Stick it to MS
Apr 14On Monday July 13th 2009, a total of 582 drummers made their way to the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham for the first Stick it to MS event. Sadly due to work requirements I was unable to join them and join in the fun. The great news is that Rick Prince is doing it all again but this time planning to be bigger and better – we’re going for 800 drummers, all in the same room at the...
How to discount the New iPad
Mar 22Yesterday, whilst going about my daily business, I had that rarest of things happen during the day… a call on my personal mobile telecommunications device rather than my work based one. The call was from the good folks over at Vodafone, contract providers of said personal device (which is a new Samsung Galaxy Nexus that I received about a week ago and I’m very pleased with it) but...
The meaning of (your) Life
Mar 01Imagine this – you know that you’re about to kick the bucket after a long and fruitful life and you kind of have an inkling that you’ve got about a minute or so to go before you say goodbye to this world. You are surrounded by those you love and who love you and the youngest member of your family comes over and asks you – “what shall I do with my life?” Think...
The making of an Olympic Games Maker Pt 1
Feb 08Last week for me was one of those bonkers weeks that if one was of a nervous or stressful disposition could have quite easily tipped me over the edge. It all started on Wednesday with a trip to head office to discuss with my MD a particularly large and challenging ‘account plan’ for one of my large clients. I then headed off to the accommodation for our upcoming 2 day corporate...
Smoke gets in your eyes
Dec 30The day before yesterday – so that would be Wednesday – I found myself at a bit of a loose end in the afternoon so I decided to get the camera out and have a go at smoke photography. This, in essence, is quite simple. You light an incense stick and take pictures of the smoke. As the pictures themselves are not very interesting the next thing to do is bugger about with them a bit in...
