So with the new blog comes the need for a new blogroll.
As with my own blog, a lot of the people I used to follow have lost the appetite to maintain a regular blog. That said there are those that persevere and continue to post something fairly regularly.
So what's new out there in the blogsphere? Who are all the kids following these days? Leave your suggestions in the comments section below.
- Posted from my iPhone
Friday, 30 October 2009
Thursday, 29 October 2009
All Hallow's Eve
Well it's come to that time of year again where I need to decide on a Halloween costume.
To recap: Last year I went as Starkiller, Darth Vader's Apprentice from The Force Unleashed. The year before that I was The Doctor.
As for this year I've a few ideas I'm toying with. The first is The Lone Wanderer from Vault 101, from Fallout 3. All this would require is stitching a yellow 101 onto the back of my work boilersuit. Oh and making a Pip-Boy 3000 out of cardboard. Simples! Only problem is the obscurity of the reference, despite Fallout 3 being the game of the year 2009.
My next idea was Captain Jack Harkness. My Doctor Who costume went down well 2 years ago, so could continue the theme. Just bought a coat from the Salvation Army that could pass as Jack's, although it's slightly darker blue. Since I've already got the shirt, boots and toy pistol, all I need to complete the look is his Deus Ex Machina, the Vortex Manipulator, which is a tenner in Forbidden Planet.
The third option I'm thinking of is Marcus Wright from Terminator Salvation. This would use the same coat as Cpt Jack. The only sticking point with this is to get the Terminator endoskeleton look right. I know you can buy official stick on patches, but they're quite expensive for all you get. Have experimented with tinfoil but doesn't look all that good...
So that's what I'm thinking so far and I've got a day and a bit to sort it out!
- Posted from my iPhone
To recap: Last year I went as Starkiller, Darth Vader's Apprentice from The Force Unleashed. The year before that I was The Doctor.
As for this year I've a few ideas I'm toying with. The first is The Lone Wanderer from Vault 101, from Fallout 3. All this would require is stitching a yellow 101 onto the back of my work boilersuit. Oh and making a Pip-Boy 3000 out of cardboard. Simples! Only problem is the obscurity of the reference, despite Fallout 3 being the game of the year 2009.
My next idea was Captain Jack Harkness. My Doctor Who costume went down well 2 years ago, so could continue the theme. Just bought a coat from the Salvation Army that could pass as Jack's, although it's slightly darker blue. Since I've already got the shirt, boots and toy pistol, all I need to complete the look is his Deus Ex Machina, the Vortex Manipulator, which is a tenner in Forbidden Planet.
The third option I'm thinking of is Marcus Wright from Terminator Salvation. This would use the same coat as Cpt Jack. The only sticking point with this is to get the Terminator endoskeleton look right. I know you can buy official stick on patches, but they're quite expensive for all you get. Have experimented with tinfoil but doesn't look all that good...
So that's what I'm thinking so far and I've got a day and a bit to sort it out!
- Posted from my iPhone
Welcome to 2009
Just testing this blogger from iPhone app. Looking good so far!
- Posted from my iPhone
- Posted from my iPhone
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
O Hai
So since my website shut it's doors, I've suddenly redeveloped an interest in having one again. I guess that's the way it works though, as soon as something you've taken for granted is no longer available to you, you start to miss it.
Therefore I've resurrected the old blogspot blog once again (think this is like the third time now?) to give me a platform to rant on. I've hidden the old archive posts, going all the way back to 2002, for the mean time. Maybe I'll make them public again at some point, who knows.
The problem with the last blog I wrote was that it was stifled by the self-censorship. I couldn't really write about anything too personal, as it affected others in my life, therefore I ended up writing generic posts that weren't really that interesting and it soon became pointless in having a personal blog.
That, and the rise of Twitter has all but decimated the blogsphere. Why log in and publish long winded posts about your day, when you can just sum it up in a 140 character tweet by txt?
So lets see how this goes...
Therefore I've resurrected the old blogspot blog once again (think this is like the third time now?) to give me a platform to rant on. I've hidden the old archive posts, going all the way back to 2002, for the mean time. Maybe I'll make them public again at some point, who knows.
The problem with the last blog I wrote was that it was stifled by the self-censorship. I couldn't really write about anything too personal, as it affected others in my life, therefore I ended up writing generic posts that weren't really that interesting and it soon became pointless in having a personal blog.
That, and the rise of Twitter has all but decimated the blogsphere. Why log in and publish long winded posts about your day, when you can just sum it up in a 140 character tweet by txt?
So lets see how this goes...
Sunday, 25 October 2009
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