BennySLV, Author at Ben Silveston

2019: New year, same me

01/01/201903/01/2019General Life2018, 2019, appendicitis, comeback, failure, fitness, personal development, programming, sport, success

So, we enter the last year of the “10s” decade. After a busy and successful 2018, I’m ready to begin another year of the same sort of (good) stuff. From spending days programming, to sport

Project: Hitchin Coffee Lab

18/08/201621/08/2016ProjectsAugust, github, hertfordshire, Hitchin, hitchin coffee lab, portfolio, projects, prototype, web design, web development, website

With August being a “holiday-month”, I thought that I would make the most of this dead month by undertaking a new project (along with the nice weather and the Rio Olympics of course!). This project

The Magic Hour: 60 mins of unique and awesome trickery

19/04/201619/04/2016Events, General Lifebayswater, hyde park, hyde park hotel, inverness terrace, king edward vii, london, magic hour, magic show, nat cowan, queensway, roger moore, sir roger moore, sonic, sonic middleton, theatre, tony middleton, west end

On Friday 15th April, I was invited by Nat Cowan to attend a magic show called The Magic Hour. But this was just not any magic show. For this was a magician who is also

Linux: The Alternative Operating System

18/03/201618/08/2016Computing and Technologyandroid, distro, git, github, linux, linux mint, operating system, os, precise pangolin, redhat, server, server development, servers, trusty tahr, ubuntu, ubuntu 12.04, ubuntu 12.04 lts, ubuntu 14.04, ubuntu 14.04 lts, web development

In computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones there is a piece of software that basically dictates how the device works and determines how it operates when dealing with everyday tasks. This software is called an Operating

Returning to Sport (post injury)

18/03/201618/03/2016Sports and Fitness2014, 2016, bike, bikes, cycling, field hockey, fitness, health and fitness, hockey, knee injury, physiotherapy, running, sport, sports, sports injury

It for sure is a nice feeling returning to sport again after injury. It’s been a long while since I have managed to build up enough physical (and in some ways, mental) strength in order to

Fashion: not just for the females

29/02/201608/03/2016Fashion, Music2016, clothes, fashion, female, gender, james bay, loud fashion, male, men, menswear, modelling, models, music, next, oxford street, river island, topman, trendy fashion, women

We wear clothes everyday (unless one likes being naked – no, that is NOT me, sorry ladies)! Anyway, with so many types of clothes that are available in the shops and that people wear these

Project: Holwell Village Website

22/02/201624/03/2016Computing and Technologycms, cms integration, content management system, hertfordshire, holwell, holwell village website, javascript, jquery, nat cowan, photography, wordpress

This project involves building a new website about the Holwell village in Hertfordshire – where I live to this day. The website will aim to promote the village of Holwell more strongly to both Holwell

Hockey: The long awaited return

17/02/201627/02/2016Sports and Fitnessback to hockey, field hockey, fitness, health, health and fitness, hockey, letchworth hockey club

Back in July 2015, I returned to a sport for the first time in 10 years – field hockey. Other than football, tennis (and table-tennis), badminton and cricket, it was the only other sport that

Campus London: an awesome co-working space

17/02/201618/02/2016Computing and Technologycampus london, google, old street, shoreditch, silicon roundabout, tech city, tech hub

Back in early 2015, I had a job interview/meeting at this place called Campus London in Shoreditch, East London. At first I had no idea what the place was, other than it was associated with

2016: The Year of Change (hopefully…!)

11/01/201624/03/2016General Life2015, 2016, field hockey, guitar playing, knee injury, physiotherapy, web development

So, we are now in 2016 and after a tough 2015, it’s time to put the wrongs right. To start with, I’m improving my skills in Web Development and hope to be starting my first