August 2005 Archive

Other Spaces…

I made some jam over the weekend, took photos of the process, and posted them at flickr. You can follow the pictorial instructions and learn how to make plum jam for yourself.

plum jam in a pot

Audioscrobbler, has finally become last.fm they need some serious help, their server is so slow… …[more]

22/8/2005 | New Media | 2 Comments

Writing Junk

William S Burroughs writer of the Beat Generation (thats 'beat' as in 'tired, worn down', not beat as in music, in todays English parlance it would probably be 'knackered') - a group of writers including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsburg who were trying to redefine american culture in the aftermath of The Bomb.

What Old Bill Burroughs brings to the literary party. was, part from the drugs, some interesting creativity methods. Inspired by montage, method well exstablished in painting, the cut-up method is quite simple, take a document …[more]

12/8/2005 | New Media | No Comments

Darwinia

I'm going to start talking about Darwinia by talking about an entirely different game, Rez: (2001 - Tetsuya Mizuguchi . UGA / TeamSonic) originally for Sega's doomed yet beloved Dreamcast machine, it got a very limited release on the PS2. Essentially its a cyberdelic version of After Burner (1987 Yu Suzuki Sega) - semi 3D shoot-em up - not a flight simulator, as the flight travels along a fixed path, but multiple selecting enemies gives better bonuses …[more]

8/8/2005 | Games | No Comments