Category Archives: General

Miscellaneous fun and frolics.

Wilder Mind Review

When I heard last week that Mumford & Sons were releasing a new album I have to admit doing a little jig of happiness. I loved ‘Sigh No More’ and ‘Babel’, with tracks regularly making up parts of my favourite playlists. After the recent rumours of the possibility of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall […]
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#TimetoTalk #TimetoChange My Story

Thank you to John, Briege & Kit for bringing this to my attention. Today is Time to Talk Day, part of the Time to Change Campaign. The idea is to spend 5 minutes to talk about mental health to break the silence and remove the taboos and stigma that surround invisible illness. So here’s my […]
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#R2BC Tuesday’s #GoodNews

Spain scraps tighter abortion law Journalist freed in Somalia NHS staff volunteer to help fight Ebola Liberia signs deal to stem deforestation UK PM to meet Iranian President. First time in over 30 years Building society staff help foil scam 19 coutries in 24 Hours set World Record Irish National Ploughing Championships great for business […]
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#R2BC Monday’s #GoodNews

Calm in Yemen in wake of peace deal Rockefellers switch investment from fossil fuels to clean energy Maven satellite reaches Mars Peru creates new anti-logging commission New civilian disarmament plan to help reduce rate of violence in Venezuela Caernarfon solar park gets go ahead Molten Metal Batteries aimed to help renewable energy British Museum recreated […]
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#R2BC Friday’s #GoodNews – Open To All

Passions are still running high here in the UK. While the Scottish Independence Referendum has dominated the news in countries around the world here are some amazing stories that may be running under your radar. From Pro-Gay Mosques, Phones 4U Jobs saved through to a breathtakingly simple solution to increase sanitation, fight disease and provide […]
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#R2BC Thurday’s #GoodNews – Giving a voice to Heroes

I know all the fuss today will be about the historic vote in Scotland. Hey, I’ve even blogged about it today. Understandably, as a Brit and a Unionist, I could do with knowing there’s a hero out there. So amongst all the news about Ebola, hostage rescues and hope for Gaza it’s great to know […]
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#IndyRef My Two Penneth From South of the Border

I have to say that this is a hard blog to write. Part of it is due to how my heart feels, and part of it is how viscerally many people around the issues tend to react. When I started Silicon Nomad I wanted to make it a positive place. I made a decision to […]
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Away today #R2BC back on Monday

Apologies if you came looking for today’s reasons to be cheerful. I’m away this Friday helping to cater a wedding. So massive congratulations to Chris & Gemma. Which should be enough good news for anyone. See you all on Monday 🙂 via WordPress for Phone http://goo.gl/j6Fzhf

Away today #R2BC back on Monday

Apologies if you came looking for today’s reasons to be cheerful. I’m away this Friday helping to cater a wedding. So massive congratulations to Chris & Gemma. Which should be enough good news for anyone. See you all on Monday 🙂 via WordPress for Phone http://goo.gl/j6Fzhf

Away today #R2BC back on Monday

Apologies if you came looking for today’s reasons to be cheerful. I’m away this Friday helping to cater a wedding. So massive congratulations to Chris & Gemma. Which should be enough good news for anyone. See you all on Monday 🙂 via WordPress for Phone http://goo.gl/j6Fzhf