Living on a narrowboat - embracing constraints | DJ Adams

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Living on a narrowboat - embracing constraints | DJ Adams

Living on a narrowboat - embracing constraints 16 Jan 2023 | 8 min read Previous post in this series: Working from a narrowboat - Internet...

https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2023/01/16/living-on-a-narrowboat-embracing-constraints/

[ajmaradiaga]

DJ, what about the coffee roaster? I don't see enough space for it :-)

[qmacro]

That is one sacrifice I'm having to make (a luxury I cannot afford space (or power?) for :-)

[jarjarbentley]

For the water and diesel tanks, how are they cleaned? Specifically for the water tank is it lined with a special material to inhibit mildew/mold growth? As for mooring and plugging into hard wire electric, is there an "all you can eat" option where the entire system lets you plug in anywhere? I assume water and diesel are pumped from specific location and billed by the liter? (I went with the USA spelling of liter...)

[fakecrusader]

Well, if someone told me 10 years ago that DJ was going set up home with a coffee maker, I would not have been surprised. The narrowboat is a bit of a surprise however! I've been doing a lot of boating myself down here on the Broads, now have three sailing boats. As someone who is also trying to eschew the materialistic that's probably too many, but I will say in my defence that one of them is undergoing a facelift ready for sale this year. Main vessel is now a 1934 broads sail cruiser, made in 1930's steel i.e. wood. Also planning to downsize and move closer to the river network - just not on it! Can't wait to see it all finished!

[lstanger]

I’m so glad that Ron made me aware of this strand of your life. I’m envious of your freedom, your certainty, and, as always, I’m fonder of you for knowing more about you. I will never tire of reading your wisdom and insight about the things which drive and interest you. And although I never will achieve it, a part of me will always hope to be like you when I “grow up”.

[fakecrusader]

Re: Stravinsky => "The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution." He may well have been talking about music. I've been a longtime dabbler in music creation since the 80's. One of the biggest problems with the advent of sound technology has been the sheer volume (no pun intended) of sound sources and other tools available. You might decide to write something and devote two hours to it. Those two hours will usually be spent picking and tweaking sounds without a note being committed to a stave. The Stravinsky quote reminded me of an article that suggested that you make constraints right from the start. Pick several sound sources, preferably at random, and stick with those. This is more likely to lead to creativity and innovation. If you need a drum beat but didn't actually pick a drum sound, how can you make a rhythm with the things you did pick? This is analogous to a lot of modern life. If you have too much choice, you have none. If you try to do too much, you do little or nothing. If you have too much, you have nothing.

Cheery bye!

[tdw0]

Hi. Do you have the CAD file for your first image? Cheers.