and we’re off……
I had to collect eh wife from town and sort a couple of things but I am ready. Classical music is on and the document is open, let the month of madness start here 🙂 wish me luck.
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July 2011….. This is when I started this Blog, and from reading the first post I was proclaiming myself taking control of my procrastination and doing something with my life. If you were to scroll through the post chances are you would periodically see the same declaration, I would really like to know why committing…
To Boldly Go……
This is it, tomorrow night I am off to see Star Trek – Into Darkness, from the trailers it looks amazing, but then I am biased as I love Star TRek. Going to see it with my best friend, who also likes Star Trek but doesn’t really like the direction the last film took, his…
Taxi please……
So i’m sat here again just past 2am waiting for the bloody kids to let me know when it is ok to pick them up from the club….. I wonder how I ended up doing this all the time, when I was a kid I never had my dad picking me up all the time….
Fear the walking dead
I have just finished watching the first two episodes of the spinoff from the Walking Dead. the original series although by no means the first post apocalyptic series to air, it seems to have taken off in a big way, hugely popular and one of the best series I have watched for a while. I…
Movement finally
I went to Costa a few days ago and took my notepad, I wasn’t planning on doing anything much but ended up hand writing a flash fiction story while there, the most I have done in a cafe before now was notes. I was quite happy with the result. Once home I typed it up…
13th June 2017 – Childhood Books
Susan Cooper – The Dark is Rising There are few books from my actual childhood that stand out. I’m not talking about late teens but when I was younger. I would equate these to the current generation talking about Harry potter. The first of these is The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, this is…
3D Printed Gun Fired Successfully
The group Defense Distributed in Austin, Texas has printed a 3D gun and successfully fired it. It took them a year to develop and they have said that they plan to release the blueprints online. Sure to be a massive warning bell for the manufacturing industry as 3d printing becomes more and more consumer friendly….
Workplace Challenge
Last month at work they let us know about a challenge that different workplaces were doing, to try and get people more active I believe. Some of the team leaders at work have got people involved and although I asked my team there is only myself and one other from my team up for the…
In the US ISPs now have immunity from the “Wiretap Act”
The following information comes from the You Tube tech show Threat Wire, from the same people that bring you HAk5 a tech show. It seems the government in the US has issued “2511” letters to ISPs that basically gives then immunity for charges under the “wiretap act” As long as these companies are participating in…