Let me take you back just over a year ago, I had been on a nostalgia trip watching YouTube videos about MP3 players and "simpler times". It got me yearning for my old Sony MP3 Walkman I had when I was a kid (until my sister broke it). I'd had mounting gripes with streaming between their dodgy treatment of artists, my frustrations with how distracting smartphones are, and interfaces that always see... » Continue Reading
December is probably my favourite month. I'm fairly obsessed with Christmas vibes and today is the third most Christmasy day of the year. At least it is here in Ireland. Yes coming in just behind Christmas Day and Christmas Eve, the day of the Late Late Toy Show is a pretty big deal here. So when I sat down earlier with my girlfriend to make a list of Christmas movies and struggled to get in many ... » Continue Reading
Over the last year I worked a job in the city that would give me a three hour commute each day for five or six days a week. I recently left that job even though I really liked some aspects of it. One of those things were my coworkers. Most of them have become friends now but if there's one thing I'll keep from that job forever it's the characters. Since I was a teenager I've had this idea for a s... » Continue Reading