I’m not one for Christmas before December, but I thought this was worth a mention:
Look at those little fellows go. Anyone know what robots they are because they’re pretty awesome – in a geeky way.
I want to see them doing combinged moves next. Imagine that, robot doing pyramids. Would be so cool (if you’re into that kind of thing).
And for the record, Christmas is in Decemeber, so that’s when the decorations and parties should be too. Not October – or even September. It’s killing the Christmas spirit for everyone. That special time of year, we can all remember as kids as coming once a year and lasting about a month, now lasts 3, and gets more and more watered down every year.
My plea: Please stop. I want it to mean something to my kids, and not just be an exercise in emptying people’s wallets. That’s not what Christmas is about. Have a heart.
The very festive Robot Christmas Dance (even though it’s not Christmas yet). These little guys open a world of opportunities!
I’ve had my old Wordpress theme – Neoclassical by Chris Pearson – for a while, and as well as it’s done me, I’m bored of it. It was nice, it worked, no-one ever complained. But is that enough? Well, no.
Before I talk about why I went with this theme, you need to understand that I’m not a designer, but I am a creative person. Ok, so that’s a little ambiguous so let me quantify that statement. I’m the kind of person that falls into the techie-creative genre where I can take something good, and either improve it myself, or work with a designer to really make it great – obviously making sure that the vision is actually able to be built.
Cue The Unstandard 1.2.1 theme by Derek Punsalan. I looked at his older 0.1 version a long time ago, but it was lacking a certain something. Maybe it was the mood I was in at the time? I don’t know. But that classic mix of Orange and black really got me going. And yet somehow, back when I originally looked at it, it just wasn’t right.
After a long time, I’ve updated my site to use the The Unstandard 1.2.1 theme by Derek Punsalan as a base. There’s work to do, but it’s modern-retro looks are giving me a great foundation to grow my site from.
See an interview by Delicate Genius(@delic8genius) of Heather(@likeomg), Iain Macdonald(@eunmac) and Gregory Brine into the birth of the Velicoroflcoptersaurus urban legend.
I’m at that point where my blogging has calmed right down. I used to write several blogs a week, either for work or for myself.
But of late, I’ve been struggling to get the inspiration and I’m not sure why. To defend myself on how slack I’ve been, I love writing, as you can probably tell by the way I’m waffling now. I always have enjoyed writing, and I also love helping people review things they’ve written to help them target their audience better. Be it for a client, internal procedures, technical explanations or even personal documents like CVs.
That’s just the way I am, and I enjoy it. So what happened?
I’m using Twitter a lot, and talking to people getting links, re-tweeting and sharing dialogues with people. Maybe that’s the problem. I also still have my large number of feeds attaches to my Newsgator account – I check that on my work machine, home machine and my iPhone. Maybe I have too many feeds and am overloading myself and can’t focus on things.
At Amnesia Razorfish, I’m a project manager, but have involved myself in a lot of other projects. This has seen me moving away from my technical role, where I was quite a pioneer in researching and documenting things for the various companines I work for.
In my personal life, I’ve not been travelling much of late, and I like to keep my more personal adventures to my close friends on Facebook - I’m sure a lot of people understand where I’m coming from with that.
So what’s happened? What’s gone wrong? Maybe I just don’t have time anymore. My trip to work is now a walk, so I’m missing out on that hour of travelling a day that used to let me watch numerous podcasts.
I just don’t know, and I feel like a part of me has gone.
But then on re-reading this blog, maybe I just need to start writing again… Just sit down with a computer, see what happened on the day and write. Maybe that’s what a good personal blog is all about.
I’ve been on detox for a week now, and lot of people doubted I’d make it even this far, let alone finish. Why? Because I’m known for my going out antics, love of a good beer and a good cup of coffee. See how I’m going.
So it’s not quite perfect yet. I still need to finish updating a few bits of it – like the left nav and the archive.
But this blog is to give a big shout to the guys at NCL Hosting! Transfering my site across, and moving the domain proved a little problematic due to my domain being near to expiry, and some communication trouble with the old hosts.
Their patience was exemplary, and now my site’s up and running faster than ever. If you’re looking for a new host, I recommend NCL Hosting!
Have you heard of this legend? Very few have seen it, but apparently it appears only during fits of uncontrollable laughter. It was first reported in the.
We all know and love round the clock on the pool table. It’s simple, fun, and challenging at times. But, today, whilst in the pub, we decided to add a drinking twist to it. And I thought I’d share our idea with you. Feel free to comment and let me know of any changes you’d make.
So here goes… The usual rules for round the clock is pot the balls in order, striking the balls in order. Our drinking variation is this:
Miss the ball your meant to hit, 1 finger of beer
Foul – e.g. sink the wrong ball or the white – drink two fingers
Pot the ball you’re going for, everyone else drinks a finger
Do something stupid – this is discretionary one, but you’ll work out how to use it – drink one or two fingers
And that’s it. Simple eh? And it does the trick. One word of warning though, you’ll be refilling your glasses frequently! It was a tough afternoon in the bar.
For the record, we were trying out our new local, the Bat And Ball in Redfern.
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@DrewLewis @jonbergan sadly that's the way we're going now. Everything's becoming the same as everything else. And we accept it don't we? in reply to DrewLewis3 hrs ago
@jonbergan @DrewLewis Abolutely! The music labels are now starting to produce content ready for online which I think will be the clincher 7 hrs ago
