Review of 2009 Goals

Dec 29, 2009 |

The time has come to see how I did against my goals for 2009.1. Throw Some Stuff OutAs previously reported, this went well, although their remains much to do. The garage still has to be reclaimed. But work has started on recovering some storage space.2. A Great...

24 Hours to Live Movie Marathon

Dec 28, 2009 | ,

I struggled for about 23 seconds to come up with my regular (ahem) end of year blog meme. Could I top the previous success (ahem) of the Desert Island C90 at the end of 2008 or the infinitely forgettable Best Album Tracks of 2007 (or the Amazon £50 challenge I chucked...

Top 10 Best Goals

Dec 28, 2009 |

Holidays are the time for trawling YouTube and making pointless 'best of' lists. So, in no particular order, my top 10 goals (with a very large Man Utd bias obviously). Mark Hughes - Wales Vs Spain I got many a bruise trying to do this. Give it a go. It is nowhere...

The Space Shuttle

Dec 23, 2009 | ,

On 12th April 1981, I was an 11 year old boy. I sat an watched in awe as Columbia made the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle. It looked not entirely unlike this. Columbia Taking Off The coverage of the launches in those days wasn't quite as sexy as it is now. You got...

2009 – Photo Review of the Year

Dec 21, 2009 |

As a fan of the "end of year" meme, thought I'd start a new one with a look back over the photos I took during the year. Nothing more than an excuse to flick back through them all and have a bit of fun picking a few faves. So, here it is, 2009 - my year in photos......

Updated Social Media Map

Dec 15, 2009 |

While preparing a presentation on Social Media last night, I thought I should update my Social Media Map to see what, if anything, had changed from the original version from the start of the year.Surprisingly, it hasn't changed all that much. There are a few additions...

Hoarding Versus Storage – A Conundrum

Dec 4, 2009 | ,

I've always been a hoarder. Obviously, I refer to this particular prediliction as collector but, the fact remains, chucking stuff out is not in my make up. Aside for the ubiquitous big box of wires, I still have the postcard collection of my youth, all my coins, books...

PhotoBlog : Colours

Nov 26, 2009 |

A selection of photos, each with a particular colour, click on any image to download hi-res for free from MorgueFile. See me, see Kieslowski... I do like the way I have handily annotated each image. Yellow Red Blue Green Orange Gold...

What The Romans Did : Part 2 – Up Pompeii

Nov 20, 2009 |

Following on from the unacclaimed post on Herculaneum, the inevitable Pompeii post rears its head. This was my second visit to Pompeii which is perhaps reflected in my slightly unenthusiastic collection of images or perhaps I was just deflated after a rainy morning in...

PhotoBlog : Italy in HDR

Nov 3, 2009 |

If you have a DSLR and you've not tried doing some HDR images, you really should. It's a lot of fun. You just need to guard against getting carried away with it like me.What is HDR? You ask...Have you ever taken a photo of some mountains and sky and either the...

What The Romans Did : Part 1 – Herculaneum

Nov 1, 2009 |

Any traveller with a sense of decency will, on visiting the vicinity of Naples, decide that a visit to some Roman ruins in on the agenda. Most will choose Pompeii but many will find good reason to saunter along to its little brother in the 'cities dug up from under...

The Anatomy of Bottom Rung Football

Oct 13, 2009 |

You will often hear much talk about the 'grass roots' of football. Minor leagues, Sunday mornings, Deep Heat and industrial defending. The phrase 'grass roots', of course, implies the very lowest level. And yet, there lie many levels below this. I know this kind of...

PhotoBlog : Leuchars Air Show 2009

Sep 14, 2009 |

I've waited many years to finally get to an airshow. As a younglet, I would always watch the coverage of Farnborough with Raymond Baxter and fuel my forever love of planes. I wasn't disappointed. A blindingly (literally, when fully zoomed in, don't pan across the sun)...

Just Another Drive to Work

Aug 13, 2009 |

Today started much like any other. The evilly sequenced set of alarms clattered into life. Each leaving sufficient time for me to return back into a dreamy doze before blowing the whistle to urge me over the top. The morning evolution begins. Hunched simian gives way...

If You Build It…

Aug 12, 2009 |

They might come? The world of Internet traffic generation has changed a lot since the days when I were thin. Used to be that you were worried about SEO, meta-tags blah-di-blah-di-page-rank-bobbinstm and, while much of this is still relevant to some degree, there are...

Blu-Ray Review : Hidden ( Caché )

Aug 10, 2009 |

Where do you start? Or, perhaps more importantly, where do you end? Let's get the obvious things out of way. The plot revolves around a TV presenter (Daniel Autueil) and his wife ( Juliette Binoche ) who are being sent VHS tapes (wrapped in alarming child-like...

Soundtrack of Your Life

Aug 7, 2009 | ,

If they made a film of your life what songs would you have in the soundtrack for which scenes? It was a sunny Friday drive to work today and the Shuffle Gods chose Mornington Crescent by Belle and Sebastian. It seemed to fit perfectly. Albeit the lyrics didn't quite...

A Quiet Night On Twitter

Aug 5, 2009 |

An interesting night was had on Twitter last night.@canongatebooks and @davesimps0n organised a "world's first" Twitter based interview with former band members of The Fall to promote Dave's book The Fallen. It started slowly but got into something of a swing. The...

HTC Touch HD – A Slight Annoyance

Aug 4, 2009 |

Ok, so you're all gonna say, "should have got an iPhone". Maybe so, but I couldn't be arsed changing provider and, for the most part, my HTC Touch HD is a very capable phone.It does everything I need. I'm used to Windows Mobile so the messaging, emailing is good, web...

Half Year Review

Aug 3, 2009 |

A little late, but here's how I'm doing against the goals of the year so far.1. Throw Some Stuff OutStrike one! Having a skip in the drive for ages helped but I did throw out a lot of stuff. The garage has still to be reclaimed but progress has been made.2. A Great...

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