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Eight facts about me:

1. I like to read fantasy and sci-fi. NOTHING ELSE.
2. My first ever web design tool was MS Frontpage 2000. O_o
3. I discuss particle/astro physics in my spare time.
4. I am a big fan of web comics. Mainly, The whiteboard: [link] , XKCD: [link] and, Explosm: [link]
5. I love lol cats.
6. I can correct spelling, punctuation AND grammar!
7. I got a grade 'E' in GCSE Spanish.
8. I see dead people.




I have tagged:

In June, everyone in my year at school are going out to do some work experience. Some people are going to work at banks, research labs, newspapers, etc. I wanted to go and spend my time at a 3D design company.

As a subscriber to 3D world magazine, I had a limitless supply of companies to speak to. I sent emails, but got no reply. I even wrote to Blue GFX twice and they still haven't replied. I might as well have spoken to my wall for all the good it would do. Quite a few of the companies I wrote to, I knew about and I had respect for them, that is all gone now. From where I'm standing, they're all assholes.

But I couldn't sit around waiting for responses which were likely not to come. There is a deadline, I have to get these sorted by, and it is fast approaching.

Today, I went to see my schools head of careers (along with many other unfortunate students), he had a placement I could have at a graphic design and printing company. Sure it wasn't exactly what I wanted, but I couldn't complain right.

However, now my placement is almost sorted, I am quite relieved.

A few days after Christmas I bought myself a Nikon D40 and it has been really cool Yesterday I wend into London for a photoshoot (you can see come pictures in my gallery) For my next AS Photography project, the topic is architecture so now I have been to London, i have a few good ideas

Happy new year!

I have re-launched my website at [link] It is running on my own CMS system which is still in development but the only missing feature right now is RSS which I am working on. I would love to use the [link] API to automatically populate my links area but I can't figure out how to use it. It would also be great if deviantART had an API to use so I could display say the four most recent submissions or something but right now, that doesn't exist but there may be one in the future.

Yep, I got a new PC. Unfortunely it's not a mac like wanted but the costs were prohibitive and I couldn't afford it . I'm running XP Home SP2 with 2 Gb RAM, 2.19 GHz Athalon 64 dual core chip and it runs so smothly, it's like gliding on the wind. I decided to be a good boy this time and not pirate Photoshop this time (excuse: too damn expencive) so I am using the Gimp and Paint.Net (which is actualy very good). I also run Lightroom for my primary photo work and Blender for 3D as always.

Now I am back at school, I am taking photography as a subject . What's realy cool is that we use a real darkroom as well as the digial one. Because I will be shooting on film I have aquired a couple lenses for my Pentax (film) SLR. A 85-205mm zoom and a 400mm telephoto (this one weighs a ton). [link] I also found a medium density gradient filter in a box while rummaging. Now all I need is a macro and a wide angle lens and i'm set.