Archive For 2011

I was talking to my friend Christian about my post The Story Behind The Picture when he reminded of his favourite photo from our trip to India. We were staying in McLeod Ganj in Himanchal Pradesh, and decided to have a look around the nearby town of Dharamsala. We thought a bus might be more interesting… Continue Reading ›

Excursion is a new mix from Excursion Radio, AKA Michael McGarrity, which follows on perfectly from his earlier mixes Home and Home Two. I’d describe this mix as darkly ambient, but with a lighter feeling towards the end like the sun rising after the night. This feeling inspired my latest ‘homebrew’ cover art which you can… Continue Reading ›

I love this image that I just came across it combines my love of old technology in this case typewriters with some of my favourite authors. There is one striking omission for me; that of my favourite author William Gibson who wrote the cyberpunk classic Neuromancer on an manual typer writer of 1930s vintage. Of… Continue Reading ›

I was up rather late last night, and thought I’d check Twitter on my iPad one last time before heading to bed. I did so just as the news of Steve Jobs passing away hit Twitter; somehow it felt fitting to be watching people express their sadness and thanks on one of the amazing devices… Continue Reading ›

To celebrate the launch of Scroobius Pip’s new album Distraction Pieces I thought I’d share this video for the opening track Introdiction. Made for just £100, oddly compelling, and completely NSFW.

My son recently celebrated his 6th birthday, amongst his presents were some HexBug Nanos. Not content with the cool spiral track they came with, he decided to add to their world with a colourful maze made from Lego. Love it!