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Podcasts

14 April 2012 / General, Technology / iPhone, iPod, podcasts, StarShipSofa

I am a great fan of podcasts stories and each week a I sync my favourites to my iPhone so I can listen to them whilst travelling between jobs. When walking I use my iPod, synced with the same podcasts and extra audiobooks.

I follow Tony Smith’s Sci-Fi podcast and this week for the third year in a row, his Starship Sofa has been nominated for a Hugo Award (a pretigous, international Sci-Fi award).

StarShipSofa No 233 Gwyneth Jones | StarShipSofa.

This show is particularly good – it has an excellent article by Amy H. Sturgis about English author Samuel Youd, he wrote The Death of Grass and The Tripods. The show also includes the story “Vicar of Mars” by Gwyneth Jones – this is a story that includes aliens and spaceships, what else do you need!

I have listened to several other really good podcasts this week.

Journey Into…: Journey #29 – All At Once by Nathaniel Lee.

EP339 – “Run,” Bakri Says : Escape Pod.

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The Hugo Awards 2012

14 April 2012 / Technology / podcasts, StarShipSofa

I am a fan of Sci-Fi and read/listen to lots of sci-fi stories. Here is the list of nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards.

The Hugo Awards : 2012 Hugo Awards.

Good luck to Tony Smith and his Starship Sofa.

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Backpacking Food

13 April 2012 / Backpacking, Camping, Outdoor Gear, Walking / backpacking food, coffee

I am backpacking this weekend with two friends – it is a try out hike before we go on a planned wild camp trip to the Lake District next month. It is only a short walk with an overnight stay so we need an evening meal and breakfast.

So it is noodles with smoked sausage and chocolate chip cake and custard for dinner, cereal bars, crackers and jam with fresh brewed coffee for breakfast.

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The rain clouds have gone

13 April 2012 / Photography / Photos 2012

I am backpacking tomorrow so I have an eye on the weather. It has been raining and hailing hard today but this evening it looks a little better.

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Busy Day

12 April 2012 / Photography / Photos 2012

The day started before breakfast with a callout for a broken email server and continued with installing a new PC to a network and then fixing IE for a third client. I did see some spectacular clouds whilst travelling between jobs but the schedule meant I had no time to stop. By the time I got home it was raining hard so the photo is shot from inside, where it was dry.