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Day Thirteen: Not much in the way of progress

July 11, 2007 Posted in Journalism, Meditation, Writing by

Another day, another fifteen minutes sitting in front of a candle whilst thinking about random other things. That was after starting the day with yet another odd dream, this one involving playing with big fluid magnets and finding out that there was a big chunk of metal embedded in my body. Then followed another day with […]


Day Eight: Flicker

July 6, 2007 Posted in Meditation, Writing by

A brief flicker of… something, during this morning’s session. I had a minute or two when I thought I was getting the hang of it, really focusing on the flame. I felt some determination, some gumption for a while, to concentrate on the tip of this damn candle, no matter what. However, that drifted off […]


Day Seven: Same mind, different day.

July 5, 2007 Posted in Meditation, Writing by

In a strange turnabout from the past couple of days, last night I didn’t sleep very well, and kept on waking up and not drifting off again for ages. I also had yet another struggle getting out of bed  —  I wonder if there’s an unconscious desire not to get up and get on with my changed […]


Day Five: Tired as a Tired Thing

July 3, 2007 Posted in Meditation, Writing by

Ugh. So, I went to bed earlier than usual tonight, and had trouble this morning dragging myself out of an odd dream (involving a hotel room, like the last time, but this one was about the battle for a contract between two rival mobile phone companies. I’ve probably been exposed to too much iPhone hype […]


The Meaning of Second Life

June 24, 2007 Posted in Journalism by

Here’s a good portent to start off my new dedication to writing: I’ve finally got back into online journalism in a small way. This week, Null Hypothesis published an article I wrote for them on Second Life. It’s in their more serious (read: “not complete bollocks”) section, Straight Talking, and it’s not a particularly funny […]


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