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Inverted Hourglass: The Last Post

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:14:35 +0100

Well my friends we reach a sad day in the history of Inverted Hourglass. I am afraid that I have come to the decision that for now at least it is time to hang up my gloves.

I am not saying that I will never post again, but I feel that as we reach the 2nd year since the whole idea and plan for inverted first began that I should take a break from the site. It has been an incredible time, when Inverted began who could have said that it would one day be getting a terabyte of data transfer in 7 months! Or that the podcasts would have thousands of listeners per month!

On a personal level I never expected anybody to really take notice of my little corner of the internet, and the fact that through the unexpected popularity of the site I have met some fascinating people around the world has been a fantastic bonus on top of being able to create history episodes I love and deliver them to a bigger audience than I ever dared to imagine.

I can’t thank you enough for your support, whether through reading the blog, listening to the podcasts, watching the video’s or going so far in your support as buying the audiobooks. It has all meant so much to me that I have done something other people have enjoyed. Without you none of this would ever have happened, so in the most genuine possible tone on the internet, I truly do thank you all for being a part of it. (I better give a shout out to Tony the Tiger for all there excellent comments!)

So why am I shutting up shop? Well, I have been concerned about the amount of time it has been taking me to create new content for a while now, as seen a few months ago when I originally planned to close the blog, but instead moved to a once a week post. On top of this I am keen to keep things as low cost as possible, I have already bitten the bullet and paid to keep this site online for another year, but I fear that the continued addition to the site will mean an ever increasing cost as this year proved when my hosting cost doubled!

On top of the cost and labour that goes into this admittedly small site there is also a simple fact, two years have passed since I started to plan this, and in those two years an awful lot has happened, I am not the same person who went into this, and the world and circumstances have changed around us all. I am now pursuing a little goal in my life, and for the first time ever I can say that I truly have a long-term plan in life. It is lending both the excitement of an unknown future but also the inevitable changes in lifestyle that all progress in life requires.

So thank you all once again, it has been amazing. Make sure that you keep an eye out for me in the future as I am sure to pop up somewhere unexpected, I can’t seem to keep myself away from the internet!

I wish you all the best of health and luck,
But now it seems for the last time that I must say those immortal words of Inverted Hourglass…

Look after yourself,
and have fun,

dan

A Little Bit of History: Another Video Episode! (and the end of inverted)

Sat, 9 Oct 2010 01:05:10 +0100

Well then folks what a time I have had! First I got tonsillitis which stopped me doing any recording, then as if to spite me my internet company cut me off in a very odd error! I wrote this post on Friday October 1st... but who knows when it will be online!

After an awful lot of soul searching I think that this is going to be the last post on inverted, I will post a proper explanation and thank you on the proper inverted posting day (the next friday, which will probably be the 15th judging by my lack of internet!) Don’t worry I am keeping the site and podcasts that already exist online for at least another year to October 2011, I just don’t think I will be adding anything... anyway like I say I will have a think about it all and post again next week.

Anyway drama done with, I have put together a little history video that you will see below, originally it was going to be a part of a bigger video magazine episode but it just wasn’t working! So I had to cobble together the very unusual start that you are about to see...

Thanks for reading/watching,

As always and until the next time:
Look after yourself,
and have fun,

dan

The Month In Video

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:09:44 +0100

Well then folks it is a poor show for the video post this month! Just 3 videos hit the net this time! One of them is even highlighting the fact that I couldn’t make a video! Bah! Well next week there will be a new style history podcast video which I hope will make up for it though! So then without further ado... Dive in!

Thanks for reading/watching
As always until the next time
look after yourself
and have fun

Dan

Original Short Stories: Reflecting

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:01:29 +0100

In this weeks story somebody finds what they believe to be a mirror, but it turns out it has some more powerful abilities. What could it be, how different could the life of its finder have been if only they had found it sooner?..

Reflecting

He sat down looking puzzled at the object on the table in front of him, some kind of mirror perhaps? He thought. Suddenly the dull outline of his face disappeared behind a different image, the flat surface had come alive.
The sudden glare startled him, his eyes adjusted and his refocusing vision brought with it a breathtaking sight. He no longer saw the shape of his face, but instead now he saw the world, things that were impossibly far off appeared before him, then he would see familiar places and people. People he had known many years ago, People he knew now and people who he did not recognize. How had these people come to him? Had they? Or was he being taken to them? He did not know. How could he?
Why had he never seen this before? He considered all the things that he might have done or achieved had he had this knowledge, this powerful mine of information earlier in his life. He could have become very successful indeed had he known what he was learning only now. A window to anywhere on earth, a glance into peoples lives, a way to see the impossible, a miracle surely.
While this display of remarkable images continued to capture his imagination as he thought about the people and places he was seeing in front of him he noticed something lingering in the background of it all, a softly outlined shape. He switched his attention to this to realise that it was still his own slight reflection, the image of himself there with all the other things he was seeing. There he was, part of this thing, the reflection of his eyes could just be made out, and he saw himself mixing with this thing almost physically, his own image blurred into to rest of the world.
While he lingered on this poetic discovery a door opened behind him. But he stared on still amazed.
A voice spoke, a simple question was asked, yet it destroyed the mysticism of it all. “How long are you going to be?” The voice said, “I need to go on the computer soon.”

The End.

Thanks for reading/listening,

As always and until the next time:
Look after yourself,
and have fun,

dan