Okay so I took the exam in Canterbury. It was really a very pleasant experience. Exams I had taken in the past determined my future, my career. This was for the hell of it and as such made not a jot of difference to my life. In fact I was in the mindset, well I…

I intended to blog quite frequently on my way through my first module with the OU. Part of the problem has been that it has overtaken my life! On reflection, how could it do anything else but that. What I will do in this piece is try and describe my expeience as an OU newbie…

Not just a very smart name, this a capella band are outstanding. I was vaguely aware of them from BBC’s Naked Choir last year which I quite enjoyed I remember. But my youngest daughter is a great choir fan and talked me into taking her to see Gareth Malone at The Royal Festival Hall last…

I love it. I could leave it there. This course is wonderful. Each page I turn brings something else that simply makes my day to know. I’ve always had an interest in most science, but to learn it to some degree of detail and MAKE yourself understand it as properly as you can is different….

I saw Ascension Island mentioned on the BBC News website today. Having recently gained a great interest in Geology and Earth Sciences, I thought I would have a look using the satellite view in Google Maps. A lot of the imagery of the island is ‘redacted’, I assume because there is an air base there….

Well the title sounds grand and I’m hoping the course will be. I unexpectedly found myself with a lot of time on my hands and a great need to fill it with something meaningful and worthwhile. Enrolling for this course was the answer. I remember as an 11 year old, I would wake early in…

Just seen that Leonardo Di Caprio won a Golden Globe for his performance in The Revenant. I’ve seen the trailers, it looks amazing. I could not believe he has never won an Oscar. I find with every film I see, he just gets better and better at his craft, he is such a fine actor….

I read a lot of Time Travel novels and watch a lot of Time Travel films. It is the most interesting Sci Fi subject going I reckon, so much space for interesting twists and occurrences… So I have a theory. If time travellers from the future travel back, they will want to prove they are…

Looking here, I see I pretty much only mentioned my Pi activities when I received my first one! Since then I have completed a few projects and have a couple in development. Photobooth My first main project was a Photobooth – a very popular application of a Pi I found out. I built one for…

When I were a lad… here we go again… There was a very healthy market in surplus electrical  and electronic equipment. It seemed to be the hub of this market was Tottenham court Road in London. My Dad introduced me to Proops in Tottenham Court Road. I remember you would walk in and there would…