An Ordinary Tech Life
An Ordinary Tech Life

An Ordinary Tech Life

A semi regular commentary on living in a 'New Normal", technology dependent world that hope will be inherited by others.


Soft Toy Suicides No.2 - Charles the Chimp

27 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

Pulling up outside a large suburban 3 storey, fat rain hammered on the street cops in ponchos manning the perimeter tape. Inside I found a home festooned in the trappings of comfortable family lives. Today the whole place was a hubbub of paper suited...

The Soft Toy Suicides - a new darkly humorous NFT collection

26 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

It was a bright, brisk, spring day when I got the call. Dispatch described the type of horror scene every detective has nightmares about being stationed to investigate. In the aftermath of the pandemic as life returned to the regular routine for most...

NFT Creators and Holders, Collect your Free Money (PAINT Token)

6 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

If like me you have been exploring NFTs and have minted some of your own Non Fungible Tokens via Rarible then you may well be eligible for some of the best type of payment. FREE MONEY!! An NFT based project called MurAll is offering an air drop of it...

The nodding crowds of daffodils

9 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

I cycle out into the morning A pale spring sun upon my face Familiar views appear like new Dustings of frost fringe the world The cold harsh air stalls my lungs I feel the lethargy of winter Clawing my legs like heavy bags Ahead on the trail Crowds o...

How to tokenise artwork as an NFT using Rarible, a brief guide

2 Mar 2021 3 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

At the beginning of February I had a piece of work that I had always intended to mint as a Non Fungible Token (NFT). My unfortunate timing to do this was right slap bang in the middle of bull run on Ethereum. The effect on gas prices was quite specta...

The potential offered by NFTs to Creators

26 Feb 2021 1 minute read 3 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

I like creating things and human history tells me I am not alone in this. I am not too fussy what I use to create, build or make my marks on the world. I flit across many medium and techniques as my fancy takes me. Of late I have become interested in...

Night Terror

8 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

I sit and scowl in the depth of nightThe house is still and silentI prowl the hall and slip into a roomI freezeThe peace is broken by a timid rustleMy eyes go wide to swallow lightI sense the source, and coil to pounceMy tail sways high, a dancing co...

The Humble Heralds of Spring to come

5 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

  I walk across an icy field And glance about the frozen fringe Where on I see a regiment of smart grey forms Their bright white heads bowed to the ground A line of snowdrops, breach the snow The humble heralds of spring to come   This poem and an ac...

Little Rabbit Sighed

1 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

Rabbit lay and sighed, He stared up at the endless sky. Inky black and strewn with stars Each winking back. Which made him smile :) This poem and an accompanying high quality, animated digital artwork has been captured as an NFT which is available fo...

When the world waits for the mists to rise

29 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AnOrdinaryTechLife

Today I woke with heavy bones Let free a sigh I drew the blinds Blinked and rubbed my eyes I see the blanket of a heavy mist It walks the hills and wraps the world. The morning voices of birds, muffled. They sat and sulked Their wings encrusted in he...