First unflocked post for ages. So what’s been going on in the somewhat diminished house of Houlden? I’m still waiting to get grant of representation that will allow me to get my dad’s affairs sorted out but the intestacy rules have some serious shortcomings about situations that weren’t envisaged in the 1920s when they were… Continue reading Bored, LS18
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Frozen Penguin
frozen penguinOriginally uploaded by mhoulden There’s been plenty of photos of snow in Leeds, but how many are of penguins? This one was seen in the playground at Featherbank School and was looking distinctly chilly.
Leeds Hack Day and FindMe (#hhhLeeds)
It sounded interesting so I thought I’d give it a go. As the event details at http://hackdayleeds.eventbrite.com/ say, “The aim was to show journalists how to use programming and design techniques to create online news stories and features; and vice versa, to show programmers how to find, develop, and polish stories and features.” Also, given… Continue reading Leeds Hack Day and FindMe (#hhhLeeds)
My Mate
Crossposted and originally mentioned by gothick_matt on Twitter, the BNP rather unwisely tried to do a parody of a Marmite advert as a party political broadcast. Unfortunately for them Unilever have rather better lawyers and they’ve just agreed to pay somewhere between £70K – £170K for copyright infringement. Because of the BNP’s parlous finances it… Continue reading My Mate
Leeds Hack Day
Decided that I will give it a go after all. It’s a day where “hacks” (journalists and such like) get together with “hackers” (web developers and designers) to make interesting stuff. I know I spend most of my free time training but I know there’s a lot of other things going on in Leeds. Got… Continue reading Leeds Hack Day
The fight
Right, so, had a fight just over a month ago. I keep meaning to write about it, after all even though I don’t blog anywhere as much as I used to, it’s still quite a major thing to do. Had a meeting with my boss on the 22nd of July and when I got back… Continue reading The fight
Weekend Plans
I think this says it all: Someone dropped out of a fight on this show last Wednesday so I asked if I could take it over. My instructor and the show promoter agreed and last Thursday I got it confirmed that I would be fighting with just over a week’s notice. A week’s intense training… Continue reading Weekend Plans
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Protected: OK, so I cheated
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2nd time lucky
I write likeIsaac Asimov I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! First time I tried this with a different post it suggested I wrote like Dan Brown. The Da Vinci Code bloke? I don’t think so.