David Lumsden
@dlumsden.bsky.social
reader, writer, music, working in tech
fwiw, ‘back in the day’ there were the costs of paper, printing, stamped self-addressed envelope (or International Reply Coupons), envelope, and postage … so I don’t hugely mind if the submission costs are comparably low and if it really does help address submission-spam problems for editors
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
fwiw, ‘back in the day’ there were the costs of paper, printing, stamped self-addressed envelope (or International Reply Coupons), envelope, and postage … so I don’t hugely mind if the submission costs are comparably low and if it really does help address submission-spam problems for editors
This is Miller in 1954. Nose & eyebrows seem perhaps different??
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is Miller in 1954. Nose & eyebrows seem perhaps different??
I think I’ve worked out the book. Only the copy I have must be pre-blurb…
October 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I think I’ve worked out the book. Only the copy I have must be pre-blurb…
I’m guessing this isn’t in response to Zbigniew’s poetry.
October 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I’m guessing this isn’t in response to Zbigniew’s poetry.
clear focused photos on phone + search photos by text … is a complete life changer; instead of wasted hours over weeks of looking, pretty much most of the time now I can walk straight to the shelf and pick out the book
October 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
clear focused photos on phone + search photos by text … is a complete life changer; instead of wasted hours over weeks of looking, pretty much most of the time now I can walk straight to the shelf and pick out the book
but how did you get the CD box on my bookshelf? Either that or I want my Bollobás, Levi, Mathematical Masterpieces, Dr Euler, etc back.
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
but how did you get the CD box on my bookshelf? Either that or I want my Bollobás, Levi, Mathematical Masterpieces, Dr Euler, etc back.
they seem to be working on it, but with less than stellar results
September 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
they seem to be working on it, but with less than stellar results
and yet the seventh portrait shown here (not the last photo of course) comes full circle and strongly resembles the first
August 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
and yet the seventh portrait shown here (not the last photo of course) comes full circle and strongly resembles the first
on a trip to Goroke?
August 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
on a trip to Goroke?
I don’t think my eyes can tell the difference
August 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I don’t think my eyes can tell the difference
Are you sure about this?
April 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Are you sure about this?
in the vacuum no one can hear you scream
March 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
in the vacuum no one can hear you scream
Is it just me hearing this or does Symphony 3 open almost quoting The Rite of Spring from 16 years earlier?
March 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Is it just me hearing this or does Symphony 3 open almost quoting The Rite of Spring from 16 years earlier?
wszystkiego najlepszego - and I hope they soon let you out of that cell
March 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
wszystkiego najlepszego - and I hope they soon let you out of that cell
I feel like posting a picture of a book which you don’t already have on your shelves (or floor) is some sort of “achievement unlocked” moment 😂
March 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I feel like posting a picture of a book which you don’t already have on your shelves (or floor) is some sort of “achievement unlocked” moment 😂
And of course is the opening scene of Binet’s The 7th Function of Language.
March 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
And of course is the opening scene of Binet’s The 7th Function of Language.
Another enjoyable Solstad cut from his usual cloth. I remember I was reading that one something like 3 years back, alongside Grimmish. Both have stuck well in the mind (the latter being so unusual it is unforgettable).
March 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Another enjoyable Solstad cut from his usual cloth. I remember I was reading that one something like 3 years back, alongside Grimmish. Both have stuck well in the mind (the latter being so unusual it is unforgettable).
Wow. Just wow. Collectively these books give a bizarre Richard Scarry vibe of some busy world of idyllic occupations: violinists, librarians, storytellers, gardeners and seamstresses. Truly grotesque.
March 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Wow. Just wow. Collectively these books give a bizarre Richard Scarry vibe of some busy world of idyllic occupations: violinists, librarians, storytellers, gardeners and seamstresses. Truly grotesque.
For a brief moment I thought talk of a Jarvi set for fans of R-K was referring to some obscure area of mathematics
March 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For a brief moment I thought talk of a Jarvi set for fans of R-K was referring to some obscure area of mathematics
Thank you for this, and for sticking with it till the end. What a journey! I’ve listened to every Haydn symphony performance in my collection: 3,278 movements, 308 hours. What’s next? Bach Cantatas?
March 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thank you for this, and for sticking with it till the end. What a journey! I’ve listened to every Haydn symphony performance in my collection: 3,278 movements, 308 hours. What’s next? Bach Cantatas?
Wonderful book. My copy, inscribed by the author (to David Somerset, Duke of Beaufort & his wife Miranda), includes an inserted print of Plate 34 on p.89 which shows more detail than in the book’s reproduction, with (I believe) the author’s annotation on the verso, “Not perfect either, but better.”
March 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Wonderful book. My copy, inscribed by the author (to David Somerset, Duke of Beaufort & his wife Miranda), includes an inserted print of Plate 34 on p.89 which shows more detail than in the book’s reproduction, with (I believe) the author’s annotation on the verso, “Not perfect either, but better.”
still here!! trying to listen to every single performance I own of every symphony, some days there are only 5 or so but bit of a stretch with so very many albums of the Paris and London symphonies but think I’ll make it … recent days have allowed me to catch up on the substantial London backlog
March 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
still here!! trying to listen to every single performance I own of every symphony, some days there are only 5 or so but bit of a stretch with so very many albums of the Paris and London symphonies but think I’ll make it … recent days have allowed me to catch up on the substantial London backlog
At first glance I thought the central word in the quote at the top left was “unpardonable” (which I quite liked). Glasses on now, all is clear.
February 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
At first glance I thought the central word in the quote at the top left was “unpardonable” (which I quite liked). Glasses on now, all is clear.