Man Vs Camera #16: Self

Brief Notes: Yeah, I couldn’t see anything worth snapping today, so I tasked myself with taking a self-portrait I was happy with. It took a few attempts. There were others that were better photographs (less blur, less glaring white light) but this was the one in which I looked the least vacant and gormless. I’m never doing this again, by the way.

Is My Short Attention Span Going To Be A Probl

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Of my many flaws, most of which are documented at length on this website, my attention span (or lack of same) has probably caused me the most grief. It’s tricky, knowing that if you glance away from…

Apple Core Confessions #1

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Above is an embed of the Simon Cowell Haiti benefit “Everybody Hurts” cover thing. Unsurprisingly, it removes any restraint that song ever had and turns it into a quasi-inspirational power ballad. (You can tell they waited the whole time for that “so hoooold on!”)

It has been pointed out that saying this is bad is irrelevant. It has been banged out quickly to provide people with an excuse to give money to charity, not to be musically worthwhile. And there might even be a few who genuinely like it. In fairness, it isn’t offensively bad, it’s just very boring.

I was fishing for some kind of social point, but it isn’t coming. I have, however, successfully put off doing the “proper work” I was meant to be doing for another ten minutes. Victory is mine.

Man Vs Camera #15: Advert Explosion

Man Vs Camera #14: Bright Words

Surviving After-Work Drinks

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Some things are a little too obvious to bother blogging about. Don’t walk in front of cars, don’t drink bleach and don’t hurl four-letter abuse at senior work colleagues until you’ve all had a…