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One of the few people I know who really has Twitter cracked. His stream is made up of short critiques and quick ideas, usually very sharp and on target. This is a good example, neatly summarising the key problem with the work. He’s well worth reading.
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Interesting cross section of society. The overall view skews a bit anti, but when you’re talking about smack and crack in places, it’s going to be hard not to, I guess.
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I’m going to spend an hour or two thinking about this tonight, and see if I can come up with a reasonable forecast/application. I imagine the other applicants will be better qualified, but it’d be a fun thing to even try to do.
Author: Alasdair
Stairsick
This was taken in the tiny bit of the main boilerhouse we were allowed into. A previous redevelopment effort has gutted the place, leaving the building a huge shell, the middle section of which is open to the sky. I wanted to a get a shot that spoke of what had been done to the building without going for the obvious shot of the sky and chimneys from inside (although yes, I have one of those coming later, too).
British Sky Power
Here’s the most normal, straight up shot I’ve got of the power station. It’s an absolutely gorgeous piece of Art Deco architecture designed by Giles Scott, and I thank fuck it is a a listed building, and must therefore remain visually intact during any redevelopment of the area. Amusingly, though, one of the redevelopment task will be to swap each of those 4 iconic chimneys with an identical replacement, as the concrete they’re made from is decaying badly, and they’re in danger of falling off…
Lines In The Tarmac
I spent the morning round Battersea Power Station (and ran in to several people I know while there, all clutching cameras – quelle surprise), and will be posting a number of photos (some better than others) from there to my photoblog in the next few days. This one is not one of the finer ones, but it amuses me to start with one that has no discernable connection to the iconic building – you’ll just have to accept my word that it was taken in the power station grounds.
Self Trepanation For Beginners
I have had a cold all fucking week. I could have done without it in quite a big way. The worst would appear to be over, and my nose has stopped streaming and I am no long feeling quite so much like twice-warmed shit, but I am in total sinus agony at the moment – I am congested to fuck, and no matter how often I blow my nose, I cannot seem to relieve the agonising pressure around my eyes.
Does anyone have any suggestions for things I can do to relieve said pressure, even if it’s just a particularly effective brand of decongestant or method of administering it? Because right now, drilling holes in the front of my face seems like a very attractive option.
Links For Wednesday 16th July 2008
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Well, I know what I’m doing on Saturday.
A Rare Chance To See Me Naked
OK, for those of you who haven’t started gouging your eyes out at the very idea…
What, *everyone*?
Yeah, OK. You can put ’em back in, I’m only kidding. I’m not naked. (As far as you know, anyway.) But a few people have asked about my tattoos recently (since I got my latest, unsurprisingly), and since you’re either very distant, or not someone I’m comfortable being naked in front of (read: another human being), I thought I’d post a few photos. You will see nothing to appall you in any of them – they’re all cropped to show off nothing but the tattoo.
Links For Tuesday 15th July 2008
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Just read that headline a few times. Go on. Now: that’s not science-fiction. It’s, y’know, a real thing. Tell me that’s not enough awesome for a week, right there. That’s cheered me right up, that has.
Links For Monday 14th July 2008
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I feel unclean linking to the Dail Heil, especially for a non-story like this “rebellious artist is middle class public schoolboy shocker”, but I remain a fan of Banksy’s work, and will be interested to see what impact this has on his future efforts.
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Counterbalance – here’s the sort of crappy sensationalist headline that the Express likes to run with, about the decaying state of out society “Buglars to be let off” type stuff, being shredded by someone who actually knows what they’re talking about.
To Don’t
The only thing the iPhone has been missing, as far as I’m concerned is a decent To Do list application. On my desktops and laptop, I use Things, which is just about the best To Do app I’ve found. I could sing it’s praises for quite some time.
So I have been eagerly awaiting the 2.0 upgrade, and the app store, because I have been waiting for Things to be available on my phone, making it truly The Promised Phone. So after a certain amount of impatient waiting, I upgraded my iPhone at lunch, and swiftly paid the six quid for Things on my phone.
The fucking thing does not appear to sync with my Mac. It’s a completely standalone app. Sure, I now have a decent To Do app on my phone. But if I can’t keep in sync with a master list on a desktop, it’s really only going to be of limited use. Bollocks.