Last year’s Ride London was a complete wash-out, but still strangely satisfying despite the diminished achievement of “only” cycling 86 miles in the remains of a hurricane. But with a ballot place secured, this year I was confident that I could cover the 100 miles and had my sights set on a better time. Both …
As part one of the long-term “putting myself out there a bit” plan, I’ve put together a mini portfolio site. It also means that the URL doesn’t give a 403 error too. There isn’t much there but at least it’s something to point people to, and hopefully it’ll appear in Google at some point.
I’ve found three decent reviews for my book “Build an HTML5 Game“, and especially pleasing is the fact that two of them seem to be from exactly the target audience i.e. developers with existing web skills who didn’t realise how easy it would be to use those skills to build a game. First up, there’s …
Board games by the sea! For the spring London on Board event, and as part of training for the London Revolution ride in (gulp) two weeks, I decided that I’d cycle down to Eastbourne rather than take the train. The route out For the outgoing route, I went for this one, which, with the ride …
My Build An HTML5 Game book is finally on the way, and the website to go with it is live too. As well as info about the book it serves three main purposes: A place to see and play the Bubble Shooter game developed in the book Assets such as images and sounds to make …
My book Build an HTML5 Game in going to be out in a couple of months, and until around 4pm on January 31st 2015 you can get 40% off with the discount code BRIGHTANDEARLY if you buy it here: http://www.nostarch.com/html5game The discount applies to ebooks or the physical copy too, although it’s only if you’re …
I’ve been out riding with the Lea Valley Cycling Club a few times now and the route planner, John, has a good stock of cafes in his head that we can use as drop-off points. The problem is, I’m not always going to be out with the club, and I’m not always out in a …
Ever since I had the confirmation that I’d gotten a place in the Ride 100 ballot I’d been viewing August 10th with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Excitement, because it was going to be a great challenge, and trepidation due to the distance. I’d been building myself up since the beginning of the year, …
The Tour de France came through Leyton earlier today. I had a very productive afternoon watching it on the telly before deciding I’d better go and grab a spot to watch it go past in the flesh. Orient Way was empty enough to get some photos and provide a nice long view of the peloton, …
I’m due to cycle 75 miles on June 22nd as part of the Capital to Coast ride for Norwood. Although, as the event starts at the London Eye, I also need to cycle there, so I’ll have covered close to 85 miles by the time I reach Brighton in the evening. That’s a good 20 …