...sorry but in doing this little project I actually found something I was interested in...Timelapse!...and as a result i kind of stopped finding things to do each day!
the whole summer I've been wasting the wifes camera 'clicks' taking pictures of obscure things like 'dinner with friends' or 'lighting a bar-b-que'...so heres the first real attempt i made:
hopefully it came out ok...i think you may have to be in the film to find it interesting but what what the hell!
ps: if your wondering why I said "wasting the wifes camera clicks", after taking a thousand photos a day for the last 2 months i found out that the average Canon DSLR is only built for approximately 100,000 clicks! oops!! double oops!!!! is she going to be pissed when the camera bites the bullet a lot sooner than she expected!
ce la vie!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Day 24 - Claim your rightful 2.5 Billion Dollars!!!!
well, why not...it appears that the Nigerian Government for Fraud Compensation are giving trillions of dollars away.
I received this email yesterday and have decided to act upon it poste-haste!
I received this email yesterday and have decided to act upon it poste-haste!
From: International Payment Office (mike@call-services.com)
INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT OFFICE,
WEST AFRICAN PAYMENT DIVISION(2)
FRAUD VICTIMS / COMPENSATION.
OUR REF: 10667ADB
YOUR REF: 89007/2011
2ND JULY, 2011
Good day to you ,
This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be of a great help to you if you are there to read this message.I am Mr.Antony Moore the Finance Director Of the Compensation Office West African District Division(2).Your long over due payment from the Nigeria Governments for Fraud Compensations which we believe you have received several emails on is now completelty ready to be released to you.
There is presently a counter claims on your funds by one Mr.Peter Desmond , who is presently trying to make us believe that you are dead and even explained that you entered into an agreement with him, to help you in receiving your fund.He is also ready to pay for the release charge of $255 USD on your funds which makes us want to make this last confirmation before going ahead to pay this Mr.Peter Desmond.
Here comes the big question. Did you sign any deed of assignment in favor of ( Mr.Peter Desmond )? Thereby making him the current beneficiary the sum of $2.500.000.000.00 with the following account details:? Mr.Peter Desmond , ac/number: 6503809428. Routing/122006743, b/name: Citi Bank, address: New York ,usa, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the above named person if we do not hear from you within the next five working days.
Respond to this e-mail on ( fundsremittance_dept01@consultant.com ) with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how your fund will be released. Just like i said ealier supposed beneficiary Mr.Peter Desmond is ready to pay the only release charge on your funds which is $195, if we allow him pay this fee that authomatically makes him the owner and the money will be transfered into his account so do respond to this message if you are alive so that we can be sure of doing the right thing due to the hugh amount of money involved. Also call me as soon as you send the e-mail so that you will be given an immediate response:
Below again is My Contact Info:
Contact Agent Name: Mr.Antony Moore
Email:( fundsremittance_dept01@consultant.com )
Tel : +234-708-721-3321.
If you are alive then i want you to send us your following details so that we can begin process for the release of your funds :
1.Full Name:.....
2.Full Address;........
3.Phone Number :........
4.Sex:...........
5.Ocuupation:.........
Get back to me with the below informations so that i can inform you how you are to send the only needed charge of $195 for the release of your funds which we told Mr.Peter not
to pay yet untill nothing is heard from you in 7 working days which will make us believe that truely you are no more and that Mr.Peter Desmond is right.
Regards,
MR.ANTONY MOORE .
DIRECTOR WEST AFRICA DISTRICT DIVISION(2).
INTERNATIONAL REMMITANCE DEPT,FOREIGN OPERATION
Now, I don't like to pick holes in other peoples emails, after all, Mike from the call-centre could have been a bit rushed when he hastily threw this email together (after all, its only regarding 2.5 billion dollars!!!). Maybe Mike from the call-centre didn't write it! Maybe it was Mr Antony Moore who is “intimating” me of a very important message.
Well, no matter, whoever it was has clearly never heard of a spell-checker because I am “completelty ready” to have the money released to me when I cough up the $255 dollars, oh, hang on, its only $195 now, I’m pretty sure it was $255 “ealier”! I think I’ll settle on $195 dollars instead, one wouldn’t want to waste money, would one!
Time is clearly of the essence; because I would dread that Mr Peter Desmond beat me to it and that he “pay this fee that authomatically” would make him the owner of the “hugh” amount of money!
Well, Ive just filled in my details and emailed it back to all of the specified mail addresses, but I’m not sure why they need my sex and “ocuupation”! Do they think I intend to continue working once I receive my 2.5 billion dollar entitlement? Surely not!
I didn’t want them to think that I was “treuly” no more by not replying within 5 working days, oh hang on, its 7 working days now! Oh well, nothing like getting in early!
Right, I’m off to tell my boss to stick his job up his arse; that I hate him; that I wished he had never been born; and that I am now in the process of buying my own, small, Caribbean island with my 2.5 billion dollar entitlement!!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Day 23 - write a review of a hotel
As you may or may not know, I recently returned from a short break on the beautiful island of Rhodes.
Ok, I stayed in Faliraki, but the hotel was really top-notch.
I have never been on an all-inclusive holiday before, but since it was my little sisters wedding I had no choice in the matter....Sun Palace Hotel, Faliraki Road Rhodes...was absolutely fantastic, all you could possibly eat (from all four corners of the world); all you could possibly drink (although the red wine was served from the fridge it was still acceptable since it would have been 20 odd degrees which is hardly room temperature); a great pool; loads of things to do; and lots of friendly, attentive staff.
Anyway, I digress, I have been working all over Europe for over a decade now and most weeks have stayed in a hotel, up until now I have read most reviews of hotels I was due to stay at with a large pinch of salt:
"Hotel fantastic, but it was really let down by not having an International Tiddly-Winks arena next door"!!!
or...
"Hated everything about this hotel: worst possible room, heating on full blast, shower stone cold, bed lumpy, wallpaper was disgusting, bar always closed, food tasted of cardboard....would highly recommend staying"!
So, day 23, I thought I'd write a review of the hotel in Rhodes to see how hard it is...here goes...
Utterly fantastic hotel...would highly recommend!
Having never been on an all-inclusive holiday before, I was happily surprised to discover how fantastic this hotel is run!
From the minute you arrive (with a welcoming glass of champagne while you check-in) the staff are really friendly and attentive.
The rooms are clean, modern, and comfortable, although slightly on the small side - but that hardly matters since the only time I spent in the room was to get changed for dinner or go to sleep at the end of a fantastic day sat by the pool; or in the bar; or joining in with the many organised activities.
The choice of food is over-whelming...really!
The bar is well stocked (with many international brands).
The pool is great.
The other guest's were also pretty good too!
Special mention must go to the manager who did his very best to make sure my trip back home was so easy....many many thanks!
All in all I would highly recommend this hotel for families with kids upto around 12 years of age.
There, I did it, the hotel was really good, so I'm afraid it may appear as if I am the manager writing it...but who cares, someone like me will probably read it with the same pinch of salt as I would.
As proof of the writing the review, I have posted this to tripadvisor and hotels (with whom I made the booking), and now have to wait upto 72 hours to get it published...once it is I'll update the links here.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Day 22 - go on holiday
everyone needs a holiday now and again...even if you live in the south of france and everyday is one loooong holiday, its still nice to get away and forget all about the sunshine; forget all about the pool; forget all about the games of boules; forget all about good wine; forget all about good food...
...infact, forget all about everything that you've spent decades perfecting in your own little world and then you can go and pick holes in everything that someone else has decided is the perfect holiday!
That said, I have just got back from the beautiful island of Rhodes, and it was pretttty, pretttty good if I say so myself.
It was my little sisters wedding and she had decided on Falaraki...which wasn't the easiest of places to get to from the south of France (it appeared that only the English and Germans fly direct, although I found out while I was there that Belgium and some of the Nordic countries also do it).
It was the Sun Palace Hotel. I've worked in lots of different places in the world and stayed in lots of different hotels in the world, but this one was the most difficult hotel I've come across to book (at least when booking something a little different, like only 3 nights!), it appears that people only ever go to Rhodes for a week at a time (dictated presumably by the travel companies)!
What was most difficult though was getting there. Either fly north for a direct flight back to the south or take a very long and convoluted route half-way across Europe.
In the end I opted for:
1. flight from Nice to Rome;
"lunchtime, and when in Rome..."
2. flight from Rome to Athens;
"its a long wait in the airport!"
3. flight from Athens to Rhodes.
"it was getting dark at this point"
Total Time (door to door) = 13 hours.
Total Flying Time = 3 hours!
Total time sat in goddamn awful airports = 10 hours!!!
"finally arrived...only 13 hours later!"
Still it was worth every second to be at the wedding...and to be on a little holiday to boot.
Only thing left was do the exact opposite all over again....
...infact, forget all about everything that you've spent decades perfecting in your own little world and then you can go and pick holes in everything that someone else has decided is the perfect holiday!
That said, I have just got back from the beautiful island of Rhodes, and it was pretttty, pretttty good if I say so myself.
It was my little sisters wedding and she had decided on Falaraki...which wasn't the easiest of places to get to from the south of France (it appeared that only the English and Germans fly direct, although I found out while I was there that Belgium and some of the Nordic countries also do it).
It was the Sun Palace Hotel. I've worked in lots of different places in the world and stayed in lots of different hotels in the world, but this one was the most difficult hotel I've come across to book (at least when booking something a little different, like only 3 nights!), it appears that people only ever go to Rhodes for a week at a time (dictated presumably by the travel companies)!
What was most difficult though was getting there. Either fly north for a direct flight back to the south or take a very long and convoluted route half-way across Europe.
In the end I opted for:
1. flight from Nice to Rome;
"lunchtime, and when in Rome..."
2. flight from Rome to Athens;
"its a long wait in the airport!"
3. flight from Athens to Rhodes.
"it was getting dark at this point"
Total Time (door to door) = 13 hours.
Total Flying Time = 3 hours!
Total time sat in goddamn awful airports = 10 hours!!!
"finally arrived...only 13 hours later!"
Still it was worth every second to be at the wedding...and to be on a little holiday to boot.
Only thing left was do the exact opposite all over again....
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Day 21 - send a tweet when someone breaks a tripwire!
I know its been almost 2 weeks (14 days missed), but I went on holiday...no guesses as to what tomorrows blog is going to be...
...however for now, watch this in action! very, very cool
you can get full details over here.
...however for now, watch this in action! very, very cool
you can get full details over here.
Day 15 - do a multi-lingual crossword...
...kind of!
This is the crossword from the May edition of The Connexion, an english paper here in France.
I have started doing the crossword to help extend my knowledge of french words (most of which I have to look up in the dictionary) and I have to say its extremely satisfying when the final word goes in.
I am assuming they wont mind me putting the crossword here! If nobody objects I will post the answers on day 45, if they do object, then I wont....but feel free to ask for hints (I have only got 10 answers so far, but I am hoping to have filled it in before Junes edition comes out!).
Good Luck
This is the crossword from the May edition of The Connexion, an english paper here in France.
I have started doing the crossword to help extend my knowledge of french words (most of which I have to look up in the dictionary) and I have to say its extremely satisfying when the final word goes in.
I am assuming they wont mind me putting the crossword here! If nobody objects I will post the answers on day 45, if they do object, then I wont....but feel free to ask for hints (I have only got 10 answers so far, but I am hoping to have filled it in before Junes edition comes out!).
Good Luck
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Day 20 - make a cocktail
...of course, you should drink in moderation like I do!
but if you have a load of old bottles of weird and wonderful alcohol then drop them into this site and let it tell you which cocktails you can make from them...cool...and more than a little bit dangerous!
If you only have one bottle of alcohol left then it might be better to use this one instead. all you have to do is search by ingredient to find lots and lots of ways to get really really drunk, really really quickly!
I'm already there!
but if you have a load of old bottles of weird and wonderful alcohol then drop them into this site and let it tell you which cocktails you can make from them...cool...and more than a little bit dangerous!
If you only have one bottle of alcohol left then it might be better to use this one instead. all you have to do is search by ingredient to find lots and lots of ways to get really really drunk, really really quickly!
I'm already there!
Day 19 - Adopt an endangered animal
According to the World Wildlife Fund the top 5 animals to adopt are
Personally I am going to adopt a Polar Bear
Personally I am going to adopt a Polar Bear
Polar bears populate the annual arctic sea ice in northern Canada, Greenland, Norway, and Russia. Between late April and mid-July, polar bears hunt ringed and bearded seals on the sea ice. With adult males weighing up to 1,430 pounds and growing as much as nine feet in length, they are the world’s largest terrestrial carnivores. As a result of climate change, sea ice is melting earlier and forming later each year, leaving polar bears less time to hunt. As their ice habitat shrinks, skinnier and hungrier bears face a grave challenge to their survival.world’s largest terrestrial carnivores!!! - get in!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Day 18 - learn a dancemove
and there really is only ONE dance move at the moment...SHUFFLIN!
Here are LMFAO showing you how to do the shuffle...
...and here is my version of the robot dance...try not to laugh too hard at my pathetic excuse for dancing...
(many thanks to the little girl on youtube who taught me how to do it)
...and here is the original...BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!
I am going to try and nail the shuffle next week sometime and maybe make another stupid video.
get dancing!
Here are LMFAO showing you how to do the shuffle...
...and here is my version of the robot dance...try not to laugh too hard at my pathetic excuse for dancing...
(many thanks to the little girl on youtube who taught me how to do it)
...and here is the original...BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!
I am going to try and nail the shuffle next week sometime and maybe make another stupid video.
get dancing!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Day 17 - get one over MS
yes, you heard me, screw them!
Last week I tried to download Escalation (the latest map pack for Call of Duty) on my Xbox.
"Oh no you don't!" screamed my xbox..."you now live in France, but your account is in the UK!" - some sort of crazy region restriction was stopping me!
What a load of utter tosh! I was fuming! I paid for the UK subscription whilst in the UK, I bought the game in the UK, I had spent the points on the bloody thing, but it wasn't letting me have it!
Me and my mate then spent hours trawling the internet to find a solution, to no avail.
We tried everything! But that expansion pack wasn't going to download to my xbox unless I took a flight back to the UK (with xbox as hand luggage) found a wireless access point, logged on, downloaded it whilst there, then took a flight back home! b****x to that!!!!
This guy looked like he had the answer...
So I followed the advice and tried securitykiss but still had problems logging onto xbox live once I'd got the thing working (which wasn't as easy as the guy suggests).
However, I was pretty sure I could share a VPN connection because this guy sounded convincing (and didn't look like he was just trying to make some money).
So I found a mate of mine who lived in the UK (and who had a fixed IP address - not an easy find I agree!) and we set about trying to pull the wool over Big Brothers eyes!
after a few hours of fiddling with some settings 'Network Connection', I finally manged to download what I had paid for a week ago...and...it works!!!!
Hallelujah!!!
Take that MS!!!; or Treyarch!!!; or Activision!!!; or whoever else was stopping me from playing my game!!!
If you want anymore info feel free to email or comment.
Last week I tried to download Escalation (the latest map pack for Call of Duty) on my Xbox.
"Oh no you don't!" screamed my xbox..."you now live in France, but your account is in the UK!" - some sort of crazy region restriction was stopping me!
What a load of utter tosh! I was fuming! I paid for the UK subscription whilst in the UK, I bought the game in the UK, I had spent the points on the bloody thing, but it wasn't letting me have it!
Me and my mate then spent hours trawling the internet to find a solution, to no avail.
We tried everything! But that expansion pack wasn't going to download to my xbox unless I took a flight back to the UK (with xbox as hand luggage) found a wireless access point, logged on, downloaded it whilst there, then took a flight back home! b****x to that!!!!
This guy looked like he had the answer...
So I followed the advice and tried securitykiss but still had problems logging onto xbox live once I'd got the thing working (which wasn't as easy as the guy suggests).
However, I was pretty sure I could share a VPN connection because this guy sounded convincing (and didn't look like he was just trying to make some money).
So I found a mate of mine who lived in the UK (and who had a fixed IP address - not an easy find I agree!) and we set about trying to pull the wool over Big Brothers eyes!
after a few hours of fiddling with some settings 'Network Connection', I finally manged to download what I had paid for a week ago...and...it works!!!!
Hallelujah!!!
Take that MS!!!; or Treyarch!!!; or Activision!!!; or whoever else was stopping me from playing my game!!!
If you want anymore info feel free to email or comment.
Day 16 - cook a really good curry
Everyone should be able to cook something, in my case its a pork-chop-sandwich.
hmm...pork...
hmm...chop...
hmm...sandwich!
delicious!
however, I think curry should be the staple food of the world, so wanted to try and cook my own (from scratch!), instead of buying it from the take-away/restaurant/shop!
this next video is great, an Indian, in what must be somewhere in America, doing a podcast on how to make chicken curry...I could watch these guys all day...infact, yesterday I did...and they make a pretty tasty curry...I tried it last night and it was pretty pretty good...although I put a lot more garlic in (well, I am in France!) and a shed load more chilli.
this person (it doesn't say if its male or female) has been developing the receipe found here for 10 years in their "quest to make the ultimate curry", thats some quest!!!...I might try this next week.
hmm...pork...
hmm...chop...
hmm...sandwich!
delicious!
however, I think curry should be the staple food of the world, so wanted to try and cook my own (from scratch!), instead of buying it from the take-away/restaurant/shop!
this next video is great, an Indian, in what must be somewhere in America, doing a podcast on how to make chicken curry...I could watch these guys all day...infact, yesterday I did...and they make a pretty tasty curry...I tried it last night and it was pretty pretty good...although I put a lot more garlic in (well, I am in France!) and a shed load more chilli.
this person (it doesn't say if its male or female) has been developing the receipe found here for 10 years in their "quest to make the ultimate curry", thats some quest!!!...I might try this next week.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Day 14 - grow your own vegetables
seriously, what can be more rewarding than growing your own veg...and feeding the family with them.
the site thats really serious about all this has to be the RHS! They are keen as mustard (which, of course, you should be growing by now, today though you should be planting the tomatoes and beetroot).
They have all sorts of resources available, a few years ago they had a planner for a metre square bed which when organised as they told you would provide a family of 4 with fresh vegetables all year round! wow!!!! This year they have the Great RHS Veg Challenge, you can enter here.
The have a really good planner as well...so you cant go wrong.
Have a look, and get planting!
the site thats really serious about all this has to be the RHS! They are keen as mustard (which, of course, you should be growing by now, today though you should be planting the tomatoes and beetroot).
They have all sorts of resources available, a few years ago they had a planner for a metre square bed which when organised as they told you would provide a family of 4 with fresh vegetables all year round! wow!!!! This year they have the Great RHS Veg Challenge, you can enter here.
The have a really good planner as well...so you cant go wrong.
Have a look, and get planting!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Day 13 - build the kids a treehouse
Just after we had moved into the old house in Chester (UK)...the wife took the kids away on a short holiday while I stayed at home to work.
While they were away, I built them a treehouse to surprise them when they got home...and boy, were they surprised. I bought metre upon metre of pre-treated wood; hundreds of bolts and screws; a new drill; a huge 10 inch drill bit; and a bright blue plastic slide.
If I say so myself, it stood the test of time (it was another 5 years before we moved out and the kids played on it daily)...the only trouble is they now want another one building here, in the south of France!
This should give you an idea of how much hard work to expect:
I've got much bigger plans for my next one, this internet is a dangerous thing for giving people ideas!!!
To the batcave, Batman!
While they were away, I built them a treehouse to surprise them when they got home...and boy, were they surprised. I bought metre upon metre of pre-treated wood; hundreds of bolts and screws; a new drill; a huge 10 inch drill bit; and a bright blue plastic slide.
If I say so myself, it stood the test of time (it was another 5 years before we moved out and the kids played on it daily)...the only trouble is they now want another one building here, in the south of France!
This should give you an idea of how much hard work to expect:
I've got much bigger plans for my next one, this internet is a dangerous thing for giving people ideas!!!
or maybe I will knock this little number up over a long weekend
To the batcave, Batman!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Day 12 - create a timelapse recording of the day/night...
if there is anything cooler than watching the clouds roll overhead in one of those 'natural world' documentaries then I haven't seen it!
Try it yourself, how hard can it be?!?
Classic! 18 hours of my life I'll never get back!!!
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Try it yourself, how hard can it be?!?
- Get a camcorder (with a timelapse function, otherwise this is going to be a lot harder!)
- Set the timelapse to 15 seconds
- Chose a decent position for the camera (one where you get a decent view, a bit of the garden, lots of sky, maybe a bit of roof, maybe place it behind a dirty window pane!!)
- Press 'record'
- Wait 24 hours
- Press stop
- Watch the day and night unfold in all its majesty and wonder
Classic! 18 hours of my life I'll never get back!!!
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Day 11 - hack your kinect
I dont care if I'm not supposed to, it looks like fantastic fun, really really cool, and maybe a little bit educational!!!
you can even join some sort of community: open-kinect!
Now I'm as sceptical as the most sceptical person on earth, but if you take these videos at face value (why would anyone bother to spoof the whole thing - now, that would be a waste of time!) then....WOW!!!
This guy is controlling google earth on a projector using his hands - can you imagine the look on your mates faces when you turned the projector on and zoomed in on their house by waving at the wall!!!
and this guy too...
Kinect Earth from Matt Fargo on Vimeo.
and then this guy has 'taught' his computer to recognise a variety of objects:
"I see a giraffe"
"I see a toy"
"I see a cow"
I would love to see the look on the guys face if the computer suddenly said...
"I see dead people"
...or...
"look out behind you!"
you can even join some sort of community: open-kinect!
Now I'm as sceptical as the most sceptical person on earth, but if you take these videos at face value (why would anyone bother to spoof the whole thing - now, that would be a waste of time!) then....WOW!!!
This guy is controlling google earth on a projector using his hands - can you imagine the look on your mates faces when you turned the projector on and zoomed in on their house by waving at the wall!!!
and this guy too...
Kinect Earth from Matt Fargo on Vimeo.
and then this guy has 'taught' his computer to recognise a variety of objects:
"I see a giraffe"
"I see a toy"
"I see a cow"
I would love to see the look on the guys face if the computer suddenly said...
"I see dead people"
...or...
"look out behind you!"
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Day 9 - become an astronaut
Like most little boys I wanted to become an astronaut when I grew up...mainly so I could fly the Millennium Falcon with Chewie.
That dream still lingers somewhere in the back of my warped mind, so imagine my delight when I found that Virgin Galactic were inviting applications for Pilot-Astronauts!!!
Unfortunately it also appears I was a little late (6 days late to be fair) in sending the application off, but you can still register you interest for future Pilot-Astronaut positions up until 30th June.
I not sure, but I'm pretty certain I wont make the grade:
That dream still lingers somewhere in the back of my warped mind, so imagine my delight when I found that Virgin Galactic were inviting applications for Pilot-Astronauts!!!
Unfortunately it also appears I was a little late (6 days late to be fair) in sending the application off, but you can still register you interest for future Pilot-Astronaut positions up until 30th June.
I not sure, but I'm pretty certain I wont make the grade:
- I'm not a US citizen!
- I haven't graduated from a recognized test pilot school! Hell, I didn't even go to an unrecognized one!
- I only have 2,999 hours flying experience (and thats as a passenger, and mainly whilst drunk!)
- I have no operational experience of an aerospace aviation project or business!
- I couldn't ably communicate my aviation knowledge and safety related information - because I don't have any!
- I prefer golf to playing in a team!
- I do, however, hold a degree...maybe they will make an exception, fingers crossed!!!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Day 8 - map your online life...
...but don't be surprised if its a little scary!
I started by making a list of all the different online tools/applications/websites and then weighting them according to usage and lastly linking them together where they interacted with each other. I didn't add real people, but trust me, I do occasionally say the odd word to members of the human race.
Here is the first draft...theres a lot more work to go into it yet, I'm pretty sure the links need work and the weighting needs more analysis...sites like that daytum wsebsite mentioned in a previous post would be ideal for this (assuming you'd been recording everytime you went on Facebook from the minute you started going on facebook, that is!) because I'm not sure you can easily measure facebook 'time' or even count the number of 'comments' made, or 'likes' liked, or photos uploaded whilst extremely drunk which you really will regret in the morning and that you will be deeply ashamed of for the rest of the time you have on this earth!
I've got to say I'm a little concerned! It looks like a vipers nest!! I'm not even sure I know what Tumblr is for?!?
I've got to organise these, maybe trim them down somewhat...but I would be more than interested to know what other people are using...
I started by making a list of all the different online tools/applications/websites and then weighting them according to usage and lastly linking them together where they interacted with each other. I didn't add real people, but trust me, I do occasionally say the odd word to members of the human race.
Here is the first draft...theres a lot more work to go into it yet, I'm pretty sure the links need work and the weighting needs more analysis...sites like that daytum wsebsite mentioned in a previous post would be ideal for this (assuming you'd been recording everytime you went on Facebook from the minute you started going on facebook, that is!) because I'm not sure you can easily measure facebook 'time' or even count the number of 'comments' made, or 'likes' liked, or photos uploaded whilst extremely drunk which you really will regret in the morning and that you will be deeply ashamed of for the rest of the time you have on this earth!
I've got to say I'm a little concerned! It looks like a vipers nest!! I'm not even sure I know what Tumblr is for?!?
I've got to organise these, maybe trim them down somewhat...but I would be more than interested to know what other people are using...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Day 7 - create an IPOD/IPHONE/IPAD app...
...go on, how hard can it be!
i just need to think of a killer idea that hasnt been done yet...after all there are only probably a umpteen million that already exist coving everything from buying and selling shares to 1,500 different ways to play "rock, paper, scissors"!.
If I ever do think of a killer idea, then i may well try this company...
although the "note to the royal couple" looks a little disturbing (i hope they dont ever read this! and i dont mean William and Kate!!)
i just need to think of a killer idea that hasnt been done yet...after all there are only probably a umpteen million that already exist coving everything from buying and selling shares to 1,500 different ways to play "rock, paper, scissors"!.
If I ever do think of a killer idea, then i may well try this company...
although the "note to the royal couple" looks a little disturbing (i hope they dont ever read this! and i dont mean William and Kate!!)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Day 6 - learn a card trick
Everyone, and I mean everyone, needs to know at least one decent card trick!
Full-stop! No arguments!
Many years ago I read a book, I think it was some sort of thriller but I can't remember the name...anyway, a part of the story in said unknown book was about a guy tricking another guy (probably in a bar) with the use a simple "heads-or-tails" trick.
From what I can remember - and I've been drunk a few thousand times since reading it - he had several different coloured coins in his pocket, 5 red and 7 yellow.
He would pull a coin from his pocket (unknown to the other guy) and if it was yellow he would call 'Heads' and if he was right the guy gave hime $1, if he was wrong the guy would receive $1.
If it was a red coin, he would call 'Tails' and if he was right the guy would owe him $1, otherwise he would give the guy $2!
For the life of me I could not work out why this trick always succeeded in making the guy more money than he gave away...but several nights at the bar of the local pub proved the 'trick' was a winner.
It's just a shame I have forgotten the exact details, because I would have made a pot full of cash by now!
Anyway, I digress, onto todays project...I have been practising the simple card trick as demonstrated in the video below, by CardTrickCentral. I used to know a few good card tricks and it's been great getting back into the swing of things.
The beauty of this trick is its simplicity, but can I work out how its done? No, not yet, but then I've not been to the bar yet!
As I said earlier, everyone, and I mean everyone must know at least one decent card trick!
Full-stop! No arguments!
Many years ago I read a book, I think it was some sort of thriller but I can't remember the name...anyway, a part of the story in said unknown book was about a guy tricking another guy (probably in a bar) with the use a simple "heads-or-tails" trick.
From what I can remember - and I've been drunk a few thousand times since reading it - he had several different coloured coins in his pocket, 5 red and 7 yellow.
He would pull a coin from his pocket (unknown to the other guy) and if it was yellow he would call 'Heads' and if he was right the guy gave hime $1, if he was wrong the guy would receive $1.
If it was a red coin, he would call 'Tails' and if he was right the guy would owe him $1, otherwise he would give the guy $2!
For the life of me I could not work out why this trick always succeeded in making the guy more money than he gave away...but several nights at the bar of the local pub proved the 'trick' was a winner.
It's just a shame I have forgotten the exact details, because I would have made a pot full of cash by now!
Anyway, I digress, onto todays project...I have been practising the simple card trick as demonstrated in the video below, by CardTrickCentral. I used to know a few good card tricks and it's been great getting back into the swing of things.
The beauty of this trick is its simplicity, but can I work out how its done? No, not yet, but then I've not been to the bar yet!
As I said earlier, everyone, and I mean everyone must know at least one decent card trick!
Full-Stop! Get practising!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Day 5 - start your own film production (or join someone elses)
I'll be honest, I've been rewriting the same goddamn chapter in my novel for about 10 years now...what I put down one week, I completely scrap the week after.
Now, it looks like the people at wreck-a-movie have done some good work in the past...
...and come up with the great concept of collaborative film-making...3d artists; actors; prop/set building; composers....and you guessed it, Writers!
So, I am going to give it a go...I have just registered and am trawling through the active 'Tasks'...wish me luck!!!
Now, it looks like the people at wreck-a-movie have done some good work in the past...
...and come up with the great concept of collaborative film-making...3d artists; actors; prop/set building; composers....and you guessed it, Writers!
So, I am going to give it a go...I have just registered and am trawling through the active 'Tasks'...wish me luck!!!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Day 4 - Record it
wow, this is definately getting easier and at the same time, a hell of a lot harder!
I've decided to expand the experiment to post 100 different "things to do", you may have already noticed that each day so far (ok, I know theres only 3, bear with me) have been posts regarding little 'project-ette' type things.
so, here is day 4s...
record your life
I read about the creator of this site quite some time ago...I originally found him from kottke.org (fantastic blog!) where he had created a visual record of his fathers life (infographics are king!) and it really blew me away!
So, I've started recording little mundane things on this great website which allows you to record anything and everything which you display in little barcharts or piecharts or weird wavey line type graphs - totally cool and also pretty meaningless to anyone but oneself...if you try one thing today...try this!!!
if you're remotely interested, you can find my first stab at recording stuff (in numbers) here...my life in numbers, well, my alcohol consumption at least!
I've decided to expand the experiment to post 100 different "things to do", you may have already noticed that each day so far (ok, I know theres only 3, bear with me) have been posts regarding little 'project-ette' type things.
so, here is day 4s...
record your life
I read about the creator of this site quite some time ago...I originally found him from kottke.org (fantastic blog!) where he had created a visual record of his fathers life (infographics are king!) and it really blew me away!
So, I've started recording little mundane things on this great website which allows you to record anything and everything which you display in little barcharts or piecharts or weird wavey line type graphs - totally cool and also pretty meaningless to anyone but oneself...if you try one thing today...try this!!!
if you're remotely interested, you can find my first stab at recording stuff (in numbers) here...my life in numbers, well, my alcohol consumption at least!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Day 3 - Making Movies
NASA's Earth Day looks like a brilliant reason to dust off the windows movie maker skills...i'm on it right now!
Just need to find the right angle of attack!
Just need to find the right angle of attack!
Day 2 (a little late, blame the Royal Wedding)
All I can say is that was the only way to do a wedding!!!
And this would have been perfect for keeping up with the procession down the Mall...
RVOSD Hilltop Flyers from Vova Reznik on Vimeo.
I think I've found a summer project to keep me off the streets!
And this would have been perfect for keeping up with the procession down the Mall...
RVOSD Hilltop Flyers from Vova Reznik on Vimeo.
I think I've found a summer project to keep me off the streets!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
worst blog ever...
only time will tell I guess, but you've got to try everything once.
On that subject, this is really old but very, very cool (especially the guy dancing 100 dances to 100 songs in 100 locations)...Five Years of 100 Days: Observers Room: Design Observer.
So I've decided to try this blogging for 100 days to keep my mind off the raging Crack addiction!
Apparently its bloody difficult to keep it going for 100 days, so please keep your fingers crossed!!!
and try and check back daily to see what else I can dredge up that may be of interest...
On that subject, this is really old but very, very cool (especially the guy dancing 100 dances to 100 songs in 100 locations)...Five Years of 100 Days: Observers Room: Design Observer.
So I've decided to try this blogging for 100 days to keep my mind off the raging Crack addiction!
Apparently its bloody difficult to keep it going for 100 days, so please keep your fingers crossed!!!
and try and check back daily to see what else I can dredge up that may be of interest...
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