what is this place all about
it's all about me me me.
metal & gin
metal & gin is my personal blog, the name comes from a status update i made whilst on the train one evening, i was commuting home and was listening to nine inch nails whilst drinking a gin & tonic. metal & gin.
i use the place to write about things i care about, i focus mainly on the web development industry, with a strong focus on ruby / rails, emerging web technologies and rich internet applications. i also sometimes talk about work, my personal life and anything else that pops into my head.
this is also a place where i try to collate some of the meta-data i generate whilst online, you can see my "life-feed" to the right which is a combined feed of facebook updates, twitter updates, del.icio.us posts, digg articles, flickr uploads, last.fm recent tracks and blog posts from here.
craig t mackenzie
that would be me, the author of this here place. i would try to write loads of stuff about myself here but instead i'm going to copy and paste my biog. from facebook, that'll do for now.
lazy copy & paste biog.
- i'm a scary boy with delusions of grandeur and a heart of gold.
- i like honest and open people.
- i love what i do (i make websites and shit) and have a passion for music.
- i love apple inc in a kind of obsessive way.
- i'm a gayer, which means i like boys that like boys.
- i like fashion, music, art and "fuck-you" attitudes.
- i have an amazing boyfriend that puts up with way too much (i'd have left me by now)
- i'm a borderline alcoholic with narcoleptic tendencies.
- i like to think i'm a satanist. i'm probably not.
- i have issues with my weight and if you call me fat i'm likely to scream at you.
- i'm not as insane as this makes me sound (most of the time)
life feed
- tweet: annoyingly, @wunderkit's site makes it look ace, but its a webkit view as far as i can tell, and a 500 on signup which blocks my email sucks #
- tweet: hear about @wunderkit, checkout site (borked on iPad), download from MAS, connect with Facebook, set pw, FAIL. Repeat. FAIL - email taken :( #
- tweet: Just had my first ever shot of match from teapigs yummy, and the benefits should be great for calming me down. #fb #
- tweet: Is hoping today will be somewhat calmer, after yesterdays outburst i took a deep breath, told the bitch she was wrong (she is) and got on... #
- tweet: STUPID FUCKNG INCOMPETENT WANKER WHORE BITCH CUNT.... I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL SOMEONE ON THIS CONTRACT I KNOW IT #fb #
- tweet: Have just seen about Dan Lloyd on the news... Sad times. :-( #fb #
- tweet: @dr_enid Brighton boys & girls flirt thought there commute it seems. Two lesbians over the way have been flirting the whole journey! #
- tweet: @dr_enid not yet dear, and besides, there's no harm in some commuter flirting. ;) #
- tweet: I beautiful talk dark stranger just sat opposite me on the train, he's put his feet between mine. Is he flirting? #fb #
- tweet: kill me now please. being at work sucks, the weekend was so good and this is so so shit. :( #fb #
- tweet: Is back in Brighton after what feels like an age on the road. Cardiff was ace, am so blessed to have an extended welsh family as ace as t... #
- tweet: IN WALES!!! #fb #
- tweet: On way to Cardiff, to see the lovely welsh. So fucking hyped. #fb #
- tweet: Why can't I have a fiancé that enjoys cleaning? We have family house sitting this weekend and I'd be embaressed to let them in right now!... #
- tweet: Who the fuck are all these ransoms commenting on my photos!! #fb #
- tweet: I had 544 lines & 18 sections of black work by the awesome Chris Higgings today! #fb #
- tweet: Watching food inc. it's only a few minutes in and bloody shocking. Luckily I've started buying meat from the butcher only. Shocking. #fb #
- tweet: Getting tattooed in a couple of hours, although feel like shit. Gonna have a bowl of cereal and get ready in a minute. Have no idea what ... #
- tweet: Quick beer with the man. #fb #
- tweet: Why did the contract i'm working at decide to hire a hot HOT HAWT Italian man male??? I have to work with him, closely. damn he's so fine... #