Since that day I have moved home 4 times, changed jobs 4 times,  got engaged, got married, brought a flat,  then a cat, then a house in Sussex

I’ve travelled to Switzerland,  Italy,  France,  Belgium, and Brazil.

I’ve seen friends and family marry in Siena, Mull, and Brasil. I’ve got a nephew and a niece and been made a godfather

I’ve seen  Orient get promoted, make £1,000,000 in in the FA Cup, and loose 0-5 on my birthday.

And barely blogged any of those things.

Instead these are the posts which have got the most attention over the years:

2006

1. 25 NOV Uber Party
2. 16 JUL Photos from RIAT
3. 06 AUG J and K Wedding

But put aside those stories and go to UNICEF’s website and donate some money towards their emergency famine appeal. A child is dying every six minutes and you can help.

www.unicef.org.uk/UNICEFs-Work/Emergencies/east-africa-childrens-crisis-horn-africa/

It’s as simple as that.

“Each of our newspapers is a leader in its field and offers world-class journalism”. If this was in doubt before today’s revelations on phone hacking, their own website makes sure you have all the information you need to make an informed opinion.

For taking photos and video

Camera+ – £0.59
What makes this worth the 59p is the ability to specify the point to focus on and a separate exposure point, gives you excellent control. There is also an editing suite to rival anything else available, all on one app.

Autostitch – £1.19
The quality of the images that this app “stitches” together is very impressive and makes the app perfect for capturing a large valley or waterfall. The recently launched Photosynth app is also worth a mention but is doesn’t stitch pictures together quite as well in my experience (but is free).

Vimeo – Free
Apart from being able to watch videos from the vimeo website (but not search – yet) the killer feature of this app is the simple video editor. You can add multiple clips together with simple transitions and titles, with surprising control over effects.

Info on where you are

Motionx GPS – £0.59
There were two main ways i used this app. Firstly, you can download large areas of maps onto your iphone to browse offline (I downloaded the whole Lake district national park at 500MB) which was perfect for seeing where I was regardless of the very unreliable mobile reception. Secondly, you can plan, track and record routes, setting waypoints, measuring distance traveled, height climbed, average speed, distance to next waypoint etc. At the end of the day your activity can then be shared on facebook, twitter or a link sent by email.

Day tides – Free
If you’re near the seaside, it’s handy to know when high/low tide is. This app tells you.

Peak.ar – Free
This was particularly useful in  the Lake District. “What’s that mountain over there? Oh, it’s Helvelyn” It works impressively with hills, finding a number of “peaks” around my home in Sussex.

Info on what’s around you

AA Days Out – Free
This does nicely what you’d expect – locates where you and suggests places of interest to visit. all the information is store in the app so it doesn’t require a mobile signal which is handy.

AA Pub Guide - Free
This again does nicely what you’d expect – locates where you and suggests a good pub nearby. All the information is store in the app so it doesn’t require a mobile signal which is handy when you’re somewhere remote.

English Heritage Days Out - Free
Similar to the AA guides, this finds where you are and suggests English Heritage sites nearby.

AroundMe – Free
Lastly, AroundMe is  very useful for finding a cash machine, petrol station, supermarket or indian restaurant.  You need a mobile sinal to use it as it searches information online, but it gives you a list of results or map full of markers showing suggestions.

Firstly, @southerntrains is mostly harmless narrating the life of a commuter in south London, with tweets such as

“Cancellations at charing x so missed my connection at London bridge again“

and

“London overground have put one bench back at Norwood, where there was 4. So am still standing up.”

Then there’s @southern_trains, which is far more motivated and often hilarious. As well as posting it’s own reviews on the trains service

“Just emailed Man Booker Prize awards people asking how I could submit our timetable for consideration for their fiction award.#seriously“

it mainly focuses on retweeting the cream of other people’s comments, some of whom aren’t aware that it isn’t an official account:

“Once again train cancelled due to the doors not opening at Preston Park. Service definitely worth £3500/year. Bloody #southerntrains“

and

“Exceptional service, @Southern_Trains. You are on time. It is an exception.“

There are many many more…

If you use Southern for your commute, you may like to follow these accounts to at least share your frustrations…

1. I’ve worked in croydon for 18 months and can confirm that so far, although I’ve had some good times;

“Nobody ever wakes up, and punches the air when they know a morning in Croydon awaits them.”

2. Everyone knows someone like “Rob”. They travel the world regularly, know someone in every country and always have a great story to tell, usually involving a near death experience. I’ve never been jealous of their life, but it’s always good to hear what they’ve been up to.

Series one

Series two

Find them both on grooveshark: Series 1 playlist and Series 2 playlist. I couldn’t find all the tracks, E4 have a full listing of all the tracks used on their website