May 2009 archives

What it was like to Skydive for the first time.

As the plane levels off at 7000 feet it feels like we’re slowing down. They open the transparent roller door and a guy in a blue suit turns his head to the right, looks at me but through me then he’s gone. If you blink you missed him. The girl with the purple malformed helmet [...]

Falling, Failing and Jumping

“If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate”. Tom Watson, IBM Founder. photo credit: Afroswede When I was 4 years old I used to tie a pink towel around my neck like a cape, put the Superman theme tune LP on my Dad’s dusty old record player and fling myself off [...]