LeftFooted's Antics

LeftFooted's Antics

Here... I just write about the most random stuff


Why I listen to the same song every day, all day

26 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I never listen to playlists or the radio when I'm working. I usually do one of three things. I either put an episode of Top Gear or the Grand Tour on, or I go on YouTube and watch crypto videos, or videos about watches, or technology, or podcasts, o...

New day, new challenge - and this one's tough

26 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Now, ya see, the whole point of a challenge is it forces you to up the ante. Or raise the bar. Use whatever equivalent expression you like. A few months ago, I said I'd write one story every day for the next 365 days. I was determined to see it th...

If you're not on Wikipedia, then you probably don't need a blue checkmark

16 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Over the last few weeks my Instagram feed has become a fruit salad of blue checkmarks. And the same thing is happening on Twitter and Facebook. Everyone I know and their dog is now verified. Bob the Builder is verified. John Doe is verified. As is J...

Swatch created a monster that needs feeding

10 Sep 2023 1 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted

An Italian actor you've probably never heard of recently made headlines, in Italy, after branding Adam Driver's performance in Michael Mann's Ferrari as 'cultural appropriation'. "Why aren't they casting an Italian actor to play an Italian charac...

Batumi is trying hard to be the new Dubai - Is it working?

10 Aug 2023 4 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

Batumi is a city you’ve probably never heard of. It’s in Georgia, as in the country not the state, and it’s on the Black Sea. Visually, it wants to be like Dubai. The bit of the city that people might reasonably call downtown is a festival of skysc...

10 minutes till gate opens

8 Aug 2023 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted

I'm writing this from the airport. Gate info will be available in 10 minutes, hence why I'm writing this. Literally to pass the time. I believe that Publish0x is a valuable and fun source of information and useful tips when it comes to crypto....

Finally caved in, gf might leave me, send help

7 Aug 2023 1 minute read 5 comments LeftFooted

I'd been wanting to get me a pair of Yeezy Foam Rnr for the longest time and, well, I finally did. First and foremost, kudos to me for not buying these overpriced shoes in the pre-owned market, and actually waiting till I finally managed to snatch t...

What a fcuking day this was

3 Aug 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

I woke up at 7, 'cause I had a plane to catch at 10:25 and one thing I've learnt about this place is nothing should ever be taken for granted. I called an Uber, which was very cheap so that's good, and got to the airport where, surprise surprise, I...

NASA is launching its own streaming service... for some reason

2 Aug 2023 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

For reasons I'm not sure I understand, NASA is launching its own streaming service called NASA+. Now, that's interesting. I don't know where they're going with this. I presume they're going to use the service to promote and show space-related TV...

Writing for writing's sake

30 Jul 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

The most important piece of advice that was ever given to me was given to me by a famous TV presenter who, for about four years, was technically my boss. "If you want to write about cars [you have to] like cars, by all means, but you have to love wr...