Photography

Article — 9 July 2014 — 1,074 words

Wales holiday highlights

Personal — Travel — Walking

Stories and photographs from my holiday to Wales last month.

Article — 31 January 2014 — 798 words

Iceland adventures part 4: architecture

Architecture — Personal — Travel

There is some interesting architecture in Iceland. Here are some buildings that particularly caught my eye on my recent trip there.

Article — 26 January 2014 — 1,004 words

Iceland adventures part 3: natural attractions

Personal — Travel

It’s no secret that Iceland has some stunning scenery. Its geography is just fantastic. Nature does not get much more extreme than volcanoes. But more visually spectacular are its waterfalls — and, of course, the northern lights.

Article — 19 January 2014 — 970 words

Iceland adventures part 2: in and around Reykjavik

Personal — Travel

About half of my trip to Iceland was spent in Reykjavik. Read about my trips to a geothermal spring, Reykjavik’s museums and shopping for an Icelandic jumper.

Article — 12 January 2014 — 1,243 words

Iceland adventures part 1: general impressions

Personal — Travel

I went on holiday to Iceland over new year. I have plenty to write about, but this first article looks at my general impressions of Iceland as a country.

Article — 9 October 2013 — 1,205 words

Implementing header images

Personal — Web

I decided to add header images to this website’s design. I opted for a parallax effect, despite the fact that I normally rail against them.

Article — 30 January 2012 — 674 words

Brutalism: Post-War British Architecture

Architecture

I have found myself developing an interest in brutalism, the style of architecture that was predominant in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. I have had a slight interest in modern architecture in the past, but I am finding myself increasingly drawn to brutalist structures and other buildings from this era. It is not just the […]

Article — 19 May 2011 — 937 words

Exploring the Domesday data

Culture — Digital — Social science

I was pretty excited to learn this week about Domesday Reloaded. The Domesday project aimed to take a snapshot of British life in 1986. 25 years on, the BBC are looking to update it to document the changes that have taken place since then. I have been interested in the Domesday project for a while. […]

Article — 20 February 2009 — 1,090 words

Putting the social into social bookmarking

Technology

Recently, Twitter has very much gone mainstream (at least in the UK). Even for a while before that, Twitter has been becoming more than just a microblogging service. It is certainly about a lot more than the famous prompt, “What are you doing?”, suggests. Twitter is used by different people for a wide variety of […]

Article — 30 August 2005 — 635 words

Flickr is still pretty much okay

Culture — Technology

Yesterday (via Plasticbag) I read about the group of people who had set up Flick Off in protest against Flickr selling out to Yahoo. Today I was invited into it. I knew that people must have been angry, because the FlickrBlog has recently been filled less with lovely pictures and more with explanations about how […]