• Heartstart Thatcham

    Heartstart Thatcham

    I heard on Moday 13th May 2013 that the Heartstart scheme that I have been trying to get established has been officially accepted for affiliation to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).  What this means is that the scheme is independent from the BHF but has an affiliation.  The BHF supply...

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  • Adventures with an Arduino

    Arduino UNO

    I got an Arduino to play with Christmas 2011, but barely played with it. During 2012 I have become more interested in medical research, well health generally, especially after watching some of the research shown at TEDMED. So I decided last summer to put the two together, buy a Pulse Sensor and do...

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  • Thatcham Then and Now Launch

    Thatcham Then and Now

    Many people now know about my book, “Thatcham Then and Now.” It is set to launch later this week at an event on 26th July 2012, 7pm at Frank Hutchings Community Hall in Thatcham. I am giving a short talk at the launch, presenting a few of the books to certain people and then Thatcham Family...

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  • Family Tree Charts (part 1)

    The Mount's of Thatcham

    Family history is, and has been, a growing hobby for a long time for a great many people. For the Peter Allen Memorial Lectures this year, 2012, we decided to focus one talk on Family History, although almost every talk notes various well known locals. As such I thought rather than producing the...

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  • Nick's guide to photography

    Mark and Laura's Wedding, Cornwall, 2011. Photograph by Nick Young

    This is the first of what I hope to be an ongoing series on photography. The aim is to provide a series targeted to all, beginners and the advanced based on what I have learnt and the techneques I use. Before we start, let me give you a short background about myself. Ignoring photography for a...

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  • Honoured with a Gold Civic Award

    Photograph by Paul Young

    In February/March 2011 I got a letter from Thatcham Town Council saying I was to be awarded a Gold Civic Award for my work in promoting the town. To say this came as a suprise would be an understatement. There are few things like this that I get that I feel I deserve. Anyway, it is something I am...

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Turnpike Secondary School

It is no secret, I went to Turnpike Secondary School, and am proud of it.  The staff were fantastic, my class mates were cool and I loved it.  In addition, those who know me will know that I love my history and like to preserve as much about the history of a place as possible.  I...

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Dec 29, 2007

Remember The Milk

Remember The Milk

I thought I would start putting some post's up about sites that I have been using and have found useful. The first is Remember The Milk (RTM). This site allows you to create a task list. The difference here is you can prioritise the tasks, add files to the tasks, set deadlines, add reminders (email...

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Dec 5, 2007

Vista Colour Management

I have been struggling to sort out colour profile issues for a while now. I came across a post earlier today on Vistax64.com and thought I would give it a go, despite having tried almost every option I could find.  Firstly, let me point out, I have had Adobe Gamma installed and was sure that I...

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Nov 29, 2007

iWoz, iCon and Commodore

iWoz - Steve Wozniak

I have been reading several biography's this year and thought I would share some of them. The first three I read this year, in order were On The Edge, iWoz and iCon.

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Nov 23, 2007

Research in use

Research Paper

I came across a publication a while ago which featured a piece of my work. The paper "An Evaluation of Motion JPEG 2000 for Video Archiving" by Glenn Pearson and Michael Gill, refers to a piece of code, EMILY (see original code at Bath University), that I produced for viewing, compressing and...

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Nov 21, 2007

Feeds, podcasts and useful sites.

I have been asked on more than one occasion two common questions; "What feeds and podcasts do you subscribe to?" and "What website do you find useful?" I will answer these in two parts. What feeds and podcasts do you subscribe to? The following are the feeds and podcasts I read and/or listen to:

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Nov 12, 2007