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24 Sep 2012

iPhone 5 and the Golden Age of Computing

I found the reactions after the iPhone 5 announcement last week really interesting. Everyone knew the iPhone 5 was coming, and all the rumour blogs had announced almost everything presented. Before it started we knew many of the announcements. So...
15 Aug 2012

My 3D Art Portfolio

I moved house last year and we’ve slowly been going through the boxes of junk weeding out the rubbish when, a couple of days ago, I found my old video game art portfolio.I must have made this in 2002/ 2003...
19 Jun 2012

Pushing Myself to the Limit

South-downs Way I always like to challenge myself. I generally go for mental challenges, trying new technologies and coming up with new ideas. I feel that it’s the best way to learn and expand my mind – however I tend...
22 May 2012

Perfection is overrated… right?

If you’re reading this in a web browser (and you’ve visited the site before) then you’ll know that I have recently updated the design here on Binary Moon.I’ve been sitting on this design for about 7 or 8 months. I...
22 Jan 2011

My Plans For 2011

Ok – I know we’re almost a month into 2011, but I wanted to make a record of my plans for the coming year.Last year I did quite well with my plans. The best news was that, at the end...
08 Jul 2010

Screenflow and My First Screencast

I recently recorded my first screencast for Pro Theme Design showcasing the new features for my WordPress theme Elemental.To make my life easier I purchased a copy of Screenflow for my Mac. Screenflow is designed specifically for recording and editing...
08 Jun 2010

What do you want me to write about?

Part of improving my website involves me wanting to write about the sort of things you want to read about.If you could take 1 minute to answer 1 quick question then that would really help me to work out what...
19 Apr 2010

Creating Words of Wisdom

I’ve never been interested in business. I’ve been interested in creating thingsParaphrased from Richard Bransons book “Business Stripped Bare”.The act of creating something, whether it’s a website, a video game, or a lego model, is one of the most satisfying...
07 Jan 2010

Back and Forward: Plans for 2010

Of my ‘goals’ in 2009 I only officially finished half. This year I plan to do better.I mentioned that I wanted to release 4 themes, of which I actually released 2 Mimbo Pro 2 and theme framework. Of the others,...
22 Apr 2009

5 reasons why I don’t follow you on Twitter

I have a fair few people following me on Twitter. It’s not as many as some Twitter users but it’s enough to make me feel a little bit special – after all I don’t know all my followers.Because there are...
22 Mar 2009

Goodbye to blogging (as we know it)

As with all things, blogging is evolving. I mentioned a year or two about how the popular blogs are becoming more like websites – and the current trend of magazine themes is making this ever more real… and I think...
26 Feb 2009

Hints and tips for Twitter noobs (and celebs)

After my recent post on celebs and Twitter a few of my real life friends signed up – and a couple of others asked what on earth I was talking about and why they should care so I thought I’d...
15 Feb 2009

Top 17 – UK celebs on Twitter

There have been celebrities on Twitter (follow me here) for quite some time but over the last couple of weeks there has been a huge surge of them joining in the UK. I’ve seen Twitter mentioned on a number of...
26 Jan 2009

Back into the groove…

Nearly a whole month and no posts… What is the world coming too?I don’t know why but ever since Christmas I have been feeling motivated to do all sorts of things – unfortunately blogging isn’t one of them.Last year was...
22 Oct 2008

6 reasons why Lego is the best toy ever!

I have recently been looking into Lego for a project I am working on, and have come to realise that I still really really like it. Despite being 28 Lego still has the same sense of fun it had when...
02 Jul 2008

Seven useless pieces of information about me

Last week I got tagged by Gnorb. I was going to write something clever about how I normally turn these things down because everyone does it and they’re so passé… but to be honest I’m flattered to even be considered,...
14 Apr 2008

Twitter me this

Unfortunately I have been dragged down into the world of Twitter. Twitter is a web app that enables people to talk rubbish at no-one in particular and then receive a response from someone they don’t know. I’ve never seen the...
06 Mar 2008

EEE PC and me

I bought an EEE PC the other day, and so far am very impressed.These little machines are very small, and very handy and, most impressively, very cheap. They’ve been around for about 5/6 months now but, in the UK at...
19 Oct 2007

Athlete at Norwich LCR

Shortly before we went to see Damien Rice my girlfriend bought tickets for us to go and see Athlete at the Norwich UEA LCR (University of East Anglia LCR… don’t know what the last bit means). Last night it was...
09 Oct 2007

Radioheads new album – pay as much as you like

Radiohead have released pre-orders for their new album… kind of. The album is a pre-release (before release in the shops), and can only be purchased online, from their website. The most interesting part? You pay as much as you want...
03 Oct 2007

Ben’s Brother and Alice McLaughlin

I’ve been rather busy with another project recently (more on that soon) so I didn’t get a chance to post this in a timely manner. What happened is a couple of weeks ago I went to see Ben’s Brother at...

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