A slow, winding blade of green weaves across the ever-growing familiar white brickwork from the left side of the stage. Then another from the right. They wind slowly across the length of the wall – both to the centre and up – until they blend seamlessly into one of the most iconic animations from The Wall – the flower scene over Empty Spaces.There are a few albums that have moved me in ways I can still feel: Radiohead’s The Bends, Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence. But the one that has had the greatest effect on me – and still continues to do so – is Pink Floyd’s The Wall.Tonight I went to see the one-off showing of the new film by Waters which was about 80% concert show and 20% pilgrimage by Waters to visit the resting places of his father and grandfather. The thing as a whole went together beautifully.One of the songs that continues to get me each time I hear it is Vera – and this time was no exception. I was suprised to hear, in the discussion that followed, that this was Waters’ favourite song off the album.The songs I were looking forward to the most were Comfortably Numb, The Trial and Empty Spaces. I love how the full version of Empty Spaces gets used when performed live.The usage of some of the animations from the 1980s film of the wall were a nice touch too.All in all it was a great performance of The Wall.
Month: September 2015
First proper run in about two weeks
I’ve been in training for a half-marathon on the 18th October and two weeks ago I injured my knee. Well, I say injured, it started aching badly the day after and so I had to take a week off. After said week, I went out again and half way through that run it started to … Continue reading “First proper run in about two weeks”
I’ve been in training for a half-marathon on the 18th October and two weeks ago I injured my knee. Well, I say injured, it started aching badly the day after and so I had to take a week off. After said week, I went out again and half way through that run it started to twinge again. So I walked back. Another week or so has passed and I have been on a six-mile run earlier this evening. So far no pains and really hope not to have any tomorrow. If I have to walk this half-marathon I’m going to do it. My aim is to do the 13.1 miles in two hours or less.
Pretty dark this one. I love it.
A hind-D? Colonel, what’s a Russian gunship doing here?
Solid Snake — Metal Gear Solid
I’m so ready for Roger Waters’ The Wall tomorrow night. It could very well be my favourite musical journey through an album I’ve ever been on.
Off for a run. Toodle pip.
Probably picked the worse day of the year to drive into Birmingham. Bloody rugby.
Just nearly fell asleep on the train.
I have just come across some functionality in my site that has a genuine need for a trait.
Walking Dead Lego
Walking Dead Lego at the Jewellery Quarter street food market.
Millions of Facebook users have no idea they’re using the internet
There are few soundtracks quite as epic as the Phantom of the Opera.
Trying to get SMS posting to my website working this late at night. What was I thinking. Nearly there though I think.
Facebook is a cancer on the web
I commute into Birmingham each day to work and see people on there phones and tablets passing the time.
I’m a bit of a nosy git, so I can’t help but take a glance at what they’re looking at.
I’m always disheartened when I see — most of the time — it ends up being Facebook.
It is sad to see that a lot of people’s only experience of the web is through the guarded corridor that is Facebook.
So planning and building an e-commerce CMS is harder than it seemed at first. Not that I thought it would be easy.
100 days 2015 – 10 days in
For the past ten days I have been doing the 100 day challenge.
I decided to have a go at building my own e-commerce CMS.
I don’t have a big passion for e-commerce. In fact most of the time I work with e-commerce it frustrates me. But then I always remember hearing the old saying:
“The best way of complaining about something is to try and build something better”.
I won’t say which e-commerce CMS has me often cursing. Those who know me will know by the curses and moaning directed at it.
It feels good to be 10 days in. It’s also the longest commit streak ever on my github account.
I think the biggest thing I am taking away from my 100 day project is the learning I’m doing along the way. The outcome is kind of irrelevant at this point in time — although it would be nice to have something to show for it at the end.