I keep my books, always have, much to the vexation of those who have to share my space. I was looking for one the other day on my bookshelf and came across my ratty copy of “The Magic Pudding”. Bought for me in 1983, in fact the date I got it was 20/10/83… I know… Continue reading The Magic Pudding
Category: Books
Official Spy’s Handbook
You want a tell about my life, well here you go… I’m, on occasion, paranoid. I’ve admitted to very few limited people, and may have mentioned on these very pages, that I have a few weird proclivities, particularly when it comes to entering strange or enclosed places. I check for exits. I need to know… Continue reading Official Spy’s Handbook
The Kid by Dan Savage
Eye-opening, enlightening and positively scary book. Told through Dan’s conversational style it’s a memoir of the time Dan Savage and his (boyfriend at the time, now) husband adopted their son DJ. I’ve often thought about having a kid, pretty much all my life I thought I’d grow up to be a father. But life, as… Continue reading The Kid by Dan Savage
11 ways to improve your photography for free
The great folks at Craft and Vision have made a brand new ebook, 11 Ways to Improve Your Photography, available for free. Packed with 11 great tips to help you along the way to making beautiful and compelling photographs. Often we look around us and snap what we see without really thinking too much about… Continue reading 11 ways to improve your photography for free
Jacksons Footy iPad Application
I finally finished my latest iPad application for work. As is always the way I know now a slightly different and probably more correct way to build the app now. You grow, you learn. It’s basically a book that you swipe your way through. It’s a direct port of a paper-based book our company did… Continue reading Jacksons Footy iPad Application
Not So Much a Secret
An Australian woman, Rhonda Byrne, has written a book, made a “movie” and appeared a couple of times on Oprah talking about “The Secret” (Book • Audio • Movie). The movie is a very abridged version of the book and both are an incredibly long way to illustrate the laws of attraction. In short if… Continue reading Not So Much a Secret
Needful Things
I’m about halfway through the book “Needful Things”, by Stephen King. It’s the second time reading it, the first being over ten years ago when it was first published. I don’t often re-read books. I find that once I start, everything comes flooding back and the book is complete in my head less than a… Continue reading Needful Things
iWoz Amazed
Finished reading iWoz – the autobiography of Steve Wozniak. As you all know (well some of you do, the others should!) Steve was the creator of the Apple I and the Apple II, computers that changed the way we live today. What you might not know is along the way he created a lot of… Continue reading iWoz Amazed