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Inventive spam
Here’s a some recent spam comments which have caught my eye: In response to A cold winter evening at Brisbane Road: Hey There Blog, Maybe a little off topic, however, its not even the middle of winter and its already getting to 5°C… Kindest Regards In response to How tech giants deal with dissent: lovely Read more
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Opening titles – making the effort.
Good to see some real thought and imagination put into the opening titles on Game of Thrones: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8[/youtube] As opposed to another recent TV favourite of mine, Fringe, is pretty dull: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-daL35AIQpw&hd=1[/youtube] Read more
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Croydon Timelapse on Vimeo
Simple timelapse of cloudy skies over Croydon taken with an iPhone4 using the TimeLapse app. The bright light in the centre is a reflection of the camera’s flash which came on. And yes, the window is that dirty! Croydon Timelapse on Vimeo Read more
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How tech giants deal with dissent.
A few weeks ago I saw this peice on The Register about an Apple employee who was fired as a result of privately making derogatory comments about Apple’s brand and products on his Facebook wall. His undoing was that not all his “friends” were friends, and one printed off the comments and showed them to Read more
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This blog is five years old.
I started blogging on 25 october 2006, with a stupid video of a hamster. 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 Read more
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Isle of Mull – Panorama special
I went to the isle of Mull for a long weekend last month for a friends wedding. And took a lot of photos, (over 500). About a quarter of these were worth publishing on flickr, but I also took a few panoramas, either created using Photosynth or Autostitch on an iPhone. And here they are: Read more
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Why do creative people sometimes steal?
About a year ago my wife and I spotted an independant graphic designer, Kyleigh, who was selling paper cuts through Not on The High Street. We liked her work and got in touch to commission a special piece for my wife’s sister in law’s wedding. Even though Kyleigh was just about to have a baby, she completed the work in time Read more
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What to blog about? Hacking? Corruption? Terrorism? Drug abuse?
A lot has happened in the last few weeks since I last wrote, and a lot has been written across the media in various forms. 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. Read more