During last week, Dave Sharpe (@MyLocalFaces) ran an experiment based around a Twitter hashtag to see if Warwickshire-based twitter users (businesses and individuals) could grasp the idea, share their tweets, be followed and reciprocate, and start to communicate with each other. The hash-tag Dave chose for the exercise was #FollowBigBear, and as I write this [...]
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190mph Race Cars on M1- probe order
Posted: 4th October 2011 by Paul Hadley in UncategorizedTags: 80mph, car, M1, motorway, speed, speed limit, UK
(By ‘Mirror Reporter”) Ministry acts after ‘Le Mans test’ The Ministry of Transport ordered an inquiry last night into the use of the M1 motorway as a test track for high-speed sports cars. This move came after it was revealed that one car clocked 183mph on the M1 in a try-out for the 24-hour road [...]
Red Bull Pro Nationals, 2011- Round 5, Hawkstone Park
Posted: 29th August 2011 by Paul Hadley in UncategorizedTags: anstie, hawkstone park, honda, kawasaki, ktm, moto x, motorcross, red bull pro nationals, scramble, searle, suzuki, yamaha
Purely some fun, nothing else. My son is a fan of moto x, he pulls together his own blog, and Dad tags along, keeping well out of the way because I’m “not cool enough.” Damn right too- this is most definitely a sport for young people, and all Dads should realise that they are allowed [...]
I do get some strange projects…
Posted: 14th June 2011 by Paul Hadley in UncategorizedTags: #culture, America, battle, civil, day trip, heritage, historical, history, museum, panasonic hdc-tm700, stratford armouries, tourism
Recently, I’ve been doing some work behind the scenes with a new client in Stratford upon Avon. No biggie there. Then, out of the blue, I found out there was an American Civil War battle re-enactment celebration weekend happening at the venue. It didn’t take me long to figure out my camera may be needed. [...]
47- Adrian Goldberg
Posted: 24th March 2011 by Paul Hadley in BP50, UncategorizedTags: 5 Live, Adrian Goldberg, BBC, BBCWM, BP50, Doolan, News, Radio, Stirrer, TV, Watchdog
Adrian Goldberg from Paul Hadley on Vimeo. Watchdog, The Politics Show, Healthcheck, BBC Breakfast News, The Stirrer and 5 Live Investigates are just a few of the well known broadcast, media and journalism platforms that Adrian Goldberg has been associated with in the past. Today, BBCWM announced that Ed Doolan is stepping aside and hanging [...]
2 Paul Kehoe
Posted: 14th January 2011 by Paul Hadley in BP50, UncategorizedTags: Airport, Birmingham, BP50, Kehoe, Solihull, UK
Today, as part of my BP50 project, I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive of Birmingham Airport. With a wealth of past experience in many related areas and industries, Paul told me about how his management and leadership style has been influenced over the years, and how he applies it in his [...]
World First- HDR Video
Posted: 4th December 2010 by Paul Hadley in UncategorizedTags: Compression, Dynamic, HDR, HDRV, High, Professor Chalmers, Range, Science, Tech, university, video, Warwick, WMG
The natural world presents our visual system with a wide range of colours and intensities. Furthermore, the scene may be constantly changing with, for example, significant differences in lighting levels going from outside to inside or simply as the sun goes behind some clouds etc. A human eye can see detail in regions that vary [...]
HS2: High Speed 2
Posted: 29th November 2010 by Paul Hadley in UncategorizedTags: Birmingham, Fast, High Speed 2, HS2, London, Passenger, Train
(image supplied by Birmingham Chamber of Commerce) Today I attended the West Midlands High Speed Rail Business Debate at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham (UK). Hosted by Birmingham Chamber of Commerce & moderated by Patrick Burns, (Political Editor, BBC Midlands), the event featured panel guests: Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Transport. Simon Topman [...]
Things are going to look somewhat different here for a few weeks… I’ve started a new part-time project, working with S&D Pest Control. Their main focus for this project is to drive more traffic to their website, so to attract more business for their falconry activities, static displays and flying demonstrations, and also to pass [...]
Hi All. Finally. Managed to scrape a couple of hours together so I could concentrate on uploading a new theme for this blog. It’s called GreyZed, and hopefully it gives the blog a bit more of a modern feel to it. Please let me know if you like/hate it. Now to get all the plug-in’s [...]