Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 4:39PM Jack in a Clone Wars or possibly storm trooper outfit cycling on the school playground added, hope you family guys enjoy. Only a short one, I will try to post more over the next few days along with some more photos.
Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 12:23PM Hi Family :)
Some new videos and photos have been added of Jack up to various bits and bobs. I have finally replaced my little video recorder after it was stolen (along with my travel bag) a few weeks ago so hopefully I'll be updating here a bit more often.
Friday, March 27, 2009 at 1:00PM You know sometimes you get these random emails from friends with pictures from fail.org etc. Yep they are great fun to look at for a quick laugh, however sometimes what you need is a dose of education. Today I received this email from a friend who works at Newcastle University. In just a few short minutes I learned a LOT more about 1500 and the origin of some of today's sayings than many years trying to study history at school.
I know it is a strange subject for a technology blog but what the hell, I hope you enjoy and I hope you learn something too.
The next time you are running a bath and for anyone who knows me I love HOT baths and you curse because the water heater hasn't been on long enough or worse it has broken down, just think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 2:41PM Jack loved the snow in January, here he is creating a snow angel :) It has taken me since January to figure out how to get video reliably onto the web so all members of our family can view it on their respective machines. Thank you Vimeo and thank you Squarespace for giving me a solution that finally works.
Jack : Snow Angel 2000 from Paul Athey on Vimeo.
Jack, Minchinhampton, Snow in Family Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 2:29PM OK you got me... I know this has been blogged to death in the recent past, but I tell you I just found this recently and EVERYONE I show this to absolutely loves it!!!.
To me the real beauty of this video is people love it for so many reasons.
For me it just makes me smile and gives a boost to my day.