Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド
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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド
@ianhalst.bsky.social
Retired graphic artist and web designer. History, music – bass guitarist – silversmithing, book gorger with a pile of as yet unread books taller than I am.
If you force academic service institutions to behave like commercial profit-led businesses, don’t be surprised when cash matters more than staff and research.
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The only thing that would stop the boundaries of his redirected self loathing is a non-infinite universe.
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Industrial Sound Effects Volume 3. BBC Sound Effects Department.
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Moquette Minions – Bus Replacement Service.
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Sending best wishes and hopefully sweet dreams to put an end to your current ones. My most weird dream was Napoleon invading Leeds station. Lines of cavalry on top of train carriages jumping off when the train halted. 😳
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
2/2 …an Alesis drum machine at painfully loud levels before the aluminium dome shattered. This driver was connected directly to the output of an amplifier, with no cross-over – it lasted over 15 minutes if memory serves. The amp was rated at 40 watts and was at maximum levels. Voice coil survived.
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1/2 Also contacted the designer and manufacturer of the speakers we used for monitoring – Robin Marshall, designer of the Epos ES 14. He sent us a treble driver to destruct as I’d asked about how resilient they might be in a studio environment. It took all the cymbals and hi- hat from…
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
That’s the one!
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
When helping set up a recording studio, I approached sound engineer/producer Callum Malcolm, who worked on the first Blue Nile album. Really helpful response outlining several pitfalls and with great advice about spend allocation.
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
You are immortal whilst on that hill.
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
أعتذر لجميع سكان غزة الذين يطلبون المساعدة. أنا أبذل قصارى جهدي لمساعدة خمس عائلات عندما أستطيع، ولكن لا يمكنني مساعدة الجميع. أنا آسف حقا لأنه ليس لدي أي شيء لأدخره. 😔
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“Elite…”
I’d hazard a guess that the story-teller of this piece was privately educated and was provided from an early age with the sort of opportunities and resources which evade the vast majority of us.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In lieu of this, a caring government sensitive to the situation of yourself and countless others, would at the very least provide the level and quality of care whereby things become bearable. You have both my empathy and sympathy. 😥
October 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’ll just add that this photo was specifically taken to use in a reply to a DAG post. 😊
October 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
October 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The leaves are calling up reinforcements, ready to perform a drain clog dance.
October 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I hope the cats are being sympathetic. Possibly not if ours are anything to go by! 😬
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Hope he turns up soon. It’s horrible when they disappear beyond the usual time periods. 😬☹️
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM