Thinker, Blogger, Hacker, Hiker.
Welcome to My World
Welcome to My World
5 December 2012
As part of my plan to put together a video for every Wednesday in December, I decided to finish of a project I've been working on to tie all various bits of video from various trips I've been on into one montage. Here you have "Welcome To My World". If you can, I strongly recommend […]
Inspiring Carpets? (How wrong can the music industry get things?)
Inspiring Carpets? (How wrong can the music industry get things?)
2 December 2012
At TedxSalford, Tom Hingley, former Inspiral Carpets frontman and nowadays, a lecturer at Salford University gave a talk – take a look because it's quite special: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cEP0niluiR8 I have a tendency to show off interesting or insightful TED and TEDx talks on this blog, but unfortunately is noteworthy for neither of these reasons – instead […]
A Blog Post A Day: Looking Back
A Blog Post A Day: Looking Back
1 December 2012
31 days ago, I set out to write a blog post for every day in November. The low points: Posting various relatively poorly formatted, rushed or somewhat rambling posts that are probably below par. Rushing to midnight deadlines Desparately trying to push posts online at 11:50pm via GSM on a train! The high points: Completing various […]
Howto talk to celebrities (or your tech hero)
Howto talk to celebrities (or your tech hero)
30 November 2012
I recently started writing a blog post I'd entitled "my Tech hero", extolling the induvidual's virtue and then immediately realised could never complete that blog post. Why? Well, let me try to explain. The word celebrity is defined as A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population; a famous person. […]
"Ban Christmas Presents!" – Could there be some sense in this?
"Ban Christmas Presents!" – Could there be some sense in this?
29 November 2012
Martin Lewis recently wrote an article in the Telegraph controversially suggesting banning Christmas presents, and I'm at least somewhat inclined to agree. Is it time to ban Christmas presents? Across the country people are growling at the enforced obligation to waste money on tat they can't afford, for people who won't use it. Festive gift-giving has […]
I'm walking 55 miles around Manchester | Can you help?
I'm walking 55 miles around Manchester | Can you help?
28 November 2012
Update: I'm unfortunately having to pull out of this. I try to push myself to new heights, distances and places – and in March, I'm going to take it to the next level. I'm doing 55 mile walk around Manchester – The Bogle – an onroad event which consists of a ~30mile south loop round […]
Drugs: what should the legal approach be?
Drugs: what should the legal approach be?
27 November 2012
One might assume, given my previous blog post where I highlighted my lack of interest in "extra curricular substances" aka "drugs", that I think getting stoned should be illegal. Let's step back for a minute and look at the big picture – I highly recommend reading this article about how social structures affects alcohol's impact […]
Violent rap lyrics inspire violence? What do you think?
Violent rap lyrics inspire violence? What do you think?
26 November 2012
Every so often, the media hype machine revisits an old favourite gets the hyperbole on and asks the public? "Is it wrong to blame hip hop?", "Do rappers glamorise violence?" are just some of the headlines we've seen in recent years. Yet whilst some people are quick to condemn violent lyrics (David Cameron criticised BBC […]
Can we separate folk music and heritage music?
Can we separate folk music and heritage music?
25 November 2012
I actually really enjoy listening to June Tabor's "The Dancing": httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuV8aV0DxuY It's very mellow and the sentiment is quite cutting – a moment of escape from a hard work life. But the sadly delivery is rather demonstrative of several things that somewhat confuse me. June Tabor is an Oxford educated singer, and I'd bet 20p […]
No news is always good news
No news is always good news
24 November 2012
For a while when I was younger, whenever I went away without my parents, I was confused. All my classmates and peers would always be in constant contact with their family, whilst my parents would cheerily wave goodbye and then eagerly listen to the second by second story upon my return. It took me a […]
Project December: a clip a week
Project December: a clip a week
23 November 2012
When we get to the end of November, after (hopefully) managing to write every blog post a day for an entire month, I'm keen push the boundaries and push on forward. For the month of December I'm going to try and put out a video clip every week – this is also partly reflective of […]
"can u help" :: Howto win at Friend-Tech-Support-Roulette
"can u help" :: Howto win at Friend-Tech-Support-Roulette
22 November 2012
Being a techie isn't always easy. The technology, yeah, that's easy, but the social implications can sometimes be tough. I recently got a rather flashy camera and, seeing it round my neck, a guy at an event asked, "Can I ask you something about cameras?" It was, of course, a rhetorical question – there was […]