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Throwing mud up a wall
In my experience, learning is like throwing mud up a wall. On the first throw some will stick and some will fall off. Then on the second throw more will stick and so on and so on. Whatever it is you want to learn or create, there really is no substitute for lots of hard…
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WordPress as my IndieWeb Foundation
From the very beginning of its creation, WordPress has been all about empowering people to publish online. It now has a huge user base and a community that is always working to update, improve and extend it. That’s not to say that you need WordPress to become Indie, in fact many people use a whole…
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Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Today I rediscovered one of my all-time favourite albums — Roger Waters’ The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. Although known mostly for his work with British Rock band Pink Floyd, some of Roger’s best work — in my opinion — was in his solo albums. Though to be fair his Pink Floyd work is incredible.…
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Chrysta Bell At Oslo Hackney
On Friday 11th April my Girlfriend and I drove down to London for the weekend. It was a great weekend, with the nucleus of this trip was to see Chrysta Bell on her tour. Who is Chrysta Bell? Chrysta Bell is an artist in the truest sense of the word. Her voice is one of…
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Cherlene’s New Album
Any fans of the TV series Archer will know that — while the rest of the ex-ISIS agents are figuring out what to do with a literal tonne of cocaine — Cheryl/Carol has renamed herself to Cherlene and is on her way to becoming the star of outlaw country music. Archer is one of my…
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The Dvorak Keyboard
When I took a trip to Paris a few years back, I had to pop into an internet cafe to find the location of a place I was after. Because – it seemed – I was hopelessly ill-prepared. So I paid my money to the nice man in the corner; sat down; quickly typed my…