Mark Hadley

Mindfulness

Mark — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:21:00 -0700

This is a video of a talk that Jon Kabat-Zinn gave at Google, and it's a great introduction to the basic ideas of "mindfulness". I've got his book which I'm still reading and slowly digesting. I felt a lot better after watching this, so I thought I'd pass it on :)

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BBC Homepage

Mark — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:31:36 -0700

BBC Homepage

So the BBC have launched their new homepage after trialling it as a beta for quite a while. On the whole I think it's pretty cool, a smart clean design, and good fun to mess about with all the content customisation options. But, for the same reason I can't help thinking that I'm missing something important that my personal content selection isn't highlighting, and that it's somehow better to leave those kinds of editorial decisions to the professionals...

Brontosauruses never existed

Mark — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:49:07 -0800

I never knew that Brontosaurus was just a misclassification of a previously-named genus until watching an episode of QI the other day. There's an artist's impression of a Brontosaurus in the dinosaur book I've had since i was a kid, I even told Kate about them the other day before having to correct myself and tell her they never existed! She took it in her stride though :)

Business Cards - A Photoset on Flickr

Mark — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:32:01 -0800

Business Cards - A Photoset on Flickr

This is just great, hours of inspiration and envy...

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Rough around the edges

Mark — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:33:48 -0800

I've launched a new version of the site today, new design and new content. There are still a few dusty corners around, and I've got a lot of re-aligning and tweaking to do over the next few weeks, but i felt it was solid enough to unleash on the world!

One or two pages on the journal don't validate, it's nothing spectacular though, I'm using the new light-weight blogging engine Chyrp to power the journal now, it's pretty cool, very new, and currently undergoing a major rewrite, so I'm not getting too involved in the styling/details/validation of the journal until the new version is released in the next few weeks...

If you see anything odd let me know...

Stephen Fry's Podgram

Mark — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:58:34 -0800

Stephen Fry's Podgram

Mr Stephen Fry now has a podcast or "podgram" as he calls it, not listened to it yet, but i'm sure it's very entertaining...

Randomised javascript text colours

Mark — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:12:33 -0800

Randomised javascript text colours

I love little creative details like this, mouseover the Chyrp "download" button for randomised javascript colours.

32GB iPod touch

Mark — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:53:38 -0800

32GB iPod touch

I'd have definitely considered a touch rather than my classic if the 32GB had been around when i bought it, but honestly, i'd probably still have bought a classic as £329 is a tad steep...

Happy?

Mark — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:29:31 -0800

"Happy" Mugshot - circa 1999

Life in Cold Blood

Mark — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:15:22 -0800

Life in Cold Blood

BBC 1 Mondays @ 9pm. David Attenborough transforms perceptions of cold-blooded animals. Unmissable!