January 21, 2008
Just before Christmas I’d met up with a few of my old flatmates from uni, and we did the standard, catchup on what everyone was doing, where they were living, etc etc. One of them in particular was on a strange healthy eating regime, which at the time I didn’t really question. The next I’d heard, she’d applied to enter the london marathon, and had been given a place!
Now the girl has set up a training blog (she calls is a jog blog), and is avidly trying to rustle up some good ol’ fundraising for Cancer Research, so here I am doing my bit for the virtual world and spreading the word.
I for one will do this event one day…but while I wait for that day to come, I will happily support those training and fundraising for this 26.2 mile event.
RUN HAMER RUN!!!
August 29, 2007
I think its fair to say that I have not posted a worthy entry on here for a while. Most have been links to photos or events, and that’s it.
I’ve lost my flow and have merely become a spectator in the virtual world rather than a participator.
I’ve been toying with the idea of finally working on sorting out this virtual home that I have but I just haven’t had the time recently…but it will happen I tell you, and I will be back with more things to say, and more things to show.
Keep posted!
April 16, 2007
Yesterday headed down to Richmond with a few friends to enjoy the warm weather.
Very bizaare seeming as its only the middle of April, but the sun was out, the drinks were being consumed, and the crowds of people sitting on the green near the Thames was pretty awesome. Flipflops, shorts, skirts and usual summer wear was out.
People were jumping off the bridge into the water, couples were rowing along (much to the amusement of the drunken blokes egging them to race), and icecream vendors were making a killing.
Pretty obvious its gonna be snowing next week then! 
April 6, 2007
Many many years ago I was sitting in an office, during my placement year, working for a company where I was extremely bored, I didn’t like the people, and I wanted to use my brain rather than carry out monotonous tasks. I decided to search online and teach myself the wonders of html coding, and use paintshop pro (yes it was that long ago!). Upon this search, I also came across a site known as AsianAvenue and this was my first encounter with social web networking.
I found a lot of my relatives from across the globe on this place, and found it a great way to stay in touch with them. I have since closed my account, and replaced it with the latest “trendy” networks of friendster, myspace, linkedin and more recently facebook. Some of them I visit often, others I leave for weeks.
Truth of the matter is, why is there a need for signing up to so many when you’d think one would be enough. I know I’m not the only one that is part of these social networks as a number of my friends are on the same networks as myself. I recently got invited to tagged but couldn’t for the life of me see the point.
Are we now becoming so obsessed with web communities that we’d rather spend our time online and signed up to these different networks, then even going out and “networking” with our peers on a regular night out?
The web is about bringing people together, and I think its great when it does if you have people signed up from all parts of the globe, but I do find it hilarious when you communicate with friends when you’re sitting in the same office, live down the same round and you hear things first through the sites rather than in person…
What is the world coming to?
