Thinker, Blogger, Hacker, Hiker.
Social Media and the Russia Election protests
Social Media and the Russia Election protests
7 December 2011
Вы можете прочитать эту статью на русском языке (Google Translate). Back when I was at school, I was exceptionally privileged to have the opportunity to visit Russia several times. Whilst I was there I made friends with a number of Russian young people. I remember in 2005 or so, having just had a tour round […]
Tim Minchin on Christmas
Tim Minchin on Christmas
1 December 2011
I don't usually like Tim Minchin that much, but his song Wine Wine In The Sun sums up how I feel quite frequently. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fCNvZqpa-7Q You can find the lyrics here
Sit down, shut up, grow up and watch this!
Sit down, shut up, grow up and watch this!
15 November 2011
Inspiring things take all kinds of forms, people, paintings, theatre, poems, and, of course, songs. I really liked this Photosynthesis by Frank Turner httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCfykIs0yF4 and I feel I should explain which of the lyrics mean a lot to me. Oh maturity's a wrapped up package deal so it seems And ditching teenage fantasy means ditching […]
Remembering being taught Applied ICT at A Level
Remembering being taught Applied ICT at A Level
14 November 2011
I recently noticed that I got quoted in The Information Age, at the beginning of the year due to the UK Cyber Security Challenge.: "Tim Dobson, a 20-year-old university student, does not remember his IT A-level course fondly. “In one lesson, our teacher asked us how to find the YouTube website,” he recalled. Dobson added […]
Howto be a submarine facebook 'friend' and wreck friendships
Howto be a submarine facebook 'friend' and wreck friendships
12 November 2011
Hi, today I want to talk about how to really mess up friendships with Facebook. No this isn't so that you can go an use it on people, but because it's a flaw which I think people should be aware of. First we have to understand a little known feature of Facebook: Facebook doesn't want […]
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween
31 October 2011
Happy Halloween etc. I hope you have a good one. To celebrate, here's the pumpkin I carved the other night for the UMHC pumpkin carving competition. I came second runner up (3rd), our of about 10, so obviously, I'm super chuffed at my l33t carving skillz. 😉
Tim jumps
Tim jumps
29 October 2011
Marek, in his infinite wisdom, is somewhat responsible for inspiring me to do this: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o6CAdhJI0qY Tim Jumps
#UnitySucks. Sorry buddy, it just ain't working out.
#UnitySucks. Sorry buddy, it just ain't working out.
19 October 2011
*brrring* *brrring*. Today I got a call. It's my dad. "Hi Tim, I just had an update box pop up on our Ubuntu computer so I updated like you told me and it's all changed. WTF?" My parents have a Lenovo Thinkcentre with Ubuntu on it. It runs very nicely and has worked really well […]
#timontour VBlog: Western Lakes 2011 (Epic-navigation-fail edition)
#timontour VBlog: Western Lakes 2011 (Epic-navigation-fail edition)
17 October 2011
As you may have seen, I've been hiking around the Western Lake District over the past few days as part of #timontour. I've just uploaded all the video blog entries I made over the last few days… Enjoy! httpv://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E734F88F2BE3C64
#timontour: Skye & Rasaay 2011
#timontour: Skye & Rasaay 2011
15 October 2011
Whilst I'm hiking round the Lake District, I thought you might like to see what I got up to, the last time there was a #timontour. Here's my videoblog: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL29023960B3841C5B&feature=player_embedded&v=YsRa7TR-oGE #timontour: Skye & Rasaay 2011 I got the train from Manchester with my bike and panniers, all the way to Kyle of Lochalsh on the […]
#timontour: Western Lakes 2011
#timontour: Western Lakes 2011
10 October 2011
I'm off to the Lake District for a week – the latest installment of #timontour. I'm going to be exploring parts of the north western bits of the Lake District starting from Buttermere. Day 0: Buttermere to Haystacks (and back + My mother). Camp somewhere on Haystacks. Day 1: Buttermere to Haystacks/Green Gable/Great Gable/Pillar. Camp […]
"All streets, lead to Wallstreet" – This is Wall Street Spirit!
"All streets, lead to Wallstreet" – This is Wall Street Spirit!
5 October 2011
Probably Britain's best rapper, Dan Bull, just released a track about Occupy Wallstreet: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iQeK8MTol8 To be honest, I'm not sure what to make of Occupy Wallstreet. I find their general message a bit unclear and, at best, not very definable. The broad message I've been hearing is "End Global Capitalism" which could mean a great […]