Posted by Omar on July 14, 2010
Having messed around with I write like I got to thinking that I need to actually get down to doing some writing. I’m not going to get much of a chance to write in the next couple of weeks as I’m going to be going on holiday to China and I’m not taking a computer [...]
Posted by Omar on July 14, 2010
I did some playing around with a tool called I write like today. Its a pretty neat little web application that will compare any body of text you give it to a slew of famous authors and tell you who your writing is most like. I entered in a bunch of chapters from my 2009 [...]
Posted by Omar on March 12, 2010
Here is a video of the Amphibus that was planned to replace the ferry that crossed from Yoker to Renfrew next to my house. There were apparently issues with the bus I’m not sure if they have canned the idea of the bus or not but the council has apparently pledged to have a service [...]
Posted by Omar on February 12, 2010
Just thought I’d posta quick blog about my 365. I so far managed to take at least one picture a day for the past 41 days, not counting today (Technically I have taken a photo today but it was with my phone). I’m enjoying the experience but it is stressfull having to make sure I [...]
Posted by Omar on February 5, 2010
The other night I took this photo out the window at around midnight. It was almost as bright as a muggy day. There was not visible light source and I didn’t use my flash, but you could see clearly for miles. It was really surreal, we postulated it might be the end of the world. [...]
Posted by Omar on January 22, 2010
One of my work mates has been highlighting the existence of the Sarc Mark to me for a few days now, and I just stumbled onto a Telegraph article discussing how the company behind it has sold thousands of Sarc Marcs. Thousands? Seriously? To me the Sarc mark seems redundant, if you are too stupid [...]
Posted by Omar on January 1, 2010
I’ve decided to set myself some goals this year, I’m not a fan of new years resolutions despite starting one pretty much every year, however having a list of goals does tend to drive you a little more than not having them, and having them publicly available means that you can’t go back on them [...]
Posted by Omar on October 22, 2009
Two nights in the past week I’ve had dreams where I was remembering school, it’s been really wierd. A couple of nights ago I had A dream where I was resitting my finals at schools (This was 12 years ago) and it was horrible. I hated school, I really despised it, I enjoy learning, but [...]
Posted by Omar on October 22, 2009
I figured I might as well use what little influence I have to drive traffic to PhotoQnA given that I won a competition there without even knowing I was participating. I wom a $50 gift certificate for B&H which I assume is a US based photography store. When I got an email from Tyler who [...]
Posted by Omar on September 23, 2009
I’d love for this to be a review, it’s not, I’ve not even ordered this yet but I plan on doing so as soon as my pay check come in at the end of the month. A graphic novel illustrated by one of my friends “Pix” (Will Pickering) is being released on the 3rd of [...]