When I was younger, creative writing was something I had quite a passion for, nothing professional of course, just lots of little stories. But as I got older and my interests in computers and the The Internet grew I spent less and less time writing, until I had stopped all together.

However, I’ve just read Victoria Harazim‘s vast back catalogue, she is a budding author and copy writer from Aberdeen; and she’s given me that spark to start writing again.

I’m not quite sure how I’m going to fit this in along with building websites, wanting to build an iPhone app, tinkering with my new Arduino board, practicing for the upcoming 10k run, Refresh Aberdeen, Network, Cubs, and Beavers, as well as anything else I’ve not thought of, but it’ll be fun to try!

So watch this space, I might, one day, have a gripping and imaginative short story for you. In the meantime be sure to read Diamond Tears Victoria’s story available for Amazon Kindle, it’s not super long, and it’s a cracking read.

So I spent a month without coffee. It was quite interesting.

The first week or two were spent in withdrawal. I was getting nasty headaches everyday at around 2 or 3pm. This was not helped by the bug I had at the time.

In about my third week I was feeling (more…)

So I’ve now spent a whole week without coffee. Well, I say without coffee; that’s not entirely true. I have had a single cup of decaf instant, but I’m not counting that one.

Things have been a little challenging so far. The trickiest thing has been my “first thing in the morning autopilot coffee making”. Catching myself just after putting the kettle on, and having to resort to a glass of squash, or water instead has been interesting to say the least. (more…)

Inspired by Mark McAulay‘s #meatismurdermonth, I have decided to try something similar myself. I am going to attempt to spend an entire month without, that wonderful constant companion coffee.

Recently I have been drinking more, and more coffee. Between 1 and 2 mugs from a Cafetiere, plus countless instants every day.

I want to see if I can go cold turkey (more…)