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Hey everyone, I m back! And sooner than I expected. Today I d like to share with you a work in progress song from the new album I m currently creating. This isn t 100 percent finished but it is 95 percent at least and I thought I d post it so you can have a listen. The song in [ ]
Hello everyone, it s been a while since my last update but some recent news spurred me into action. Former US President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 right before New Year. Some of you reading this will already know why this prompted me to write, but for those who don t, I wrote a [ ]
Hello everyone, it s been a very long time and I hope you re all doing well out there. I just thought I d take a moment today to mention a subject close to my heart. Many moons ago I helped to start an event called OggCamp. A 2 day Open Source and Free Culture Barcamp here in [ ]
Hey everyone, I hope you re good out there. I just wanted to take a quick moment today to tell you about a new show I m producing for my friends at the Software Freedom Conservancy. For many years (about 13 years in fact) I produced a show for them called Free As In Freedom. Updates have [ ]
Hello folks, I hope you re all good out there. 2024 is in full swing and so am I, so I thought I d update you a little. I want to make this year a musical one, but what the hell does that mean? I hear you ask. Some of you will know that over the years [ ]
Hello all, hope you are good. Today s post is actually by special request. I used to have a widget here on the site that showed my Twitter feed in the sidebar. Now that I hardly use the artist formerly known as Twitter, I wanted to change it for a Mastodon widget. So I posted to [ ]
Hello all, I hope you are good and 2024 is treating you well so far. I wanted to write today to tell you about my weekly radio show. For those who don t know I ve been presenting a show on ArroweSound Hospital Radio for a little while now, almost 2 years in fact now that I [ ]
Hello folks, it s been a while but I wanted to update you all on the status of the podcast FLOSS Weekly which I co-host. I have grave news FLOSS Weekly is dead . but wait, no it isn t!!! Let me explain in a little more detail. FLOSS Weekly (as the name suggests) is a weekly show [ ]
This week I had planned to review the new Minions movie but things changed. I did go to see Minions: Rise Of Gru yesterday but I also went to see Top Gun: Maverick for a second time because a couple of my friends wanted to go. I realise it s a bit old now after being [ ]
This week I got a chance to catch up with the latest instalment in the ever growing Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thor: Love And Thunder is now in UK cinemas. I am a big Marvel fan and old school comic book nerd. Of the upcoming Marvel films I would say this was the one I had [ ]
This week I went to see Elvis, the new film from Australian director Baz Luhrmann. Known for his interpretation of Romeo Juliet, Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby amongst other things. This is a biopic of the King Of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley. I d heard lots of praise for the film and with [ ]
Today I am going to be reviewing the latest Pixar offering Lightyear, which is currently on release in UK cinemas. As you may guess from the title it s about the Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear, to infinity and beyond! , yep that s the one. Going in I had pretty low expectations because of the reviews I d [ ]
This week I took a trip to the cinema to see Jurassic World Dominion. The third and final entry in the Jurassic World franchise from writer/director Colin Trevorrow. Recently released, it s fair to say the critical reviews have not been good, and I don t think the box office has been much better. I can see [ ]
Today I will be reviewing The Power Of The Dog. Jane Campion s slow burning Western released in December 2021 on Netflix. The film was well received by critics and garnered 10 Oscar nominations at this year s ceremony. It only went on to win in one category with Jane Campion taking the coveted Best Director award. [ ]
Hello everyone, it s been a VERY long time since I updated this blog. Over 2 years I just realised when looking at the date on the last post. While everyone was finding new things to do and taking up new hobbies in the lockdown, I failed to do any blogging. No excuses there. I d like [ ]
Back again with another post, one that has been in draft status for a loooong time in WordPress. Many of you reading this will already know but for about 18 months now I ve been doing a podcast called Tales Of The Unattested with my good friend Caroline Keep. We have long rambling chats and while [ ]
Hello all, it s a strange time in the world isn t it? Everyone seems uncertain of what s happening with Coronavirus. The very fact I am finding the time to update this blog is an indication of just how strange things are right now hehe 🙂 I haven t written much on the blog in recent years as [ ]
Hello everyone, it s been a really long time since I updated the blog so I hope you re all well. As some of you may know it s the 10th anniversary of OggCamp this year, 2019. How can it be 10 years since we all gathered in that hotel function room in Wolverhampton for the first one?! [ ]
Hello everyone, it s been a while since my last post but not the traditional 12 month gap at least. There s so much to update you on but this is where I normally apologise for how long it s taken me to write something. Well guess what? I m not going to apologise for that any more, not [ ]
Hello everyone, it s been a very long time. I hope you are all good. In my last post (over 6 months ago now!) I said I d be writing more often and talking about things other than my ongoing health situation. Well that hasn t happened has it? Apologies for that. I did want to write today [ ]