I was supposed to be doing some biz dev today, but the meeting got cancelled after the other party spent all night playing werewolf (I still don’t see the attraction in that game). I thought I’d try and do something a little bit different and Annie Mole came through via Twitter, after she’d just written […]
Mashed 2008
After my day at Interesting, I jumped on the Tube up to the BBC run Mashed, up at Alexandra Palace. This was a 36 hour or so hacking festival, with people all over the place coding and building new tools, most of which had something to do with a whole load of BBC feeds/API/data that […]
Interesting 08
I spent most of today at Interesting 08, the conference put together by Russell Davies, pulling a whole lot of, well, interesting people together. I had a great, thought-provoking day Here’s some notes on the talks. They ranged from 3 mins to about 20 and covered all sorts of topics. The notes are really just […]
Day of the Figurines
I’m off to Hide and Seek Fest in a fortnight, a London games festival that is taking place over a weekend, with lots of different types of games. However, one of them has already started – the Day of the Figurines You go to the Southbank Centre, sign up, choose your tiny little figure from […]
London Naked Bike Ride
Yesterday, I was planning on going to the Flickr Walk about and then wondering off later to catch pictures of the London Naked Bike Ride where “riders decorate their bodies and bikes with messages of protest against oil dependency and car culture.” I got up late and never really got my stuff together to get […]
public service announcement
public service announcement, originally uploaded by RachelC. These two fine chaps are after a date. But they have a few requirements: 1. Be able to reverse a trailer 2. Be able to rig a single in the dark. 3. Be able to rig an 8 in 20 mins. 4. Know nielson kellerman wiring 5. Remember […]
Books Read in May
I’ve decided to try and track the books I have read. I’m rereading a few of my collection, so a mix of old and new. So here’s May Undiscovered Country, Bill Bryant. An old read, I really enjoy Bryant’s writing and seem to have most of his books. Skin Privilege, Karin Slaughter. Another author I […]