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: ““Quantum theory provides us with a striking illustration of the fact that we can fully understand a …

: Odd beer branding

: The author is speaking to you, directly into your head. Books break the shackles of time. …

: Simplifying every self help book Simplifying every self help book and my comments one how I accept each of these points. Take one …

: Chat-style LLMs means extroverts worried that their primary skill of talking incessantly and …

: “My lungs taste the air of Time Blown past falling sands. …” Gurney Halleck, Dune

: Time is precious, waste it wisely

: Religion is your opinion. I can respect that if you respect my opinion and freedom from yours.

: Why Do We Fear Witches ? We Should Fear Those Who Burned Them Why Do We Fear Witches ? We Should Fear Those Who Burned Them. 

: Quiet Pay vs Quiet Quitting The Flipside of “quiet quitting” is quiet paying. Don’t forget this. Somebody older I know asked me …

: Laugh at Your Mistakes, It Annoys People Laughing at your mistakes and moving on without regret is the right way to live. It annoys the …

: Why Unsolicited Podcast Guests Are Bad - Earned Media I’m the co-founder and product of a successful podcast media company with ten years of podcast …

: Microphone Recommendation - October 2020 I guess this might make the process look complicated but its mostly common sense and investing some …

: No I Did NOT Buy A Smart Oven Bought a new oven last week. I did not buy a 'smart oven'. I bought a mid-range, dumb oven like I've …

: Empty sets - BBC Archive These are delightful piece of British culture if you are into Zoom backgrounds. Give your video …

: Pandemic, Epidemic, Endemic I needed to sort these words out in my mind. epidemic (Med.) Common to, or affecting at the same …

: Alienist = Psychiatrist I have a personality tick about words. I’ll look up interesting words in dictionaries to find out …

: Feb 2020: Music Choices As we close out the winter months, my music choices take a more upbeat feel. This set from …

: Soul Stories - Emotional Epic Music [youtu.be/-SSnI6ghT...](https://youtu.be/-SSnI6ghT3w)

: Enough “At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, the late Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, the …

: Listening Ibiza Balearic Rock Remixed & Chilled Volume 3 …

: Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way Basecamp are well known for a thoroughly modern approach to running technology teams. Transparency, …

: Video: Coffee From Around the World I did not realise how many different ways there is to prepare coffee. I can only imagine how diverse …

: Review Avengers Endgame TL:DR - I found it uninspired and predictable. In places the actors seemed bored, the fight scenes …

: 1927 - Compulsory Hero (1989) 1927 was the band, Compulsory Hero is the song title. It was released in 1989. …

: Video: The Petard Pinch [youtu.be/4fzfLm43d...](https://youtu.be/4fzfLm43dEs) The Petard Pinch exhibition at Bletchley Park …

: A Tribute to Blade Runner 2049 I find myself rewatching Blade Runner 2049 and I keep finding new layers in the story. This tribute …

: Pangrams and Glyphs Its common, I think, use “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” to show common …

: Swedish Death Metal Greta Thunberg [youtu.be/CLxpgRqxt...](https://youtu.be/CLxpgRqxtEA)

: Video: Sundays From the same production company that did Lost Boy as concept work heading towards a feature film. …

: Creme Brulèe Soufflé Pancake Suspending everything to fly to Taiwan or Hong Kong immediately. …

: So, Gutenberg Didn't Actually Invent the Printing Press | Literary Hub The article outlines how Gutenberg copied the ideas of movable type printing from Asia. I think he …

: Video: US vs UK Healthcare. Boris, Trump vs Truth, with Stephen Fry There is great personal freedom from having universal healthcare. You can't plan time to have …

: The Internet Road Indulging a whimsy while drinking coffee in the sunshine this morning. The random music playlist …

: Hell No I Don't Want a Job in San Francisco

: Social Media Not Sorry Saw these tweets from Walt Mossberg which I strongly agree with. There is no remorse or acceptance …

: Video:HELSREACH: The Movie - Vol. 1 This is just amazing work and recommended watching. Movie length, high grade video set in the …

: Video: Last Day of The War [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKmZnIHzldk) …

: SYMFONISK: Stereo Furniture by Sonos and IKEA | Sonos These look good to me. I use Sonos today for music playback with Spotify and these look well suited …

: Video: ChongQing as Bladerunner City This video shows ChongQing, China as a Cyberpunk city in the style of the latest Bladerunnner …

: Dido - Still on My Mind Dido has a new album and its perfect for working on a Sunday morning. Atmospheric and haunting. …

: Video: Rapunzel Wicked twisted on the Rapunzel story. [vimeo.com/313136138](https://vimeo.com/313136138)

: Wired Phones Made Us Free

: Deleted Instagram Couple of things.  I started using Instagram as space to share personal photos of what I am …

: London November 2018 3 days in London. A photo journal Lets start with cronut, you know those fancy food things that you …

: Why 17th century women thought coffee was subversive, dangerous - and made men impotent - inews.co.uk Loved this article about coffee in the 17th century being blamed for male impotence (but most likely …

: Video V8 engine using solenoids i.imgur.com/RPb6Bk9.m…

: Lisbon Some photos of my time so far in Lisbon, Portugal. No particular theme or message - mostly its about …

: Compare Physical Size of Australia to USA Many people I meet do not understand that the Australian continent is roughly the same physical size …

: Video: Heroes - The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain I do enjoy the Ukelele Orchestra after seeing them at Glastonbury a decade or so ago. These people …

: Life Lessons Learned from My Cat I’ve been observing my cat for life lessons. Sleep More. Sleep wherever you are Rubbing …

: Advice To Tech Field Day Sponsors Companies have often asked me for advice when presenting a Field Day. This is a collection of …

: how pouring a beer the wrong way can give you a stomach ache www.youtube.com/watch

: Legacy of War - A five-year photographic project exploring the long-term effects of conflict globally. Stories and images by Giles Duley. : Legacy of War Heartbreaking. My own minor injuries are nothing compared to this. A five-year photographic project …

: Video: Gargoyles - YouTube Good for a break on a Friday afternoon - nicely done. Link: - www.youtube.com/watch

: Tanzania orders all unregistered bloggers to take down their sites | Reuters Do I take my freedom for granted ? Tanzania ordered all unregistered bloggers and online forums on …

: Video: Stop complaining about Back to School Shopping Stop complaining about Back to School Shopping - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch

: Video: Anti-Social youtu.be/GEWnXmDfV…

: Netflix competes with Sleep As Netflix CEO Reed Hastings explained during the company’s Q1 earnings call in 2017, “You know, …

: Rainmaker Digital Platform Is a Failure. The Rainmaker Platform is failing and they are doing nothing about it. I do not recommend My New …

: Video: Improvise a PowerPoint Presentation As as good as any motivational speaker youtu.be/1Z7xba0is…

: BP Forecast: Shared, Autonomous EVs Will Help Drive to Peak Oil Before 2040 | Greentech Media When a company like BP predicts peak oil in the near (-ish) future, you know that its real. I liked …

: Blogging isn’t about numbers I’m often asked how to blog but the real question is WHY you blog. How you do it is a very …

: Facebook’s Desperate Smoke Screen - Study Hacks - Cal Newport The 61% ownership of Facebook by Zuckerburg is a problem. In my mind, he has poor personal qualities …

: Neuroscientist Anil Seth Answers Neuroscience Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED - YouTube Enjoyed this Neuroscientist and public science communicator Anil Seth uses the power of Twitter to …

: How to produce your own podcast — Quartz at Work Not gonna argue, the numbers are about right. You can cut costs by doing audio editing yourself …

: Furby Organ Crazy application. And the sound is horrendous, as you might expect. www.youtube.com/watch

: The Science of Sample Rates (When Higher Is Better — And When It Isn’t) - SonicScoop The Science of Sample Rates (When Higher Is Better — And When It Isn’t) - SonicScoop — Read on …

: KANGAROO a Love Hate story - YouTube A film that reveals an unlikely truth about Australia’s love-hate relationship with its beloved …

: Pop Culture Typography - YouTube I love fonts so this tickled my whimsical font nerve. Pop Culture Typography - YouTube

: Pantagruelism Pantagruelism, n. [‘The philosophy and practice ascribed to Pantagruel; extravagant and coarse …

: Video: Angel City Chorale youtu.be/-c9-poC5H…

: Video: The Freakishly Fast World of Robot Sumo “The Freakishly Fast World of Robot Sumo - YouTube …

: I Know People Who Need This Advice www.youtube.com/watch

: Battle Angel Alita youtu.be/aj8mN_7Ap…

: Stabilising Video To The Milky Way Shows The Rotation My perspective on the Milky Way is changed. www.youtube.com/watch

: Twitter Thoughts 20171121 In technology, 70% chance of being right when someone in their 20’s tell you you’re …

: Sony WFX1000 Earphones Review - Not Good Enough Summary: I bought a pair of Sony WFX 1000 Earphones after 2 weeks of use there are just too many …

: Video: Girls bomb beautiful, crazy-big winding hills in Norway on longboards I’m jealous, I admit. The impressive film, also featuring an atmospheric score by Swedish rock …

: Blade Runner 2049 Short Film Reveals What Happened in 2036 Blade Runner 2049 prequel short film “in-world” piece that explains what happened in the world of …

: Nokia Healthmate (aka Withings) is crap Dear Nokia Healthmate This is a very negative review of Nokia Healthmate. Having attempted to use …

: Electric Vehicle Outlook 2017 Change happens slower than I might think. Even at 50% of new sales in a year, this means that …

: Sperm counts among western men have halved in last 40 years This article on The Guardian is like science fiction: Sperm counts among men have more than halved …

: Smoke Bubble Tree www.youtube.com/watch

: Video:Magnatron 2.0 Promotional video for the synthwave collection “Magnatron 2.0” by New Retro Wave For a …

: Selling is making poeple feel bad

: The Rise of the Machines – Why Automation is Different this Time www.youtube.com/watch

: What is a hero ? “Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed. "

: The Golden Road to Samarkand I heard about this poem play today by James Elroy Flecker and was delighted to read this. It strikes …

: Video: Cichosza - Legendy Polskie Cichosza - Cover. Marcin Macuk & Krzysztof Zalewski. Legendy Polskie A sequel to previous video, …

: Video: Digital Mechanical Metamaterials - YouTube Keypad Door lock made entirely from 3d-printed materials and mechanical operation. This feels like …

: Video: BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Official Trailer - YouTube So excited about this. As you might expect. [embed]www.youtube.com/watch

: Video: THE DARK TOWER - Official Trailer (HD) - YouTube Trailer looks exciting. Maybe I should read the books, I did start once but it didn’t …

: the three hot trends in Silicon Valley horseshit – Freddie deBoer – Medium Enjoyed this immensely, clapping along with the narrative and nodding so hard I got a headache. …

: Outgoing Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer will likely get $186m payout | Technology | The Guardian I find it difficult to believe that a single person’s contribution, out of tens of thousands …

: Many names of Sugar All of these are names for refined sugar: high fructose corn syrup, dried cane syrup, invert sugar, …

: Video: VFX breakdown of Attraction Visual Effects breakdown on Russian SciFi movie “Attraction”. This blows my mind. …

: I Am Not Well But Am Coping I’m a cancer survivor. I had a ‘good kind’ of cancer and I survived with …

: Video: R2-D2 Meets Bon Jovi How do people notice these things. Note: need to listen. www.youtube.com/watch

: Video: Valerian and City of a Thousand Planets www.youtube.com/watch

: Video: Z as "Zed" and Others as "Zee"? Why Do Some English Speaking Countries Pronounce Z as “Zed” and Others as …

: Car Ownership as Advertising Metadata Owning a car, driving around in a car, being in a car is data that can be sold to advertisers. The …

: Video: Tears In The Rain (A Blade Runner Short Film) In a dystopian Los Angeles future, retirement engineer John Kampff (Sean Cameron Michael) hunts down …

: OS X: Full URL in Safari Browser on Mac OS X Sierra This is new. Hiding URLs is a right PITA.

: I probably unfollowed you on social media today The political events of the last week have been dramatic in the UK and USA. People have taken to …

: Before Standardised Time Standards work sometimes: Before time was standardized in the U.S. Page from an 1874 railway …

: Video:Home Made Full Auto Crossbow Full Auto crossbow slingshot made from wood and battery powered drill …

: Video: Total Awesome Viking Power - Short Film A comedy short film from director Morten Forland celebrating Vikings, LARPing (Live action role …

: Review: Withings Go Activity and Sleep Tracker - Its Crap Its a piece of cheap junk. The design quality is poor. Its never worked properly since purchase. It …

: Video: Comic Sans The creator sees it as "art" and that art should be seen not ignored. The font was intended to …

: Video: GUARDIANS - Official Final Trailer (2017) Russian Superhero Movie HD - YouTube Russian Superhero Movie ? Totally can’t wait to watch this. …

: Video: Lost Boy LOST BOY on Vimeo. Oh boy so dark, so great. vimeo.com/188650521

: Video: Comma Queen - Work on Your Grammar This is greatest and most useful channel on Youtube. Its all about grammar. And she is great to …

: Video: Frozen Soap Bubbles Mesmerizing I saw a sparkle in her eye so I promised to make a film to show her that. She was so …

: Video: Why all world maps are wrong Or why the Australian continent is roughly the same size as continental USA www.youtube.com/watch

: Vitriol: Evernote Will Mine Your Private Secure Data Everything about this announcement from Evernote is dodgy, evasive and scummy. The company is …

: Video: Legendy Polskie. Film Jaga This is fantastic, really good watching. Go full screen for 15 minutes and enjoy this mini-movie. …

: Video: Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace The challenges of younger people in the modern era are not the same as those I had. Simon Sinek has …

: Twatters - 20161205 An archive of my cynical , snarky thoughts published on social media over the last month, or two. Or …

: Video: X-Story vimeo.com/190513423

: Some Time Without Purpose Yesterday was unusual. I had some time off. First, my local hospital. I’m not sick but I have …

: Desktop Vacuum Former The teenaged version of me would have this over stupid bloody Lego bricks in a heartbeat. Gods, …

: Video: Dust A Sci-Fi, fantasy inspired by anime and classic horror, Dust is set in a harsh and unpredictable …

: Unreadable Pretty Documentation From Omnigroup Its taking some time to make use of Omnigraffle 7 and I’ve been looking into replacing my use …

: Video: As They Continue To Fall www.youtube.com/watch

: My Thoughts on iPhone 7 2016 Background: Our household buys one new iPhone a year and then passes them around. This year I get …

: Unity Adam demo Short movies created with a graphics-engine from a computer game where the power of storytelling …

: Average Days Left To Live At time of writing I can averagely expect to live for 10306 more days. This website: Life Expectancy …

: Interesting PR Spam/Malware I received this innocous looking “infographic spam” email (I get a LOT of these, we …

: Twatters - 20160726 An archive of my cynical , snarky thoughts published on social media over the last month, or two. Or …

: Progress in Ebook Software - Finally Lets face it, ebook reader software is crap. I use both Amazon Kindle and Apple iBooks and we …

: MacOS: Getting 200MB disk emoticon bloat from Skype I was doing a search in Houdah Spot when I realised that there are hundreds of megabytes of video …

: Features I Want In the Next Apple iPhone A cheaper price. Nothing else. Thats it. You see, I don’t need a new iPhone. Because a better …

: Twitter Thoughts 20160607 An arhive of cynical and snarky thoughts publishing on social media. Walked out of that project …

: Don't Do Crowdchat I'm often invited to participate in Crowdchat sessions on twitter. The answer is always no. Here's …

: Fear and Loathing at Interop Las Vegas 2016 I’m just back from presenting at Interop Las Vegas 2016. The conference was great and you …

: Video: How To Husk A Coconut With your teeth, of course. www.youtube.com/watch

: Warren Ellis on Proof Reading in MS Word I hate Microsoft Word. I loathe it with an special passion I have for things that never work, bugs …

: Video: Rise Synopsis: In the near future, sentient robots are targeted for elimination after they develop …

: Video: Steve Jobs Insult Response When your CEO really knows about his products, the technology that makes them and also has insights …

: Twitter Thoughts – 20160228 Irregular and incomplete collection of various snark that I published on social media (mainly …

: Dragonfruit Dragonfruit is a real thing. I wonder why I’m eating it. Tastes like looks, cross between a …

: Things Are Making Me Stupid Everywhere I turn the INTERNET OF THINGS is headline news. Lightbulbs, activity monitoring, hours …

: Blogging Success Is Simply About Doing You can be guaranteed that nothing will happen if you publish nothing. I can guarantee that …

: Video: Libraries in 1922 Its so easy to forget the hundreds of hours I spent in libraries studying for school and university. …

: Video:Adele - Hello / Lacrimosa (Mozart) – ThePianoGuys Weird but it works. Enjoyed it. www.youtube.com/watch

: Microsoft Still Hates Its Customers I hate Microsoft Office. To further insult me Microsoft has a proprietary installer that is …

: Twitter Thoughts - 20160104 Irregular and incomplete collection of various snark that I published on social media (mainly …

: Podcasts I Would Recommend To You - 2016 One the reasons I co-founded Packet Pushers Podcast is that I love listening to podcasts. Around …

: Video: Uncanny valley Brilliant. SciFi short on virtual reality. Totally got me into the story in less than 10 minutes. In …

: Wordpress Desktop for Mac I’ve been using the Wordpress Desktop for two days and its seriously good. I have several …

: No More Google Chrome Browser I’m finished with Google Chrome. Its wiped my toolbar bookmarks AGAIN. This is the fourth time in …

: SD-WAN Night of Nerdery Nov 2015 with Viptela Quick post to publish some photos from the Viptela Night of Nerdery event on SD-WAN held at the …

: OS X: Replace Audio Alerts With Screen Flash I can’t stand a computer that bings & bongs (no matter how fancy the audio files are or …

: Mac OS X: Boom2 is worth the money If you listen to Youtube, Spotify or other on-line streaming service you might notice that your …

: Future of Storytelling Drawing carton characters in a 3D space. Glen Keane – Step into the Page from Future Of StoryTelling

: Mac OS X: DirectLinks - Canisbos This extension circumvents certain techniques used by Google and Facebook to track link clicks. When …

: Travels Jan-Aug 2015 A collection of photos from the last six months. Significant events: Paris - to meet family. I hate …

: I Love Ad Blockers For Lots of Reasons Things about web-based advertising that offend me: Speed - page load times for images, scripts, …

: Doctor Who Trailer for Sep 2015 I was never a HUGE Doctor Who fan. More of slow burning, watch it if I can type of thing. But the …

: 1000 People Play Foo Fighters "Learn To Fly" I’m not a Foo Fighters fan but this is a glorious waste of time and tremendous human …

: 10 Types of Networking Sh*t The Ten Types of Networking Shit: Spanning Tree Cabling Getting paid jack Security ITIL Routing …

: On Having Favourites and Location Beers I don’t really have a favourite coffee shop. For me, a coffee shop is a place to rest, a place …

: Grumpy Clown on A Rollercoaster This picture resonates deeply. Source unknown.

: Which light takes you home  the three lights Tell me a different way home Hearth, street and country And I cannot decide which …

: Happiness That You Don't Notice What you really want is the happiness that you don’t notice because its always around you.

: Epic Music While Working Been enjoying these music mixes on the youtubes. I’ve been on a binge for Epic Music for the …

: ▶ Gemini - Fire Inside (Mr. FijiWiji Remix) - YouTube Getting some flow with this music this morning. Chillstep with a kicking bass and vocals that float …

: Thats A Good Question “Thats a good question” Don’t you hate it when someone tells you that the question …

: Virgin Atlantic - New Seats So Close I Can't Work Flew from Gatwick to Las Vegas on Flight VS43 in economy yesterday and was delighted to see new …

: Listening to Chillstep I often like to listen to Chillstep, (a cross between Chillout and Dubstep) when working and Youtube …

: Mac OS X: LaunchBar Convert Case This is one of my most used features in Launch Bar. Select the text you want to convery and copy it. …

: Recent Beers for Reddit Some beers I have drunk recently.

: Human Vision & Computer Colour Video that explains the relationship of colour between computers and human eye. Turns out that …

: Apple MackBook USB-C Connector is a "Docking Station" Many people look at the Apple USB-C port on the MacBook and complain about missing ports on the …

: Social Media Hurts Like a Teenaged Love Song. Give Without Taking. You should plan to give in social media until it hurts like a teenaged pop song. The most successful …

: Musing on Apple "Spring Forward" MacBook and Watch announcements Mulling over the Apple shindig yesterday followed by a quick read of my RSS feed this morning. Some …

: Video: Becoming One Becoming One from MoGrafik on Vimeo.

: How much will an Apple Watch cost ? a lot. Way more than you think. Watches sell for much more than $10000 every day. Like these.

: OS X:Minimal Status Bar for Safari by visnup Brilliant. This is an extension to provide a minimal (Google Chrome-like) status bar for Safari. It …

: Elon Musk On Fundamental Knowledge Saw this on the Reddit AMA with Elon Musk today and he is talking about the value of understanding …

: A Content Strategy For Biggest Audience or the Best Audience The thing about writing content for the largest possible audience is that you must write …

: The Last Time I Knew Everything There have been times in my life when I was arrogant enough to think that I knew most everything. As …

: Video: Dancing Shoulders Where “Dancing Shoulders” really means “shake my boobs on video” Genius that …

: Video: ATROPA -- Sci-fi Short I want to see this movie made. The short is brilliant. ATROPA – Sci-fi Short from Eli Sasich …

: Never Too Late I read this quote in a book: “It is never too late to be what you might have been. George …

: The Effort Required To Refute Vendor Marketing The amount of energy and effort required to refute vendor marketing content is at least three times …

: Set the Bar Low, Be A Winner A motivational poster to cope with technology vendors.

: Mac OS X: SwitchUp To Have Different App Setting for Different Customers Briefly wanted to mention SwitchUp from Irradiated Software. When working on customer sites, I am …

: Video: Internet Machine This trailer for a video data centres is truly beautiful video. I hope to see it online one day but …

: Marketers Against Waste A campaign about marketing that I can get behind - stop the waste the world’s resources with …

: Video: China Pop Chicken Earwig for your Monday morning. I will be imagining that you are all singing along by the second or …

: Video: PLUG - SciFi Short Film Directorial debut from internationally renowned designer and concept artist, David Levy (Tron …

: Video: James Mickens on Javascript. I’ve linked to James Mickens before here is another one: This time its Javascript. It’s been …

: Podcasts are back — and making money - The Washington Post I’m biased by involvement with (Packet Pushers but I can confirm this article is correct from …

: Video: Ritual and Presentation “Dress Smartly and You Will Think Smart” I found the second and third video to be …

: Scribbling.net | Short-form blogging Gina Trapani has a some suggestions on Short Form Blogging that I like very much. Not every blog …

: Joke: When The Body Was First Made, Who Was the Most Important One day, all the parts of the body were talking about who was most important. THE BRAIN SAID - …

: Whimsy: Treasure on the Garden throw “Look to the Rose that blows about us—“Lo, Laughing,” she says, “into the World I …

: Data Proves Twitter Less Relevant For My Blog A while back I posted that I am scaling back my twitter engagement because I felt it was becoming …

: Video: Thunderstruck - Folk Style An acoustic version of AC/DC Thunderstruck with banjos, spoons, accordion and an anvil. Bonus People …

: Technology Evangelist Saw this, instantly thought of people who call themselves “technology evangelists”

: Photo: Cirencester 20141009 I was in Cirencester, England for a meeting last week and this building caught my eye. I wish I had …

: CIO Cancels The Project The engineer is getting on with the project and the CIO cancels the deal. Source: …

: Video: Jonathan Ive Shares Three Lessons He Learned from Steve Jobs Inspiring. “Steve [Jobs] was the most remarkably focused person I ever met in my life,” Apple’s …

: Twitter Thoughts 20141002 Twitter Thoughts is a pseudo-collection of stuff I’ve tweeted. Bitter, snarky, humorous but …

: mediatization This word and meaning took my fancy. mediatization, n. [‘ In Germany under the Holy Roman Empire: …

: I Beat Cancer at 19 But I'm Still Fighting To Be Healthy I beat cancer when I was 19. Well, I say “beat” but you don’t really win against …

: Video: Emma Watson Inspires In This Speech Emma Watson gives an impassioned speech for men to join women in equal rights for everyone at the …

: Twitter Valediction I will be spending less time on Twitter. Going forward, my primary focus is to publish more often on …

: Twitter Thoughts 20140921 This tech conference is like a yard sale of nerds. Came to work today and saw a chalk outline of my …

: Apple and Too Much NLP Quote from Tim Cook in an Apple Press release: Apple - Press Info - Apple Announces Record …

: Video: Turbo Encabulator Yes, please, its a Cisco UCS Server and EMC VMAX rolled into a single product - The Turbo …

: My Choice for Consistent Charity Charity. Hard to talk about and hard to do. My principles are: Give consistently. One off donations …

: Video: Abiogenesis In this breathtaking science fiction spectacle, a strange mechanical device lands on a desolate …

: Museum of The Order of St John - One of the few delights of walking around London is finding pieces of history in random places.

: Video:Cellphones Make People Flaky as #%@* Yep.

: Opinions, Individuals and Meetings Meetings: Several individuals with independent opinions. Me: Individual with several independent …

: Turd Polishing with Glitter

: 5 Job Interview Tactics With Startups That Piss Me Off Working for a startup looks exciting and enticing. Interviewing for a startup job is hugely …

: Doctor Who Notice Source: Doctor Who notice on The London Underground - Imgur

: You Can Never Be Lonely On The Internet You can never really be lonely anymore. The Internet is always here to criticise you.

: Building Focus By Removing Distractions A couple of days ago I wrote about focus but I’m also built out of habits. Habits that I find …

: Three Things I Wish I Was Better At One: I wish I could concentrate better on a single task so that the task gets done. There is value …

: Video: AXIS of Awesome - 4 Chord Songs Shake your head that all of these songs actually use the same chords but you can’t hear it. …

: Endurance Endurance. Sustained effort no matter what happens.. Patience, persistence, failure, success - no …

: My Application To Be 008 Has Finally Been Actioned Not really, just a tax notice. Sigh,

: Just One Cup of Coffee  How big does a coffee cup need to be ? This big.

: Video: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg McKeown: Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less The video is good although a little too …

: Video: 12 British Accents Because a lot of people, especially in the United States, comment on the British accent. Except I …

: Video: The Scientific Way to Cut A Cake It all seems so obvious once you’ve seen it. Maths!! FTW!!

: Flipboard acquires Zite and be more mediocre than ever. I use Zite. I like a whole lot. It’s lean, useful and very good at surfacing new content. Did …

: MailMate - Creating an "Everything Today" Mailbox My unbridled love affair with Mailmate for email continues. I created a mailbox just for …

: Video: Mobil 1 - 'Carwash' stunt ad with Jenson Button LOL - Mobil 1 - ‘Carwash’ stunt ad with Jenson Button and this one is pretty funny too.

: Boil Soda/Soft Drink. See What's Left. Will Disgust You. May Never Drink Soda Again. Didn’t know what I was expecting but this is frightening. I’m think that the sugar has …

: A Beautiful Day For a Pint

: Video: Linus Torvalds Reads Your Mean Tweets Taking a page from Jimmy Kimmel’s Mean Tweets series, The Linux Foundation asked Linux creator …

: Video: Mis-Drop Take a break, watch this when yet get home. It will leave you wanting more. Mis-drop by Ferand Peek …

: Reaction: Alternate Dictionary on Mac For Better Writing This article is absolutely correct, modern dictionaries don’t inspire you when looking for new …

: Image: Happy Elephant I enjoyed this picture of a happy elephant in a waterfall and blowing water out his trunk.

: Video:Kids React To Old Computers sob. laugh. face palm. “It’s in the back”. “Why does it have to make some …

: Video: NOVR - SciFi short Brilliant. NOVR - Independent Award Winning Action Sci-Fi Short Film from NOVR on Vimeo.

: Dress Sweat Pants - Pinstripes Make It WTF So, sweatpants for $120 ? Rich kids and their money. Hat tip to @beaker

: Social Media Strategy is a Marketing Strategy My advice to companies who think they need a “social media strategy” is to tell them …

: Busking in Cheltenham Is violins not guitars. More of this

: ScienceShot: Want to Understand This Article? | Science/AAAS | News With a new crop of speed-reading products on the market, psychologists decided to dig a bit more and …

: Kitchen Hack - Slicing Salad Tomatoes Oh yea, so going to use this tip.

: Not Helpful Yet another stupid website feature.

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: Prometheus: An Archaeological Perspective (sort of). - Digital Digging The article was neat skewering of the silly things that happened in the Prometheus movie probably in …

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A pinch of salt is my porridge is healthier than the alternatives. And I’m less certain that I …

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: One of the Hardest Things I've Ever Done ? There are lots of things I’ve done in my modest life. But there is one thing that still haunts …

: My New Favourite Word: quass - Oxford English Dictionary I have a new favourite word: quass, v intr. To drink copiously or in excess; to quaff. via quass, v. …

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: Amazon.com Review "I swear my sphincters were screaming" One of the funniest reviews on Amazon I’ve ever send. BUT (or should I say BUTT), not long …

: Agathism The Oxford Dictionary “OED Online Word of the Day” has popped out a doozy today: …

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: Coffins, Calendars and Tastefully Naked Women I have no idea why a calendar of semi-naked women and coffins even exists but it sounds like a …

: Video:iDiots IDIOTS from BLR_VFX

: Video: BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS from PARACHUTES.TV on Vimeo.

: Video: The Signal - Science Fiction Short

: Video: The Power of Adobe Photoshop - (Sadness) I don’t know why my reaction is one of sadness.

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: ◎ Comments on My Blogs Comments on blogs are something of a problem. It seems to boil down to two primary issues: spam and …

: Video: A clever way to open a bag of snacks Wonder how much practice it takes to tear the cellophane like that ? I’m going to find out in …

: Video: Tumba Ping Pong 22 seconds. The whole series is great. Worth watching!

: Sunrise on the Commute Stopped to appreciate the sunrise this morning on the drive to work

: Video: Positive Decisions Heh. Funny.

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: Programming Joke The programmer’s wife tells him: “Run to the store and pick up a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, …

: Video: Percussive Maintenance Yeah. Because technology always works better when you hit it. At least, it feels better.

: Rest Rooms and Body Lotion Body Lotion in the Mens Room. Whats up with that ?

: iTunes 11.1 and Genius Shortcut In iTunes 11.1, I noticed that if I press the ⌥ / Alt / Option key then the back button on iTunes …

: Improving Text Visibility in iOS7 Following my comments yesterday I found these settings that improve the readability of the standard …

: Video: Giving You will probably cry.

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: Google Pigeon People I admire many forms of eccentricity (except sport). These people have way more fun than I do. Link: …

: ABCs, CCIE Saw this t-shirt at Cisco Live 2013. Laughed. A bit.

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: Video:Star Drunk Star Drunk is the sequel to the viral short film ‘Cleverbot: Do You Love Me.’ Star Drunk is an …

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: Video: Golden Sisters Twerk Like Miley I have a new favourite YouTube channel

: WTF: How is this "Luxury" In what way is this luxury ? Can people not see that is a piece of shop decoration with a different …

: Video: Meet The Tanners, Trailer Meet The Tanners, Trailer - YouTube.

: Video: AMP - SciFi Short AMP from Triton Films on Vimeo.

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: Video: Initium // ArtFX OFFICIEL // INITIUM from ArtFX OFFICIEL on Vimeo.

: Comic: Chair Cable Monster This is a perfect description of my chair at home (which is next to to my home lab of VMware vCloud …

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: Quote: Achievement & Time “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard …

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: Video: Surprising Useless Box I've known some bugs that were just like this .... Especial favourite “Can’t Touch …

: Funny: Shady URL Shortener Laughed. “Don’t just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening.” …

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: Greek Holiday Part Two Kos Old Town. 

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: Mac OS X: Eject to Flash One of my favourite apps to avoid using is Adobe Flash. There are large security, performance and …

: Listening to Your own Podcasts I record podcasts regularly - typically once a week at the Packet Pushers Podcast. One of the less …

: Mac OS X: SwitchResX - Todays Favourite Feature I have two monitors on a MacBook. I mostly run with the lid closed and OS X doesn’t always use …

: Roommate away for 2 months -> Room Makeover Princess Style Epic piece of work. (Warning: Entirely justified rude words and beer being drunk).

: IPv6 Podcast Recording at Cisco Live 2013 #CLUS Recording a Podcast on IPv6 with Kumar Reddy, Andrew Yourchentko, Patrick Warichet and Alain Fiocco

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: MS Lync crashes every 30 mins Me - “My Microsoft Lync client now crashes every 30 mins since the last update was installed” …

: Video: Executive Leadership on Sexist Behaviour - Never Better Than This I’ve never seen leadership and clarity like this from ANY CEO or Executive on anything. You …

: Video: Deshake A Star Trek Battle Scene If you take a battle scene in Star Trek and “deshake” using a video editor, it looks …

: Video: Worlds Fastest Mobility Scooter This is THE WORLDS FASTEST MOBILITY SCOOTER clocking a national speed breaking 71.59mph at santa pod …

: Small Talk Is a Time Waster for Introverts “Let’s clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate …

: Video: Prancercise Prancercise. 5 minute demonstration. Don’t laugh, don’t be a hater. “We are really …

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: Video: Next Revolution in Beauty "FotoShop - Humour FotoShop by Ado-Bay. Funny but true. <iframe width=“560” height=“315” …

: Mac OS X Glui Screen Capture Applicaton for the Mac that replaces Skitch since Evernote trashed it. Highly …

: Fox Tossing From Wikipedia : Fox Tossing Ummm, OK. Fox tossing (German: Fuchsprellen) was a popular competitive …

: Video:Space Oddity by Chris Hadfield Chris Hadfield on the Space Station does a version of Space Oddity …. from SPACE. Watch and …

: Video: Life is Boring, Choose to Enjoy It Someone took a great speech from David Foster Wallace and put some video to it. Inspiring.

: Image: IBM - Communist or Capitalist Check out this songbook from IBM in 1937 that reads like a communist manifesto for the workers to …

: Review:RHA Earphones and Comply Isolation Earphone Tips Recently I found that my much-loved earphones ( Sony MDR-EX90LP ) had an unplanned overnight soaking …

: Image: Computer Programs for the Kitchen Sigh for a lost era. I mean, check out the clothes that guy is wearing, who does that any more ?

: Video: History of Typography As I continue to develop skills in using Mac OS X to produce better quality documentation, …

: Ukelele Jam - Better Than It Sounds Was catching a quick shifty after work at a local bar and noticed this sign above a doorway. The …

: Video: PAINTWORK - A brief glimpse of our augmented reality future Short sf film about future augmented reality graffiti via: Boing Boing

: Video: The Axis of Awesome - Rage of Thrones “His name is Joffrey, not Jeffrey. " “The book was better. " “Hollywood …

: Video: Why you want a task management system I have a task list system. It’s doesn’t work very well but I’m hoping to improve …

: Video: Dramatic Reading of Yelp Review Dramatic reading of a Yelp review. Wait for the kicker at the end.

: Video: Oreo Cookie Separation Machine Yes.

: Video: MinusIQ | The pill to lower your IQ permanently The world is a much brighter place when you are not too bright for it. MinusIQ | The pill to lower …

: Video: Prop Wars. Good laughs

: Video: Dancers on Fire We shot dancers at 1000fps then, in post, overlaid lots of CG fire onto them so it looked like they …

: Video: Geek Therapy I have a new favourite series on Youtube: “Nothing I do will be good enough for you …

: Video: Legacy Fantastic twist at the end. Great video, SciFi. Dark humour. Legacy

: Network Field Day 5 - Disturbing Images Wonkaverse Jon Hudon @the_solutioneer published this disturbing image to his twitter feed: [caption …

: OED - Crufty Oxford English Dictionary has the word “crufty”. I find this inspiring. crufty, adj. …

: BBC World Service - Your World, No Greater Love Remembering heroism of an ordinary kind is powerful testimonial to everyday life. I found this …

: Video: Pushing 40 - "45 Is The New 15" As someone who is feeling his age in the last few months, this made me laugh.

: 9 Rules for Success by British Novelist Amelia E. Barr, 1901 | Brain Pickings I found these inspirational and life affirming: Men and women succeed because they take pains to …

: VideoHow to Eat Chinese Takeout, Like a Boss Packaging as plate = Efficiency. Lifehack. via How to Eat Chinese Takeout, Like a Boss - YouTube.

: Video: Exoids

: Video: People Hit by a Bus - Supercut Laughed so hard, wiped tears from my eyes. I feel guilty. Not.

: hi-Call - Bluetooth talking glove - hi-Fun Totally worth buying a pair of these, just to answer the phone and with your fingers. Right ? …

: Video: The Centrifuge Brain Project I laughed so hard. The effects are simply great.

: Safari and Fonts Not Easy to Read Big fonts are important as my eyes fade away with age. And screens are big enough to let me do this. …

: Good Idea for Storing Cables

: Peak Evolution ? I declare that we have reached peak evolution. Either that or Idiocracy is actually an accurate …

: Video: Voile Noir I just loved this. Allan and Yvan, two pilots, go on a mission to try to end the chaotic current …

: Video: A Pep Talk from Kid President You need to be awesome. Struck a chord with me this morning.

: How to Live with Introverts by =SVeidt on deviantART How to Live with Introverts by =SVeidt on deviantART.

: DJ Earworm Mashup - United State of Pop 2012 (Shine Brighter) - YouTube No question that video mashups are far more advanced than simply splicing 10 seconds from each …

: Tweetbot has a multi-column mode I feel stupid. Just realised that Tweetbot for Mac OS X has a mulitcolumn mode.

: Chap Hop: The Chronicles Of Professor Elemental - Episode 1 'Discovery' The Chronicles Of Professor Elemental - Episode 1 ‘Discovery’ I’m a big fan of …

: Funny Video: Modern War Gear Solid - The Complete Saga (HD) - YouTube Modern War Gear Solid - The Complete Saga (HD) - YouTube.

: Mike Monteiro - F*ck You. Pay Me. As a freelance network engineer, I’m confront the issue of setting prices and setting payment …

: Note To Self: Command Click Press ⌘ when Clicking a link to open in a new window.

: Video: SciFi Short - Memorize Memorize - Short Film from Jimmy Eriksson on Vimeo.

: Video: The Sphere (SciFi Video) THE SPHERE from Nicholas Militello on Vimeo.

: How to Use iTunes DJ in iTunes 11 I use the “iTunes DJ” feature in the side bar of iTunes for many years. The new iTunes …

: Music Break: Chap Hop - you must listen to this. I’m quite fond of Chap Hop. The idea of rapping hip-hop in a tweed suit appeals to the voices …

: Harry Potter - Ten Years Later - Fan Fic Film Ten years after Harry Potter finishes ….. Fan fiction. It’s very English and culturally …

: Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome - fantastic This series is simply fantastic. Must watch.  

: Want Coffee, May Cut You

: Video: Dragon Baby Just great few minutes of video. Watch the baby knock the stuffing out of the dragon…..

: First World Problems - YouTube First World Problems - YouTube. via Geeks Are Sexy

: Beer, Theology and the Existence of Free Will Greg: I think the $gods are trying to tell me something. I’ve walked past the bottle of beer …

: Video - True Skin - SciFi True Skin – A sci-fi short set in the not too distant future where augmentation is the way of life. …

: Duck Duck Go show impact of "Google Search Bubble" There are no "regular results" on Google anymore. from DuckDuckGo on Vimeo.

: OSTRICH PILLOW by kawamura-ganjavian — Kickstarter Won’t someone buy me one of these ? Pretty please. OSTRICH PILLOW by kawamura-ganjavian — …

: How to eat a cupcake like a "gentleman" ? How to eat a cupcake like “gentlemen” should ? Or, maybe not.

: Outback Fire Tornadoes-Australia Quote unbelieveable until you’ve seen this. A bush fire in Outback Australia develops into a …

: The Golden Turd necklace » Design You Trust – Design Blog and Community So much potential for this in the workplace…… The Golden Turd necklace A witty and …

: Plot-oon on Vimeo A battalion of toy soldiers traverse the dangerous landscape of a garden vegetable patch… via …

: Move Trailer - Tai Chi Zero Starts off boring then gets weird, then get funny and finally full of plain awesome. I’ll find …

: Disable Ad Tracking in iOS 6 (Do Not Track) How to set Do Not Track on your iPhone: Settings > General > About > Advertising: you can …

: Fun, Weird. A Big Hammer and Slow Motion Camera Fun, Weird. A Big Hammer and Slow Motion Camera - Sledgomatic. Fun 5 minutes. Go large in HD for …

: Ergotron MX Monitor Arm Review As part of working more hours at my desk in my home office, I’ve been considering ways to …

: Philter - The Blossom Chronicles - Snippet teaser - YouTube Looking forward to the release of this album. via Philter - The Blossom Chronicles - Snippet teaser …

: Shit Girls Say - Episode 4 I have daughters. www.youtube.com/watch

: Using Two Monitors for Productivity Using Two Monitors for Productivity As part of working more hours at my desk/home office, I've been …

: Video - Sci Fi Escape - Animated

: Bypass "unidentified developer" when Opening App on Mountain Lion The simplest method for bypassing this is to Control click the application in the Applications …

: Art: Book that integrates with eBook/Computer Version I found this art project inspiring. Worth a quick watch.

: noted: Ghostery Mobile Browser for iOS Ghostery announces a free browser for your iOS device that allow you to block the tracking cookies …

: Why Are There So Few Girl Engineers ? Can’t find the exact reference, I think was from around May this year. It’s from …

: LinkedIn Spam Reduction, Group Flooding I’ve been getting an extraordinary amount of spam from LinkedIn in the last month (started …

: My Favourite Text Editors for OSX - MultiMarkdown Composer I won’t grow up to be a proper Mac hipster until I publish an article about my favourite plain …

: LEAKED Official Apple iPhone 5 Picture your Life Better - Keynote 2012 - Youtube Funny. Very funny spoof.

: Update or Flush the DNS Entry Cache in Mac OSX Mac OS X - Clearing or flushing the DNS Cache is regular occurrence for a network engineer. Once you …

: Why is the the letter "x" the unknown Absolutely fascinated why “x” is the unknown. It’s comes from Arabic via Spanish. …

: Keyboard shortcut to save directly in iCloud - Mac OS X Hints Liked this tip. Although I’m not using iCloud for much - doesn’t have a purpose in my …

: My Personal Mountain Lion Review Overall Opinion Works. Faster. Overall better. nice incremental upgrade with some neat features …

: OSX Disk Space: Save space after Mail upgrade Good tip: Migrating Mail from Lion to Mountain Lion leaves behind a folder containing previous …

: I'm a Nerd, Hugs are Not Necessary. In his book “Being Geek”, Michael Lopp says: The Web connects us, but the medium also …

: Mac OSX Keyboard Tip - Find or Search Within Application Most Apps have a search box that lets you search within the app. The obvious thing is ⌘-F and the …

: Microsoft Word for Mac Annoyance # 2090 - Mountain Lion Incompatible Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 is not compatible with Mountain Lion. I’m getting constant …

: Review: Bookle for Mac OSX - ePub Reader I’ve got a collection of ePub books that have no DRM so I COULD read them on my computer. I …

: Dropbox - Mountain Lion Compatibility Retina Ready and Mountain Lion support for Dropbox in the beta build (experimental) Dropbox version. …

: Multi-volume Time Machine and Backup Planning This changes my backup planning for OSX. Time Machine has gained full support for multiple listed …

: My Safari Extensions 20120727 Received an email from reader asking me what Extensions I run in Safari browser on MAC OSX. Here are …

: Noted OSX:Turning Off Ads in Parallels Parallels, a division of Citrix, on Mac OSX is my preferred choice for Windows emulation. I’ve …

: Apple MacBook Pro Retina - Personal Review This review will focus on my personal experiences of using the MacBook Pro Retina ( MBPr) since I …

: Spherical Chickens in a Vacuum NERD JOKE!! There is this farmer who is having problems with his chickens. All of the sudden, they …

: OSX Disk Space: Compress Parallel Volumes For reasons that aren’t clear to me, Parallels allows the disk images to grow beyond their …

: Meet Your Creator - Quadrotor's,Music, Lights A troupe of 16 quadrotors (flying robots) dance to and manipulate sound and light at the Saatchi …

: Hannah Montana Coon Repellent - YouTube What more can say ? Short. Hannah Montana Coon Repellent - YouTube.

: Moom - Snap to Edges Feature Wherever possible, I try to use a keyboard to control my computer. I’m opted to lifting my …

: Video: Kinetic Rain at Singapore Airport Of all the major airports I’ve been to, Changi Airport is probably my favourite. It often has …

: OSX Disk Space: Reduce Java Preferences Caches If you do have Java installed, then it has a cache of files that are downloaded. These are usually …

: Looks nice. Bet they don't get Internet..... Saw this picture on a website dedicated to desktop wallpapers. First thought ? beautiful. Second …

: Musing: The Difference between Journalism and Blogging For various reasons I have been mulling over the difference between Journalism & Blogging as I …

: Open Ideas are Nice. Open Processes are better. It’s always fun to watch young people get excited about stuff. As someone who is a bit older …

: OSX: Sizeup – Screen Layout Using the Keyboard

: OSX: Monolingual, Saving Space on OSX Lion I’ve been using Monolingual for a long time to save space on my machine but I haven’t …

: OSX:System Preferences Drop Down Menu Discovered a neat shortcut in System Preferences. Click and hold the Show All button and this drop …

: Moom Configuration Mostly, I still use SizeUp and Mercury Mover for driving my screen layout in OSX. But the last …

: OSX: Launchbar Tip: Clipboard History has Quicklook support I use Launchbar to maintain my Clipboard history with 30 items in the buffer. I’ve been using …

: OSX: SmartSleep In OSX Lion, Apple has provided a sleep and hibernate capability. In fact, one of my favourite …

: OSX: Dropbox and Bandwidth Management I noticed that the latest version of Dropbox has added an Upload Rate feature in the preferences. In …

: New Apple MacBook Pro - Mid 2012- Which One Am I Buying Lets start the process by pointing out that I have a 17" MacBook Pro that I purchased in August …

: Thank you Hater / Keep on Trolling Awesomely well done. Loved the whole thing.

: Response: Social Networks can be Tipped by as Little as 0.8% of their Population | The Central Node This upcoming paper suggests that people, like me, can influence vast audiences: Online Social …

: Golden Engineering Discussion on Corrosion There is a younger version of myself hanging on every single idea in this demonstration. I love …

: Bottle Cap Blues - Video via Boing Boing

: Wonderful Photography on Instagram My wife has been making some amazing photos on Instagram - I’m seriously impressed with some …

: Armchair Lust & Desire I’m middleaged, middle class male with long term first wife, daughters, and certain …

: Lip Dub Marriage Proposal I wish I was this imaginative. Bet my wife does too. On Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012, I told my …

: Video: Dr. Reggie Watts on innovation and out of the box thinking Yeah, I AM tired to point of aggression of some hyped up idiot talking about …

: Crayon Dragon (Movie Short) Enjoyed this.

: Nerds see it differently My $daughter1 showed me this today. Apparently I have a habit of talking about how and why things …

: Fear of missing out & Social Media I am over new social media. And quitting most of the ones I already have. In the last two weeks …

: That Setting Yourself Goals is Practising Failure I feel that setting goals & achieving them is to practice failure. Goals set stops signs on your …

: How to Fold and Pack a Suit from Put This On S2E1 on Vimeo Learned something here. I didn’t even realise that you could do this.

: Static Flow of Water - YouTube

: Caines Arcade on Vimeo Get Tissues. Caines Arcade on Vimeo on Vimeo via Caines Arcade on Vimeo.

: Zero - YouTube Liked this. Odd, but moving. “Creating something from nothing”.

: Review: Guardian Newsstand App for iPad (Newspaper) I've been using the Guardian apps for the iPhone and iPad for a year or more. I've been reading the …

: My Wife Says: Blog Anything and Get Noticed My wife made this for me. What is she trying to tell me ?

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: The Guild: Im the One Thats Cool - YouTube To all the ass-hat jocks who beat me up in school Now Im the one thats cool Im the one thats cool To …

: Photos of San Jose and San Francisco

: RED - Animated Short RED on Vimeo on Vimeo Enjoyed watching this during my lunch break.

: An English Drawing Room The drawing room at my hotel. I love this style

: Spring song for meditation We wait for the life rising in Spring and the leaves and flowers to arrive. Birds and traffic noise …

: RUIN on Vimeo Go full screen, HD is you can. Take a ten minute break with headphones on. Be entertained. …

: Space Bar - Yes Please [caption align="aligncenter" width="595" caption="Caption Text.(Click for a full size image)"] …

: TED: Susan Cain - The Power of Introverts I could weep for an education that would have let me take time for study, learning, creativity and …

: Fireplace Gun Not a great photo but many pubs and hotels in the UK have old historic weapons like this as …

: Most Excellent Machine This machine is genius. Not only does it open the bottle but it, clears the corkscrew, gathers …

: People are taking the piss out of you everyday.... — Banksy People are taking the piss out of you everyday…. — Banksy “People are taking the piss …

: 66000 Guns in London This guy is a documentary maker who explains how the documentary basically lies about its content, …

: Make Library Folder Visible in OS X Lion In OSX ion, Apple voted to make simpler for normal users and hide the Library folders. But …

: Juniper RSS Feeds take User Tracking to an Extreme Level - Updated When you subscribe to a “custom” Juniper RSS feed they actually tracking you on a …

: Burger, Chips and a Pint It’s was the healthiest meal on the menu and didn’t cost a lot, but it looked great and …

: But Different Words I wrote the sign, but different words. Youtube Video The Power of Words www.youtube.com/watch There …

: Video:Alone, Forever? www.youtube.com/watch

: Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game vimeo.com/36370552

: Velma = Nerd Goddess (Scooby Doo) Underneath the clothing and glasses is a sex goddess. Source: unknown - let me know if you have it.

: Happy Valentines Day ?

: When the Challenge is Over Have you ever completed a task, reached an achievement, or hit that goal and thought “Well, …

: Great name for alcohol Bet it’s not true. As in, I bet there is no sober in this brandy.

: Hey Katherine - Will I See You Again? Aeon Flux - an underestimated movie. Which I think is pretty great. “Too live only once…. but …

: Big Company People and Social Media experiences Had some discussions recently and realised that, broadly, “Marketing Professionals” and …

: 22 Yards to Next Pub Sign outside a pub exhorting you to come in but pointing out it’s 22 yards to next one.

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: Problems with Squarespace and Wordpress migration. Recently tried to migrate my blogs from Wordpress (Self Hosted) to Squarespace and failed to make it …

: Fantastical - Doesn't handle Standard Date Format very well - Updated 20120116 I use Fantastical on my MAC to help with scheduling appointments. However, I find that on even the …

: Oh, the Places You'll Go! I loved this recitation of the Dr Seuss’s final book “Oh, the Places You’ll …

: Greg - Strongman¡ A very disturbing photo of me trying to the hit the bell with the mallet at a festival. You …

: Very creepy - Click Tracking includes userid and much more See this link that was embedded in a tweet stream. Its been expanded to show the actual URL by my …

: Ode to Melancholy Seems a fitting poem for Boxing Day as the day after Christmas Day. Now that the orgiastic feast of …

: The CEO is only temporary The CEO is only temporary. Your wife and family will still be there when you change jobs. And, …

: Google YouTube - 2011 in Review www.youtube.com/watch

: The world as Steve Jobs saw it www.youtube.com/watch The world as Steve Jobs saw it: When you grow up you tend to get told the …

: Talk on Web Operations www.youtube.com/watch In the first twelve minutes of this video, Theo Schlossnagle talks about key …

: OmniGraffle Tip - click through object You can create two objects, one on top of the other. By default the top object has no fill, so that …

: Find a Quiet Time. Go Full Screen. Be Entertained. ROSA is an epic sci-fi short film that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where all natural …

: Women in IT are not Girls It’s not a cure all, but it’s not a bad place to start. Professionalism starts with …

: MS Word Annoyance 2045 Microsoft Word crashes often with this error message which cannot be clicked away. Force quit of the …

: Review Movie "The Rum Diary" Went to see the movie “The Rum Diary” on a whim today, because it was on at the right …

: OSX:Awaken and TimeBoxed Time App Reviews You might think that OSX would have a decent clock application but it’s does not. Recently, …

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: Bypassing Lion Resume Feature In Lion, many applications will automatically resume to last know state. If you want to start clean …

: Google Chrome - Open Blank Page - Home or New Tab The latest version of Google Chrome for MAC has this new TAB spam. When you open a new page or tab, …

: Microsoft Word for Mac Annoyance # 2044 Enabling Autosave for Microsoft Word 2011 causes the error message “The disk is full trying to …

: Sparrow Email Client For various reasons, I use three different email clients. OSX Mail is the native program, Postbox …

: London Toilets If you move around London, they have these pay toilets around the place. I’m not too sure of …

: App Review: Yoink I was recently given a promo code by Brett Terpstra on an App called Yoink. First thing I Tweeted in …

: OmniGraffle Performance Problem OSX Lion - Slow Downs, Pauses Since installing OSX Lion I've found that OmniGraffle has been, well, pausing from time to time. …

: OmniGraffle - Inspector Setup and Tips This is a set of tips that show how I work with OmniGraffle and get the layout of the Inspector to …

: OmniGraffle Tip - Duplicating Shape Properties 1 OmniGraffle continues to impress me by finding new functionality and ways of doing clever things. …

: OmniGraffle and Multi Touch gestures In OmniGraffle 5.3 update that was released July 19, 2011 , the multi-touch settings have been …

: Pictorial Guide to disabling Diginotar CA in MAC OSX The company that runs the Diginotar CA was breached sometime in the last 3 months. The company that …

: BBEdit can use Markdown by Default When you first install BBEdit, any new file will set to “none” for language - that is, …

: OmniGraffle - Flipping an Object When working in OmniGraffle, you need create non-symmetrical objects and then use them again. For …

: Apple OSX Dictionary to Proper British English (Oxford / OED ) The system Dictionary in Mac OSX defaults to American English - which isn’t very useful if you …

: Microsoft Word for Mac Annoyance # 2041 The sidebar for a given document is constantly corrupted when switching views. I loathe Microsoft …

: Dropbox - new client version Dropbox doesn’t update automatically. You have to go and check manually. The current version …

: Set Youtube for Slow Connection or 360p playback on low speed Internet connections. My Internet Connection at home is relatively slow, less than 1Megabit/second down and shared between …

: OSX Lion: Disable the Character Picker Disable the character picket that appeared in OSX Lion (which is basically the same as iOS on the …

: Schoolboy Memories - Casio FX100 Saw this photo and was instantly transported to high school Maths class. At the start of the Senior …

: LinkedIn - Using Your Name to Endorse Their Advertisements LinkedIn is pulling a Facebook on privacy. Here’s how it works, when you follow or like a …

: All Sides of a Conversation in Lion OSX Mail Apple Mail in Lion lets you see not only the conversations in email, but with this small change, you …

: Mac OSX Lion - Magic Trackpad, Magic Mouse - or both Since installing OS X Lion I’ve found the Mission Control Feature to be very useful. Although …

: Paddington Station and the Railway Band I’m commuting to London regularly and travel through Paddington Station to catch the train. …

: Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 10 is here! Best all purpose, heavy lifting, munging, all singing, kitchen sink, regex’ing, funky …

: OSX Lion - Library Folder Not Visible OS X Lion hides the ~/Library folder from view in an effort to prevent users from tampering with …

: 10 Myths About Introverts - CarlKingCreative.com Loved this article about Introverts. I like the idea that Introverts are fully empowered to make …

: Handy iTunes Shortcut (Forward & Back) In iTunes, Command+Option+Right Arrow and Command+Option+Left Arrow will jump forwards or backwards …

: Enigma Code Machine Photos I was at the Cheltenham Science Festival today (with the girls, never too early to get girls …

: I'm the Computer Man [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V51OJr0ee6E&rel=0&w=580]

: Why I think iTunes Match Works for the Music Industry Music's lost decade: Sales cut in half in 2000s - Feb. 2, 2010: "Total revenue from U.S. music sales …

: FT admits 'Mexican standoff' with Apple | Media | guardian.co.uk The FT refuses to pay 30% to Apple:“It would be a backward step for us to go into …

: Glass, Water & Toccata Fugue I admire obsession in all it’s many forms. www.youtube.com/watch

: Schools Kill Creativity - Ken Robinson - TED Ken Robinson talks about ways to adapt modern education to move from an industrial, “one size …

: OpenFlow is both More and Less of a Network I wrote this in a comment somewhere. I thought it was worth capturing for future consideration. The …

: Is Technology and IT a Cult ? Imagine that tomorrow you walked away from IT. Let’s say you quit you current job, ditched all …

: Hitler Not Happy With Unified Communications “Call the Asterisk Guy” “My Fuhrer, The Consultants says there’s nothing …

: Highly Improbable Don't you think ? In four weeks ?

: I HAVE got a Mac! Source: Unknown.

: InterOp - Las Vegas I’ve been in Las Vegas for the Interop conference. I’ve been taking photos and here is a …

: Monmouth - English Village Had a day out with the family to Monmouth. To be fair, there is nothing specifically interesting …

: The Power of Doubt I'm always impressed by Doubt. For me, it's that little voice that says "you'd better check that", …

: Walking in Stinchcombe Went for a walk for a few miles yesterday. Not only remembered to take my camera, but also …

: OSX: Padlock - Lock your Mac Screen Padlock allows you create a shortcut key to lock your screen. Something I’ve always needed. …

: From Me To You - Look carefully And then check out the other images on the site and be entranced. From Me To You - The morning light …

: Levitation & Hand in Pants This photographer in Japan takes a photo of “levitation” every day. I find this …

: Microsoft Word for Mac Annoyance # 2040 Did I mention how much I despise and loathe Microsoft Office ? Here is reason 2040 to continue to …

: Stupid Design in Microsoft Word loses Six Hours of Work Stupid, crap idiocy from Microsoft in their products yet again. I know that the Microsoft products …

: Morally Correct Is it morally correct for carriers to oversubscribe bandwidth they sell you ? In fact, is it morally …

: Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization Open Source tool designs and blueprints to allow small business to thrive and contribute to local …

: Like a Rock Sitting at my desk with tears welling up in my eyes. A very old song echoing down the hallways of …

: In search of a biz monkey (why bother?) In search of a biz monkey (why bother?): "The job of the smart business person isn't to fish in …

: Cisco Flip - killed by Enterprise Customers hating on it. I think the Flip was killed because Enterprise customers turned away from Cisco. People like me …

: It's not Change I fear, but Change Management itself. It’s not change that I fear, but the Change Management process itself. Change Management is …

: Change Management is Reward Aversion When you train your employees to be risk averse, then you’re preparing your whole company to …

: Wasting Dreams Sometimes I wonder if the energy spent on chasing dreams should be wasted by sitting in front of the …

: Hugs Go here

: Old Friend writes me..... Got an email from an old friend today: I decided to tone it down and have moved to the country.. not …

: OSX Productivity Tips - Markdown, Launchbar, TextExpander Video Tutorial I use these tools and the same textexpander snippets. [vimeo 21877731 w=400 h=250]Writing Markdown …

: Precision This 5 SciFi minute film was conceived, written, shot, scored and edited in only 48 hours. Loved It. …

: The difference between training and professional development Accountant: “What happens if we invest in developing our people & they leave?” …

: Spelling virtualisation as v12n Created a Textexpander shortcut: v12n -> virtualisation. Because my fingers are sorry little …

: SizeUp - still rocking my keyboard 2 years later With SizeUp I can drive the window size and placement on OSX completely by keyboard. Still …

: Burning Bandwidth So yeah, I like to clip my phone to dashboard of my car when I’m driving and put Google Maps …

: Rant: Microsoft Loathing - Nine Ways to Hate Their Products Over the last twenty years, I’ve become more and more disenchanted with Microsoft as a vendor …

: Mac OSX Workflows - Podcast Listening someone else talk about the same productivity tools that I use on my Mac is weird, …

: Disabling Adobe Flash Cookies - Prevent Stalking Modern web browsers, by default, block third party cookies which that websites/companies cannot …

: The Case _For_ Gun Control Rests Defecating dog sparks US shootout Two neighbours in the US state of Mississippi drew weapons and …

: Unexpected Gloucester High Street Although I might walk down the streets often, I’m still surprised by the depths of history …

: The Little Things Matter - TED Talk

: Design Motto Design is the art of going from the whole to the part

: Turbo Encabulator Turbo Encabulator [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDgQg6bq7o&rel=0&w=580] Found via …

: On Choosing Blog Software When I set out to write for the web, it took me a long time (read: couple of years) to decide how to …

: Shopping in London Dec 2010 [gallery link=“file” columns=“2”]I went shopping with the family in London. …