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Retracing my steps with The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead is one of my favourite ever TV series. Dark; brutal; gut-wrenching – it’s everything you could possibly want in a series. You may know it already but for the benefit of those who don’t, The Walking Dead is based on a long-running comic book series of the same name. Since the finale…
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The 5am Habit
My usual morning routine consists generally of getting up twenty minutes before I’m due to leave for the train station, rushing out and getting to the train barely on time. However, for the past five days I have been forcing myself into a new routine – getting up at 5am; nearly two hours before I’m…
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Big bang in Birmingham
During the Second World War many bombs were dropped on the city of Birmingham. Known as the Birmingham Blitz, this three year span did a great deal of damage to many buildings in and around the city. Not only that but thousands of people were either seriously injured or killed. According to the Wikipedia page around…
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It’s the 21st Century. Why are people still commuting in hellish traffic to a job they could do at home?
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Searching for the perfect side project
I seem to keep running around in circles looking for the perfect side project to work on. I just cant decide on which direction to go – and once I think I have I’ll end up doubting myself and changing my mind soon after. I am a Web Developer by trade and, like many other…
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On blaming others when you’re feeling down
Starting the day in a down sort of way Feeling out of sorts, for whatever reason, is never a nice thing – especially when it’s the first day back at work after a four day Easter weekend. This is how I found myself today. It didn’t help the fact that I’d had nothing to eat either…
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Productivity and breaking out of prison
More running tonight down the same canal route as Tuesday. I think I’m getting back into the swing of training again. Just need to start making a habit of getting back down the gym three evenings a week. Been looking at productivity tools today too. I think i need to start organising my life in…
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Achy thighs and inappropriate gym clothes
After my initial moan about being confronted with Elasticsearch yesterday, today i have actually been looking into it – learning it in order to get the job I’ve been tasked with finished. I don’t know why, but i tend to get that gut reaction most times i am confronted by something foreign to me. I…
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Stretching before running
One of the annoying things about web development, is having to learn completely new paradigms every now and again. I’m all for improving my skills and being more efficient in my work, but when i have to halt to have to learn a whole new separate thing, it grinds my gears a bit. The idea…
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A quarrel of rooks and first world war pigeons
Where most people tend to enjoy the sun’s hot rays on days like today, i tend to get a little bit crabby. My girlfriend refers to me as a Honey Badger. It’s not intentional, i simply am not one for heat. I’d rather be colder than warm. This year however we have bought some sun…
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A day in the sun and a hamster in transit
Today we were hit by a surprise bout of heat and sunshine so i did something i haven’t done in a long time – sat out in a garden in a recliner chair. I’d forgotten how nice it is to actually have a garden. I thought this was well deserved as we had been on…
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