iDONEaMIX

In the dim distant past – I was a DJ – I didn’t forget how to do it though…here’s a mix for the summer:

iDONEaMIX by mattrutherford

(click the down arrow for download)

Tracklist:

Diddy vs Dirty Money – Coming Home (Dirty South Mix)
Martin Solveig feat Kele – Ready 2 Go
Fedde Le Grand – Control Room (Original Club Mix)
Hypster – Neon Teens (Original Mix)
Thomas Gold – Marsch Marsch (Original Mix)
Mord Fustang – Lick the Rainbow (Original Mix)
Afrojack & Quintino – Selecta (Original Mix)
Sander van Doorn – Koko (Original Mix)
Simone Cattaneo & Alex Gardini – It’s Like That (Main Mix)
Faithless – Sun to Me (Mark Knight)
Jay C & Felix Baumgartner – Souk (Thomas Gold Mix)
Tiesto & Mark Knight feat Dino – Beautiful World (Original Mix)
Fatboy Slim & Lazy Rich – Gangster Trippin 2011 (Lazy Rich Mix)

How do you feel today?

Today I can do this…

but only today.

Working with passion…

I’ve been posting lightly over the last few weeks, because I’ve been working on a new project which launched on Thursday night.  I’m proud to announce that www.shootclay.co.uk is live – a new resource for Clay Pigeon shooters and enthusiasts.

I’m really proud of the work we’ve done there, it’s my first venture into launching a niche site about my hobby – I took up shooting a couple of years ago, and have found it really enjoyable, as well as a good aid to focus on concentration.

Above all else – I’ve really enjoyed working on something I’m really passionate about – a small percentage of people have the opportunity to work in an field in which they are truly passionate, some people are lucky enough to grow passion around their work.  I’m lucky to have done both – I’m passionate about my work… and now I have a role to play in a project which caters to my new obsession. Lovely!

Are you doing work you are passionate about? Even in your spare time?

In common?

Tony Hadley, Freddy Adu, Craig Stadler, Dana Carvey, Peter Sutcliffe (!), Charlie Watts, Johnny Weissmuller, The Marquis de Sade, Italy and ME.

Today is the day…

Reboot – and change direction a little bit…

I’m rebooting and changing direction a little bit, and will begin that by paying some much needed attention to my site. I’ve had a bit of a redesign and made some things work that were broken – my DJ Mixes page is now completely functional, with links to all of my recent mixes now available. I’ve added some social networking tools to help bookmark the best posts.

I’m planning to focus my attention a little bit more towards my work – I recently went on a course delivered by Nicholas Bate on Personal Excellence, and he spoke about creating a personal brand, and being very deliberate about the processes you follow as you ‘put yourself out there’.  I’ve been quite inspired since that course and have used the summer vacation time to reassess and plan out how I’ll do that.

I’m really excited about this next phase of my online life.

New Xbox Experience – is awesome!

See the little fella over there? That’s me! Well, it is sort of me, as seen from the Xbox, which has just been updated with something cool called NXE (New Xbox Experience).

I booted up last night and was prompted to update my system, 10 minutes and a reboot later I was presented with a completely new look Xbox, with cool swooshing menus (instead of the hated blades).

The most fun I had was building my avatar – which looks suspiciously like a mii – but obviously has a body…

Do you think it looks like me?

By the way – I’’m ‘here’ on Xbox Live – hook me up if you want to be thrashed at Guitar Hero or Gears of War 2.

Update – if you want to download your own avatar (as above) – you can do it via this link:

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/YOURGAMERTAGHERE/avatar-body.png

10 years today…

This is me & Mrs Rutherford , ten years ago today – we’re off to Rome for a few days break.

Will update twitter (and automagically, Facebook) while we travel – but the PC will be off while we’re relaxing and seeing the beautiful sights, sounds and tastes of Rome.

A Rutherford gets to the Olympics!

This caught my eye on the Guardian website today :  A ‘Rutherford’ makes it to the Olympics – but something mentioned in the story really piqued my interest – this fella on the left – Jock Rutherford.

I had no idea that a Rutherford used to play for Arsenal – there is some research to be done there, and it maybe why my family all support Arsenal.

Confirmation in the post today…

From small acorns – my first academic work in 20+ years turns out OK!