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address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:40:38 GMT

Terrific Tor Matt, Font Bar after work? There's a surprise for you, x

Terrific Tor coxy, did you get my text?

coxy ;D Oh, yes. I didn't hear it though. :)
coxy ;D And yes, cool. I'll be there.
coxy ;D Weird. Surprises...
coxy ;D I'm intrigued.

Terrific Tor yes a surprise :)

coxy ;D It's not Mick Hucknall, is it?

Terrific Tor how did you guess?

coxy ;D He's surprised me before. Took me to a fairground. Thing is, he made me pay - can you believe that? I asked him where his share was, but he told me money's too tight to mention.

Terrific Tor I don't even know who Mick Hucknall is.

EXT INKED

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:18:14 GMT

Last night I went to an exhibition that was showcasing one hundred of the most endangered species in the British Isles. Hosted by the Ultimate Holding Company, the exhibition was the launch of a social experiment which intends to find one hundred 'Ambassadors' to each take ownership of one of the one hundred species in the form of a tattoo.

The night was excellently presented and I've put my name down to become an Ambassador. There were a lot of applicants by the looks of things, so I don't really fancy my chances, but hopefully I will find myself amongst one of the final one hundred.

You can see the image above in high definition video form on Vimeo and Facebook.

breyer

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:08:27 GMT

Hugh

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:25:52 GMT

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:54:46 GMT

Last night I went to see The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. It was really good.

Orbs

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:17:08 GMT

Digital Download

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:19:40 GMT

The first digital download I ever bought was the single Catalyst by Oceansize. This was in 2004.

To pay for the track, I had to send an SMS to a premium rate number which prompted me to receive a unique code to input into the band's website. They were way ahead of the game.

Too far.

Deer, dear.

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:56:48 GMT

seoul

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:45:45 GMT

BEARD

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:04:33 GMT

A few weeks ago, I decided that I won't shave between the months of October and January - I think this also means having my hair cut - which warranted a high five from my best friend Emily Walker, a look of disgust from her girlfriend Terrific Tor, laughing and encouragement from Vikki Clarkson and questioning disbelief from Victoria Rendell.

Pictured above is my facial hair mid-October and today, as we reach the end of the month, it's grown a bit longer. It's hard to estimate, but I'd possibly say that it's twice as bushy. Maybe.

I will post a beard update in January 2010. I can tell you're looking forward to it already.

Today (Would) Be Beautiful

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:04:38 GMT

I love days like today. Days where there's a really good atmosphere - the season is autumn, the leaves are falling, the sun is shining, there is no breeze but a chill to the air, a bonfire has been lit on the allotments across the way and the road is a mist of sweet smelling smoke. The day would be perfect for going out for a walk and taking some excellent photos...

Only I'm stuck inside; ill for the fourth day on the run, coughing up my insides, feeling slightly dizzy when I stand and having to tend to a cat that's not mine. The cat has decided that last night was a good night to throw up the contents of it's stomach from both sides of it's body across the floor of the lounge. Gross.

Usually I'd have to clean up this mess first thing in the morning in the hour I use to get ready for work, rush off to town, work, and then come back to do pretty much the same - get some food in myself, the cats, clean and sleep. I live alone - it is surprisingly hard to keep a three-bedroom house clean on your own when you have three cats that don't get along.

I'm sure this cat hates me:

Too Cute

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:21:52 GMT

I made a wallpaper. I was inspired. You should download and use it. I am.

Amazing Horse

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:08:16 GMT

In terms of the Internet, this is quite old... but it's still an Amazing Horse.

(if you don't click the link, you're missing out)

Involvement in some gays.

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:34:44 GMT

I forgot how fun hanging out on IRC can be. (biggar)

Sharky

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:20:54 GMT

♥ cats, ♥ emily and tor

4am

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:17:50 GMT

It's 4am and I've just finished resizing and uploading some photos that I took recently at various Manchester club nights. The photos are nothing special, but you can see some here and some more here.

I like meeting people and taking pictures at club nights so I've started using coxy.me.uk/photos as a hub for photos like this - maybe I'll do it more often.

I've also been linking a lot of photos that aren't mine on my blog lately. Should I hot-link the original image, which is what I'm doing right now, or save a copy of the image onto Opera Community and source the original?

Hot-linking allows the original photographer to have control over removing their images - this has positive and negative points. Re-hosting and sourcing will ensure the blog doesn't break in future - but then, it does infringe on Copyright. It would be interesting to hear comments on this from readers and moderators.

Bambi

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:55:08 GMT

Shot by Bea Fremderman. Good stuff.

Dogs in Glasses

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:21:13 GMT

This world needs more dogs wearing specs.

Dinosaur Bones

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:39:36 GMT

RT @dnafrequency: If God didn't want us to masturbate he would have made our arms shorter. Maybe that's why the T-rex was always so angry.

When laurielaptop tweeted the above, I couldn't resist but to draw.

OMG! So Cute! XD

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Matt Cox) — Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:36:39 GMT

found here.