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February 2011
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Mor haws a ‘ny? | As easy as that?
Posted by Bryn_S under observations , personal , rant[5] Comments
I got really pissed off after spotting a Twitter post that complained that some members of the ‘Welsh’ twitter community weren’t tweeting in Welsh.
After suggesting that since I had followers all over the place, some that could and others that couldn’t speak welsh, I’d opted to do it in English. The reply came that having my bio in Welsh would be a ‘Start’.
I’m sorry… what?
My bio would be a ‘start’?
Apparently, having a twitter bio in two languages is a ‘start’ on helping to sustain the language..
So apparently, maintaining a blog in two languages, podcasting, helped out with translating software, writing tech news and op-eds, helping to promote to a conference to promote the use of technology in Welsh is not going to help ‘sustaining the language’… changing my twitter bio is a ‘start on it though.
My response… F**k you.
Update – 23:53
The person responsible for those remarks has since emailed me to apologise. So I consider the matter closed. Thanks to him once again
Mon 14 Feb 2011
Thu 10 Feb 2011
Friends, I have something terribly important and sensitive to tell you all. It’s taken a while for me to get here and I will confess to being more than a little scared to post this.
It all started a few months ago, when something caught my eye on a trip around Chester. Yes, I’d thought about it a bit before, but I’d dismissed those thoughts and carried on as I was. The truth, as I see it now is that those thoughts never went away. So I gave in, and for a brief time I was happy.
I thought it would end there, that I could carry on with my life and. It didn’t, and the same thing happened at the Trafford Centre (twice infact). The more times it did, the happier I was.
Until yesterday.
I’d decided, after a really bad morning that things couldn’t go on. I had to face the truth and make a stand once and for all. This brings us to where we are now.
My friends, I’m a Mac user.
Yes, it’s a bit of a shock. I’ve tried living with Windows and with Linux, but it just isn’t who I am. I have to be honest with myself and move on with my life. I have a very shiny Macbook Pro in my life now, and I’ve never been happier.
I hope you can all support me during this difficult (and shiny) transition.
B
Mon 7 Feb 2011
Thu 3 Feb 2011
Shot by the Groves in Chester. With the old Dee bridge in the background.
Tue 1 Feb 2011
After a bit of work, my first attempt (Mean streets of Leicester) turns into this picture…
With thanks to @mgdm for a few pointers on post-production mods