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Peter

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't

About Me


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Good morning, and welcome to the profile of just one of Rupert Murdoch's 150+ million reluctant followers! So, who am I? Well, I don't belong to any of these social cliques:
Yes, you can click on them, they're real profiles. No offence to all you emos, chavs and camp queens out there, but it's just not...me.
I tell it like it is, I don't bitch and I try my best to avoid lying. Lying just means I've got to remember who I've told what, and I need the brain space for important things like calculating the strength of the gravitational fields caused by the square root of a knat's chuff.
I'll do what I can to make others happy, because it makes me happy.
I don't take anything too seriously because we're all creatures sitting on a rock, floating about in the middle of absolutely nowehere. Never forget this. But don't think about it too much.
I'm one of these 'wooly woofters', but I'm not proud of it, and I don't let it dictate every part of who I am.
I'm half Hungarian, and I'm pretty good at everyday smalltalk, but much to my chagrin I lack the terminology to discuss interesting things like physics or philosophy.
I've finished my A-levels, which didn't go too badly. I got BCE in Computing, Physics and Maths respectively. Oh and I failed General Studies for the third time, hurrah!
I'm aware that nearly all of these paragraphs start with the letter "I", but this page is essentially mine, so I'm allowed to do that. I I I I I me me me me me self self self self self!
I'm now travelling around Europe with a certain political, philosophical and anthropological boffin called Philip for about 8 months for my gap year. He's writing a report for the European Union, and we're both doing lots of photography to accompany it. We're avoiding starvation by teaching the odd English lesson, and buying Hungarian books and sending them to libraries and universities all over the world. That sounds more glitzy than it really is. In reality I just get spat at by rude postal workers and buggered by enormous spreadsheets. Do have a read of Philip's gap year blog to see what we're up to, and my YouTube playlist to watch us kick Betsy the electric cooker, dance to 'Great Balls Of Fire', get caught up in violent riots and other shenanigans from around Europe. If you want to come and visit us, you must bring:
At least one packet of Pear Drops
At least 160 Yorkshire Gold teabags
At least 25 tealights
If we are not happy with your gifts, we will not grant you access to the flat, and the winters here are very cold. Don't try to buy us out with gold, frankincense or myrr -- they're just shit! After all this travelling, with any luck, I'll be off to study physics at whichever mediocre university will accept me.
I don't put any 'real' friends in my 'Top Friends' list anymore because some people (and I'm mentioning no names) complain about their position.
That's about all I can think of. You can send me probing questions if you so wish. But just to sum things up, this is me in a nutshell:
- Peter
Past Pictures
Pictures I've taken down from the official batch.
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Interactive Things
Tests, surverys, quizzez, etc
Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||| 63%
Stability |||||||||||||||||||| 86%
Orderliness |||||||||||||| 56%
Accommodation |||||||||||||||| 70%
Interdependence |||||||||||| 50%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||| 70%
Mystical |||||||||||| 50%
Artistic |||||| 30%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||||||||||| 43%
Materialism |||||||||| 36%
Narcissism |||||||||||| 43%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Work ethic |||||| 30%
Self absorbed |||||| 23%
Conflict seeking |||||||||||| 50%
Need to dominate |||||| 30%
Romantic |||||||||| 36%
Avoidant |||||| 23%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||| 63%
Wealth |||||| 30%
Dependency |||||| 30%
Change averse |||||||||||| 50%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||| 56%
Individuality |||||||||||| 43%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||| 70%
Peter pan complex |||||||||| 36%
Physical security |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Physical Fitness |||||||||||||||| 64%
Histrionic |||||||||| 36%
Paranoia |||||||||||||| 56%
Vanity |||||||||||| 43%
Hypersensitivity |||| 16%
Female cliche || 10% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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Disorder Rating
Paranoid Personality Disorder : Low
Schizoid Personality Disorder : Low
Schizotypal Personality Disorder : Low
Antisocial Personality Disorder : Low
Borderline Personality Disorder : Low
Histrionic Personality Disorder : Moderate
Narcissistic Personality Disorder : Moderate
Avoidant Personality Disorder : Low
Dependent Personality Disorder : Low
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : Moderate
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Pet Peeves
Websites that don't allow very long passwords -- why can't I have a 24 character password? Seriously, is that too much to ask?! The limit should be in the range of 512 characters, not 12, like on so many sites!
When public announcements end with "Thank you for your kind attention". If anything, I will thank you for providing me with the information.
People who leave lights on
People who put the heating up instead of putting on some more clothes
People who close doors without using the door handles - they're there for a reason
Those who snore (though I've been told that I did, once)
When kids show me their wobbly teeth. Eurgh! I don't know why but I just don't like it.
More to come...

My Interests

At any given time of the day or night, you can make a pretty safe bet that I'm either asleep or sitting in front of my computer. But that's not to say that I spend hour after hour browsing eBay for a cheap signed copy of a Star Trek book, while wallowing in a stinking pit of half-eaten pizzas and the odd African forest elephant that has mistaken the noises coming from my digestive tract for a low-pitched mating call. No no, I focus on creative things like image/audio/video editing, roller coaster design and programming. OK, perhaps programming is a bit geeky, but that eleven-hour train journey to Strasbourg with a group of politics students wouldn't have been nearly as fun had I not programmed my Automatic Insult Generator. I also made that blue blast thing you can see at the bottom left of this page, and countless other little things of absolutely no use to anybody.

As far as games are concerned, about once a month I'll either have a go on Flight Simulator, or play a game of StarCraft (which is the best game ever, anyone who suggests otherwise is simply wrong and should be deported to South Korea...shortly followed by a trip to North Korea).

Just to reiterate my geekyness, here are some things you might find being blasted out of my CRT :

But I do still have a life...honest! I like to travel, and to date I've visited 23 different countries. I also like big events like music festivals -- the best of which is Sziget : hot weather, 7 days of music, 400,000 people across 160 acres, 44 stages, each draining up to 650kW of power. Yes please! The only thing is, I can't find anyone who will spend a whole week there with me. Most people start moaning about hygiene, nutrition and sleep deprivation. Bah!

Photography is slowly becoming my hobby, though I really need to invest in a better camera [than my Fujifilm FinePix Z3] before I can claim that to really be the case. I do have the odd go of a friend 's Canon EOS 350D, which is awesome.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who would walk around wearing this t-shirt I designed:

Failing that, just anyone with an attention span, and who doesn't mind listening to my crackpot theories about the universe. Of course, someone with their own crackpot theories would be good, but I can't be too picky.

I'd also like to again meet the guy I met in 1750. What a fantastic year that was! Cryptic? Maybe.

Music:

I don't listen to any particular genre, I just listen to what sounds good, which might be hardcore rave, soothing classical or maybe even whale music (though that might be pushing it).

A short list of some of my favourite artists:-
Amon Tobin
Basement Jaxx
Blue Man Group
Blue States
Boards Of Canada
Coldplay
Damien Rice
DJ Drunken Master
Dr. John
Eels
Fatboy Slim
Frank Klepacki
Franz Ferdinand
Gogol Bordello
Goldfrapp
Gorillaz
Groove Armada
Kasabian
Keane
Locust Toybox
Ludovico Einaudi
Massive Attack
Michael Andrews
Moby
Mr. Scruff
Necros
Penguin Café Orchestra
Portishead
Propellerheads
Red Hot Chili Peppers
RJD2
Röyksopp
Sigur Rós
The Beach Boys
The Chemical Brothers
The J. Geils Band
The Prodigy
The Zutons
Torpedo Boyz
Touch & Go
Zdob Si Zdub
Zero 7

Movies:

Top of the list has to be Donnie Darko, I just can't get enough of that film. Garden State comes at a close second. Other honourable mentions include:
American Beauty
Fight club
Memento
Reservoir Dogs
Team America
The Big Lebowski
The Meaning Of Life
The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes

Television:

I don't watch much TV, but these I will always make time for:
Absolutely Fabulous
Black Books
Doctor Who
Fawlty Towers
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Green Wing
Jam
Monkey Dust
Peep Show
Pets
QI
Red Dwarf
Scrubs
Spaced

I like a good documentary too, like Horizon or Dispatches. I'm sure there are many more things that I watch, but I can't think of them. You get the idea, anyway.

I must admit, I do have some guilty pleasures, such as Desperate Housewives, Bad Girls and Lost. I draw the line at Footballer's Wives though, and I don't watch Big Brother anymore either, I finally kicked the habit half way through Big Brother 7.

Books:

I don't read much, but I seem to enjoy almost every book I do read, so maybe I should read more. Recent favourites are:
QED - Richard Feynman
The Wasp Factory - Ian Banks
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
Molvania - Various
Phaic Tan - Various

Heroes:


Les Steele & Dan Brinton: The best physics teachers ever!

Bubbles, darling, marry me!

Known only as "The Oracle", this guy is responsible for my geeky lifestyle.

John Wardley, the designer of some of the world's best roller coasters.

Mrs. Peart, we miss you and your toilet sponge!

My Blog

I don't talk to myself

I've decided that I don't talk to myself, based on the following [generally] accepted principles:- I think therefore I am- You can't prove something's existence unless it's being observedSo, if I'm ta...
Posted by Peter on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:19:00 PST

My mouse mat EXPLODED!

OK, so this might not be the most exciting news of the day, but it beats watching Lebanon getting bombed to shit.You're probably thinking "a mouse mat can't explode!", but it can if Gunther Von Hagens...
Posted by Peter on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:29:00 PST

Eating Crickets, Drowning Wasps, and Other Random Happenings in London

Just some very unrelated pictures of the past few weeks, in London.Philip eating a cricket.Me eating a cricket.What? How did they ever get this published?Too right, don't want any of that foreign porn...
Posted by Peter on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:53:00 PST

HM Plenipotentiary Peter Adams

I'm no longer just a Lord...And for those who don't know:- Peter...
Posted by Peter on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:09:00 PST

Presents

Have you ever felt obligated to buy a friend a birthday or Christmas present, but you don't have much money, and you don't want to seem cheap? Of course you have! Well, Charlotte and I have found a so...
Posted by Peter on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:47:00 PST

Blowing up a can

Everyone knows that physicists are a bit "zany", and my fellow physics students are no exception. Allow me to demonstrate:(Video not working? Download the codecs.)I would say "Don't try this at home!"...
Posted by Peter on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:29:00 PST

What to do with faulty hardware

I'm sure a lot of readers can sympathise with me when I say that far too many electricals simply don't work. I usually go through the whole process of sending it back to the factory for a replacement,...
Posted by Peter on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:39:00 PST

Another Mentos Experiment

Yes, we tried it again, but this time with proper Diet Coke and lots more mentos.Whilst waiting for Philip to arrive, Tom and Plews did a bit of a Brokeback Mountain pose:But I digress, on with the sh...
Posted by Peter on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:05:00 PST

Mentos Experiment

You've probably heard that putting mentos into a bottle of coke will cause a violent reaction and squirt coke out the bottle at quite some velocity. Well, some friends and I decided to try it out:(Vid...
Posted by Peter on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:23:00 PST

Lord Peter Adams?

Well well well, what have we here? No, I haven't payed £30 for a square foot of land in Scotland. I've found the much cheaper alternative, which is simply to lie about my name. Those nice chaps over ...
Posted by Peter on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:02:00 PST