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The Technical Difficulties Podcast

14 Jul 2012 22:07:00 GMT

Tom, Gary Toast and I are back, this time with a podcast.
We've released episodes weekly for the last 6 Thursdays. Series one is now complete, but you can still listen to all the episodes online:

Subscribe via iTunes (it's free!) or Listen online

We will return…

Mini Golf: Joystick Controlled Labyrinth

19 Apr 2012 10:07:00 GMT

To celebrate his 10,000th day on this earth Tom Scott held a Ridiculous Mini Golf Party for which I designed and built a hole inspired by a ball bearing Labyrinth toy.

Mini Golf: Joystick Controlled Labyrinth, and how I made it

#Aurora Map

07 Mar 2012 00:37:00 GMT

Having noticed a lot of twitter activity lately about solar activity, the northern lights, and aurorae, I decided to put together a map that can show where twitter users are seeing this in the UK
I have just made an update so it can now map tweets from the USA, Canada, South Africa too.
To see aurora updates, and for info on how to contribute, check out my #Aurora Map

Nul Points

14 May 2011 13:16:00 GMT

Nul Points! - rate Eurovision tonight on twitter as it happens, see live results! Spread the word.

One Photo A Week

19 Nov 2010 22:00:00 GMT

The name pretty much says it all! I take photos a lot of the time just because I enjoy it and never really show them off. I thought it'd be nicer to stick some of the photos I take up online rather than letting them fester on a hard drive having never been seen!

I plan to start by uploading photos I've taken in the past, and then when I run out of my favourites, I'm going to challenge myself to take an interesting photo every week.

See this week's photo at One Photo A Week

Cobbles

18 Sep 2010 10:11:00 GMT

I took a photo earlier that I'm now using as a desktop backround and thought I'd share it in several resolutions in case anyone else wants it too.

Download the cobbles wallpaper here.

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Session

03 Aug 2010 00:28:00 GMT

In 2008 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip came into University Radio York to record a quick session before their gig later on that night. I filmed it at the time, and have just thought to upload it.

Watch Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip in Session

Discover My Breakfast

31 May 2010 13:34:00 GMT

Be it due to boredom, intrigue, or lack of inspiration of what to have for dinner you can now take advantage of the current trend of people tweeting what they're eating! Put simply, Discover My Breakfast displays recent posts from twitter about food.

Discover My Breakfast is a collaboration between @pearfalse and I (@unnamedculprit).

Like it? tell the world or, you can let us know what you think !

Northallerton Market Day

18 Apr 2010 11:15:00 GMT

I had a wander round Northallerton on Market Day

See the photos here

The Technical Difficulties - Show 3

14 Apr 2010 18:07:00 GMT

Show three, the final epsiode of The Technical Difficulties is now up!

This week: Ironed breakfast, Cone-based public disorder, multiple wedgies!

Watch The Technical Difficulties TV Show Episode 3

The Technical Difficulties - Show 2

07 Apr 2010 20:07:00 GMT

Show two of The Technical Difficulties is now up!

This week: Monument misuse! More Battle of the Beer! The seaside! EXPLOSIONS!

Watch The Technical Difficulties TV Show Episode 2

The Technical Difficulties TV Show #1

31 Mar 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Online, we broke the news , cooked breakfast on an iron and threw two drums and a cymbal off a cliff . On the radio, we won the 2008 Kevin Greening Award for Creativity and a 2009 Bronze for Best Entertainment at the SRAs. We figured it was about time we tried our hand at TV.

Today we're proud to announce that the first episode is now up ! The Technical Difficulties: The web TV show with experiments, quizzes and stunts featuring Tom Scott, Gary Brannan, Matt Gray, and Toast.

Watch The Technical Difficulties TV Show Episode 1

Photography: Maker Faire 2010

15 Mar 2010 17:57:00 GMT

This weekend, Tom Scott and I took The Webcycle to MakerFaire 2010. While we were there, I found some time to take a few photos.

See my photos from MakerFaire 2010.

The Webcycle at MakerFaire in Newcastle

09 Mar 2010 19:28:33 GMT

This weekend, Tom and I will be exhibiting The Webcycle at MakerFaire UK 2010 in Newcastle.

Maker Faire celebrates things people create themselves -- from James Bond-worthy electronic gizmos to homemade clothes. Inspiration is ubiquitous at the festival and there are surprises around every corner for people of all ages.
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At Maker Faire, technology meets art, science meets fashion, engineering meets crafting and that's just the tip of the iceberg. This DIY festival features cool robots, clever gadgets, garden shed inventions, knitted wonders, renegade fashions, cars and bikes like you've never seen before, the occasional fireball, music-making and much, much more!

More information on the Webcycle here.

Renegades Gig Photos

30 Jan 2010 00:13:37 GMT

I went to see Renegades play Manchester Ruby Lounge on Tuesday. Renegades is comprised of the three current members of Feeder: Grant Nicholas, Taka Hirose and Karl Brazil; who are on tour under this name, playing only new material.

See my photos from the gig.

One of those posts that looks back over the last year and lists things that happened

02 Jan 2010 20:22:29 GMT

There have been over 165,000 views of videos I've been involved with in the last year that have been posted on YouTube. Now that's something I didn't expect at all! Most of the projects I've worked on in the last year have been in collaboration with Tom Scott and are hosted on his YouTube channel. I'd like to say thanks to everyone that has spread the word about these videos, and am glad that so many people have enjoyed them.

In case you wondered, this is the top 5 of what I've been involved with for the last year:

The Webcycle (June 2009): The faster you pedal, the faster it lets your internet go.
2 Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff (May 2009): "B'doom tish".
Breaking The News (July 2009): Boneheading the budget coverage, with a twist.
The Matt Gray High Five Face Off (Dec 2008): One man versus a cardboard cutout of himself.
Time Lapse Sunrise Photography (Jan 2009): 55 minutes of a wintry sunrise in 9 seconds.

Merry Christmas!

25 Dec 2009 23:15:30 GMT

Merry Christmas, and a happy new year to you all! Thank you for subscribing to my updates :)

In case you ever wondered, this is what I appear to do when I get bored at Christmas: www.isiteaster.co.uk

The Technical Difficulties Awarded Bronze for Best Entertainment Show

27 Nov 2009 19:26:30 GMT

The Technical Difficulties is the work of Tom Scott, Toast, Gary Brannan, and I.

The radio show was awarded bronze in the 'Best Entertainment Show' category at this year's Student Radio Awards, at the indigO2 in London, and won the Kevin Greening Award for Creativity at the 2008 SRA Awards.

Watch the Technical Difficulties trailer

The Technical Difficulties

23 Nov 2009 23:31:00 GMT

The trailer for The Technical Difficulties TV Show (coming soon to an internet near you) is now up on The Technical Difficulties website!

The Radio show has been nominated for 'Best Entertainment Show' in this year's student radio awards, which are taking place tomorrow night at the indigO2 in London. Good luck to all those who have been nominated for one of this years awards.

The show features Tom Scott, Toast, Gary Brannan, and myself, and won the Kevin Greening Award for Creativity in the 2008 SRA Awards.

Add A Poppy To Your Facebook Profile

3 Nov 2009 10:15:00 GMT

You can show your support for The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal by adding a poppy to your facebook profile. I made this app a few years ago and it still remains popular today.

Add a poppy to your facebook profile

York Zombie Walk 2009

31 Oct 2009 15:07:00 GMT

This halloween, York was overrun with zombies!

Here's the proof!

The Technical Difficulties Nominated for SRA Award

7 Oct 2009 19:33:00 GMT

The Technical Difficulties, a radio show I co-presented for the last year has been nominated for 'Best Entertainment Show' in this year's student radio awards.

The show featured Tom Scott, Toast, Gary Brannan, and myself, and won the Kevin Greening Award for Creativity in the 2008 SRA Awards.

More information will follow soon...

Panoramas: Queues for Banksy vs Bristol Museum

30 Aug 2009 16:57:00 GMT

While in Bristol on Saturday for Banksy vs Bristol Museum, I took a few photos of the massive queues and made them into a couple of panoramas. View the panoramas here: http://www.mattg.co.uk/words/banksy_queue/

The Webcycle

06 Aug 2009 13:55:00 GMT

It's a handy way for internet addicts to get fit: the faster you pedal, the faster your internet goes. The fitness possibilities are wonderful. It's an exercise bike, with sensors on the pedals, connected to an Arduino and a laptop running Ubuntu with wondershaper. Watch the Webcycle video here http://www.mattg.co.uk/projects/webcycle

Breaking the News

15 Jul 2009 21:45:00 GMT

The biggest project we've ever tried: on Budget Day 2009, Tom and Matt headed down to London. With a camera crew in tow and a command centre in York telling us where the cameras were, we tried to get in the background of as many live broadcasts as possible, boneheading our way through London landmarks and news channels. Tom had an Oyster card; Matt had a Ford Fiesta. Only one could emerge victorious.

300 Reworked

14 Jul 2009 14:33:21 GMT

As part of a university project, I removed the sound from a scene in "300" and re-did it myself from scratch. I thought I'd uploaded this in '07 when I made it but it appears I didn't... so here it is:

Strange iPhone Messages

17 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Quite a few iPhone users have recently found strange messages appearing on their phones, only accompanied by a black background and a big green dismiss button. (More after the break...)

An Extract from the Life of Kings of Leon's Caleb Followill

25 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT

[video] 100% accurate and in no way made by a man in a dodgy Caleb Followill mask.

Fire Juggling Photograhy

26 Jan 2009 00:55:00 GMT

In between spinning fire poi yesterday evening, I took some photos of my friends juggling fire clubs, fire poi and fire staff.

Time Lapse Sunrise 2009

24 Jan 2009 18:00:00 GMT

This morning I braved the cold, and went out into the country to create time lapse footage of this morning's sunrise. It was the planning for this that prompted me to upload my previous effort from 2007 as featured in my previous post.

Time Lapse Sunrise 2007

21 Jan 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Created using a digital still camera in 2007, whilst filming something for a university project in the pennines. I have been meaning to upload this for years, and have only just got round to it.

New Website Design

5 Jan 2009 02:30:00 GMT

After a few delays, and a Christmas/new year break, the transformation is complete! The sun has set on my website for now, so no bright white backgrounds for you anymore, dear reader! I hope you like it!

The Matt Gray High Five Face Off

24 Dec 2008 03:00:00 GMT

I'm the star in Tom Scott's latest video, where I'm pitched against a cardboard cutout of myself to see who can get the most high fives!