Now that my internet access is back on my desk and not in the hallway I am able to comfortably add more to my blog.
Anyone who knows me or has met me in person will know that I tend to overdress. I enjoy wearing smart clothing. Suits, waistcoats, ties etc. It makes me feel like I've made some small effort.
What fascinates me most is how I am treated. When I am wearing my work uniform I am treated like an idiot. When I wear my beach bum clothes on a hot day I am treated like just another member of the public. When I wear my smart clothing people smile, are helpful and thoroughly pleasant. Little do they know how cheap it is to look so good.
I feel it also highlights the shallow attitude many have (I myself have been guilty of it) and one should never judge another human being purely by appearance. Wait until they've proven themselves to be lovely or downright awful.
Friday, 19 June 2009
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Sweet Sweet Internet
I fling up my arms in glorious praise to the gods of the wires! For I now am reconnected with the rest of the civilised world! This may or may not be a good thing.
My lack of internet did make me think back to the '90s where things were just kicking off. Radio advertisements would scream "Get online now!" and to have home internet was a thing of wealth and the height of modern technological achievement in your own living space.
Now of course we take it for granted as we do mobile phones. There was once a day where I had to use a house phone with a cord forcing me to stay in one spot whilst I spoke to someone. Once I had to walk around a department store fifty times before I found my friends and/or family.
Communication is stronger than it ever was and this is not a bad thing. I have kept in touch with people it would be so easy to loose if it weren't for websites that constantly remind me they exist. It would be tragic to loose contact with the many splendid people I've met along the way.
So yes, internet! Hurrah!
My lack of internet did make me think back to the '90s where things were just kicking off. Radio advertisements would scream "Get online now!" and to have home internet was a thing of wealth and the height of modern technological achievement in your own living space.
Now of course we take it for granted as we do mobile phones. There was once a day where I had to use a house phone with a cord forcing me to stay in one spot whilst I spoke to someone. Once I had to walk around a department store fifty times before I found my friends and/or family.
Communication is stronger than it ever was and this is not a bad thing. I have kept in touch with people it would be so easy to loose if it weren't for websites that constantly remind me they exist. It would be tragic to loose contact with the many splendid people I've met along the way.
So yes, internet! Hurrah!
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Home Internet on the Horizon
Hurrah! Soon my readers I will return to the aethernets to talk once again about my askew thoughts on the world! The incompetent internet provider has finally recognised the fact we have an active phone line, despite the fact we had already told us this. It'll be another 5 - 10 working days.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
Sunday, 3 May 2009
My Lack of Recent Posts
My apologies for my absence. I have had no household internet since moving house. Expect to see more from me very soon as I have much to add to this blog.
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
The BBC iPlayer
Quite possibly the greatest thing to happen to the British Broadcasting Corporation since the television. I find it immensely useful as I don't watch television everyday and often I like to busy myself with something constructive on my PC. Watching something can be more an annoyance than something to add to the Photoshopping or my latest Thief II fan mission. As such I find myself listening to the radio and when I do wish to watch something, I can at my leisure.
My only issue with the iPlayer is something that cannot be helped. The BBC cannot store everything they have ever produced on it and I long for the day when the technology improves and at any given time I can watch an old Doctor Who or an episode of Blakes 7. Perhaps even a news broadcast closest to the time of my birth. I'd love to watch that. What a handy resource that would be! Think of the educational capabilties it holds. Being able to watch a news report from as far back as the very first new the BBC ever broadcast! I look forward to the future when such things are so freely available.
Until then I'll just watch and listen to the things that are available.
My only issue with the iPlayer is something that cannot be helped. The BBC cannot store everything they have ever produced on it and I long for the day when the technology improves and at any given time I can watch an old Doctor Who or an episode of Blakes 7. Perhaps even a news broadcast closest to the time of my birth. I'd love to watch that. What a handy resource that would be! Think of the educational capabilties it holds. Being able to watch a news report from as far back as the very first new the BBC ever broadcast! I look forward to the future when such things are so freely available.
Until then I'll just watch and listen to the things that are available.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Many of my British readers will not have heard of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I'm a big fan of it myself and always appreciated an episode I haven't seen. A friend introduced it to me a while back and at first I didn't know what to make of it. After watching a few episodes I began to understand that it was in fact pure genius!
To save a lengthy read here is its Wikipedia page: Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Wikipedia
There are ten series of it in total and each episode covers an old B-movie. The heckling and commentary is hilarious. Sometimes they make highly specific cultural references meaning that some jokes are lost on one person but another person would find such a joke very amusing.
It's difficult to discribe unless you sit and watch a few episodes. I just wanted to raise a little awareness of the show. Unfortantly it was only in production during the 90s and has finished.
Link to: The Official Mystery Science Theater 3000 website
To save a lengthy read here is its Wikipedia page: Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Wikipedia
There are ten series of it in total and each episode covers an old B-movie. The heckling and commentary is hilarious. Sometimes they make highly specific cultural references meaning that some jokes are lost on one person but another person would find such a joke very amusing.
It's difficult to discribe unless you sit and watch a few episodes. I just wanted to raise a little awareness of the show. Unfortantly it was only in production during the 90s and has finished.
Link to: The Official Mystery Science Theater 3000 website
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Dereliction
Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated by derelict and abandoned places. Something about them appeals to both my historical interest and my appreciation for the Gothic and Noir. I love that chill when I spy an old building boarded up with grass growing high around it. What's inside? What was it like in its prime? There is also a sad loneliness about such places. A lost era.
Plymouth has many derelict or unused buildings. Most notably Union Street with the Art Deco theatre recently the Millennium Discotheque and Dance Academy the old Victorian 'New Palace Theatre'. In Greenbank there stands a sinister church and on Grenville Road a boarded up chapel. They look like vampire dens worthy of a black and white horror film.
In the early hours of this morning I discovered a fantastic forum called "Derelict Places" and registered today. It is full of constructions and spaces that have seen neglect either recently or for decades and even centuries. My favourite so far has to be St Joseph's Seminary in Upholland, Lancashire. It's a divine Gothic Revival building and is remarkably well intact. It fell into disuse simply because being a Roman Catholic priest just isn't as hip as it used to be. Its chapel is splendid and the hallways and rooms have a haunting touch. The library interests me greatly with its religious books scattered all around the room. I'd love to pick one up and read some of it.
The forum is a goldmine of eerie photos and interesting delights ranging from ancient council building boilers to decaying cinema projectors. If such things spark the more curious side of your nature then I recommend taking a look. The abandoned asylums are my favourite as they are just too creepy to describe.
Link to Derelict Places
Plymouth has many derelict or unused buildings. Most notably Union Street with the Art Deco theatre recently the Millennium Discotheque and Dance Academy the old Victorian 'New Palace Theatre'. In Greenbank there stands a sinister church and on Grenville Road a boarded up chapel. They look like vampire dens worthy of a black and white horror film.
In the early hours of this morning I discovered a fantastic forum called "Derelict Places" and registered today. It is full of constructions and spaces that have seen neglect either recently or for decades and even centuries. My favourite so far has to be St Joseph's Seminary in Upholland, Lancashire. It's a divine Gothic Revival building and is remarkably well intact. It fell into disuse simply because being a Roman Catholic priest just isn't as hip as it used to be. Its chapel is splendid and the hallways and rooms have a haunting touch. The library interests me greatly with its religious books scattered all around the room. I'd love to pick one up and read some of it.
The forum is a goldmine of eerie photos and interesting delights ranging from ancient council building boilers to decaying cinema projectors. If such things spark the more curious side of your nature then I recommend taking a look. The abandoned asylums are my favourite as they are just too creepy to describe.
Link to Derelict Places
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