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Working as a developer and keeping healthy
January 28, 2016
I spend some of my time working as a developer programming websites. The comedy show, The IT Crowd, portrays an image of a computer nerd - an average IT guy has sore eyes and a pale complexion and only gets up to get another coffee - at least if you believe the stereotype.
Being on the inside of this profession I am surprised how many times I see IT professionals faster than me on Strava or competing in an elite group in a race. An example is the guy who accompanied Guy Martin when he did a 24 hour tandem record who also worked as an IT project manager.
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"Worlds" Poem
January 27, 2016
We are surrounded by:
(but often impossible to see)
‘Appearances of worlds’
Shadow
Bright light
Mirrors
Opaque walls
Empty facades
Stuffed full of things
Illusions
Hard reality
Cheap to create
Unimaginably expensive
Designed to serve a temporary purpose
Permanence beyond human existence
Turn a profit
Free as in free
We live in them
We die in them
The private flat
The street
The office
The pub
The coffee shop
Fast food
Tags: poetry
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City Thinking: Layers of the City.Doors, Keys, Dreams, Cities
January 25, 2016
This was written in 2012 when I was studying for a Masters at Goldsmiths University of London, in Design Critical Practice. I got a gig job working on exhibitions and my studies had a habit of making me see anything I was doing at that time through a certain lens.
On Business
Arriving at the Gare Du Nord, I hear the announcement over the Tannoy. I am here on a business trip. In the past I would have romantisced the act of travel itself, but now I am more concerned with how I see things, rather than where I am. I want to know what catches my attention and directs me so I can gain an understanding of how a place opens up to me in a particular way.
Tags: TravelCorridorCitiesDreamFranceKeysDoorsSpaceExperience
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Directionality
January 21, 2016
This post is from the archive. It was written in 2012 when I was lucky enough to have a lot of time to think deeply about many things due to studying a masters in Design - Critical Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London. In my case this course really did cause me to think and I do look back and really that experience was very important and special. Time and space to think deeply and focus without distraction is precious and rare because it has to be desired and the conditions have to be there for it at the same time. I created a booklet from a series of posts I wrote about space. This is the first one.
Tags: SpaceWalkingPhilosophy
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Fitness, movement, calisthenics research to maintain a high quality of life by moving your body
December 27, 2015
Basic guide to natural movement patterns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXu6JIlhkAY
Movnat encourages natural movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiI
Ido Portal - researcher and teacher in human movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Wr7HsylE0
More from Ido Portal. I read in the comments that the following video is similar to BJJ (Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu) drills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6BBk3Nvj9k
Individual Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu exercises to improve strength and conditioning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iydZKc_mnn8
26 brazilian jiu-jitsu drills that can be put together in a very dynamical way, where one move can flow directly to the other
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Notes from Reading Simulation and Simulacrum by Jean Baudrillard
December 17, 2015
Simulation and Simulacrum is a philosophy book written in 1981 where Baudrillard aims to explore the relationship between reality, symbols and society. Recent technology has allowed us to copy texts and other things over and over calling into question even more which is the original and the copy, where is the value and the meaning. An obvious other example is the emergence of virtual reality which allows the illusion of the world just by putting a headset on. Baudrillard aims to show that the media presents a kind of reality which we believe in but actually it is just a very persuasive illusion. The film The Matrix was influenced by the book.
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List of Non-Corporate Politically Neutral News Sources
December 8, 2015
Like Reddit but for alternative news with increased consideration of privacy
Reddit is a site where users can vote submissions up or down to organize the posts and determine their position on the site's pages.
An ancient website with many links to investigate.
Reference site for news sources.
Self described as a "global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age."
Tags: News