Apple Press

2009-03-13 17:31:54 No Comments
Every  year I see apples left to waste and rot either on trees in back gardens or on the ground.  This bothers me, I'd love to have apple trees but my garden is too small.  I also make cider but over the last few years haven't had a good souce of apples. [thanks to mexicanwave for ...

Fight for your six seconds

2009-03-11 23:28:36 2 Comments
There is a proposal afoot in London to reduce the time given for pedestrians to cross at traffic by 6 seconds. This is madness, I am a young(ish) man and on some crossings I have barely enough time to get to the other side before the lights go green again for cars. How will this affect ...

Right of way?

2009-03-11 23:25:00 No Comments
I walk to school every morning with my six year old on his bike.  On the road the school is on nearly every house has ripped up it's front garden and replaced with a concreted drive, every two metres you have to cross one. This has replaced over 50% of pavement with a car-way. Less than ...

"Yours to read for just £2.50"

2009-03-10 22:05:47 No Comments
I travel on Ryanair more than any other aeroline (I don't travel on any other aeroline) and this just about sums it up....  Taken from http://passitonmedia.co.uk/blog/2009/03/how-not-to-do-social-media-the-ryanair-way/

Twestival Volunteering

2009-02-14 14:05:03 1 Comment
I thought it had been a while since I last volunteered so when a volunteer to look after the London Twestival blog was sought via Twitter it seemed like a perfect opportunity that I could do mainly online. The Twestival or Twitter Festival involved people who use Twitter connecting offline to network and catch up socially.  ...

TweetDeck on Hardy Heron 64bit

2009-01-10 14:34:01 19 Comments
 Yesterday was my first attendance at the Tuttle Club which I've been wanting to go to for months but haven't managed til now.  The morning exceeded all my expectations and I had some great conversations catching up with old friends, meeting some of my online contacts in meatspace for the first time and making some totally ...

Us Now

2008-12-12 09:49:47 No Comments
On Wednesday night I saw Us Now, a film directed by Ivo Gormley. It was the second of 2 screenings in London. and hosted by NESTA in the Prince Charles Cinema (the other was last week at the RSA). The film is "about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet". It looked at how ...

Not for Profit Tweetup

2008-11-25 13:30:18 1 Comment
Last night I attended nfptweetup which was organized by Rachel Beer and held above the Coach and Horses on Greek Street Soho.  The event was sponsored by The Charity Place and Just Giving What a great crowd, it was really pleasing to put some more names to faces and generally have a good face to face ...

These basins are for hand washing only...

2008-11-21 13:00:47 1 Comment

Flip video editing on Ubuntu

2008-11-19 19:03:21 6 Comments
This has been a journey through complexity and a lesson in simplicity.   For the past few months I have tried to edit video with many editors that run on Unbuntu Hardy as I touched on in my winemaking post. I've tried cinerlerra, kino, avidemux+, lives and some others. I love my flip mino but I'm ...