Archive for the ‘Paul’s Life Update’ Category
Olympics 2012 – are you going?
You have until the 26th April to apply for tickets to the London Olympics. I’m going to apply for the: Opening ceremony Cycling (velodrome – mens finals) Triathlon Anyone (who knows me) want to go with me? If so, let me know because I’m going to buy the tickets soon (maybe this weekend). I don’t mind [...]
Trading with the Bulls
I have always wanted to find an easy, quick gain, low risk – high reward entry into the stock market. Until recently that seemed impossible, but now I think I might have found it… I am a self-confessed geek (hence the nick-name ‘Techboy’ – which Steve Bush at Barclays Bank PLC originally gave me). Before [...]
Things I’m working on right now
This is a very brief update on things that I am working on right now Knee Injury: Since January I have had an injury with my left knee. This has resulted in me doing a lot less sport training and events than I would have liked I have had 2 sessions with a chiropractor at [...]
One thing needed to make a website – an idea
The one thing all my site design revolves around is an idea. The idea spawns content, design, usability and interaction. Once I have an idea in my head, I brainstorm content and features in OneNote. Then comes usability. Then comes basic design. Then comes the coding. Then comes iteration of all of the above and [...]
Milton Keynes Car Parking Partnership Office Sucks
I really don’t like the way that car parking management is handled in Milton Keynes. I have worked in Milton Keynes for 4 years now and have paid (I think) £235 per year to park my car in a public car park outside of my office. This year it has gone up to £270 (more [...]
What I got for Christmas (besides fat)
This year I got a Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash which is Canon’s most powerful flash unit for SLR’s It will work great with my Canon 40D which is a digital SLR. I have always had an interest in photography and did a photography course in Italy last October. Plus I would like to get [...]
Holiday ideas (for me!)?
I have the next 2 weeks off as holiday from work but no plans. I was hoping to stay in my apartment in Nice, France for a few days, but it got rented out again as soon as the previous tenant had moved out. A friend has invited me to go walking with him in [...]
Present ideas (for me!)?
It’s my birthday on Tuesday (31) and I can’t think of anything I want for a present. Any ideas? Backup plan is a Herman Miller Mirra chair.
Feeling Unlucky but not Down
Okay I didn’t win the Eurolottery, but that’s not really bad luck, it’s just not being exceptionally lucky. Recently I have had a run of bad luck. Today: Next door started revving the engine of their VW camper van at 7.40am – I was trying to sleep having gone to bed at 2am On Wednesday [...]
The Whole Christmas and New Year Thing…
I don’t like Christmas. First of all, I prefer to write ‘xmas’ because the word ‘Christmas’ is too long is too religious for my liking. I’m not a Scrooge by any means, but I don’t like the xmas period because: It’s a religious holiday and I’m an atheist. I haven’t met a single person who [...]