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The “Future Of Film And Television” Is Lost On Me
I have monocular vision, I have had for my entire life. This means that I generally only ever use one of my eyes at a time (unlike most people who use both of their eyes together, all the time). I...
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Object Of Desire: GoPro HD Hero Camera
I already own a number of different video and still photography devices, including two DSLRs, multiple “point-and-shoots” and an HD video camcorder. Recently, I have been thinking about getting a...
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Tech Tip: Photoshop Very Slow To Open Or Create Images?
I was travelling last week in the US, and noticed that Photoshop was taking a very very long time to open or create files - 2 or 3 minutes in most cases. After some trouble-shooting, I eventually...
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Tech Tip: Preview in Apple's Mail Client
[Disclaimer: this post refers to Apple Mail in Snow Leopard. I haven't installed Lion and taken a look at the updated Mail.app yet.] I've been switching back and forth between Windows and OS X for a...
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The 30-Day Primal Challenge: The First 5 Days
As I have mentioned in a couple of olderposts, in the past couple of years I have become very active and lost quite a lot of weight. Initially, a lot of running and cycling helped me lose about...
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The 30-Day Primal Challenge: Days 6 to 15
As of last night, I have reached the half-way point of my 30-Day Primal Challenge. Here is a brief update on progress.Dealing with “Life” Day 6 for me was a travelling day – long haul from London...
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The 30-Day Primal Challenge: Days 16 to 47
My last two blog entries covered the first 15 days of a 30-Day Primal Challenge. I had fully intended for there to be a third entry that summed everything up on the 30th day, as if reaching that...
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Using Fitropolis To Find Seattle-Area Gyms.
My friend Troy recently put his new venture live – Fitropolis. Troy and I share an interest in fitness, and I am really excited to see the site serving the Seattle fitness and yoga community. The...
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Crane Climbing: My Ultimate Nightmare
I am generally pretty scared of heights. Not all heights – flying doesn’t worry me, I was surprisingly OK with a hot-air balloon ride, and I can overcome the fear in order to ride large...
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(Re)Learning Lessons - Why My Lawn Resembles Your Project
I love well kept lawns. Seeing a lush green lawn, freshly cut, with stripes that look like they were measured out with a set square and ready for the cup final at Wembley is a beautiful thing. The...
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Heathrow Terminal 5 – The Agile Terminal?
I was looking through some back issues of Director magazine today, and stumbled across an article that was written in March 2008 entitled Terminal 5 Comes Alive. It is an interesting read that...
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Photo Shoot At Nooksack River
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of spending a fun few hours on a photography field trip with my friend Daniel and his son Liam. We set out from Daniel’s house at 6am and drove (via a coffee house!) two...
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The 30-Day Primal Challenge: The First 5 Days
As I have mentioned in a couple of older posts, in the past couple of years I have become very active and lost quite a lot of weight. Initially, a lot of running and cycling helped me lose about...
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The 30-Day Primal Challenge: Days 6 to 15
As of last night, I have reached the half-way point of my 30-Day Primal Challenge. Here is a brief update on progress. Dealing with “Life” Day 6 for me was a travelling day – long haul from London...
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The 30-Day Primal Challenge: Days 16 to 47
My last two blog entries covered the first 15 days of a 30-Day Primal Challenge. I had fully intended for there to be a third entry that summed everything up on the 30th day, as if reaching that point...
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Crane Climbing: My Ultimate Nightmare
I am generally pretty scared of heights. Not all heights – flying doesn’t worry me, I was surprisingly OK with a hot-air balloon ride, and I can overcome the fear in order to ride large...
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(Re)Learning Lessons – Why My Lawn Resembles Your Project
I love well kept lawns. Seeing a lush green lawn, freshly cut, with stripes that look like they were measured out with a set square and ready for the cup final at Wembley is a beautiful thing. The...
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Moving To A New Host, And A New Platform
I’ve recently moved all of my domains to a new hosting provider, and in the process I have updated this blog to use WordPress. Instead of migrating everything from the old blog, I am going to publish...
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Post Game Huddle : No Full Stops In Quality
There is a chain of coffee shops in Shanghai (maybe all of China?) called SPR Coffee. I really like the slogan that they use on their paper cups – “No Full Stops In Quality”. It reminds me that, no...
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Pilates: Parallels with Software Development Agility
About 18 months ago, my wife suggested our family take a weekly Pilates class with a local instructor. The intention was to do something together as a family, something fun and beneficial all around....
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