First of my photos from the Rhein Partie project have made their way to flickr
In a bid to re-conquer my digital life, its time to show the blog a little more affection and stretch my social networking muscles. First of all, the excuses. As previously discussed (on many an occation) blogging about why i’ve not been blogging is at best dull. However in this instance i’m going to use it to plug some photographs.
So life’s been busy! There’s been some mountain biking in the lake district, drunkenness back home, a very busy spell at the office (including more geeky photos of equipment), a road trip to Brussels, and a holiday in the Alps for some more Biking!
Exciting stuff, and more than enough justification for a little break from the interweb.
However, although the 3w’s have welcomed me back into their warm familiar arms, certain stern words have been had with an old acquaintance.
Twitter.
You see really, i spoilt it for myself being a nice guy. Swept up by those who’s main life project involved getting as many followers as possible i found myself suffering a little twitter guilt and firing out a few too many courtesy follows. Foolishly flattered that people might be interested in what I’ve to say, the courtesy follow filled my stream with a few too many whom i knew nothing of, and have far to much nothing to say. So after a cull of twittererers (what’s the word for someone who uses twitter?) i’m hoping ill find my twitter stream a much more inviting and informative way to channel my procrastination.
image by Matt Hamm
My recent project in Cambridge has recieved some unexpected press coverage, BBC National, Local and ITV all turned up for the launch last night.
Have a look at the link for the writeup
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7834827.stm
Also, click through the photos to see the rest of the flickr set.
Being a student is awesome right ? Meeting new people all the time, studying the one thing that interests you most, all the parties, the drinking and the chaos. The flipside for the most of us is a diet of beans on toast (with cheese on Sunday for “Sunday Dinner”) and never having any money (or at least not having any money that isnt earmarked for socialising right ?).
And when it all got a bit much our tutors and parents would retell you the one about how if you get a degree you can get a decent job. Decent jobs tend to pay well, money gives you the choice to live your life the way you want to….yeah ? Stick at it, it’ll pay off.
I used to call this the educational punchline. The irony being that it really isnt funny, when you get to the end where the hell is this higher state of jobs and wealth ? Turns out i was a big cycnic! Just beyond a year past my university days i can’t think of many of my peers who arent in decent well paid jobs. We rock!
So one of the things i pretty much gave up to come to university was my biking, i was fairly big into it in my college days (A-level time for those of you who did it properly) but with little time or money and a flat in London with no storage space for a bike i ended up knocking it on the head for a while. Thankfully my seniors were correct and with a little more time, space and money i’ve managed to pick up the old past-time once more! Let me introduce you to my new toy:
Isn’t it a beauty ? I’ve already had chance to take out for a good burn around. Below you can see the backpack i bought at the same time is already starting to look quite trail hardened! Along with my photography and technology rants you’ll start to see a few more posts and photos from rides out appearing on these them blog pages too.
Having vowed not to blog about my lack of blogging (thats not fun to read) I’ll honour my words and get straight on with the content. That said – Steve’s got it about right in this post. (keep searching for those links, no time for content means i still havent found a way to update the CSS for links)
Back in the real world, I’m currently In Liverpool projecting on the side of one of the ventilation shafts for the mersy tunnel. It’s hardly a rock and roll gig (although that will come on Saturday when the bands turn up) but the visuals as provided by a couple of New York VJ’s are stunning and really bring the building alive.
Flickr set is here
