21 Days to go before the charity run
We leave for the charity run in just 21 days .. and would really like to hit the £1,000 target for the guys at Feel the Force Day (www.feeltheforceday.com) also known as FTFD. In between what is becoming a very busy August and September workwise (thanks to loads of very cool projects and more coming […]
Run 4 Feel the Force Day 2019
Hello lovely readers … It is that time of year again when I am preparing to spend a few days at Disneyland Paris running to raise money for my favourite charity .. yes you heard that right RUNNING. Every year since 2016 my best friend and fellow Disney fan and costumer Sam Edgar have headed […]
HCL Connections – Our Future is Now
On Tuesday I joined the HCL Connections – Our Future is Now call, thank you Mat Newman for tweeting about it as I had totally missed this was on. Wow there was a lot packed into that hour .. The highlights for me were: Tailored Experiences and the community updates Totally customisable spaces Built with […]
It’s been a little quiet
I have been a little quiet of late .. this is mostly due to losing my dad back in October. I want to thank everyone for all the support, for the hugs and the tears. I really do have the best group of friends who can help me get through the worst of times. My […]
Blog has moved to its new home
(again) .. I finally got round to moving my domain to a decent hoster (thank you one.com) so I have moved my blog entries back to its rightful place. never fear if you have book marked a post previously you can find it .. thanks to the power of a handy rewrite rule in the […]
It’s that time of year again ..
I am Running for Feel the Force Day …. My partner in crime Sam will be joining me again this year, along with Jonathan and Mandy will make up the #TeamRun4FTFD to raise funds. Jonathan has cerebal palsy and he doesn’t let that slow him down. Mad on trucks, cars and any kind of awesome […]
Let’s get Stitch talking – Project #talkie pt 3
So after building the kit and testing that it worked .. It was time to get creative .. there are some examples on what to do code wise on the AIY kit voice site First I had to go through the billing set up and processes. Even though the code is free, and the kit […]
Building the AIY – Project #talkie pt2
Before I could attempt to get creative with the code examples – we first had to build the kit and make sure it worked with the things and code that was provided. I have used the images from the aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/voice page. They are great pictures and show step by step how to put things together, […]
Who knew my love for StarWars would win me a prize
On May the 4th (also known as StarWars day – you work it out) one of my good friends and former co worker (not sure how he put up sitting opposite me for 2 and a half years 🙂 ) Mr Dave Sheryn pinged me with an interesting link to a starwars costume competition .. […]
Project #talkie pt1 – getting to grips with a rasberrypi
What’s all this #talkie stuff about then? So I have been posting stuff on facebook twitter and instragram with the #projecttalkie or #talkie hash tag .. Most of you know that I costume .. and as well as my love for star wars (and my mandalorian costume), I also LOVE to costume as Stitch … […]