Round and Round

I’m creating a little e-book (will probably put it on lulu.com so you can get hard copy too!) of reflections based on my travels since the end of June.  This is the prologue I’ve written  to explain what it’s about, I hope it whets your appetite for the whole thing! “This is a self-portrait –…

Note the lack of any trace of bacon in the leftovers. Originally posted on Please Look After This Englishman

Saturday was my first full train day. I was on board for just about 24 hours. Having snoozed for a couple of hours at a time and checked in on Foursquare when I could I got up just north of Redding and had a look around. Went up to the observation car and sat and…

Never ask me to estimate how long it will take to move out of a flat.  Just tell me what to do when and keep on at me until I’ve done it. Just don’t tell me now and don’t keep on at me now, please. I’ve got more important things to do right now.  This…

Over the weekend I really enjoyed watching @sizemore and some chums making a sci-fi short in 48 hours for the Sci Fi London Film Festival 48 hours competition.  I was even more impressed when I saw what they came up with. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/21914737 w=500&h=283]  Mike opened up to questions on his blog and I asked about…

I asked on twitter “What is the purpose of knowing what the purpose is?” and then I went and got some lunch… Martyn Clark said: “Creating cool stuff. Oh. That’s mine. Hmm. The purpose of the purpose IS the purpose. By definition. Fractal.”   Nick Holder said: “In order to feel purposeful?”   Michael Lewkowitz…