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Greenbelt 2010: Booked

drbexl — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:59:50 +0000

Yes, I was organised this year, I have purchased my ticket for Greenbelt before the 20% discount expires on 30th November! £77 for 3 nights of camping (4 if you really want, just remember the jumpers in case it’s as cold as 2009), and loads of speakers, art, events, and all sorts. I really enjoyed myself this year, so I was determined that I was going to go for 2010 (27—30 August 2010, Cheltenham Racecourse), although I’ll probably focus more on the experiential side (even more so than this year) as you can buy MOST (not all) talks after the event. I especially loved the 2 sessions I did at Grenhaus – the Greenbelt School of Art – and I know I missed some classic Greenbelt moments, so guess need to find the time before the event if I’m to make the most of it…

2010: The Art of Looking Sideways (I always love the themes, always so cryptic, and people make interesting links around the ideas…)

Glad to see that some of my friends are already signed up for the Facebook Group: “Going to Greenbelt 2010″ (unofficial, but quite handy!) – give me a “hi” comment if you’re coming…, and wonder if they’ll have invented a manual charger for the 3GS iPhone for this year, as the app was awesome, but a pain every time the battery ran out!

Image courtesy of Beyond.

Toilet-Twinning

drbexl — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:09:00 +0000

Check out “ToiletTwinning.org“

For just £60 you can twin your toilet at home, work or school with a latrine in Burundi. Your smallest room will be twinned exclusively with your own individual latrine in the remote Giharo Commune of Rutana Province. Only your toilet will be twinned with that particular latrine.You can even locate your twin deep in the African bush via Google Earth!

A suggestion: From We Are What We Do. Put a money pot on top of your toilet, and spend a penny every time you spend a penny!

For fun: check out the “toilet-shaped house“

Idea picked up from talk from Greenbelt 2009 by Euginie Harvey.

Greenbelt 2009

drbexl — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:23:00 +0000

I had a great time at Greenbelt, and it was nice to get away and do something different! I spend quite a lot of time at academic conferences, so I didn’t go to a huge number of talks, as I knew I could get most of them (well, I thought all, but the above is awaiting Rob Bell producing his own similar video, so not included) online afterwards, so I wanted to do some practical stuff!
Video Footage
I decided to try out taking some video footage with my camera (Panasonic Lumix 10 x zoom, was great for travelling, but I never used the video footage much!)… apologies if it wobbles, is the wrong way up, etc… it was all a bit experimental!

Ockham’s Razor: 1
Ockham’s Razor: 2
Ockham’s Razor: 3
Ockham’s Razor: 4
Royskopp: 1
Royksopp: 2
Royksopp: 3
MediaNet Launch (see the Promo, catch me 2.30 – I sound like a Londoner)
Goth Eucharist
John Bell: Sabbath for Beginners
Michael Ward: Planet Narnia
Athlete: 1
Athlete: 2

Art SessionsNext year I plan to return and do a whole load more of this!

This year, I was one of around 300+ people to download the Greenbelt Festival iPhone app. This was great whilst my phone was charged, but every time it went down I didn’t know what was going on. Greenbelt do have a charging station (charged for!), and occasionally I found plug points, and generally found it pretty helpful, but next year I’d like to have a wind up charger – suggestions?!

Order your tickets by 30th November to get 20% discount!

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