Thinker, Blogger, Hacker, Hiker.
Laura Dekker to set off
Laura Dekker to set off
4 August 2010
I'm so happy for Laura Dekker. Laura is a 14yro Dutch girl with big ambitions and lots of persistence. She wants to circumnavigate the world, singlehanded (with stops). If you remember Laura was told by a court a few months ago that she couldn't go because she was too young and inexperienced. She's just managed […]
Windsurfing at Glossop Sailing Club
Windsurfing at Glossop Sailing Club
5 March 2010
Not so long ago I put together this short video of people windsurfing on a windy day at Glossop Sailing Club. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NVwx5aojhVk What do you think of it? It's pretty much my first ever watersports video that I've spent any time editing and I know I've still got a lot to learn… How would you […]
Reservoir Dog?! (A close call)
Reservoir Dog?! (A close call)
13 January 2010
As I now live in the centre of Manchester, and being cooped up in a flat is certainly not enjoyable for a dog, Bess, our well loved Staffordshire Bull Terrier currently lives at home with my parents. As my father is usually at work all day, usually it falls to my mother to walk her. […]
Geeks on an Island
Geeks on an Island
9 January 2010
In a discussion on the Geekup mailing list about a particularly stupid bit of Government legislation, I came across this: Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: It would have been wiser to invest in a couple of islands and some yachts…. Caius Durling wrote: Any room on there for another (possible) expat? 🙂 Simon Ward wrote: If […]
Barcamps I've been to
Barcamps I've been to
14 November 2009
I missed Barcamp Bradford today which to be honest, is the first time I've missed a local barcamp in a long time. I was however, exhausted and slightly ill, and it just really didn't seem like an appealing idea. I feel a a bit sorry for the organisers, it's very frustrating when people don't turn […]
Bathcamp the Barcamp 2009
Bathcamp the Barcamp 2009
22 September 2009
Barcamps are always different. Bathcamp the Barcamp 2009 was no exception. Located 12 miles south of Bath, in the tiny village of Buckland Dinham, Bathcamp had set up camp in the paddock of, The Bell, a classic, old English pub. Billed as a "24-hour+ long series of talks, cud-chewing, beer, pizza…and other things…", the event […]
Introducing Pokebook.co.uk
Introducing Pokebook.co.uk
24 July 2009
Stephen Mount wrote: We don't all seem to aspire to be a founder of a website which allows you to poke people. I don't aspire to be one either; I am one! Introducing www.pokebook.co.uk… Pokebook is an exciting new service which has transformed the landscape of the web. Designed for teenagers with too much time […]
A tribute to Richard Rothwell
A tribute to Richard Rothwell
22 July 2009
Many reading my blog will not have heard the name Richard Rothwell and thus will have very little idea of his significance in the early days of DFEY. I first encountered Richard, like many others, via the Schoolforge-uk (SF-UK) mailing list, with his posts on free software and LTSP related subjects. Ben Webb and I, […]
Washed out – taking a step back
Washed out – taking a step back
15 July 2009
Over the last three months, I've been really involved in lots of stuff: I bought a waterproof video camera I organised DFEY to visit 2morro I videoed myself sailing my sailing dinghy My (ex-)girlfriend and I split up DFEY now has a logo I ran my first session as an RYA Sailing instructor for GSC's […]
What is the most useful thing you will do towards a future career when you're young?
What is the most useful thing you will do towards a future career when you're young?
18 May 2009
This XKCD cartoon strangely captures essence of most of my complaints with the way ICT and technical subjects are taught in schools. For me, it was a extensive number of weekends trying to make various different project work and multiple evenings getting to know the right people in the tech industry – thanks to the […]
FA Vase Final at Wembley : Glossop North End 0 Whitley Bay 2
FA Vase Final at Wembley : Glossop North End 0 Whitley Bay 2
10 May 2009
The Background People who know me well will know I'm not a big football fan, I don't have a team whom I follow and I don't really take sides when people talk about football. Just because I don't follow the premiership or really care who wins it I do take the occasional interest. So when […]
A Life Changing Experience
A Life Changing Experience
26 April 2009
What could be more typically British than having a dog? Even the Romans exported our hunting dogs to the rest of the empire, in the early years of the first century. You know every school boy's favourite song about “One Man and his Dog” going to mow a meadow? It's not one man and his […]