http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/blog New media design and culture Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:40:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The guys over at Podfun have implemented a version of Zarch completely in Javascript - tested only in Firefox, but then who in their right minds uses anything else these days. And, by the power of i-frame, here it is: Left mouse: thrust | Right mouse: fire That right there is why ... http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/blog/2008/09/10/return-to-virus/ One from the attic - 1961s "The Elements of Design" by Donald M. Anderson surveys the graphic landscape encompassing pretty much all modes of representation from the modern mathematic to the archaic organic, commercial to the avant garde through its 218 pages of largely black and white illustrated text. ... http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/blog/2007/11/29/from-the-attic-elements-of-design/ No new pin-up for 2007 - but that didn't stop over a thousand people adding one of the earlier halloween cover images to each others social-networking sites (and in one case an ebay listing!). It's been a few weeks now, and everyone has had their spooky fun, so I taken the ... http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/blog/2007/11/19/halloween-07/ Decided that living amongst huge piles of stuff probably isn't the way forward. Stuff is good, and all that, but things are untify, and they need dusting. CD's are mostly ugly, little plasticy things, nowhere near as enciting and evocative as vinyl. So what to do? well - back up ... http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/blog/2007/08/10/lacie-500gb-brick/ News From Earth TM now with added clock. Revisited News from Earth - added a brand-new analogue clock feature (get time, rotate object) and shifted the type to be more in-keeping with that as used on the spacecraft screens in 2001 - it's still the best sci-fi inspired bbc rss newsfeed ... http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/blog/2007/08/08/nfe-v02/