Generation X Digital: New Media Strategies for Digital Revolutionaries
My paternal grandfather died at the age of 59. I have come to believe that this was a major factor in the way my father lived his own life - with a reckless abandon brought about in part by his belief that he, too, would die at 59. So as I turn 59 myself...
At 6am on the 3rd June 2022 I’ll be lining up to start the Grand Union Canal Race. That’s just 73 days away. This 145 mile continuous race starts at Gas Street Basin in the Centre of Birmingham and ends in Little Venice in the heart of London. It is regarded by many as...
#14 on my Bucket List and walked from 7th April - 17th April 2019, Offa's Dyke Path is a 177-mile National Trail that runs from Prestatyn in North Wales to Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow in South Wales.
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Jude and I recently watched the 2012 Horizon documentary 'Eat, Fast and Live Longer' in which Michael Mosley investigates fasting as a means to living longer, staying younger and losing weight without changing his lifestyle. Inspired by this we have been experimenting with intermittent fasting , with a particular emphasis on achieving autophagy....
The philosopher's stone is a legendary alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver. It is also called the elixir of life, offering rejuvenation or immortality. Efforts to discover the philosopher's stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work"). It seems to be possible to find the...
Alan Nolan and his son Ian have become estranged over the years, both emotionally and geographically. Alan proposes they bridge the gap that has grown between them by embarking on a long-distance walk, the Tour de Mont Blanc together. Considered one of the classic long-distance hiking trails the TMB circles the Mont Blanc massif, covering 170km...
I was drawn to this book because it appealed to me on so many levels. I love food and cooking; I am considering moving to Italy post-Brexit; and I am drawn to the idea of an extended European road-trip, be it in a camper-van, a car, or by motorbike. In the nineties Jude and I...
This is a curated list of online productivity tools I use and recommend. The list will grow over time, but inevitably some of them will move or disappear. Please let me know in the comments if you find a missing or broken link. Edit HTML tables Professional HTML Editor is an online WYSIWYG HTML...
The time has come to redesign my blog, and hence my personal brand. I am currently in the process of moving all of my websites to a new hosting platform and this has acted as the catalyst for taking a look at my own blog.
...As 2017 draws towards a close I find myself living in the interesting times referred to in the (possibly apocryphal) Chinese curse. I am therefore in the process of actively evaluating my future plans on both a personal and professional level in order to try to find a path forward that will maximise my...