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Dawn of the Longest Night
Continuing my experiments with time-lapse photography, with people wittering about how it was the longest night I put the camera in the back bedroom window and set it to take a photo every 30 seconds from 5am. The battery ran … Continue reading
Bees Under The House
We discovered a bees nest under the floorboards of the house a few months ago. The bees enter and exit through an airbrick. Apparently they’re endangered and will leave before the autumn so we’re just enjoying their company and they … Continue reading
Mr Chin
Don’t ask why. Just be amazed it turned out as well as it did.
Cat Chess
This afternoon, whilst enjoying a cup of tea under the pergola on a delightful Sunday afternoon, we were joined, as is the custom, by Mrs Friendly, the cat who is not ours but allows us to pretend she is. Soon … Continue reading
If I only scrape a living, at least it’s a living worth scraping
“If there’s no future in it, at least it’s a present worth remembering.” DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films via Fiona
It makes me sad that there’s so much suspicion around just appreciating the city.
UNDERCITY from Andrew Wonder. Further reading: Steve Duncan’s blog New York Times article NPR program
Raining Blood in lights
In general I’m not a fan of the Covering Your Entire House In Christmas Lights thing. I often think it’s a cry for help, a sign that the family inside the house is so tragic, so beyond hope, that their … Continue reading
Fuck You Heathen Child
Two rather fine music videos emerged of late from two rather fine figures of the music establishment. And if they’re not the music establishment then then should be. Or maybe they will be. First off the mighty Mr Cee Lo … Continue reading
How to Hold Pegs
This Saturday sees me running the Holding Pegs With Pete stall at the Dirty Bristow Summer Fete. Since this nobel sport is rather obscure I felt a demonstration was in order so folks could practice before the event. Remember, one … Continue reading
Is this really happening?
Dave Harte just posted this photo to Twitpic. I don’t know any more than this but simple deduction says it comes with an mp4 file that isn’t encumbered with any DRM – that’s the only way it’ll play on an … Continue reading
Building Empire and Returning to Jedi
As an afterward to the memories post here’s a couple of documentaries I’m amazed I’d never come across before. They’re fan-made, which means they’re not authorised by Lucasfilm and are made up of all the scraps of knowledge that fans … Continue reading
Meanwhile, in People I Know news…
Does anyone else who knows Stuart Tonge think he could pass for the guy in this video in a second?
On metaphors
Those of you who’ve been suffering my spouting for a while will know I love a good metaphor. They help me explain things and it’s how I do that clarity thing people say I’m so good at. (No, really, they … Continue reading
Social Network Trailers
News that David Fincher is making The Social Network, a film about Facebook was greeted with some skepticism. I mean, have you seen Mark Zuckerberg? But still, it’s Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac, etc) so benefits of doubts all round. … Continue reading
Chasing Landscapes
Well, now. This is very inspirational. (via Devour) You may remember last November I photographed every other bus stop on the Outer Circle and put it to music. While it was a good thing to do I wasn’t that please … Continue reading