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Blog Life!

Coding with Code Academy

ward 23/06/2013

To begin with, I have been using something called Code Academy. It is pretty cool so far and you will soon be seeing some astounding changes thanks to what I have learned.

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Blog Life!

Building Empire State – the other photo

ward 13/06/2013

You know that famous old black and white photo of the workmen having lunch on a girder high above Mahattan?

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Blog

The Starving Writer

ward 04/06/2013

I’ve done it! Five bastard years of broadening my already swollen noggin. A couple of weeks ago I sent off my final essay for my Open University degree in English … Read More

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Blog London

London in the 20s. Colour video!

ward 26/05/2013

It’s pretty amazing to see colour video from the 20s and this is even more amazing if you happen to be a Londoner.

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Blog Life!

Real Astronaut sings Bowie

ward 14/05/2013

Astronaut Chris Hadfield sings Bowie in actual space.

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Blog Films

The World’s End Trailer

ward 08/05/2013

The World’s End is the third film from the guys who brought you (and me), Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

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Blog

Oculus Rift – Virtual Reality is finally here.

ward 26/04/2013

Oculus Rift was invented by some ‘soon to be a billionaire’ gaming brainy-pants in his garage. It has since been crowd funded. The cool thing is that it doesn’t cost a 100,000quid, it will actually be affordable. Plus, advances in screens and motion sensors have allowed it to be incredible.

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Blog

Vadering

ward 16/04/2013

I bloody love a good internet meme and this one is a good’un.

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Blog Travel

Railay Beach, Thailand

ward 11/04/2013

As I have mentioned frequently over the last few weeks, I am currently on holiday in Thailand. For some reason this caused a lot of envy-laden comments amongst my Facebook … Read More

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Films

New Carrie trailer

ward 05/04/2013

A trailer for the new Carrie film is out and it looks pretty good. It also looks a lot like the original one. So it’s quite hard to see the … Read More

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Blog London

Live London Tube Map

ward 29/03/2013

Ok this isn’t Thailand OR beach related. Happy? If you are a trainspotter or a Londoner, you will probably find this pretty cool. It shows the position of every tube … Read More

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Blog

A hammock, Koh Jum, and a technology test.

ward 21/03/2013

This post is something of an experiment just to see how brilliant the technology at my disposal is. I’m currently lying in a hammock on the very quiet and quite … Read More

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Coming to you live from Bangkok!

ward 10/03/2013

Dear readers, I apologise most profusely for my lack writing. But I do have a pretty awesome excuse. I left my flat of 4 years and had to pack everything … Read More

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Blog Games

Why I won’t be buying the next gen consoles

ward 23/02/2013

Consoles were great multimedia gaming devices and my PC was for toil or writing superb website entries. Recently however, this seems to be changing and it is a change that will be permanent and the end of consoles.

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Blog Life!

Best of the Web 4

ward 16/02/2013

I don’t know who made this or why but basically it is the best of the web (minus porn) volume 4. In HD!

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Art Blog London

Death at the Wellcome Collection

ward 09/02/2013

No this isn’t Agatha Christie novel, it’s an art exhibition. About Death. Which was brilliant.

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Blog

Deep Space Industries

ward 27/01/2013

This fanciful dreaming has been inspired by the science-fiction-sounding Deep Space Industries.

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A fascinating tour of the International Space Station

ward 20/01/2013

An amazing tour of the international space station and observatory.

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Blog Life!

Happy 2013!

ward 14/01/2013

I forgot to mention the digit change and wish all my readers a happy 2013. (Funnily enough, this replicated the Indie Retro New Year’s Eve party I went to in … Read More

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Art Blog London

Ansel Adams – Photography from the mountains to the sea

ward 05/01/2013

I saw this exhibition yesterday at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich (London). It was downright awe inspiring. Alongside Cartier Bresson, Adams is probably my favorite photographer in equal first place. I guess I’m a sucker for black and white photos.

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