About
“TomRed’s blog & stuff” or “thomas-reddington.com” (pick the one you fancy) is a website I have been running for over three years, and started it off back when I was a mere fifteen year old. I’ll tell you a little bit about it over here as it’s about time I actually compose an about section that’s not a few-word summary on my blog sidebar.
The blog & stuff
12th September 2008 was the official launch of this site. It was mainly a blog but had my 100 things list. The blog sucked, it has had weekly videos every Friday since the beginning, but other than that I barely made posts that were worth reading. Most posts back then were about news topics I had very little knowledge of, or sharing something entertaining, and so I was acting as an unnecessary middleman. I personally think blog content has rather improved from then to now – emoticons are archaic on here (something that I think looks a bit silly in my posts), my posts are generally longer and have a purpose, though ‘My Life’ is usually the nuclear category of posts topics now. At the present day, I think any post I make is probably satisfactory, apart from some weekly videos (which still clog), but I reckon I have written a few gems.
The site (and blog) itself never really had a purpose, I just wanted a site. I was really pleased when I found Weebly, by accident, as it pretty much offered a feature-filled deal that I wanted that was also free of charge. Some people have told me they like my blog, and my daily visitor graph sort of reflects this (also, friends have made Weebly blogs due to mine and the fact that it’s on Weebly). When posting, I tend to operate by suddenly (but sometimes slowly) conceiving a point of interest that I can write about and when I find a computer, write it. Sometimes I give up, thinking it was a stupid idea but usually I hit the publish button not long after I’ve started to write. Weekly videos are almost always something thought of about five minutes before posting one, as I am far too lazy to dig up good material without stumbling upon it. Hence, there are going to be ‘Funniest beer commercials’ and so on from time to time. To be fair, without them the site would be a lot less active as it is, after all, a weekly obligation (also, when weekly videos sandwich together it sends me the message that I should actually post something).
The site has gained cyclical attention due to my A-level stuff section, something I launched in December 2009, based on a simple idea of hunting down exam papers and other material for my courses that would be useful for me, and sharing them in an organised manner on a site section to those doing the same courses as me. Most find this the hub of my site as it actually has (apparently) helped people’s results, and for the sake of anecdotes I have met someone who was a user of the A-level stuff section even though we didn’t know each other. People who know of me through friends have also bumped into this in the exam rush (small world?). Trust me, it’s the sort of thing chicks dig.[citation needed] Unfortunately, people tend to evacuate when the exams are over, undermining the perceived quality of the blog, though a few souls have actually found into a few morsels of interest on it, and have thanked me for possibly saving their grades, so kudos to them.
The language used on this site is worth discussing for two reasons. One, because my writing style isn’t exactly deep, but probably is unique as I to this day do not know the laws of punctuation and grammar, and as a mathematician I’m shit at English. And two, because this whole site is laced with profanity. This is the closest I’ll get to a disclaimer, as I see profanity merely as a medium to express strong emotion or it ‘just fits’ in circumstances. To put it another way, I don’t see how words without meaning can be offensive (and neither do the Japanese). I am a teenager and as far as I know my audience is on average about the same age as me. Alas, the school filtering system won’t listen. Time. After time. After time.
As for the future? The A-level stuff section will most likely be maintained throughout my university days. The blog has no definite plans, but stuff generally happens without warning down that place. Webcomics will return, I promise. I actually intend to finish and complete the 100 things list (though that might take a decade or two), and, if you’re good, I’ll do more when I get the time.
The site (and blog) itself never really had a purpose, I just wanted a site. I was really pleased when I found Weebly, by accident, as it pretty much offered a feature-filled deal that I wanted that was also free of charge. Some people have told me they like my blog, and my daily visitor graph sort of reflects this (also, friends have made Weebly blogs due to mine and the fact that it’s on Weebly). When posting, I tend to operate by suddenly (but sometimes slowly) conceiving a point of interest that I can write about and when I find a computer, write it. Sometimes I give up, thinking it was a stupid idea but usually I hit the publish button not long after I’ve started to write. Weekly videos are almost always something thought of about five minutes before posting one, as I am far too lazy to dig up good material without stumbling upon it. Hence, there are going to be ‘Funniest beer commercials’ and so on from time to time. To be fair, without them the site would be a lot less active as it is, after all, a weekly obligation (also, when weekly videos sandwich together it sends me the message that I should actually post something).
The site has gained cyclical attention due to my A-level stuff section, something I launched in December 2009, based on a simple idea of hunting down exam papers and other material for my courses that would be useful for me, and sharing them in an organised manner on a site section to those doing the same courses as me. Most find this the hub of my site as it actually has (apparently) helped people’s results, and for the sake of anecdotes I have met someone who was a user of the A-level stuff section even though we didn’t know each other. People who know of me through friends have also bumped into this in the exam rush (small world?). Trust me, it’s the sort of thing chicks dig.[citation needed] Unfortunately, people tend to evacuate when the exams are over, undermining the perceived quality of the blog, though a few souls have actually found into a few morsels of interest on it, and have thanked me for possibly saving their grades, so kudos to them.
The language used on this site is worth discussing for two reasons. One, because my writing style isn’t exactly deep, but probably is unique as I to this day do not know the laws of punctuation and grammar, and as a mathematician I’m shit at English. And two, because this whole site is laced with profanity. This is the closest I’ll get to a disclaimer, as I see profanity merely as a medium to express strong emotion or it ‘just fits’ in circumstances. To put it another way, I don’t see how words without meaning can be offensive (and neither do the Japanese). I am a teenager and as far as I know my audience is on average about the same age as me. Alas, the school filtering system won’t listen. Time. After time. After time.
As for the future? The A-level stuff section will most likely be maintained throughout my university days. The blog has no definite plans, but stuff generally happens without warning down that place. Webcomics will return, I promise. I actually intend to finish and complete the 100 things list (though that might take a decade or two), and, if you’re good, I’ll do more when I get the time.
The TomRed
I’m Thomas Reddington (Captain Obvious, reporting for duty). For about three years now I’ve been commonly referred to by pretty much everyone apart from my family as TomRed. Being close friends with several Thomases, it was understandably a surviving meme. I was born in April 1993 and I’m at the ripe old age of eighteen. I study Mathematics and Physics at the University of Warwick. I was born in London, live in Coventry, and will inevitably die from stab wounds connected to correcting the wrong person’s grammar in a dark ally at night.
A look of the posts over the many months would get you into some idea in regards to my character, but as time is scarce for all I guess I can just say I’m somewhat philosophical, especially when in the shower. I’m a Beatles man in the music department and have a heart for oldish music in general, and a narrow-minded intolerance to modern music – screw it, I hate most contemporary things, anyway. I have a weird thing with dates and years, a crippling tea addiction, and a short-term memory of one eighty years my senior. I have my heroes, whether it be Bertrand Russell, Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Chuck Berry, The Beatles and countless other (probably dead) musicians, and so on. I’m also a massive World War II fanatic.
TomRed out.
A look of the posts over the many months would get you into some idea in regards to my character, but as time is scarce for all I guess I can just say I’m somewhat philosophical, especially when in the shower. I’m a Beatles man in the music department and have a heart for oldish music in general, and a narrow-minded intolerance to modern music – screw it, I hate most contemporary things, anyway. I have a weird thing with dates and years, a crippling tea addiction, and a short-term memory of one eighty years my senior. I have my heroes, whether it be Bertrand Russell, Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Chuck Berry, The Beatles and countless other (probably dead) musicians, and so on. I’m also a massive World War II fanatic.
TomRed out.
