Brainshare

My Last Blogger Post

2011-11-07T16:59:00.001Z

So things are changing, I've been blogging for a few years (November 2006 according to my first blog) now. Since those days long past I have progressed from the original Brainshare where I had written a few articles about my

My summer holiday 2011

2011-07-15T16:29:00.000+01:00

So it's the time of year of BBQ's, shorts & jango's (& general sweatiness) so it's either April still, or finally the summer time! This year, there seems to be a distinct lack of my having a long summer break scheduled for fun & frolics in some foreign (or domestic) land - I've got no MWCC camp this year, no trip to France or anything in its place...so what's going on? Well if you had

GMiL 1

2011-07-12T16:28:00.000+01:00

Memories: Discovering Original Kronenbourg with JMC & other Cokethorpe people during the infamous French Exchange to Argenton. We still celebrate this when we get together & have a beer in the summer time. Finding a dead rat at the Cranston's with Smellit & dropping it into into wheelie-bin - also at that time the infamous bear in the woods incident. Eating ice cream till all hours in the

My first animation to thinking about...a cinemagraph?

2011-07-05T13:43:00.000+01:00

So I have been experimenting with animations for a project at work (making a red pacman chew up some words & then boom, it turns into a red Deadmau5 instead!) & whilst researching techniques for how to make this happen, I came across a new theory of animations linked to animated gifs & high definition photos - combined to form a partially moving hd photo. The effects are quite beautiful & the

Dear America...more good shows please & stop cancelling ones I like!

2011-06-01T14:21:00.000+01:00

So I've said it before, but in the last year or so has seen an irritating trend in the cancellation of what I considered to be rather good TV shows. Some like Lost & 24 found their natural conclusion (well kinda) & others stopped in the middle of a secene (Sopranos) but some just stop when things get interesting. So here are 3 examples of shows which have recently been cancelled: Rubicon:

Wake-up song of the month: Foo Fighters "Bridge Burning"

2011-05-27T09:42:00.002+01:00

So I've had to get up rather too early too many times (more flights to the Dentist) so have needed something seriously loud to get me out of bed....this wins!!

Thor: God of Thunder vs. Thor (the movie)

2011-05-26T19:40:00.000+01:00

How is it possible 2 things can be so many worlds apart? I am of course referring to the difference between say a movie & a movie-tie-in-game! There have been some properly shocking games released at the same time as movies & I really struggle to think of one which has really stood in the same league as the movie they claim to be tied to (I would suggest a hefty pair of scissors would see to that

Fighting...Bullletstorm & CoD7: Black Ops

2011-05-24T17:31:00.001+01:00

So I've had both these games for a few months & with my recent blog-slackerness (9 posts in Jan + 3 in Feb + 4 in March + 0 in April & only 2 this month = fail!) I may have overlooked these quite remarkable games which have been stuck in my console at various times since pre-Christmas (& February with Bulletstorm). So what's the big deal, well with Black Ops (Call of Duty 7) there have been

Music is my drugless drug, but it's still addictive!

2011-05-17T10:18:00.000+01:00

For those people that know me well, you will know about my borderline-obsession with music. I listen to it all day, it’s always on in the car & I even have to fall asleep with music (specifically the Adam Freeland: Back to Mine, which has a massive play count of 1265…just on my laptop!)! But one does occasionally need contemplate why this is the case – why does my life need a soundtrack?

How to write good

2011-05-03T12:09:00.001+01:00

Avoid alliteration. Always. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.) Employ the vernacular. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. Contractions aren’t necessary. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. One should never generalize.

Facebook Games = Fail

2011-02-14T13:23:00.001Z

So as many will know, I am a Facebook user & a bit of a (massive) old-fashioned gamer (yes, I realise the irony in the fact that a) this makes me old & b) old-fashioned really just means console/hardcore) but what happens when you combine the 2 & I try playing some of the games now available on Facebook? Well unfortunately the result is a resounding....fail! Now the reason is that all of

Who do you think you are?

2011-02-06T19:08:00.000Z