I've been meaning to start a blog for a long time.

It's not that I have grand ambitions of cultivating a huge readership, I just like the idea of having my own little corner of the internet where I can put my thoughts into words, even if only for my own pleasure.

It's also not that I am a particularly gifted writer (my sister got all the literary genes) but I would like to become a better writer, and I know the only way to improve is to make myself write, even if only a little at a time, about the things I am passionate about. Namely:

• My research as a PhD student investigating 3D Morphable Models in the iBUG group at Imperial College London
• Snippets about software development, most likely about Python
• My thoughts on the technology industry, principally on developments around Apple, Google and Microsoft. I might also do the occasional product review of devices that I personally own.
• Photography. My father was an avid photographer, and as a result I've grown up around the hobby. In the last few years I have started to take the subject a little more seriously, and I'll be writing up any thoughts I have of note.

Outside of blogging, this site also has a few summary pages that I will be keeping up to date. Feel free to checkout an overview of my research, software projects that I have been involved in, or find out a little more about me.

This site itself is also something I've been meaning to create for ages. I'll probably post some more details about the design a little later on, but for now I'll say that it's Pelican based with a custom theme, and should work great on any modern browser on any modern device. I'm only interested in supporting evergreen browsers so if you come here on IE9 and tell me everything is broken, well, maybe it's time for an upgrade.

I'm sure I'll look back on these early posts down the line and cringe, but the only way to get to a new destination is to take the first step.

So without further ado...