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The debate actually turned out to be good, and I’m happy that Mr. Stevens and I went along. Caught some interesting Manchester City/John Terry gossip that I’m contemplating sharing with the papers as well. You can watch the debate below; should be live for another 28 days or so. Paul and I are in the United [...]
Today is day two of my ‘Very Long and Tiring Week ™’, but I’m delighted to welcome my partner in crime HRH Paul Stevens to Manchester this evening to join me in the audience for the BBC ‘Business in Sport’ event that is being broadcast on BBC News (24?) and BBC Radio 5 Live from [...]
Yesterday evening, Mr & Mrs Stevens and I ventured to the cinema to see the much hyped ‘Paranormal Activity’, a film that has been on my radar for some time. Writing a review with a hangover is perhaps not the best idea, but as I have an hour to kill…
I’ve just come across an interesting graphic that was originally posted by Information is Beautiful that I found on Derren Brown’s blog. It makes for fascinating viewing if you’re even remotely interested in whether or not the Mayans prediction that the apocalypse is coming in 2012 has any credibility, or not. Warning, long graphic is [...]
Although I’m only a beginner in the world of still photography, I do try and keep my eyes out for good photographs on the Interwebs. I came across the Flickr user ‘blinkofaneye’ who took a series of photographs in the Ukraine back in 2006 of the area surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, including the abandoned [...]
On the train home to Manchester and glad to have some time to chill. Been something of a mentally tiring week, with incredibly slow progress writing my two essays for next Thursday the main contributor. Got a birthday meal for m’colleague HRH Andi James Hough tomorrow, first up some quality time with my gal tonight.
Right, I’ve had enough. Before I embark upon this rant, I want to make one thing absolutely frakkin’ clear. I am not a religion-hater. I respect everyone equally, whether they are fellow Atheists (or Agnostics for the not so sure) such as myself who don’t believe in God(s), or they are religious. I do not [...]
Just got back from watching the Reds get a draw against CSKA Moscow whilst playing Football Manager ‘09 with Mister Stevens, and realised I’m overdue a webblogthing. Due to the miracle that is the human body providing me with hands, and the magic of the Interwebs, I can write one using my grasp of the [...]
Well, I’ve just spent an hour watching one of the most cringe worthy yet compelling pieces of television I have seen for quite some time. I swear I had several flashbacks to when I was viewing series one of ‘The Office’ during ‘Question Time’ this evening.
This week is officially ‘Week 4′ of teaching at the University of Leeds, and including Freshers Week I’ve now been at University for a month. Huzzah! It’s been a very mixed couple of weeks in all honesty, with highs and lows, but I’m happy to report that I am starting to really settle into University [...]
I found this photograph while browsing the BBC Formula One website earlier today, and it I think it’s a cracker. Well done Jenson Button and Brawn GP, you’ve made Britain proud. Click it to see the bigger version and read the accompanying story: Photo courtesy of Darren Heath, one of the finest Formula One photographers I’ve [...]
Well, this time last week I started an experiment. That experiment was to see if I would really miss Facebook. Would not being on Facebook make a great deal of difference to my life? Would I genuinely miss it? In short, the answer is no. In the last seven days, I’ve neither had any need to go [...]
…is the best way I can sum it up. University has continued at a very similar pace these last few days, and I’ve found myself getting into something of an academic panic; especially yesterday. You see, my beloved readers (all three of you), it has been some time since I’ve worked on anything particularly academic; being [...]
I came across this photograph via Digg, and it really is heartbreaking. NBC New’s Philadelphia website have the story of the girl who didn’t want her daddy to go to Iraq, and stood holding his hand as he lined up in deployment formation before departing for the Middle-East. Photo courtesy of Abby Bennethum.
Right, this is a bit of a sensational blog post but now that I’m a studying communications, it’s a bloody good experiment. EDIT: It also seems that I’m not alone in this endeavour. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been toying with the idea of unplugging from Facebook, focusing more on Twitter, e-mail, instant messenger and [...]
Hola Web Fwiendz. After an good weekend in Manchester, yours truly is back in Headingley and today was the beginning of week number two of classes at university. I’m quite tired as moving between Leeds and Manchester with two heavy bags is a bit knackering, but the girl I’m going home to see every weekend is [...]
Well, today certainly wasn’t the day I had planned. All the nerves of last night were washed away when it dawned on me that I wasn’t actually due to be in University for my first class at all. Duh, no seminars this week David. So having gotten up at 8am, I found myself with a whole [...]
After a week without internet, I’m back online as I arrive home from a wonderful weekend in Manchester that followed my first five evenings living in this very student house I’m sat in right now. So far, other than having a week delay on my student loan and having to wait an entire week to get [...]
I wanted to link to an article I found on Digg that I’ve just been reading by the photo journalist Michael Yon, who has spent time embedded with British forces in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He tells a sobering tale of what life is like for our lads and lasses serving on the front line, and the [...]
Well it certainly has been a while since Le Blog got updated. I’ve been away on holiday, laboured away in Bernie’s garden for nearly two weeks getting ready for Anna & Mike’s Wedding, and have generally been trying to get back into the swing of things as I slowly creep towards September. Now is as [...]
I previously blogged about the competition back in April, and it was something I really wanted to enter, but more for the exposure on their website than to win the actual prize. This morning, we received our brief for the final assignment of the course entitled ‘Digital Storytelling’, and we have been encouraged to follow the [...]
…I have been mostly eating, farleys rusks. Still having to make a decision as to whether I’m going to enter the Virgin Media Shorts competition, whether I’m going to delay the shooting of ‘Park of the Dead’ a month (it feels like the right thing to do) and what I’m going to do with my summer [...]
I am dedicating this weeks edition of ‘Web Wednesday’ to the upcoming ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ film that is currently slated for a June 19th UK release, not because I am a fan boy but because I am a fan boi…at least spell it right! The majority of the content here has come from [...]
In another regular feature I’m going to be serving up each week, I bring you ‘Web Wednesday’, a feature where I pick one or more things that I’ve been exposed to on ‘Teh Intarnets’ and share it with you. You can expect it to be web video, flash games, funny images and anything that I [...]
I got wind of this a couple of weeks ago, but only actually had a look at it today. Budding British film makers have until June 22nd to submit their short films of up to 2mins 20secs in length, to be entered into the Virgin Media Shorts competition. Having had a look at some of the [...]