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Overcoming Creative Block - Some excellent ideas in there. One of my favourites (which I've not tried yet, but was actually thinking about that today) was the idea of going ...

http://brokenkode.com/overcoming-creative-block

So today I went to Bank Med to open myself a bank account here in Lebanon. For all you people outside the country, shit happens very very differently over here. ...

http://brokenkode.com/bank-accounts-in-lebanon

So I finally got internet connection today, and this is my first post in Lebanon in over 5 years. So what do I think of the place so far? I'm ...

http://brokenkode.com/lucifer-is-washing-his-wife

Times Skimmer - Great idea and implementation of digesting the top news stories according to categories etc. This is what Google News should be like.

http://brokenkode.com/times-skimmer

Open House London - Every year in London, the Open House event happens, where you get to visit different buildings that are usually closed to the public; and every year ...

http://brokenkode.com/open-house-london-wallpapercom-international-design-interiors-fashion-travel

onedotzero_adventures in motion - Great listing of the upcoming events and screening at the onedotzero 'festival'. I'm definitely eyeing up to go to the Mary and Max screening.

http://brokenkode.com/onedotzero_adventures-in-motion-bfi

Anime All Nighter - Held between the 23rd and 24th of October, this year's list looks like a pretty solid one. Better grab Jackie and Fern and tell them to ...

http://brokenkode.com/anime-all-nighter-sci-fi-london-oktoberfest-2009-film-festival-23rd-24th-october-2009

How to get that perfect shave - Some good tips in there. Like shaving after a shower (or making sure you wash your face in hot water for a few ...

http://brokenkode.com/how-to-get-that-perfect-shave

Eat Real. Eat Local. - Great little info-animation which probably describes something similar in most western countries around the world.

http://brokenkode.com/eat-real-eat-local

le cool magazine - Fantastic newsletter of all the great things going on in your city that you didn't know about. Well put together, brilliant stuff.

http://brokenkode.com/le-cool-magazine

Kuniyoshi - Saw a poster for this on the tube the other day. Definitely going to this.

http://brokenkode.com/-kuniyoshi

Life can sometimes feel like one big massive MISSED opportunity. Currently that's all I can think about. Everything that I've wanted to do, everything I've wanted to have, everything I've ...

http://brokenkode.com/missed

That's what I want to be surrounded by right now. Creative brains drawing, sculpting, moulding, painting, etching whatever. Over the years I have definitely understood that your enthusiasm and energy ...

http://brokenkode.com/brains-working

The Cult of Done Manifesto - Brilliant in every way. I also like the posters, which are under a creative commons license, so I might write a quick post of which ...

http://brokenkode.com/cult-of-done-manifesto

London's Liverpool Street Station Dance - As guerilla advertising goes this one is definitely one of the best ones I've seen in a while.

http://brokenkode.com/londons-liverpool-street-station-dance

5 years ago today, I sat in my room and decided to start blogging, and what an amazing 5 years it's been - here's to many more years of online ...

http://brokenkode.com/5-years

deadlock.png The above photo Deadlock by David Maitland is without a doubt the best of all the photos in the Wildlife Photography of the Year 2008. I only wish they'd ...

http://brokenkode.com/deadlock

Where the hell did a year go? The general consensus I've established from people close to me and others not so close to me is that this year has been ...

http://brokenkode.com/2008-in-review

The 2008 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion houses the first structure by Frank Gehry in England (engineering by Arup). Highly recommended if you're in and around London until the 19th of ...

http://brokenkode.com/serpentine-gallery

My focus in the last couple of months has shifted. This is probably the longest I've not been creative in the traditional sense of how I would describe being creative. ...

http://brokenkode.com/mission

See those last 4 letters at the end? Yeah got my confirmation from the IET that my application was accepted for Chartered Engineering status. Those 4 letters are the culmination ...

http://brokenkode.com/khaled-abou-alfa-meng-ceng

Oh my that is a first. First time in 5 years of blogging that I don't actually say anything for an entire month. I've been busy...if you've seen me in ...

http://brokenkode.com/shhhhhh

I've been looking for a good messenger bag for a really, really long time, but there is such a massive gap in the market for men's bags it's unreal. Now ...

http://brokenkode.com/messenger-bags

Hilarious Wiifit parody. Couldn't stop laughing when I saw this.

http://brokenkode.com/wiifit

Found this pretty cool calculator at the WWF site. I'm acting like I need 2.1 Earths to support us, you? Probably been around for a while, but I've never actually ...

http://brokenkode.com/carbon-footprint

So I woke up this morning and it honestly felt like 10-15 bed-trolls hijacked by body while I slept and preceeded to beat me with the blunt edge of a ...

http://brokenkode.com/habitman

So went to Jongleurs yesterday for part of Reid's stag-do and I've got to say that apart from the compare (is that how you spell compare?) and the last act, ...

http://brokenkode.com/is-this-comedy

Part of my 'live a little once a month', yesterday was Jose Gonzalez live at Shepherd's Bush. I've got to say that I really loved the concert. His voice seriously ...

http://brokenkode.com/jose-gonzalez-at-shepherds-bush

I was thinking about this today and basically, blogging involves removing the additional thoughts that are in your head that take up valuable space. Things that you should think about ...

http://brokenkode.com/create-something

To the internet. So last week we were offline at casa Khaled. Yes, that's right, no net access whatsoever. At first I've got to admit that I was REALLY angry. ...

http://brokenkode.com/im-an-addict

Now see that's fucking weird. I was having a pretty rough Tuesday at work, so we went out for a couple of drinks after work. I work in Mornington Crescent, ...

http://brokenkode.com/camden-fire

So yesterday I finally saw a celebrity I actually gave two shits about seeing. I creator who's work I've actually enjoyed greatly. We went for a few drinks in Belsize ...

http://brokenkode.com/tim-helena

This weekend I've decided to finally get down to completely my chartership forms. For those in the dark, part of a professional engineer's life (and I'm not talking about your ...

http://brokenkode.com/chartership-the-form

Loads and loads of things to write and talk about, especially as this blog is now officially 4 years old today. Got a great deal of exciting things to talk ...

http://brokenkode.com/happy-new-year

So I had myself a bit of a Facebook purge today. As Facebook is becoming more and more part of the cultural landscape it's become a bit more important to ...

http://brokenkode.com/the-facebook-question

It's time we all took the word 'average' back. I've been thinking about this (and actually mouthing off about it as well to anyone dumb enough that will listen to ...

http://brokenkode.com/average

The entrance to Miyamoto Musashi's house. miyamoto.png

http://brokenkode.com/02-japan-sketches

I'll be posting loads of these throughout the coming week. toji-temple.png

http://brokenkode.com/01-japan-sketches

Ok seriously that was as fun as getting my head kicked in by a bunch of chunky school girls while being stuck on a roller coaster feeling a bit nauseous ...

http://brokenkode.com/man-flu

Over 1000 photos , but here is a small slither of what is to come: hiroshima.JPG kyoto.JPG mount-fuji.JPG golden.JPG

http://brokenkode.com/japan-photos-teaser