henry marsh >> storyville on bbc 2 tv

I had to write a post about the bbc 2 storyville programme on sunday evening. concerning the work of henry marsh (he of the architects glasses) a consultant at st george’s hospital in south london. the neurosurgeon who has spent more than 15 years visiting and working with igor petrovich, also a neurosurgeon in the ukraine.

I found the whole 90 minutes compelling viewing, some parts very difficult to watch, more the conversations with patients than the operations. mr marsh is a very interesting man, to see some-one so driven and immersed in the lives of others working to improve things was very uplifting in our media driven world, that so often is concentrated on finding things to discredit or dislike.

six fin flex-tail >> it looks crazy >> but it might just work!!

I have just received these pictures from longtime kneeboard surfer, kneeboard design guru, and good friend chris cockett & I had to post about it.

generating speed, keeping a low centre of gravity and being able to change direction quickly make kneeboard surfing (to my mind) a much purer way of surfing. kneeboard surfers are constantly searching for better ways of doing this.

this newly designed board specifically for tight powerful turns hasn't been through full testing but is set to see more action in the next few days.

I wait to hear more from chris as he is still testing the six fin flex-tail kneeboard.

I have mentioned before in this blog as a kneeboard surfer my board of choice is a swallow tailed quad. perhaps the six fin is the future, with many thanks to chris for the photos.

kneeboardsurfing.co.uk chris's web site

enjoy the easter break

enjoy the easter break if you have one and/or celebrate it. I will be back next week.

ooh I have got some work to do

I am not sure if I have a different way of looking at things than others but, I have got some planning and stuff to do in the next weeks.

the thing with me is that to start with it all seems so straight forward and my ideas and aims are seemingly so easy to record and explain. its when I start to think a lot, (which I will have to do) and then a lot more that the work begins to get difficult. so I'll be spending along time thinking and planning over my easter holiday I really have got some work to do. its all based around the stuff on the new'ish qca web site.

seafever movie >> ireland

just had to post this from the film sea fever really uplifting (for me any way) piece of film.



sea fever is ken o’sullivan’s first production and was produced without funding.

bluetooth headsets, what that all about?

I know that they are hardly a new thing and I am a bit surprised to be writing about them. but I had to. yesterday I was out in my nearest city having a look around bit of shopping playing on the mac's in the mac shop (wondering how long a macbook air would last in my house).

when having sat down for a nice coffee I could help noticing the bluetooth headset that one middle aged lady had on, it was the black version of the one above. I tried to get a picture but was too worried that her (much larger than me) friend/coffee partner/husband might get cross. then I started to think and look more. quite a few people had bluetooth headsets on. not the average people you would think of delivery van men/women sales reps, I know that sounds pejorative and I apologise for that but I am sure you know what I mean.

what do these all these people need them for, how important are the calls they might miss? I have my phone with me most of the time but tend to turn it off when I am sitting down for a coffee, in fact its on silent msot of the time. I know in the scheme of things what I am saying is really not that important but I had to say it somewhere.

the ides of march

I am not sure why but around this time of year I seem to get anxious, perhaps it is embedded from being at school as a pupil (rather than a teacher). when we learnt shakespeare's soothsayer's warning to julius caesar, "beware the ides of march". though the expression "ides of march" doesn't really mean a bad time, it simply means "march 15th." I don't really think of march as a bad time just that so much is changing that probably is making me anxious. the days are finally getting noticeably longer and the weather warmer.

with new things happening naturally. it makes me think that I should be doing even more new stuff my self, perhaps that's more likely to be the reason for my un-rest than some roman saying adopted by shakespeare. oh well I had better get on with it then.

its a long time

strange that time has gone so fast. I am just back from a presentation evening for students, some of who have had me as their tutor for the last 5 years. so much has happened in that time though little has changed really.
the way the presentation evening is held has moved on for the better, though I still had to get up on stage to call names out and shake some hands. the students seem more confident than in the past, which is a good thing.
but the same feeling of achievement and a little sadness (on my part). the world is a changing and evolving place and they are now set to be part of it. hopefully some of the stuff I have passed on to them will be of use.