Are you Hoi Oligoi?

Do you know the power of Proust’s macaroon?
Do you know what happened at 51 Gordon Square?
Have you seen the inscription of R.Mutt 1917?
Do you know what R.U.R. stands for?
What would happen if Tesla rubbed shoulders with Bartók?

Home School / Hackschool / Un-school – All cool

Listening to this young lad, Logan LaPlante, talk so fluently and eloquently on the topic of education makes me flush with pride over our own decision to choose home schooling.

The Mojo Squad

A seven part tale of friendship & monster hunting.

Semantic Syntactic

There is a process of translation in all dialog and interaction. First we translate our instinct, our subconscious impulse or primal reaction, into a conscious thought. Parsing the preconscious into a realised concept where the conscious mind interprets and deciphers it.

Khemia: Transformation

A Musical Magic Square is a composition that is formed from individual phrases arranged in terms of their number of beats and placed in an equal sided grid according to the numeric placement of a Magic Square, such that the sum of the beats in any horizontal, vertical, or main diagonal line is always the same number.

Memecom gateway: A Literary Opera

The Memecom Gateway is a multi media drama, fundamentally a musical and literary journey and is therefore best described as an Opera based, not on the stage, but within the computer.

The Brothers Golgo

A search for meaning, goats and pantaloons.

Mainty Joller

‘Mainty Joller’ is a phrase that I uttered from the depths of a dream or on instinct which turned out to have actual arcane meaning: namely a person of disrepute intent on engaging in lascivious behaviour.

Under the Feet of Giants

This was my attempt at a collection of classical pieces; quartets, piano, ensembles. Some of the best work and some oddities.

Jeff Noon

I was thrilled to be able to create the covers for Jeff Noons full range of novels and wanted to show them off effectively. There was also many other projects that I found myself lucky enough to complete and all together here it seems like quite a cool body of work.

In Memoriam: Auschwitz-Birkenau

Composed for the Holocaust Memorial Day as an orchestral work for various forms of ensemble.

The Elvis Sessions

Philip Thompson is aiming to create sound-scapes & music from his experiences & exploration during 2013. He has invited a number of people to join in (remix, mix, contribute sounds), and I am amongst them. He is providing a set of sounds a month with an open invitation to get involved and this has caught my mind for a number of reasons.

Violence in hi-def ultra-realism

I am about to go forward into a long gaming series on the Xbox360, with the full Modern Warfare set.

The cards are in

The new business cards have arrived. Moo.com were doing a great deal on mini cards, as in free. So I took advantage of both the order of 100 mini moo cards and their feature of having any number of images as the main design. The full set are above and there are four sets in the box.

Mo for the Kill

For the third year running I’ve registered for Movember and pledged to grow a moustache for 30 days to raise …

New Top Trumps Rules

Hey, you with the kids! I imagine there are a lot of people who have been compelled to rediscover the …

One Day All Adults Will Die

I had the luck and good fortune to be able to go to London and see William Gibson as part of a discussion panel. “One Day All The Adults Will Die”, Punk Graphics from 1971 – 1984.

Olympics – What are they good for?

Absolutely nuttin’ OK. That’s not quite true. There are positives to the Games and even as much as I despise …

London Summer 2012 Olympic Fuckbuggery McDonalds Pepsi Whitewash Bullshit

The Olympics is a gaudy tattered prostitute that pulls us, unwillingly beneath its skirts and reveals itself to be an …

Forever alone in not really liking this meme

See those icons at the top? In the area known to designers as ‘Iconistan – Land of Icons’? That links …

Theme Songs

Every so often I find myself referring back to ‘When I was working as a hypnotherapist’ (because a few people …

Jumbalee and Queen Bitch

Apparently there was something known as a “Jumbalee” going on. It seems to consist of a celebration of Jingoism and …

Ghost farts

We bought some candy floss today, having promised Tall that we would a long time ago. Once we saw it, …

Jeff Noon Complete Range of Novels

When Jeff Noon set out a plan to publish his complete back catalogue I was thrilled to be able to create the covers for these as an entire set.

microspores.tumblr.com

Microspores are tiny 140 character stories first developed on www.twitter.com/jeffnoon by Jeff Noon.

www.metamorphiction.com

Jeff Noon’s official website where he writes new fictions, experiments, dub remixes along the avant/pulp borderline, microstories, theories, poems, lab work, genetic texts.

Deviants and Outsiders

I do not consider myself to be a depressive personality, but I know that I share a lot of traits of that mind-set; solitary, analytical, verbose, obsessive, neurotic and anti-social. There are elements that will ring true here for everyone but I find that within these descriptors there is a core representation that I seem to have pinned myself to.

Overview: R.I.P.j.rand0m.hack3r

This project, essentially, is an entertaining and artistic environment using many different media. It takes the form of a multi media CD-ROM containing interactive software that creates a non-linear narrative experience with the story depth of a novel; something that can stand alone as an entertaining story yet remains rich with symbolism and metaphor.

Memecode of the Art of War

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Development of the Acoustic Experience

Whilst the programming of the main sections was being completed and corrected, my focus was in the realm of the story structure and user navigation.

Incorporation of Themes, Context and Subtext

The Memecom Gateway is mimicking a computer desktop, yet even when viewing the source code for this simulation operating system the overall story is still represented.

Development of Narrative Backbone

I began to organise a story to act as a background for the narrative experience of the Memecom Gateway.

Development of Ideas: Concepts

The use of biometrics would provide a means for the absolute tracking of a populaces actions.

Development of Ideas: Trade

I have worked for a large IT company for a number of years and in the course of designing for the Marketing Division I came across a great deal of information concerning e-commerce, viral marketing, information collection and computer security.

The Use of Memecode as an Operating System

After beginning the Memecode project and its application in the field of translation, I realised that I had a structure upon which I could hang many different ideas.

The Creation of Memecode

During a normal day of printing a document from my PC, as happens from time to time I made a mistake. One of the settings had been altered from their usual state and instead of a page of my text, the printer spat out a long string of printer code.

A Walkthrough Guide

Synopsis

Time Line and Plot Points

Cast of Characters

Here I am, JH

I found myself out in the wilderness of Social Media for some time and ti was not all that bad. …

In-game déjà-vu

I am walking through the mountains of Skyrim; defending Elks, avoiding the Imperials, collecting stuff in case it is useful, …

It’s only gone and Equinoxed! …

It’s only gone and Equinoxed! Spring in full effect: glorious day, pancakes, coffee, toys, muppets, feast: Ostara Ho!

These are beautiful in concept…

These are beautiful in concept and execution : Novartis “Reflections” Campaign on the @Behance Network: http://t.co/yPMgvH0x

The Monster That Did My Math

The Monster That Did My Math (Art by Bill Mayer) on the @Behance Network: http://t.co/w7IqlceZ

What a great idea

http://t.co/pc2q7yXN – What a great resource, what a great idea! Hours of fun for linguistic transmogrification. #language

The Three Little Pigs as Shakespeare would have written it

http://t.co/j8MkNd37

An ideal education

There are so many aspects to being a parent that seem to be impervious to advice. It doesnt matter how relavent or astute the experience, in the end every child is so perfectly individual that the only process that can be adhered to is be truthful.

“Microspores” on Storify

I thought I would try create something using @Storify: “Microspores” http://t.co/Fox9nHOd #storify #microspores

A ghost in his machine

Creative Review – A ghost in his machine http://t.co/lUfptVib – very clever; for OS officionados everywhere. #desktop #art

All Hail the Kick-Ass Ladies

I came across a great resource in the Public Domain Review. So many great works are now coming into Public …

A Piece of Culture

I have been chosen as a World Book Night giver. Which means I will have 25 copies of Iain M …

Beautiful fluid dynamics

http://t.co/TeMMaGLQ Beautiful fluid dynamics in ASCII. #matrix

I am using Conversocial, witho…

I am using Conversocial, without actually having any conversations or being social!

Once more into the Themes

A new WordPress Theme has been instigated to revamp my web experience. The old format was going well but I …

New show: Inter family religio…

New show: Inter family religion squabbling sorted out by an atheist: “It’s Me or the God”

Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright

I have always been reserved about FaceBook. Hesitant.

Ring Problems

Sonic was a big thing when it first came out and I was firmly rooted in the SEGA camp, having …

Cutup Results

I am between source at the moment, between games and between novels. So whilst I await the next installment of the Fire and Ice epic, Dance with Dragons, I find myself re-reading Vurt once more.

Family

Too much (sword) information…

I have been looking at swords and comparing them with the kind of geeky nerd focus that most chaps may …

Heavy Chubby Chocolate

I played and reviewed a new-ish PS3 title recently. One that uses the new fangled motion control wand for geesticulating …

It’s not the years, it’s the mileage

I can’t help notice that my beard is becoming whiter. It is taking on the gravitas of a Russian navy commander, an evil wizard or … an old man.

A Game of Soldiers

These have to be some of the wettest and most craven riots I have ever seen. I have seen a …

Release the spiders!

Finally have to admit that I am not likely to do any more tweaking on this new website and let …

Welcome to you, yes you!

Hello friend. I know I dont know who you are exactly but you do, you know who you are. You …

Web blogination and development pt.2

The next stage is complete. Using ‘Agregado Lifestream Theme’ — a free professional WordPress-theme created by Darren Hoyt and Matt …

Day of Fathers

My son is Taliesin Mithrandir Thorgrim Fee of House Papillon, first of that name; son of Curtis Leon Fee, son …

Web blogination and development

So far so slow. Shifting across the website was an easy process but in the limited free time I have …

I am here

Well it seems to be working so far. Stage one was to make the domain change and shift control from …

New Website – New Blog

I am moving my website and blog to a new WordPress template. There will be many things missing or wrong …

Don Quixote vs Po Mo Cyn

For too long there has been a dictatorship that has towered over the modern, Western lifestyle. A force that is offers the easy way forward without offering any solution.

Coffee Homeground

I recently quit sugar, down from three sugars to nothing. All of a sudden my favourite beverage became hollow and …

Eye

Eye eye sailor, the eyes have it, eye Claudius, eye candy, eye am Spartacus, eyes down, eyes right, eyes left, …

Gibsonian meeting is Out Of This World

I have just sat down within a meter of the literary futurist giant, William Gibson, and listened to him speak about the nature of the future and our entanglement with technology.

Nighty Night by 8in8

I’m listening to Nighty Night by 8in8. Ambitious for most artists but I never doubted this crowd. They have the …

These things stay with me

I remember the cool, dark catacombs deep beneath the ground. The sound of the chainsaw revving and the held breath, …

A jig for all

I have finally tweaked my website into anew kind of shape. I wouldn’t call it a re-design, I would barely …

Future Shocks – the Nerdgasm!

When we were kids there was a momentous occasion in publishing I now look back on and feel privileged to …

I am your father, join me…

… and we will watch YouTube together! My boy Tally and I do a lot of YouTube video watching. I …

Zombie Madness

I have been watching Walking Dead and playing Left For Dead 2, both of which have given me some insight …

Guns Attract Monsters

Samhain tomorrow for us, for myself a new year. This post carries on from my previous one by way of …

All hail the lone goth.

I use the term ‘mid life crisis’ jokingly, as I don’t really buy in to such a definition. It seems to me to be more like an alternate reality, an idealised version of ones own psyche just out of reach and barely understood.

The Crying Policeman and the Bieber-meme

There was a recently flurry of interest in the soundcloud of Shamantis ( follow him on twitter! he always does …

The Wakefulness of Inception

CHOC-O-SPOILERS!  Clearly this post is going to give away the ending. After finally seeing Inception, dodging many a spoiler and …

Reasons to be Cheerful.

I have reasons to be cheerful. However, whilst listening to Ian Dury I wondered if his reasons would stand up …

Awesome toys for awesome boys

My boy is three! Yee haa! Happy Birthday Tally! I have spent a wonderful week at home with family, soaking …

There bloody well is a spoon, I can see it.

Do you remember the Matrix? Seeing it for the first time? Focus on that for a second. Not the third one. Keep that out of your thoughts, come back to me and remember how it felt after watching the first instalment. The one that was cool and blew your socks off.

F.U.FB ( in the style of Facebook )

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Facebook sucks @ss. Changing privacy settings and layout without a by-your-leave, …

Are we LIVE!!

If you understand the hidden reference of that title, you will understand how excited I am… I just booked tickets to see Penn & Teller when they come to London this year.

The loop

This is a quick post to make sure I force a break between my posts. That last one about the …

Parenting from a bean perspective

In our family we subscribe to a number of philosophies that have sprung from intuition and could loosely be labeled as ‘attachment parenting’ but I though it would be of benefit for me to try and pin this further.

Back when art embraced the ugly…

Some recent #FB links makes me want to push out a great selection of favourites. These remind me of the …

…and the C3PO Statue goes to…

I recently downloaded and used the Oscar app from iPhone. Normally I would quietly ignore the Oscars and their ‘circle …

Set the Way-Back Machine to 1981…

Set the way-back machine to 1981…I am writing my composition…

I’m so happy

I’m going to embed this right now… it has to be the weirdest thing I have seen in a while. …

Syntactic Semantic – new music in progress

I am composing again. I have written out my process in order to prepare for the final release, so here …

Travel and Time Dilation

I wanted to talk about time travel, seeing as I was on a journey through time, but I find myself …

Second and Last Day

The second day of the vent was equally busy and I am left now, at the very end of the …

The First Day

The first day of the exhibition and I thought I was going to get away with an easy time. I …

The Last Push

I spent a while fixing up the PPT presentation, making calls, answering emails, getting ready, etc. Then took a huge …

First Stage: Slim Pickings to Sin City

It was an uneventful trip in the nice car to Heathrow, chatting with some ex-copper about the state of the …

Just Before the Big Adventure

By the Beard of Thor! The time is upon me and the Big Adventure is almost here. Even now, with …

Dan Brown’s Mouldering Body of Work

I wanted to celebrate the success of the the flatulent writings of Dan Brown with an ambigram experiment. Not quite …

Too late for now, too early for then..

Lets see. First there is this…                   A wonderful design set of …

Super Geek

I am a super geek. Its’ official. 45.75937% – Super Geek. —–BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK—– Version: 3.1 GMC/MU dpu s: …

Blogstipation and mental laxative

Out with that 4th of July stuff, cluttering up my blog space. That’s SO earlier in the month. In order …

Independence Day

I just Tweeted … Happy ‘We Made The Colonies Independent and Let Them Spell Colour, Axe and Aluminium with Missing …

Musick and the Mobius Engine

Papillion for Poppy I recently found that I could set up an artist profile in Last.fm and then went about …

Samples for your delectation

Nice new fresh content. Namely the downloads section of the website, where you will discover some ‘Mobius Engine’ wallpaper for …

Solstice

The Midsummer’s Night, the Solstice, will be here on the 21st of June at 05:45 this year. It is tempting …

the inherent myth of social media

Our relationship with Celebrity is beginning to change, and not before time. I think we have been caught up in …

Han Solo or C3PO?

The basic question asks whether you would rather be Han Solo or C3PO, when concerned with the world of business. …

Howdoyoudoos and “kweempiwb ip weew”

I thought it would be nice to make some introductions. Not just from me saying “howdoyoudoooo” but to connect anyone …

…tea breaks over – back on your heads

This is a phrase that normally pops into my mind when I think about returning to work after a break. …

Brain Leaks and the Dangers of Info-Seep

We are all media outlets. We are breaking news. We are consensus and aggregation of thought. We are the origin …

Social Online Interaction: The App and the Agg

I am currently locked in a rip tide of social networking and online interaction. I wanted to write down some …

Making a website when you’re not a designer

You can pay someone to develop your website and tailor the experience to your exact taste. Hopefully they will be …

Busy on the cards

As you can see there have been few details posted as of late – but I do have a new project underway

The Big List – part 2

Needing a shot in the arm of postings on this blog to get me into the new year. I was …

The YouTube Jukebox Game

Time for a new game. This one may well be suitable for party’s or at least bored parties. The group …

The big list – Part 1

I wanted to create a list of links that kind of represent the best of the web. It is neither …

The Infinite Now

Commuter Pattern Analysis

Commuting is a strange activity, almost robotic and mindless – yet a shared and necessary experience of the modern world. …

The Mad Scientist Game

Here is my new game. It is a bit like Kiss, Marry, Kill but involves Zombies, which is of course …

next time…

See, I have already commited a crime against blogging. Already uncovered some cardinal sins… first being that one rule will …

The first post is the deepest

As an anti-social person it is very difficicult to get into the notion of “social networking” and blogging is a …

The answer revealed…

Finally managed to solve the multiple burial problem. The answers were obvious, I detailed them when I wrote about how …