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Podcasting the future – is it all new again?

Podcasting the future – is it all new again?

2008 is doing a grand job of eliminating noise and embracing substance – I am sensing an optimism on one particular area that I have not seen for the past two years. This year, podcasting (for want of an alternate name) is finally forging onwards and upwards.
Is podcasting truly mainstream? Big media content is perhaps [...]

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New writing tool: Scrivener

New writing tool: Scrivener

There’s a new tool in the box for writing these days – this post was compiled using it before being posted, and several other existing projects have been ported across. This new boy is called Scrivener.
I’m not entirely sure how this one slipped under both my and jEN’s radar as we are typically geeky in [...]

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Story narrative with micro-blogging (Twitter)

Story narrative with micro-blogging (Twitter)

FishDog, AngelSpoon, and Kirk are three characters which have been with me for a few months now. They grew organically out of some random text insertions after becoming bored with sensible content for my Skype mood message (a status message visible alongside my Skype name in contacts’ Skype windows).
When Twitter came along, it seemed an [...]

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The longest one ever

The longest one ever

For a few weeks now I’ve been rediscovering a previously mothballed artisticaly creative side, much of which has utilised one or more of my growing army of Moleskines. See someof the work on my flickr here. Jen, gratifyingly full of encouragement of – and taking inspiration from – this creative activity, came up with a [...]

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More art

More art

It has been a while since I’ve created image of these strange asexual characters. On waking this morning the basic elements of this drawing were clear in my mind so I stole a few minutes here and there throughout the day to put pen to paper – or rather pen to Moleskine.
This drawing satisfies [...]

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More fun with panoramas

More fun with panoramas

From images taken by jEN:

More panorama and stitched image experiments here.

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Short & Fuzzy Episode 2 up and running

Short & Fuzzy Episode 2 up and running

The second episode – which is actually the first half of the first episode of our holiday diary – is up and ready to download: Short & Fuzzy website.
Thanks to me being a dumb-ass and forgetting the audio cable connector to distance the mic from the minidisc, the audio quality is rather poor compared to [...]

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Impressive display on the iPod

Impressive display on the iPod

The image quality of the latest iPod is way better than I was expecting. So much so that I was able to use it as reference for a small watercolour. Normally using digital images would mean printing out references, but that’s a whole load of trouble getting the colour balance and saturation of the image [...]

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Getting stuff done

Getting stuff done

I can’t say I miss the freelance developer life, but I do miss a bit of coding here and there. With the whole week off and an indulgently lazy four days behind me, it was time to get my teeth stuck into some non-commercial coding which I’ve been wanting to get done for months.
Although the [...]

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212Blues – Episode 1 makes it online

212Blues – Episode 1 makes it online

http://212blues.btpodshow.com
212Blues: Five podsafe blues tracks – four chosen by me, one chosen by you.
I have always loved blues above all other styles, both to listen and feel, as well as play. Finally I have found an excuse to start exploring new blues talent and let you know what I find. What is new blues? [...]

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