http://thegareth.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ caution advised en Vox Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:03:11 +0000 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/aims-for-2009.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/aims-for-2009.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/aims-for-2009.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:03:11 +0000 Self-indulgently skipping along with the review of year gone is "what I want to do next year". Again, who am I to argue with blogosphere folklore A few aims for 2009: Have a great time on the remaining bit of my round the world trip. Catch ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/aims-for-2009.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d010980c2e2c8000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2009 self indulgent writing http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/2008-in-review.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/2008-in-review.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/2008-in-review.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:58:52 +0000 It's the time of year that people start posting awful end of year summaries, and who am I to break the trend... Wordy version: This year was easily the biggest in my life. After years of being too scared, skint, or disinclined to travel - I di... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/2008-in-review.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d0109d0758e2b000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> meta travelling 2008 year in review http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/unexpected-decision-factors.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/unexpected-decision-factors.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/unexpected-decision-factors.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:49:23 +0000 Having been in Sydney for 6 months now, I've got a reasonable feel for the place. Having spent a decade in London, I've been wondering where I will spend the next 10 years. Or at least the next few years of the next 10 years. Given my unhealthy ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/unexpected-decision-factors.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d010980b25c34000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> internet australia censorship migration emigration filtering http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-people-my-age-being-future-financial-dinosaurs.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-people-my-age-being-future-financial-dinosaurs.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-people-my-age-being-future-financial-dinosaurs.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:14:53 +0100 In the short term the credit crisis/banking crisis/FINANCIAL COLLAPSE is going to be painful with countless layoffs, consolidation in the industry and the knock on impact to consumers. People struggling to get mortgages or having debts called in ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-people-my-age-being-future-financial-dinosaurs.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d00fad6ad07600005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> finance doom meltdown we're all doomed doom mongering http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/and-were-back.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/and-were-back.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/and-were-back.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:02:09 +0100 I was snowboarding NZ. I fell down a reasonable amount, kind of bruised myself (ribs were the worst) - but it was fun. In fact most fun I've had injuring myself in a long time. New Zealand was very pretty, though you do have pay to leave. As wel... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/and-were-back.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d00fa969920a80003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> forms travelling immigration http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-radio-silence.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-radio-silence.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-radio-silence.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:41:33 +0100 Hello, It's been almost 3 months, so in summary: job is going ok, I'm as about as established here as I'm going to be. I'm missing the BBC Olympic coverage (including the multi-streams) and am getting fitter than I've ever been before. (Gym 3 ti... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-radio-silence.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d00fae8d658b7000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> holiday escape quarter life crisis http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-birthdays.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-birthdays.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-birthdays.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 May 2008 11:58:43 +0100 I hate birthdays. I'm Scottish and we seem to love things like new years and birthdays as an excuse for self flagellation. I'm 29 this year, which feels like the on-ramp to 30. I've not really got established here, so it's going to be a skype-f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/on-birthdays.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d00fae8bc0470000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> birthday travelling expectations nomad http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/why-accept-my-old-card-number.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/why-accept-my-old-card-number.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/why-accept-my-old-card-number.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 01 May 2008 08:26:50 +0100 Sorry, this is a rant containing some vague user experience stuff behind a thick veneer of bile. Banking is always fun when you're abroad. I'll leave the more general rants about how banks aren't really global to my friends Laurie and Simon who... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/why-accept-my-old-card-number.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d00f48cf3ba450003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> morons citibank banking http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/i-fail-to-see-how-hsbc-was-started-by-a-scotsman.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/i-fail-to-see-how-hsbc-was-started-by-a-scotsman.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/i-fail-to-see-how-hsbc-was-started-by-a-scotsman.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:57:29 +0100 Apparently HSBC was founded by a Scotsman, one Thomas Sutherland. I'd heard this years ago, and the nickname Home to Scottish Banking Clerks. See, I'm Scottish, and my thoughts upon arriving in Hong Kong were not, "you know what, I'll form a banki... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/i-fail-to-see-how-hsbc-was-started-by-a-scotsman.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d00f48ced3ac20003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hong kong travel travelling white balance 2lmc http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/to-blog-or-not-to-blog.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegareth) http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/to-blog-or-not-to-blog.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/to-blog-or-not-to-blog.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:02:41 +0100 The presumed default now appears to be that as a tech-savvy person, if you're doing something big then you'll be blogging about it. And I assumed that I'd do similar on my grand trip around the world. But I don't think I will. In a boring bullet ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegareth.vox.com/library/post/to-blog-or-not-to-blog.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251ffaa58e1d00f48cebdb040003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> blogging travelling round the world