A few things…

As the title suggests, a few things you might be interested in. First, at stations.stupidstupidity.co.uk you will find a little web app that I’ve developed in order to allow people to track what stations on the UK railway network you have visited. Still in its trial stages, contact me if you want a go. Secondly, [...]

May 8, 2012  Tags: , , ,  Posted in: Photographs, Public Transport Geekery, Railways, University   No Comments

Facebook Group image template

Just chucking this one out there as somebody might find it useful. With the new Facebook group image being a weird size not matching the size of the users thumbnails, and with a bit that has an overlay, have a template to use to create your own image. You can freely use and distribute this [...]

March 10, 2012  Tags: , ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

More musings on the Internet how it used to be

Firstly, yes, I know. Half the old posts are here, half aren’t. Give me a break, okay?! I’m surprised I managed to do what I’ve done thus far. It’s actually been quite interesting, looking at my old posts, something I haven’t really done. I had forgotton some of the things I’d written (and I will [...]

October 28, 2011  Tags: , , ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

Dreaming

(CC-BY-NC) So, last night I was asleep. Nothing unusual there (well actually given my sleep patterns recently, but that’s another post for another time!) except that I found myself dreaming – which actually isn’t that unusual either. I have heard that you only know you’re dreaming when you’re not in a deep sleep, or that [...]

September 29, 2009  Tags: , , ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

The Rice and the Chessboard – how the Internet has ruined life for the better

There is a story about a Chinese man who invented the game of Chess. The Chinese emperor at the time said something like ‘what can I give you for your reward?’. The gentleman replied that on his chessboard, he would have one piece of rice on one square, two on the next, four on the [...]

August 23, 2009  Tags: ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

Musings on the Internet how it used to be

I’ve been thinking a bit recently on how the Internet has changed a little bit.В  For instance, I first discovered Google when first introduced to the Internet, by the fact that Yahoo!’s search was back then powered by Google.В  I thought that if the Yahoo! search is being powered by Google, then surely I’d get [...]

March 1, 2009  Tags: , , ,  Posted in: Old Website   One Comment