This week we have had to say goodbye to one of the most legendary and influential people I’ve ever known, my Grandma. One of a kind doesn’t come to close to describing her, to coin a phrase she often used, she would “call a spade a spade and if they don’t like it they can piss off”. Some people would deem this flat out racism of course but anyone who met her would know better than this. She was the most kind hearted and welcoming person I have ever had the privilege to be related to, the shirt off her back or her last pound were never too much for a person in need no matter who they were.
Author: Luke
I was that weird kid with long hair at school that didn't participate in or enjoy sports, listened to heavy music and generally didn't like people. later in life I would go on to become an IT manager amongst many things whilst the popular kids became parents at a young age and ruined the rest of their lives.
This is my site, amongst many other things my passions include reptiles, loud music, web development, open source software, bearding and motorbikes. I write about my interests at no regular interval and in no particular order. You may not like this, you may love it, I'm not bothered either way.
Bitcoin mining
I’ve begun mining for bitcoins, if you’d like to help me then just open the following page, allow the javascript to run and leave it going :)>
May have overfilled the bath…
Shaldon Zoo
Over the Christmas period me and Jen visited the Zoo at Shaldon in Devon just prior to visiting my favourite pub on earth.
The hat
So Jen gets me a top hat for my birthday, I can’t stop wearing it. So far I’ve worn it in the pub, at the work’s do, in the van, in the sea at midnight. I think I’m going to have some serious fun with this hat. I already have the rabbit :)>
Misty Derbyshire
Took these this morning because it was just stunning to be amongst
Ahrah Talk
Last nate awa sittin round me mate’s ahse when it come to me that folk from just a few mile up’ road’d ay a proper ‘ard time gerrin on wi’t conversation in’t room. Wewa just ayin a laugh an a joke abaht owd times n what we used te gerronwi as kids but nonnonit were what folk’d call proper English.
Av become a bit known fert rode a talk ana canner deny at times pushin it fer no better reason than lovin’ it n never wantin it to die aht.
Updates Galore!
I have been adding media to the site like mad, check out the VioLATE and DownFACE pages in the music section. I have utilised Soundcloud for my music storage/streaming to make this a more social experience and to make my life easier when compiling playlists. YouTube powers the videos, unfortunately I have had to use flash for the most of this which I’m not a huge fan of but no doubt html5 happenings aren’t too far off being universal on both of these platforms.
A new server
There will be some disruptions to the site as I move it over to a new server, this should improve the load times and general reliability of the site. I am hoping to get all of this done this week in order to get some new projects rolling and to complete the content of this site.
UPDATE
The switch is done and to top matters off I have also found the time to upload a ton of stuff to the music section, expect more over the coming days…
XBMC and why I love it so (Part 1?)
Many moons ago I found myself wanting to build a pc that I could hook up to my TV and watch all of my digital media through, I figured that I didn’t need anything powerful and that it would be nice if I could incorporate a remote control.
I asked my friend who at he time was working for IBM if he had any suggestions and he informed me that I should buy an xbox. I pointed out that I wasn’t looking for a games console and suddenly a whole new world was opened up to me, the world of console hacking.