Tim Dobson

An Englishman in a Pirates' Berlin

15 September 2011

Today I am in Berlin. Capital of Germany, and according to polls, soon to be one of the latest homes of the Pirate Party. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rQmAma8rj1E Almost as soon as I stepped out of the train station, I started noticing the distinct Pirate flag logo on the posters attached to lamp posts. Outside Sweden the German […]

If Prof. Brian Cox can make understanding physics cool, how can we do the same for technology & IT?

11 September 2011

Three weeks ago, I posted on twitter and reddit: If Prof. Brian Cox can make understanding physics cool, how can we do the same for technology & IT? I had an interesting conversation with James Cun. We both agreed that Cox's personality had made physics more appealing to younger generations. We touched at previous attempts […]

Nyan Cat Dubstep

11 September 2011

Dubstep is good. Nyan Cat is better. There have been lounge jazz remixes, piano covers, synth loop covers, violin covers so the dubstep cover was inevitable really. Anyway, here is one of the most danceable Nyan Cat remixes I've heard: Nyan Cat (Alex S. Dubstep Remix) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502xxCTRfxo

An analysis of the physics depicted in My Little Pony

8 September 2011

My Little Pony, as you've never seen it before. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muVfidujxRg Yes, pun intended.

The Scrollwheel (for desktop support heros)

7 September 2011

A while ago I saw this fantastic comic on reddit about unwilling tech support heros. Turns out someone has made an animation of it: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa9DLxDtPtc Non-techies, sometimes, it might be good to ask one of your techie friends if there's anything you can do that would make your computer use more efficient. 🙂 Having seen […]

Can't touch this? (Atomic physics version)

7 September 2011

I came across this super awesome description of how matter touches… or rather doesn't touch. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE8rkG9Dw4s

We Will Change Everything – TEDxYouthDay Song

6 September 2011

You may know of the great TED conferences… but did you know about TEDxYouth – a series of volunteer events around the world designed to empower and inspire young people. Have a look at their Youtube channel for some of their wonderful talks. This song, made for TEDxYouthDay 2010 never fails to make my spine […]

Dogs are awesome

6 September 2011

This is so true.

Dirty piano beats

5 September 2011

Increasingly, I've been seeing dubstep remixes of popular tracks pop up… or be used for the backing track to videos, so imagine my surprise and delight when I saw a remix of a popular dubstep track on keyboards… By remix, I mean "cover" and by "keyboards" I mean, classical piano! Skrillex – Scary Monsters and […]

Guess who's back!

5 September 2011

After, a year or more of sabbatical from "proper" blogging, I've decided it's high time to revamp my website and get blogging again! You can find content from my old blog here and it is searchable from here.

Eric Schmidt's criticism of UK education

27 August 2011

In the week that teenagers received their GCSE results, Eric Schmidt has lambasted the UK education system, and I find much to agree with him on. The UK has a proud past of scientists and technological pioneers – the first computer wasn't built in Silicon Valley, or somewhere in China, but here in Manchester. However, […]

Peace at last!

1 September 2010

Woop woop! After almost two years of procrastination I've finally managed to take myself on a real holiday to the Isles of Scilly, St. Agnes to be exact. Here's some quick photos. All the full resolution snaps can be found in my flickr stream or you can just look through some of my favourites. 🙂