This track is in the top three of my favorite ABBA tracks. Never released as a single, “If It Wasn’t For The Nights” is a catchy tune the group performed while out and about a few times.
ABBA is lip syncing to a remixed version of the album track in this performance. The harmonies on the chorus leads are missing, there’s strings missing in the instrumentation, and for the love of god, I wish someone would tell me how they achieved the multi colored backgrounds in this video while using the same set, at the same time, and not using green screen.
From their 1978 performance on the Mike Yarwood Christmas Show, here’s ABBA with “If It Wasn’t For The Nights”.
Video hosted on my server (no connection to YouTube)
My Lenovo ThinkPad T460s is nine years old. I picked it up used four or five years ago and maxed out the RAM and the hard drive at a rather inexpensive price. While I have newer computers in my stable, my ThinkPad T460s is still my favorite. The keyboard is fantastic and it just does what I need it to do.
ThinkPads are known for being very friendly platforms for running Linux. This is one of the things I like about it. I have my laptop set up specifically for my use and the operating system just gets out of my way. MacOS on my MacBook Air seems to be getting in my way more and more; I want to use my computer for creativity and productivity. Keeping the setup simple is important to me. For the technically inclined, my ThinkPadt T460s is running Debian Linux 12 (Bookworm) with the bspwm task manager. I have a minimum of applications installed, including Firefox (for web browsing), Obsidian (for knowledge management and writing), Spotify (for music), and a selection of utilities for things like grabbing a snapshot from my webcam, as seen above.
I’ve been trying to decide if I want to bring this laptop along with me on the Storm Chasing Trip. I’ll have my iPad and MacBook Air. The former is for tracking storms while I’m on the road and the latter is for editing video. But the rest of it? I’ll probably end up doing the bulk of the rest of my weather research and other online things using this ThinkPad.
Doesn’t everyone carry three computers with them when they travel? I’m fortunate to have the opportunity.
Mother Nature has decided to enter a quiet period for the next few days. This is always a possibility when you approach storm chasing backwards, and by this I mean setting the chase dates first and then hoping the weather cooperates, instead of chasing based on the actual forecast.
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
I’m still looking forward to my chase trip starting tomorrow, of course, because I love exploring the countryside. I’m working on my Plan Bs: hiking, making videos, visiting friends, etc. I’m sure I’ll still see some thunderstorms and the like, and the latter half of my trip shows some promise for severe weather in the Central Plains.
It’s a good thing I know how to amuse myself. Actually, it’s a better thing I’m so easily amused.
Just a guy with a husband. We’ve been together 28 years and he still makes me see fireworks on a daily basis. Hiker. Storm Chaser. Private Pilot. Tech Guy. Hackerish.
