Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Life Stuff’ Category
So that was what it was called
Friday, April 13th, 2007I’ve been trying for weeks to remember the name of a BBC drama from the 80s. I’d remembered the theme was Stravinsky’s The Firebird but that didn’t help track it down. Google is great for many things but when you’re looking for the wrong title it’s no help at all. Thanks to the New Scientist […]
What happened to the design?
Thursday, April 5th, 2007To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the Annual CSS Naked Day website for more information.
Day Trip into the Past
Sunday, April 1st, 2007I was invited by a friend to join a day trip round three sites in the North West including a hill fort, some early mines and the stone remains of a burial mound. Getting into town to meet the coach almost proved a difficult proposition because the first bus only just got into the city […]
Thursday Thirteen #3
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Thirteen Things about where I (Mark Caldwell) get too many ideas Cutting the grass with my hands are full of gardening implements so I can’t write them down Reading magazines especially New Scientist, history magazines and back issues of New Internationalist Overheard snatches of conversations on the bus, in a bar, in a cue or […]
Taking a Moment
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Just been watching Life on Mars. Despite the way their trying to cram every possible social issue in the 8 episodes they’ve got before it’s all over it’s still some of the best TV around. It set me thinking how if in the 70s when I saw a computer that occupied a wall of a […]
Thursday Thirteen #2
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Thirteen Things about Mark’s graphical workflow… 1. Vue 6 Infinite: for creating landscapes and producing 3d images. 2. Poser 7: to create characters that I use in Vue. 3. Paint Shop Pro 7: for post work and texture making. 4. Expression 3: for creating vector art, post processing and texture making. 5. Serif Page Plus […]
The Futures Orange; the Futures a Distopian Red Tape Filled Hell Hole
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Well Orange it would appear don’t like losing customers. They don’t mind not providing a service. They have no problem with rubbish tech support. They don’t like letting go though. I’ve just tried, again, to cancel the broadband contract I had with them. The first time I couldn’t do it till I’d transferred my service. […]
Habbits
Monday, March 19th, 2007Until my broadband problems I was a habbitual blogger. I’m finding it hard to get back into the habbit of blogging every night. Each post may not have had a huge amount of value and sometimes the signal to noise here was probably a bit low but the habbit kept me focused on delivering things […]
Thursday Thirteen #1
Thursday, March 15th, 2007Thirteen Things random things about Mark Caldwell 1… I remember far too many useless facts for my own good but can’t remember a thing if I’m on a quiz team. 2… Being in high up places doesn’t bother me. My fear is unsteady high places I may fall off. 3… I’ve just joined the moderating […]
Back Online
Thursday, March 15th, 2007BT sorted out the problem Orange were determined to say was with my hardware today so I’m back online. All it took was a line test to confirm I didn’t have a problem at my end but Orange were strangley against performing the same test and wouldn’t explain why. After getting everything set up I’ve […]