Since joining the world of the working, oh some 10 years ago, a lot has changed for me. My first ever job was flipping burgers; aged 16 and fresh out of high school, hoarding cash to use to get drunk after college. When this all came to an end, after enduring an entire year in the furness (not just figuratively), I made my choices and pursued a career in software development, starting off at the lowest ranks – in fact, [...]
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I hate the moniker “Foodie”, we’re all foodies – hell, all of us like to eat, right? But there’s a difference between those who like to eat “good” food, and those who like to eat anything – including many with a heavy diet of processed foods. What I’m most concerned about is the, hopefully small, amount of families who have their kids under the impression that processed foods, like McDonalds or fish fingers and chips, are “a treat”. “We’ll go [...]
After our “blizzard” of Friday morning which left about 4-inches of snow in and around central Cardiff, and then with the sky pouring white stuff most of the day on Friday, Cardiff Council seems to have retreated and called it quits. I haven’t seen a council vehicle in days, the roads are a mess, nothing has been cleared since the snow dropped and this is causing chaos – with cars getting stuck, unable to move at junctions and all normal [...]
Has Cardiff become a great city, or great big mall? Thousands of houses and apartments have been built in what are now trendy areas of Cardiff, the Bay, the city centre and Roath, but why is there a demand for apartments in Cardiff? Has the population of Cardiff grown? Are more people naturalising here? According to census figures, no. And if they were, why would they come? Is Cardiff a cultural mecca? No, we have an opera house, some small [...]
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“You must hate the commute” they say to me, my friends. “I walk 5 minutes to the train station, sit on my arse in a semi-comfortable seat for an hour, I get off and walk 10 minutes to the office” I reply, “It’s not exactly strenuous”. I left the company that I started in May 2009 to experience more new things, that and the working relationship between me and my business partner had become strained through all the late night [...]