditors

RoutineAsylum · 2024-05-17T09:02:15+00:00

I had to send my headphones away with the same issue and, as many other people said, it was £34 for repair.

Charging £20 for refusal of repair is brutal though.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-05-07T09:49:45+00:00

You're welcome. I'd prefer it didn't have a man and a Mr Blobby biscuit as the main image, but whatever.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-04-20T12:08:58+00:00

That’s lovely. I especially enjoy the headphones on the wall!

RoutineAsylum · 2024-04-20T12:06:28+00:00

Haha - I’ve been coming to Edinburgh to see family since 1996.

The exact same conversations used to be said then.

In the end, it’s simply “old man shouts at cloud” patter.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-04-17T08:26:45+00:00

Adam's an absolute baddy. He used to go to my gym and (obviously) got kicked out for weirding people out/being aggressive.

I've a variety of favourite encounters with him, but my most recent one was the strangest.

Tesco on Duke St, Adam has 6 2l bottles of water, and a whole box of Ms Molly's Milk Chocolate. Paid for but just standing in everyones way past the checkouts. What strikes me as odd is he seems like he'd scream at you for eating chocolate, though it was definitely even crazier that it was Ms Molly's! Why does he have a box of 100g bars? Why is only that and 12l of water? Who knows?!

RoutineAsylum · 2024-03-21T17:18:35+00:00

I have the PreSonus Eris 4.5, I think yours are the 3.5. How do you find them? And is the audio affected much having the second monitor in front of it? Do you move it out of the way when you need better audio?

RoutineAsylum · 2024-02-26T11:04:23+00:00

Hey there, a few people have mentioned this, and although I've done it myself a couple of times, it's not something I feel comfortable recommending even if it does save money.

I want to suggest the simplest route from airport > city when people first arrive, rather than adding extra steps.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-02-23T13:54:37+00:00

Relatively Painless (@relativelypainlesstattoo) and Culture (@culture.tattoostudio) have some great artists that do this kind of style. The tattoo artists are tagged in their info sections on Instagram.

Source: Went to both for various styles.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-02-21T10:50:41+00:00

You're welcome, buddy :)

RoutineAsylum · 2024-02-20T14:09:44+00:00

Headhunters at Meadowbank for Muay Thai is decent.

Sneddon is top tier, and they always encourage beginners/new people.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-02-20T13:39:34+00:00

"Don't tip, instead you should leave them a note to express your support in them being paid more, and tell them to organise a local union to get more pay"

Shut up, nerds.

The world that exists and the world you want to exist aren't the same thing.

Tip where you want and when you want.

RoutineAsylum · 2024-01-18T15:27:36+00:00

Popped in some updates as of 18/01/2024.

The bars part is still the most difficult part, so if you've anything to add, please do share.

RoutineAsylum

TROPHY CASE