Cold Meerkat

Today’s weather has been brought to us by the letter W for wet, C for cold and F, for (if you’ll pardon the language) fuck off bad weather! We are the end of April, granted not a time when the UK bathes in glorious sunshine, but surely it should be better than the stingy 7C […]

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The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

It’s quite amazing how a couple of weeks – or even a couple of minutes – can flip Formula 1 around. On both a macro and a micro scale, Azerbaijan illustrated this point perfectly. It had been a race that was set to be fairly close between the Ferraris and the Mercedes’, at least on […]

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F1 2018 Round 4 – Azerbaijan

Welcome to the third race F1 has held around the street circuit at the curious combination of cosmopolitian and traditional Baku – but only the second Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Confused? Hold on… In 2016 Formula 1 came to Azerbaijan for the first – and so far only – Baku Grand Prix, which was won by […]

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A Bit of Everything

There’s been a few things going on in the news lately which have grabbed my attention and reminded me of what we, as a society, need to highlight and challenge. I’ll start with something I saw on Twitter earlier today… https://twitter.com/daniellaw1998/status/985815856947998720?s=21 Ableism is sadly all too prevalent in society, even in 2018. It is aided […]

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Newton Faulkner

Yesterday evening was one of those rare occasions where my wife and I got to go out as a couple and enjoy ‘date night’. To make things more fun, we got to venture into London! Being a geek I took advantage of this opportunity to snap some pics of beautiful London stations – and some […]

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Gatekeeping Episode IV

The blocked out word is one I hate using but it’s a very crude expletive, for those who are wondering. I don’t particularly care for the sentiment expressed by the tweet this ‘John’ is replying to, but the grossly offensive remarks by Mr Price and his subsequent attitude when challenged, is exactly the sort of […]

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Comment Changes and Ad Removal

I’ve changed the system for comments to Disqus – this is in a bid to do what all bloggers want to do – generate more site traffic! However, I’ve removed all advertising from the site, as it was intrusive and I don’t like it. Lemme know what you think!

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Waaaaarrrrrrm!

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m grateful that the eternal winter is over (or appears to be over). I’m no longer using my thick winter coat and today walked to work without any coat whatsoever. That’s a win in my book. Unfortunately the consequence of bright sunshine has been two-fold – work has been very […]

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