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Art Director/designer for hire

foggy — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:09:44 +0000

I try to keep professional stuff off here, but needs must at the moment. If anyone out there is looking for the above in the Berkshire/London area hop over to my LinkedIn profile here

Cheers

In basket, watch out!

foggy — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:01:13 +0000

I promised I would let you know how I’m getting on with ‘Getting things done’. Well, so far I’ve bought my in baskets, file folders and labeller, and collection starts next week… it does say it takes most people 2 days to collect and then process all of their open loops. I’m sort of looking forward to it, having now finished the book, I can’t wait to get stuck in and actually start doing some of this stuff!

Getting things done…

foggy — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:50:38 +0000

Its been nearly eleven months since I signed off my last post with “Promise I’ll try and be more regular with the postings from now on…”. Well, I just discovered ‘Getting things done’ by David Allen through a guy called Merlin Mann. I continually want to de clutter and get stressed about not getting round to it, so I started researching productivity on the internet and ended up watching a few videos on YouTube (I know, doesn’t sound very productive), namely Merlin’s Inbox Zero which led me to GTD. I bought the book rather than wait for it to be delivered on Amazon and am currently half way through. I WILL let you know how I’m getting on soon. Promise.

One Minute Portrait #7

foggy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:40:02 +0000

Been away from blogging for a while, not really sure why just been busy since the back-end of last year.

Just to catch up, Isabel, my daughter (in the portrait) will be 1 year old soon. I’m still playing football for both Boca Seniors in Henley and less frequently Torpedo TF in London. I’m due to play for TF next week in their last game of the current season and another relegation nail biter.

Promise I’ll try and be more regular with the postings from now on…

One Minute Portrait #6

foggy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:17:14 +0000

Following on from my sister-in-law in the last sketch, this is my father-in-law, Tony.

One Minute Portrait #5

foggy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:05:44 +0000

My sister-in-law in profile. Can’t remember where I drew this.

Henley Sixes

foggy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:22:43 +0000

No I’ve not taken up rowing, I’m far too unfit for that… but I have been stepping up my wii fit workouts and trying to do at least 30 minutes a day – the hardest part having to get up early so my wife can jump on after me in between looking after the baby in the morning. My wii fit age is coming down along with a bit of weight, so all good.

Last week my newish football team ‘Boca Seniors’ have started playing 6-a-side in Henley – a six a side tag now as well? – The facilities are really good on a large astroturf pitch next to the rugby club. We all agreed it was much more like real football than the pinball of Prospect Park. Maybe it’s because we weren’t doing so well there in terms of results? Even though we had a baptism of fire in our first game against the league leaders and we got beat *!@& – 0, it was a good game and I got to do some kicking and am generally more involved in the game, so much so I picked up a black eye from somewhere!

More updates on league positions etc. to come…

Camden Tuesday Premiership Spring 2009 – Season Review

foggy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:38:18 +0000

Even though we moved up to the Premiership as Champions from the season before, we had lost a few players to injury and the squad didn’t seem as strong. But opening day was quite positive as we scored 3 goals against one of the contenders for the league. Although we lost 5-3 we were confident we we could get enough points to stay in the league. But despite a 5-0 drubbing of what would turn out to be the bottom team, we lost 6 of the first seven games and were deep in the relegation zone.

But then came a rally of 7 points from the next three games, which as it turned out would be enough to secure our safety. Although we lost our last two, we had achieved our objective of avoiding relegation by just one point. A dramatic draw against old adversaries Rage Against Retirement, would be our saviour.

On the whole a good season, with all players chipping in goals in the absence of our regular strikers. Even Rich P was in contention at one point for top scorer! Plus he missed a penalty…

On a personal level, I got 2 MOM awards and feel like I’m in pretty good form at the moment. No thoughts of retirement just yet…

Relegation avoided

foggy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:17:43 +0000

Despite a 5-1 defeat to title chasing DLA, Torpedo avoided relegation after our nearest rival lost to the league leaders. Once again, we let things slip in the second half after being only 1-0 down at half time. Although there was too much activity around our goal with quite a bit of work to do for me! Second half saw even more shots and saves and I got the MOM for probably being the busiest player on the field. That’s two for the season now. We did score a nicely worked goal finished of by Tom – who now has 6 goals in 3 games since his comeback – so even against good teams we can still produce.

So with still one game to play, next week should be a relaxed and celebratory affair. Ironically we are playing the team we were battling against for the drop, so they will no doubt want to put one over on us.

Either way, I’m looking forward to that end-of-season beer.

On theme changes…

foggy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:40:44 +0000

Thinking about changing my theme again. I’ve seen a few blogs using Cutline, but I also like Emigre , Grid Focus and Twenty-Eight Thirteen. I would try and use Sandbox as I’ve seen some cool sites using it, but I’m not sure where to start. Looks like more tutorials…

Any suggestions, or do you like the way it is?