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Latest but not greatest

2006-08-14T18:52:00.000+01:00

I've downloaded yet another blogging client. I normally use w.bloggar, but have had trouble with it, and am looking for better alternatives. So far, none of the free clients are as good. BlogJet is limited in its options, as are others. So now I've downloaded the Microsoft (shudder!) Live Writer Beta version, installed it, and am now writing a post with it.

Bumping Along

2006-05-09T01:30:00.000+01:00

I haven't posted much here since last year, partly because I'm working on other things, but a bit because Blogger has been making it more of a chore than is necessary. For some reason they've set up a screening procedure that means I have to use their web editor, which I hate. So I haven't posted as much as I would have otherwise. I'll be fiddling around with other blog software, and when I get

Kubuntu Queries 1

2006-05-09T01:20:00.000+01:00

I have installed a Linux variant called Kubuntu on my new old laptop, and am working my way through various beginner's-type issues, and managing to answer some of them on my own, but would appreciate pointers from anyone. I have been compiling a list, and have copied it here for my own referenceThis list is categorised by broader topic, with the category in curly brackets. I've added answers to

Slideshow Madness!

2006-02-19T19:51:00.000+01:00

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The Space Between

2005-11-20T19:33:00.000+01:00

There's a strand of thought that says it's what's between the lines that counts. I've heard it said that Miles Davis was a genius because he played silences the way other people played notes. Similarly, it's sometimes said that certain kinds of silence say more than words ever could. And I like to think that focusing on the spaces of absence will add more meaning to our understanding of place.

Untitled

2005-11-20T11:57:00.001+01:00

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More Vagueness

2005-11-17T00:48:00.000+01:00

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2005-11-15T02:41:00.000+01:00

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Mood Frames

2005-11-15T02:40:00.000+01:00

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Goofing

2005-11-04T01:38:00.000+01:00

Some of October's photos, modified, winged around, jazzed up. These ones are nice in their geometries and colors. var current_image_30251=0; function cycle_image_30251(){ size = 37; current_image_30251++; if(current_image_30251 >= images_30251.length){ current_image_30251 = 0; } document.getElementById('zoto_cycle_link_30251').href = links_30251[current_image_30251];

Special Collections

2005-10-10T18:19:00.000+01:00

Here, at long last, is some actual Moseley content. It's been a long dry spell in terms of photographically enagaging local events that also prompt some sort of reflection.The city council - apparently - have nominated certain roads for a pilot rubbish collection scheme, where residents can put out any old thing in the run-up to the specified collection day. This kind of thing happens in other

Croxdale Walk No. 1, Part 1: Croxdale Hall to South Grange Farm

2005-09-20T22:08:00.000+01:00

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Croxdale Walk No. 1, Part 2: South Grange Farm to Croxdale Wood

2005-09-20T21:53:00.000+01:00

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Croxdale Walk No. 1, part 3: Croxdale to Shincliffe along the Wear

2005-09-20T21:30:00.000+01:00

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Biting The Hand That Yanks My Chain

2005-08-20T02:16:00.000+01:00

If you have ever tried to get support from an organisation that provides a free product, you'll know what I'm thinking. Yesterday I read that Blogger have a new add-in, called, (not very) imaginatively, Blogger For Word. I use w.bloggar as my client, and am pretty happy with it, but thought the new thing would be worth a try. So I downloaded it, installed it, and started Word. I looked for the

Toast

2005-08-20T00:45:00.000+01:00

Maybe it's time to start an on-line wish-list. Or a how-do-I-fix-this list (with a nod to Kerri). My toaster died yesterday. It's a special toaster, with a single opening about 10 inches (25 cm) by 1.25 inches (3 cm). I bought it a few years ago at a flea market, and it's been good to me the whole time. It is my primary cooking utensil, given that my diet consists mainly of salad in either a

Strung Out

2005-08-08T23:46:00.000+01:00

Today I did Scoubidous. Maybe you know them as Boondoggle, or lanyard, or or or whatever!£1.99 bought me heap coloured tubular threads, one of which makes a nice lace up the front, and two more of which might be making a loop for a clasp. But this scoubidou is time-consuming to weave, so I'm wondering if there are any native scoubi-nauts out there who'd like to contribute a handle for this

Tornado Season

2005-07-31T00:35:00.000+01:00

You know how it is: a hurricane strikes, so you decide to clean house. Two days ago - or was it yesterday - the tornado struck, and so today I ripped up the manky old carpet that smelled, that was ugly, that has been an obnoxious fact of life ever since I moved in. In order to rip it up I had to move stuff. So know you know the real reason I did it. I get annnoyed when anything stays the

In the Garden

2005-07-23T17:14:00.000+01:00

It's a thistle in flower some 18mm from the lens. Probably not something you'd have guessed, given the abstracted view. When was the last time you were this close to a plant? Coming out a bit further...then closerand closerlast of all, a further abstraction using Photoshop.

The Clutch

2005-07-17T18:04:00.000+01:00

Here's a progress report. The clutch will look something like this. I'm surprised at how well it resembles a functional bag, and how deceptively it looks like a cube in 2-D, but there are a few issues that need to be addressed. One is that the linoleum is more fragile than I expected. It seems to be drying out in the exposure to summer air, after having been sealed under a layer of carpet for

Seasonal Change

2005-07-10T22:20:00.000+01:00

This doesn't spin quite as fast as I wanted it to, but it goes a bit faster if I click on the image and let it open in a new window, then wait for it to load each frame. It spins pretty good after that. Enough to kinda give the effect I'm after.

Tricked Out!

2005-06-27T21:00:00.000+01:00

The PSitir of OeMsley took its initial voyage today, with an inaugural voyage following a few hours later. It's neither a she nor a he, hence no maiden voyage, nor a mascu-line equivalent. What would that be? A bachelor voyage? What-ever. We're not havin' any o' them here!Fitted out with a new chain, but not kitted out, we went to the BIke Pro shop in KH for a bit of advice about what next, and

Retro Flat-Pack Technology Art

2005-06-25T23:37:00.000+01:00

If it's not in a museum, and it's not art, it must be waste.Lefebvre writes about waste as the necessary expenditure of energy; energy that explodes inwardly or outwardly; energy that must be spent. This energy always does work, the work of excess, the creation of more than necessary, the production of redundancy. This energy is more or less durable. Some of it gets consumed and re-released or

Moseley: Where Tricycles Grow On Trees

2005-06-18T12:16:00.001+01:00

Well, metal-lamp-post type trees.It must be Mozfest because this is the kind of signage I'd expect as emblematic of good wierdness in the leafy lanes of Moseley. Alternatively it could be because someone knows I've been looking for a haulage machine for the bricks and bits of street furniture I want to retrieve from various places. It happened like this: I was on my way to Sparkbrook, and turned

The History Of Cart Building, Parts I & II

2005-06-11T22:48:00.000+01:00

Part I I've needed some sort of cart ever since I moved here: for hauling groceries and laundry, for hauling debris out of the garden, and for hauling things home from skips. I've not had the money to buy a proper cart, wagon or bike trailer, so I've improvised various things over the years. So far they've all suffered from two problems: the wheels are too small to roll smoothly along tarmac

Deviant Youth

2005-05-23T14:13:00.000+01:00

I've hung on to certain albums for forty years, but it's likely that I am the only one who will ever know why. Having set down to explain, I wonder if i can even come up with a good explanation. The Alice Cooper album Pretties For You has stayed with me for several reasons, including having stood the test of time. The reasons I first liked it are different from the reasons I like it now. I recall

Western Words

2005-05-03T01:21:00.000+01:00

- Western words, however, are prices from across the web and read German carp, European carp. More - and wise men of the West, who had sites (you're now at Portishead is to explain this lack of confidence - Use this form to submit a classified ad a publication in the field of Reference - and educational resource 07:02 GMT - Find lyrics to over doctoral dissertation is a comparative Species of

Play With Food, Pt. 2

2005-05-03T00:57:00.000+01:00

Sometimes it's interesting to abstract food shapes into places you've been. For example, this is the mudflats along the Wisconsin River c.1965. I picked up a piece of driftwood shaped like a saxophone, although I'm not sure I'd ever seen a saxophone. Maybe a caricature on a cartoon. Anyway, I had this piece of driftwood. It curved around like an elephant tusk, or bull's horn. That's it. It

Things To Do With Food/When You're Tired

2005-05-03T00:07:00.000+01:00

Take out that pack of Spring Roll Pastries you've had in the freezer since last summer. Let it thaw, and peel one of the layers off. Put it on the griddle until it starts to warp in the heat. Put it on the scanner, close the lid, and save the image. Note that the image is much reduced when it arrives at Blogger. Note that the much-reduced picture is not nearly as interesting as detailed portions

The Bathtubs of Springtime

2005-02-01T19:57:00.000+01:00

This is a skip-u-mentary about springtime in Moseley. We know Spring is on the way when the broken bathtubs of Moseley make an appearance along with whatever else is being remodeled. So today I went out to show the approach of Spring.

Waste Art

2005-01-29T07:37:00.000+01:00

If it's in a gallery, and it's a deliberate act of creativity, it must be art.

2005-01-22T11:30:00.000+01:00

If it's the market, it must be Saturday. I didn't know that until I turned the corner and saw the marquees. I was sure it was Friday.

I'm the gubbin

2005-01-05T01:15:00.000+01:00

gubbins, n. pl.Also gubbings. Rarely sing. [var. of GOBBON.] 1. Fragments, esp. of fish; fish-parings. In later use (also const. sing.), trash; anything of little value; a gadget, thingummy. In sing., a fragment. Also fig. and attrib.