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Community websites on the cheap

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Blogging, Life

I have been in Round Table for a few years now, and really should have known better than to admit  I worked in the computing industry – I got “volunteered” to manage the existing website.  Me and my big mouth… But after a while I decided I would like to modernise the rather traditional and [...]

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3 Peaks Challenge – Part 2: The hikes

August 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Google Earth/Maps, Life, Photography

In this second article on my recent 3 Peaks challenge I describe the hikes themselves and the transits between the mountains. See Part One for a description of the challenge. My personal times were: Mountain Start Summit reached Back at base Distance Ben Nevis 5pm 7-50pm 10pm 10 miles Scafell Pike 4-30am 6-30am 8-30am 6 [...]

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3 Peaks Challenge – Part 1: Overview

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life, Photography

On the weekend of June 20th I took part in the national Three Peaks Challenge to try and climb the three highest peaks in the UK mainland within 24 hours. Starting off at Ben Nevis (1344m) in Scotland, I also climbed Scafell Pike (978m) in the Lake District, and ended up at Mount Snowdon (1085m) [...]

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Going agricultural

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Life, Photography

It’s finally happened – I have at last changed my faithful petrol engined Lexus IS200 to a diesel Honda Civic. And it sounds like a tractor. Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite

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Masters thesis submitted at last!

May 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Life

Phew! After an eventful last seven years, I finally managed to get my Masters thesis submitted this week to Nottingham University. The title? Wait for it….. The use of 2D views to aid interaction and visualisation within 3D Collaborative Virtual Environments When I started it I was a partner in a new tech startup called [...]

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