It seems as though what inspires me to write, is abstinence. So when I do write, then it’s about writing or my lack thereof. For a while now I’ve been feeling the urge to write something. I’ve been so busy with my head down working, that I’ve not had the time to really indulge in anything outside of my day job. I’ve not been reading, or looking outside my little window. Yet those are just the activities which add the most value to my role at Orange Bus. Somethings changed. I’ve suddenly found (read made) the time to do other things.
It was from doing those other things that I stumbled upon Jacob Kaplan-Moss’ writing. Something he seems to be doing a lot more of now, than he used to. Currently he’s writing a really good series of articles on “Writing great documentation“. I’ve found the piece on editing, to be of greatest value. Possibly because it’s my weakest area. I could definitely use an editor for my writing, or failing that, at least employ some of the techniques he mentions for self-editing.
I’ve not taken all of his advice, in editing this piece, but I have at least taken the time out to edit, re-edit, and look at it in a place other than the place where I wrote it.
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Seems like that’s been the case! I don’t think I’ve posted once this year, nor have I been keeping up with my feed reading addiction, and now I’m afraid to open up the reader. I think what I’ll have to do is call this post the first of the year, and what a well though out post it is. Then open up my reader (NetNewsWire), and mark them all as read. That should alleviate the burden of having too much to read and do. I’ll take a guess that in marking them all as read, not much will change. Apart from I’ll feel a little better, and a little lighter!
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New @ Orange Bus, Kristian has posted 4 things on 6 subjects. I like to distill everything to 3’s (as that’s all my mind can cope with), but to conform here goes my 4’s:
1. Name 4 jobs I have had:
- Director @ Orange Bus
- Mad Scientist @ IBM – (Hursley Laboratories)
- Shelf Stacker @ the company formerly known as Safeway’s
- Paper Boy – Grahams – Corbridge
2. 4 movies I could watch again:
- Le Grand Bleu
- Taxi 1 or 2 – Jon Luc Besson (again)
- Night Watch then Day Watch
- Point Break
3. Name 4 places I have lived:
- Corbridge
- Leeds
- Southampton
- Alnwick
4. Name four tv shows I like:
- Scrubs
- Prison Break
- Peep Show
- Dragons Den
5. Four places I have been on vacation:
- Verbier (Switzerland)
- Lima (Peru)
- St Cloud (USA)
- Barcelona (Spain)
6. Four web sites I visit every day:
- The BBC
- Techcrunch
- .. thats it.
At first when I saw the 4 things I thought that’s not a bad idea. But way too many fillers – 4 places you’ve lived, 4 places you’ve been on vacation… They really say nothing much about you (as long as you have 4). 4 Movies that says’ a lot about you, 4 TV show’s. Same! There’s plenty of other 4 or 3 things that reveal plenty about you, perhaps the question should have probed a bit deeper…?
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Really relaxing. I live next to a beach it has some stones on it, and I’m in need of some relaxing. You’ll be able to find me balancing stones this weekend > here.
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According to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere Report 2008, that’s all I need to do. Take my readership numbers up from about 100-200 visitors a month to 100K and I can make some money off this drivel that I write. To the tune of $75K+ per year.
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Disclaimer: I work, my parents work, and before them their parents worked and for many generations my family have worked. And I’m also a Newcastle United fan.
I had planned on this post being partly about the working class, but in fact I’ve found that it’s not going to be. Spurred on by this scathing attack of the people of Newcastle, I’ve jumped into action and with my trusty keyboard I’m wholeheartedly agreeing with the article.
Newcastle United, are a club in turmoil, a club that in recent weeks has become the laughing stock of English football. It all started when Kevin Keegan, a man heralded as the “Messiah” in these parts turned his back on the club which I have no doubt he loves, citing an unworkable system that was thrust upon him. Was he right to walk? If it wasn’t as promised then I’d say YES!
So the public get wind of this unrest and the whole drama is played out in public, and yet there is no official coherent voice coming out of St James (Newcastle United headquarters). So the fans are unsure. Has he left? Has he been sacked? Nada!
During this whole debacle a significant number of Geordies have managed to get time off, from sponging off the government, and have arranged for their state handouts to be delivered directly on-mass to Shearers bar (if only they’d know this earlier they could have saved themselves years of queuing) where they plan on spending the foreseeable future insulting “cockneys”, and not taking the time out to check that their grasp of “English” is sufficient to stop them looking like complete pillocks!
All in all it’s not been a great time for the region. The club is in disarray, and the governments education department have a great advert for what happens when you don’t attend school.
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Techcrunch reported on one Max Sanders, who thought it would be funny if he sold his vote on Ebay (the listing has since been removed), and now faces charges, which in the worst case could land him in jail for up to five years.
The report takes the view that this is “absurd”, and Michael Arrington (techcrunch founder) for some strange reason can’t see why this might be a matter for the courts. Yes the intention was not to actually sell his vote but create a bit of publicity in a fun sort of way. But democracy is not something that should be taken lightly (ask the people of Zimbabwe), and vote selling/ rigging is serious matter and something that should be dealt with by the courts. I’m sure that the courts will not be handing out a custodial sentence for this, but rightly so that’s where the decision on this matter should be made.
Following the post up there are plenty of moronic comments, starting with:
What a bunch of horsecrap. People should be able to do whatever they
want with their vote. Next thing you know they are going to make
Marijuana illegal. Jeez.
Where has common sense and the moral compass gone to?
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Graffiti Research Lab » L.A.S.E.R. Tag
These guys are doing some very cool stuff with a projector, lazer pointer and a large building/ canvas.
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We all have to start somewhere. And this post is my start, well at least on this blog it is. Many times before I’ve tried. Started well, and then faltered. It’s not as easy as you’d first think writing a blog!
So where have I gone wrong in the past? Well, I think I’ve tried to follow advice. You know the sort. If you want to get and keep readers then keep to a topic/ meme. Write consistently and keep it interesting. All very sound advice I’d have to say. Apart from the bit about keeping to a topic. Perhaps it’s my own fault for taking that too literally, in trying to rigourously follow that rule, I’ve left myself struggling to find things to write.
This time it’s going to be different. This is a general blog, where I’m going to write about anything and everything that’s of interest to me. Be that politics, technology, or anything else out there. I’ve always got an opinion, however misinformed it often is. This blog is going to be my platform to just get it out there.
So where did the blogs name and title come from? Well I’m from the North East of England, and up here there’s a dialogue of spoken English called “Geordie”, I’m not really down with it, but I thought it was a good way to get past the, what should I call my blog? problem.
So translations:
Geordie: Ye knaa what ah mean leikEnglish: Do you know what I mean?
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