BBpress – Iain Douglas Stewart

2014 fitness and other random targets

By Iain 1 January 2014Books, Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

I need a new routine. If the start of a new year spurs that change, then so be it. I can understand that some people don't like those people that make "resolutions", but I'm all for them to do so - if making a resolution makes that person sit up and admit they have a problem they'd like to fix,…

Goodbye 2013

By Iain 31 December 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

So what happened in 2013 then? It was another mixed bag. The best thing ever happened: I stopped smoking. And I don't even miss it. I'm not suffering from some black depression because I'm holding myself back from smoking my precious cigarettes, I'm not deluding myself by switching to an eCigarette, I'm not counting down the hours until I can…

Under the weather

By Iain 22 October 2013ReflectionsNo Comments

I've felt like proper shit for the last few days - I have this viral thing affecting my upper respiratory tract - Paraflu, Jane says. She's smart like that, knows all the names of the diseases and stuff. All I know is that I've barely slept for the past couple of nights because my throat is so sore, and I've…

600th post spectacular – Questions galore

By Iain 9 October 2013Books, Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Ok, so the numbers say that this will be post number 600. I feel like I want to do something special for it, and after having a little think, I remembered that I’m currently reading a book on my Nexus called “Be creative” by Infinite Ideas – it was free and has so far given me a few decent tips. In one chapter it had a list of questions you should ask of yourself in order to understand yourself, because how often do you actually stop and question things?

So, here we are with the questions and answers. I endeavoured to be as brutally honest as I could be and I gave each question a lot of thought. I ended up spraying my thought process on to the page as I was typing, and I did repeat myself a little, so be warned!

WARNING!!! VERY LONG POST!!!

This post is going to have the most tags ever.

What is community?

By Iain 4 October 2013Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

Karl and Hannah came to visit us in the Summer. During their visit, I said to Karl that I've not taken an active role in promoting Random Fury for a long time, to which he replied "Maybe you should". This is me taking an active hand again. The website, randomfury.co.uk, will soon be transformed. Our existing phpBB forum will be…

Progress

By Iain 19 September 2013Books, Creativity, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Just some stuff that I need to get out of my head: I feel like the Youtube/Twitch stuff has lost momentum. It's mainly because the shitty laptop I bought off eBay was too shit to process videos at a high resolution, and our broadband is too slow to stream it. I'm saving up for a more powerful new laptop, but…

A dream nearly realised…

By Iain 3 September 2013Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

I remember writing this a long time ago: It’ll be a like a mad combination of HALOader, a wiki, a forum, a general videogame news and reviews site... and the community section of 1up.com, with users able to write a blog, upload pictures of their setup, upload personal pictures, link to other cool sites, pretty much anything they want It…

No longer annoyed

By Iain 21 August 2013Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

I've got WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress playing nicely now - all that remains is to —SECRET NEW PROJECT— them with —SECRET NEW PROJECT— the —SECRET NEW PROJECT— so the —SECRET NEW PROJECT— and —SECRET NEW PROJECT—. Wish me luck! Posted from WordPress for Windows Phone