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July 2025
: 🍳 Coconut and Chickpea Curry. Love the ingredients on this. Simple vegetarian dish that hits all the …
: It’s been a little over one week with my new relationship with food and exercise. I don’t want to …
: It’s taken me a while, but I finally ‘get’ how to use ChatGPT for myself, beyond just a curiosity. …
: 🍳 Butter Chicken. Honestly what was missing was some fresh naan, but ran out of time today. Also …
: I just finished writing the first chapter of my new book, A Simple Guide to the Construction …
: The Hopeful Romantics. That’s two from two from Howey. He very well may have helped change my life - …
: It’s nearly been one week since I started my new ‘life’ as someone healthy. Howey is completely …
: 🏊♂️ Parenting point unlocked today. Ryan finally was swimming in the pool without any assist. …
: Short walk around the East York Civic Center.
: Fleuss Chronograph SpongeBob SquarePants Eyedial. Spinnaker watches is killing it with their cartoon …
: I’ve heard of this state. A switch flips in your head and it becomes your way of life. This happened …
: How To Make Better Burgers. I have generally honed my burger making to a level I am happy with, …
: 🇨🇦 I fucking love Toronto in the summer. It’s got the right balance of hot and cool going. It’s a …
: Diet is a mental state The journey to better health is framed by diet and mental state, prompting a shift towards mindful …
: The Five Tibetans . So I read Hugh Howey’s article about health and fitness, which lead me to his …
: The Secrets of Unreasonable Hospitality. If you need more incentive to go read Unreasonable …
: 📚 Finished reading: Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara. Easily my favourite book of the year …
: I’m so thankful for Mehdi Hassan, taking no fucks from absolute scum like Dershowitz. Anyone …
: ⚽️ Ughhh. Chelsea winning is sooo annoying.
: ⚽️ Chelsea bullying PSG. I mean 3-0 at half time is some statement.
: ⚽️ Chelsea have come out strong out the gates. The PSG guys look a little in shock.
: ⚽️ Looking forward to the Club World Cup final. Something about this PSG team is just epic to watch.
: 🍳 Fish and Chips. This one was by special request from Ryan. Both the fish and the fries turned out …
: 🍳 Granola. Honestly it’s been so long since I had granola. Inspired by Unreasonable Hospitality.
: In restaurants — and in all customer-service professions — the goal is to connect with people. — …
: It’s a muggy summers day today in Toronto. I like feeling this way in contrast to what winter …
: Run out of space on your Mac? External storage explained… . Got a message today that I was …
: Gawd the neighbours are annoying. Their ill placed external unit which first turned on at the start …
: Honestly, I am soo bored and exhausted of the 🍊 and the bullshit that comes along with him. Tariffs …
: I’ve been dipping my toes into using AI slowly. My first foray was in text descriptions for photos. …
: First pair of reading glasses. Another clear signal of age.
: Took the family to watch Jurassic World. It was ok, except I was not that into the mutant dinosaur …
: Creativity is the missing pillar in self-development. — Amie McNee, We Need Your Art.
: I’m reading The World in a Grain of Sand and this quote really frames what the book is about: …
: 📚 Finished reading: Essex County by Jeff Lemire. Absolutely wonderful book. 500 pages of pure …
: Was looking for a way to export my highlights/annotations from my Libby/Overdrive borrowed books. …
: 📚 Finished reading: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
: I love that there is a Cardinal living near the house this year. I get to see him a few times a …
: My Canonical library A personal review of book collections has inspired the idea of curating a list of the best single …
June 2025
: ⚽️ Gawd I really dislike Foden and his stupid haircut.
: ⚽️ Oh my. Manchester City loosing to Al Hilal. Nope, did not see that coming.
: Honestly, the BBC’s biased and bullshit coverage of the genocide in Gaza can fuck right off. Take …
: Hermétique Summer from Baltic Watches is a a great collection of colours to add to this solid …
: The Fairphone (Generation 6).. Not in the market for a new phone (my iPhone 15 Pro easily has 3 more …
: I’m a TV Person Clearly I have become a TV person over a movie person in terms of consuming a visual narrative. The …
: First time playing pickleball.
: The Bear season 4 drops today. 10 episodes of the bear. Average of 30min each, so we’re …
: Took me a minute, but finally updated the style of my weekly newsletter. Very basic, but honestly …
: Been using my Kobo to read a book for the first time. Can’t help but compare it to the Kindle and I …
: ⚽️ The Club World Cup is a total cash grab but I guess the way to do this is give it away for free …
: With our holiday completely upended we have tried to find alternatives. The realities of what is …
: 🍳 Bolognaise. Another auto-pilot dish. No sun dried tomatoes was a bummer. I’ve also never done one …
: I need a drink. Those Americans congratulating themselves for this action by the US must understand …
: Fleuss Automatic Popeye Bronemies Limited Edition SP-5161. I have been enjoying the character design …
: Inspiration exists, but it must find you working. — Pablo Picasso
: Ryan’s TTC Appreciation Podcast No idea how long this is going to last but having a kid obsessed with something has its perks - like …
: Feeling soo deflated at the moment even though there is much to be thankful for, I’m just …
: It’s not even close but it does bring back memories from 3 years ago when circumstances beyond our …
: While we’re at it, Kevin ‘Kal’ Kallaugher’s new newsletter Kal Draws the …
: Glued to this post on Al Jazeera for coverage.
: Bassem Youssef’s interview on Piers Morgan is a thing of beauty. So many wonderful quotes: …
: The AiTelly youtube channel is a very different but massively informative channel on what’s going on …
: Well that was quick. Flight was cancelled this morning, because of course it was. I haven’t seen my …
: Honestly I’m not overtly surprised by Israel’s audacity. They have been aided and empowered by the …
: I really wish I knew what power the Israelis have over the western governments. The more you get …
: Toronto Subway vs. LA Metro 2000-2025 Comparison. Everyone at Metrolinx, the TTC, the City of …
: I couldn’t help myself. I downloaded the iPadOS Beta and it really is a proper upgrade in every …
: How the hell did we get here? A madman like Putin is destroying a nation, for bullshit reasons. A …
: I’m actually really impressed with some of the new features coming to the iPad. In most cases it’s …
: The Freedom Flotilla is getting ever closer to Palestinian soil. Of course the Israelis are trying …
: Two Basic Issue Dads. Putting this here so I don’t forget it.
: Tee-CAF (TCAF) 2025 was on this weekend. It was at a new venue this year, was at TMU on Carlton …
: Who’s ready for summer? This guy.
: 🍳 Sri Lankan Chicken Coconut Curry. Even managed to make fresh naan breads with this as well. Total …
: Took the kids to see their new school today. It’s fascinating how different schools in the same …
: 🍿 I am soo here for the total collapse of Elon Musk and Trump’s bromance. Just get the popcorn out …
: The Feather app for iPad looks amazing! I didn’t know such a think even existed. With Procreate and …
: It’s not every day that a site you created and ran 15 years ago is fully online, including the …
: Flawless. I just imported 1800 posts that I had as markdown files. I’ve been sitting on these for a …
May 2025
: 🍳 Chicken Parm with garlic mash and broccoli. Loved how this came together. Simple dish but looked …
: 📚 Finished reading: Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman. A good book to reframe your view on humanity …
: Just finished binging on 1883. What. A. Fantastic. Show. 10 hour movie is right. Some of the …
: You know you have a good product on your hands when you displace said item you go out and buy a …
: ⚽️ Onana is such a baby. Every time I’ve ever watched this guy he’s always mega dramatic no matter …
: My eyes always rolls back hard in my head every time I hear about ‘Israel has a right to defend …
: 🍳 Chicken Souvlaki. This was Ryan’s choice. He really wanted this. Forgot to put garlic in the …
: Powerful video from the New York Times. Is it sensationalism? For all the canaries, it is not. …
: 🍳 Lamb ‘Kokkinisto’. Excellent tenderness. This thing was cooking in the oven for 3½ hours. Perfect …
: Victoria Day is a day to reset after a long and harsh winter. Great book (Moral Ambition), great …
: 🍳 Orzo Pasta Salada & Muhammara. I added chickpeas in this one, and a slight tweak on the usual …
: Reading Rutger Bregman’s Moral Ambition. Same guy who wrote one of my favourite books ever, …
: 🍳 Tuscan Chicken. This was super easy. Sauce was great. Roasted potatoes turned out great as well. I …
: Ben & Jerry’s Co Founder Arrested For Capitol Protests. Ben gets it. It’s truly heartening that …
: Shame on all of us for allowing an abhorrent government like the Israeli government to get away with …
: 🍳 Greek feast. Biftekia. Mustard potatoes. Tzatziki. Greek salad. Freshly braked pita bread. It all …
: Setting things up for the spring and summer.
: I really don’t know why it’s felt this way, but spring seems to have taken a really long time to get …
: ⚽️ Really fun game in the end. Giving goals to Mount, Garnacho and Amad being the only real positive …
: ⚽️ Amass having a shit time of it at the moment.
: ⚽️ Mason Mount scored, only for the second time ever, but I’ll totally take that.
: ⚽️ Luke Shaw as captain. I really don’t care how this game goes but getting some minutes for kids is …
: Trying to watch the last season of The Handmaid’s Tale and it’s all just a little too intense and …
: 📚 Finished reading: No. 5, Vol. 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto. 3/4 of the way through this but just didn’t …
: It was at least 15 years too late. I tried to finish reading No.5, but it just didn’t click. Some …
: Trafford Watch Co is a company that I have been following with great interest. Their latest …
: Scott Galloway vs Rory Sutherland. Two of my favourite internet personalities, in conversation.
April 2025
: 🍳 Creamy Mushroom Risotto. This turned out great. A little too much black pepper maybe, but the …
: Cold coffee season is upon us.
: Week 1 - Finished art work from Zane and I. Hopefully we can get some momentum and do the same next …
: ⚽️ Never been a fan of all things Bournemouth football club. The kit, the logo and the stadium …
: And week one is done. Have to give Zane credit for kicking my ass into picking up a pencil again and …
: Art session with Zane. I think we are going to make this a regular fixture in our house moving …
: An nod to the classic Field Notes edition, Grass Stain Green, my spring colour edition.
: I never get excited about spring until I start to see the first shoots of green. I’ve seen a couple …
: ⚽️ Two bloody shots the entire game and the second goes in. Just stupid.
: ⚽️ Op. That didn’t last long. They’re on again. Because of course they are.
: ⚽️ That was a pretty boring game of football. Good to see Bruno and Dalot (and uncle Casimero) …
: Spring book reading. And I’ve got more upstairs. Doubt I’ll be able to get through half of this …
: Fixed the bikes for the season. Unlocking is very nearly over. I have yet to see a single green …
: During our move, I misplaced some of hardware for our outdoor Ikea furniture. Ikea has a replacement …
: ⚽ Oh. My. God. That match was something. I was at the optometrist (first time in my life), and …
: The Atlantic must have seen how popular David Frum has been recently to The Hub subscribers, so …
: This morning was another train adventure with Ryan. Go train out to Rouge Hill.
: Carney’s Checkmate. How Canada’s quiet bond play forced the tariffs to be dropped. Now that is …
: 📍 Big Al’s. One of those pilgrimages for Zane and his fish.
: Lovely new design for Blogroll.org. Type selection is on point and the colours are just right for …
: 🍊 He’s shorted the market. He’s fucking around with the world. Unbelievable really. Monkey with a …
: This interview with Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg professor of Conflict Management and the Founding …
: ⚽️ The quality on this Fubo feed is going in and out constantly. First time ever. Seriously annoying …
: New album by The Weeknd (ok it’s 2 months old, but for me that’s as quickly as I move …
: It’s been a brutally long winter. Since moving to the new house, I’ve not really managed to do very …
: Tron: Ares official trailer . Great trailer. Sets tone. Shows something different we’ve not seen …
: 📍. Toronto Public Library. New library branch. Wonderful place. Can drive or walk or bike when the …
: 🍊 Around 1,200 demonstrations planned on Saturday in all 50 states. Damn. Most popular president …
: 📚 Finished reading: Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 2 by Kamome Shirahama. It’s been a while since …
: 🍊 The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan. The fringe weirdos controlling the US is just …
: Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit. A bigger cockroach than …
: 🌨️ Honestly Canada, I expected a different April shower. Full blown snow storm in bloody April. …
March 2025
: I couldn’t help myself. Had to get one. Always been a Williams fan, but they’ve not been a great …
: 📚 Finished reading: Scalped Deluxe Book Five by Jason Aaron. Finally finished reading this series. …
: 📚 Finished reading: Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 1 by Kamome Shirahama. This was light and fun. …
: Would totally buy this MAGA hat.
: 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰 Red and white. In the fight against the big fat 🍊.
: The 22nd Amendment The increasing normalization of a third presidential term in the U.S. reflects a troubling shift in …
: 📚 Finished reading: Friday Book Three by Ed Brubaker.
: 🍳 Apple and Butternut Squash Risotto. Only had beef stock and I think vegetable (or chicken stock) …
: 🍊 Mark Carney and Mike Myers. Actually want a ‘Never 51’ jersey. Also love the ‘Winter and …
: 🍳 Lamb and potatoes in the oven - with tzatziki and Greek salad. Complete auto pilot on this one. …
: 🍊 Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on Trump, tariffs and democracy. The space for thoughtful …
: 🍳 Chickpea Curry. Another autopilot curry. Had to adapt a little for the kids (no spinach which was …
: Kinda liking what I’m seeing with the new Pebble watches. Sure still pretty geeky looking but I like …
: The train museum led me to Raymond Biesinger (a Canadian artist based in Montreal), which then led …
: Don’t buy a Tesla. Every time you look at the passion and gritting of his teeth as he does it - he …
: Today is a train themed day. Ryan has always been enamoured with trains (since our time in …
: America’s position in the global hierarchy isn’t guaranteed. It can be lost with stunning rapidity …
: 🍳 Aloo Gobi. This is one of the things that I can typically put together quickly and easily. Full of …
: Ughhh. Scratched the car getting into my tight ass garage. It was really only a matter of time. …
: 🍳 Zaatar Chicken. Muhammara (from scratch including roasting peppers). Turkish Salad. Pomegranate …
: It’s a Turkish cooking kinda weekend I think.
: Here we go. New Steven Wilson.
: That got dark very quickly. Frum gives a little bit of flavour as to why Trump is going after …
: 📚 Finished reading: Tokyo These Days, Vol. 3 by Taiyo Matsumoto. Really loved this series. Wonderful …
: 🍳 Steak dinner. Mushroom sauce is on autopilot mode. Super easy but full of flavour. Got some soft …
: The Moosehead Presidential pack. 1461 cans. Just enough to get you through Trump’s presidency. This …
: In Conversation with David Frum. Trump’s tariffs against Canada and America’s place in …
: Yes for unlocking. First bit of decent weather, sun was out and likely can hide my big parka for the …
: Started a new A6 sketchbook. Hoping to just kick start a habit I can lean into in different …
: Music introduction for the kids, that was a very welcome ear worm for them, Pearl Jam’s Black. Can’t …
: What It’s Like To Be Fired by DOGE: Ex-Gov Employee Speaks Out. Some very dark clouds across …
: Micro.social is one of the best new apps to hit the Micro.blog circuit. Polished and being updated …
: Canadians not taking this 51st State bullshit. I hope you’re proud America.
: The theatrics in the American congress its just incredible. It’s like a personal wank-fest of the 🍊. …
: Morning coffee routine is now locked in.
: I hate being awake during hour of the wolf.
: 🍳 Cream of Broccoli Soup Another first. I looked at a recipe online for like a few minutes and then …
: I have been quietly curating a small table of Ontario craft beers I’ve been sampling over the …
: 🍳 Sticky Date Pudding This was a first attempt. Didn’t use brown sugar (which made the cake lighter …
: 🍳 Butter Chicken and Fresh Naan Textures were perfect. The only thing I messed up was the seasoning …
: 1st day of March means welcome to Unlocking.
February 2025
: There’s an Arabic saying, which goes: ‘Weapons in the hands of shit, is harmful.’
: 🇺🇦🇵🇸 As an honorary Canadian, I am proud to be firmly against the United States in supporting both …
: 🇺🇦 Proud of Zelensky, standing up to a pair of ignorant, entitled, billionaire degenerates.
: Had a few Canadian firsts today. I slipped for the first time today. Not a terrible fall but that …
: Pomera DM250US. Don’t know if I’ll back this, but it does look like a pretty nice focused tool. The …
: Last year (today), I had just discovered that they were making a Fantastic Four movie. Now I finally …
: Andor, Season 2 Trailer. Something to look forward to in April for sure.
: 🍳 Mushroon Pasta Yasmine didn’t like that is was very garlic-y. Next time, reduce the amount of …
: 🍳 Moroccan Chicken I’m going to log a few other the things I’ve cooked to see what I cooked (to …
: I don’t always do this but I think I’ve decided on my 2025 watch. First dive watch and only my …
: ⚽️ Oh man this has been a real tough watch but somehow things have been turned around at least to a …
: ⚽️ It’s been brutal watching this United team. They are so bad to watch…but like a moth to a flame …
: ⚽️ What a bullshit goal. VAR to the rescue? Oh FFS!
: That. Was. Satisfying. Just finished watching Cobra Kai and it tied a bunch of threads and ended it …
: Honestly, could give two shits about ice hockey…but Team Canada thumping Team USA is …
: I’m absolutely going to feel that tomorrow. Spent an hour after work shovelling part of that …
: Almost Perfect. Always a fan of well put together books. I used to call ‘Creative Breaks’ as …
: Something tells me I’m not getting the car out of the driveway. Oh, Canada.
: 📚 Finished reading: Tokyo These Days, Vol. 2 by Taiyo Matsumoto
: ⚽️ Twelve bloody minutes for Spurs to score. So annoying.
: ⚽️ Strangely I’m kinda excited to see the kids feature in this game. Except Lindeloff, they’re all …
: Taking the kids to the YMCA in a new area has also meant that I get to discover different …
: ❄️ First major snow shovelling. Backbreaking work for a city slicker like myself. 20cm of snow …
: Cobra Kai final episodes are finally out. Fantastic way to get through this snow period.
: Kids first snow day ever. It’s February. Two more weeks to the end of Winter and move into …
: Loved this post by Andy, Why Blog if Nobody Reads it?. Over the years I’ve had my own thoughts about …
: The 🍊 is showing what a real asshole he is eh? If you shake his hand, check for the number of …
: Somehow I had completely missed the existence of Berger Books, the real successor to Vertigo Comics, …
: The Growler – Ontario’s craft beer guide stopped publication last year. Clearly not enough …
: I’ve currently been binge watching Yellowstone. Great show so far even though nothing could be …
: Always a treat to get new Steven Wilson work. Wish I’d known about December Skies during December …
: Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. — Warren Buffet by way of Benjamin Graham
: Seth’s take on the Canadian reaction to Trump’s embarrassing (and complete lack of …
: ⚽️ Garbage goal. Just annoying.
: The Twelve Snake is a limited edition from Christopher Ward, that celebrates the year of the snake …
: Listening to the Canadian reaction to the 🍊’s stupid tariffs. I’ve always cheered for the underdog …
: Now that we’ve moved into the new house I’m going to lean into this video by Maurice …
: ktool (love the name btw) sends newsletters and articles to your Kindle. I like the idea, but …
January 2025
: I have been using an Analogue like system for the last month and I absolutely love it. However …
: After 626 episodes the Core Intuition podcast is done. Love the commitment and longevity and a …
: That was a first. Driving in a blizzard. Not fun at all. Had to be done to get some final things out …
: One week in the new house and damn if I’m not tired of playing house. Turns out the windows in the …
: ⚽️ This game is so stodgy. Slow. Laboured. Not fun to watch.
: 🍺 Roman Candle. Great regular IPA to have. Flavour is subtle and has a good buzz after it.
: I think I will starting making an ongoing list of good craft beers. Why not. lets start with the one …
: The slow hard journey to getting settled in continues. It’s funny but while the Americas is meant to …
: 📚 Finished reading: Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto
: 🥶 Polar vortex. -20°C outside and the wind is howling. 3 days in the house with the kids. Definitely …
: 🇸🇪 IKEA has always been a mega stressful endeavour. Add a family to it all and honestly I shake my …
: ⚽️ Literally no consistency in this MU team. A great performance is then followed by an absolute …
: ⚽️ These Brighton players are just annoying.
: ⚽️ Fucking hell Onana! Seriously man.
: ⚽️ This blonde twat has been shit housing the entire game. Get him off already.
: ⚽️ Why is Brighton the bogeyman of United? I mean honestly. Also brave from Mazraoui.
: ⚽️ Not sure why we are not harrying Brighton when they have the ball, but we are moving in slow …
: ⚽️ What. The. Fuck. I mean. 5 min?
: News of the ceasefire is sweet relief. Biden jacking off a wanted war criminal makes him no better. …
: So. Tired. Today is the first time I have actually felt my age. There were three young lads moving …
: 🚚 Moving day tomorrow. It’s so surreal for me at the moment. Unlike most of the houses I have lived …
: When we have the ball, it’s a game and when we don’t, it’s a fight. — Manuel …
: NATO Phonetic Alphabet Converter is simple but super useful when in the moment you want to get the …
: ⚽ Oh my word. Arsenal getting pushed out at home. Amazing from the boys, 10 against 12. That referee …
: ⚽️ C’mon Tamworth?!! Is that even how that is spelt? Love the FA cup because of all this weirdness.
: 📚Finished reading: Scalped Deluxe Book Four by Jason Aaron
: 📚 Finished reading: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
: Reading The Message by Ta-Nehesi Coates is a really difficult read. Not for how it’s written but the …
: Fuck Twitter. I noticed that Micro.blog allows you to cross post to Twitter, so I wanted to try it …
: Always a good time when you discover a nice little coffee place within a decent setting.
: As I look at these five men, I wonder if the world was favoured with better humans, what they could …
: 🥶❄️ It has been absolutely freezing in Toronto this last week. The coldest since we arrived here 2½ …
: Honestly America, you guys bringing the deranged 🍊 back into my newsfeed is just a dick move. Now …
: ⚽️ I predict a proper drumming. 4-0 to Liverpool. But the boys have started with a little bit of …
: I have no idea how this made it into my Amazon soundtrack, but it was a perfect addition. Last Dance …
: After a decade of playing around with pizza making, I think I’ve finally dialed it in to my ideal …
: Finished reading: Scalped Deluxe Edition Book Three by Jason Aaron 📚
: The BYD Seal. It was only a matter of time before the Chinese car industry started to produce …
: Finished reading: Scalped Deluxe Edition Book Two by Jason Aaron 📚 . Tearing through these at the …
: Finished reading: Scalped Book One by Jason Aaron 📚. Easily one of the best comic book series ever …
December 2024
: Here are my stats for 2024. Mega year for publishing on my site. No idea what happened in March but …
: Reading Again In 2024, the author significantly expanded their reading, highlighting impactful books on personal …
: Finished reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 📚
: ⚽️ This Newcastle team is so well drilled on their press. Team can’t really do very much at all. So …
: ⚽️ That’s more like it Rasmus. Finally doing something. Anything.
: ⚽️ Zirkzee hooked before halftime.
: ⚽️ They are being totally schooled. Everyone is having a shocking time of it.
: ⚽️ Oh my word. Dogshit. This team is dogshit.
: Reading in 2024 9th of April was when it all happened. I walked into the public library to get a sheet of paper …
: Just rewatched Dune. Complete masterpiece. The sound. The costumes. The visual effects. All wrapped …
: Josh Johnson on the frenzy around Luigi Mangione. Fun starts around the 14min mark. So very, very …
: How to Draw Like an Architect. Another one of these look over the shoulder of someone doing their …
: 🏈 Watching my very first NFL game. I don’t know the rules or what is going on. Why are some of the …
: 🎄 Oh the lies we tell our kids for the sake of preserving the myth behind a man in a red suit. Merry …
: Christmas Message from Irish President Michael D. Higgins. I remember years ago listening to Higgins …
: Year of Kindness 2024 was a lot of things to me and most people I imagine. One thing I believe is that 2024 was not …
: Design Complete It took a minute - well actually it took around 7 years - but I finally got the site where I want it …
: Finished reading: Just Enough Design by Taku Satoh 📚. I don’t tend to read a lot of books about …
: ⚽️ Watching MU is seriously bad for my mental health. Highs are high. Lows are underground.
: ⚽️ What is going on with MU? I mean total capitulation to this Bournemouth team…at home.
: The Cure has a new album and it’s amazing. 2024 has been a great year for my kind of music.
: 🎄Finally work is over for at least the coming week. Have a couple of emails to close out a couple of …
: ⚽️ What a shame man. 13 min is all he had in the tank for this game.
: ⚽️ Mason Mount is clearly a broken player. Made of fucking wheatabix.
: ⚽️ Pretty cagey game so far. Nothing serious been created. Just a lot of ball passing at the moment …
: Monument Valley is easily my favourite iOS game series (so much so I have a print above my desk). …
: Tomorrow is Monument Valley III day. Something like 11 years after the first one was released.
: I’m still not up to speed with what has happened in Syria. It feels like a civil war that started …
: ⚽️ So many bodies in the middle of the park. Forest parking the bus here.
: ⚽️ Brunooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
: ⚽️ I’m about to throw something at the TV.
: ⚽️ This team sucks so hard. Just shit.
: ⚽️ Slightly boring game. United has had a few good chances so can easily see this ending 3-1.
: I missed posting one for 2024, but alas it was a bit of a strange year for the design of the website …
: ❄️ First snowfalls in Toronto. One of my favourite scenes in Mad Men is of course the Carousel …
: 🍁🍂 Do you know what is worse than garbage day? Garbage day when you have to collect all the leaves …
: ⚽️ Comfortable game in the end….first time in years? Now hate watching ManCity getting thumped. I’m …
: ⚽️ Amad is having a bit of an off start to the game. Things are not connecting in the general manner …
: Got my winter tire on this weekend. Then somehow the battery in the car just stopped working. Have …
November 2024
: The ‘My Soundtrack’ feature on Amazon Music is easily one of my favourite finds related to music …
: Success is about selling emotion, not products. — Mark Tilbury
: 🍊 I got to say a big thank you ‘Merica for making everyone bend the knee to the tangerine. First up. …
: How can humanity be so evil and those with the fucking power to do something don’t. I try and avoid …
: For the last 5 weeks we have been hitting the Toronto pavements in search for a house. It’s been a …
: As I am getting older I am finding that I have increasingly become more and more sensitive to sound. …
: ⚽️ Hojlund and Zerkzee coming on at the same time? Love it.
: ⚽️ Rashfords link up play at the top is not going well. It’s like he’s doing this for the first …
: ⚽️ Luke Shaw first game since February. Wonder how long his current fitness streak will last.
: ⚽️ 81 seconds. That’s insane.
: ⚽️ Not going to lie, I am pretty excited by the new formation. Never seen these players in this …
: Also my first view of a Zamboni.
: First hockey experience in Canada. I know long time coming but worth it.
: Every once in a while I am reminded that I live in North America and that there are doofuses in …
: Netanyahu ICC war crimes arrest warrant ‘outrageous’ says Biden. You are on the wrong …
: ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer pair of …
: Stick to Football. Easily my favourite way to start a Thursday.
: Actually liking Bluesky and the interactions/vibe of the place. Will still obviously be POSSE, but …
: America is a freedom to do something. While other developed countries are freedom from something.
: Finished reading: Enough by John C. Bogle 📚
: ☀️ Fresh Monday morning in Toronto. The world is a little better when the sun shines.
: This video on the engineering of Venice is an incredible showcase of what the built world is capable …
: What Elon Musk Wants From Donald Trump. Loved the drop in the middle, which should be the title to a …
: Pro Logo Designer Rebrands The LA Clippers. This is totally my kind of video. Someone who knows …
: New York. New York. I just got back from New York and still letting the whole experience unpack itself out of my brain. …
: Ok I really hadn’t appreciated how tightly packed Manhattan actually is. It’s tiny and super densely …
: The Holstee Manifesto. Definitely getting one of these onto the wall.
: ⚽️ What a seriously painful miss. I mean that really should have gone in. Great cross from …
: ⚽️ They just don’t play like a team. Just a bunch of individual moments and seriously bad passes.
October 2024
: Honestly I’m finding it hard to concentrate on my own passions and hobbies because they feel so …
: Aloo Gobi is the only way I will get excited about cauliflower.
: The last time I bought Field Notes was 7 years ago. While I’ve been stocked up nicely, I have been …
: I mean honestly, look at those colours.
: The Future International Isolation of Israel Seeing this monologue by Mehdi Hasan reminds me of what a shit choice people with a conscience have …
: Screenshare 2024 - Zen Edition I’m testing out a new ‘Zen’ mode for my mobile life. I’m trying to limit how long I spend on the …
: Easily one of my favourite ways to start the day. Fresh cup of coffee, a great book (currently …
: The video explaining what has been going on in Gaza is truly harrowing. I mean what the fuck is …
: It’s not easy to see time. Great post and exceptional graphic on Seth’s blog today.
: Mo Hamz is one angry Palestinian, but I love the fact that he’s not going quietly into the night. As …
: Finished reading: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel 📚
: 🚚 Landlords informed us that they want the house back. After two years we’re going to be moving …
: “Surrender or starve” plan for war. And the entire world watches as the 21st Century …
: I’ve spent the entire morning working through my Forever Note stack, and it really is a …
: Forever Notes. Super interesting idea. I have tried multiple methods for my notes and none have …
: Amazing Comics Company. Joe Quesada has always been my favourite artist of all time. The last time …
: Holey money. First time I use the AI feature for text description (using the Mimi Beta), and it …
: While the situation in the Middle East is absolutely deplorable and shows a chasm of epic …
: With everything going on in Lebanon, it’s super hard for me to get excited about everyday things …
: Norman Finkelstein and where is this Israel-Lebanon war heading? A masterclass in understanding the …
: 41,000 The number of Palestinian lives lost in the last year. 1139 The number of Israelis that lost …
: To Joe Biden, Shame on you. The world deserves a better world leader. You’ve managed to make sure …
September 2024
: ⚽️ Shit game but the boys are really trying even with 10 players!
: I feel that politics have normalised terrible behaviour, which has then emboldened people in power …
: As the daily news from Lebanon trickles in, one devastating blow at a time, it’s a reminder that …
: Adrian Newey Exclusive: Why I Quit Red Bull & My Future at Aston Martin. What a coup for the …
: The Godfather is such a great movie. I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen it but every time I …
: 🏃♂️ That. Was. Tough. First HIIT session in years and every muscle aches. The first 15min after are …
: ⚽️ I dunno. I really hate this team. They just annoy me.
: ⚽️ Predicting a 2:1 to City. It’s going to be tight but I really hope it’s a good game.
: ⚽️ Generally pretty entertaining game so far. Just missing a few goals to really get things going. …
: Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. …
: 🍃🍂 Autumn is definitely in the air and I’m all for it. Crispness in the air. The light is a little …
: Finished reading: The Algebra of Wealth by Scott Galloway 📚. This one was an extension of Scott’s …
: Today morning was a bike day. Went from sunny to gloomy and back to sunny again. Kids have Karate, …
: ⚽️ Sweet we finally see Ugarte making an appearance. We’ve been waiting for this all summer.
: ⚽️ Not loving this ref at the moment. Just seems a little random.
: ⚽️ Rashford finally scoring a goal after like 100 games. Finally.
: ⚽️ Zirkzee is having a really good game connecting everyone. Really getting involved.
: ⚽️ Well that’s a different 5min than I thought it was going to be…in a good way.
: ⚽️ Dalot having a really terrible game. He’s not a right back and this game sadly is exposing just …
: Just finished rewatching Mad Men. It’s a great show, with both great and vile characters. I love the …
: I wish I could get A Closer Look t-shirt.
: Newey to Aston Martin is massive. The man clearly knows his way to a successful car. Could this be …
: There was a time that I would watch the Apple infomercial when it came out. Even be excited about …
: ⚽️ Man international break sucks. Especially coming in so soon after a few major tournaments. I’m ok …
: Easily my favourite time of the year. The weather is shifting. There is a crispness in the air. In a …
: Finally getting back to writing about the built environment.
: Finished reading: Paper Girls Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚. I love BKV. He’s brought me hours of joy …
: ⚽️ The attack is not coming together at the moment. Just a little off. A little soft. A little hard.
: ⚽️ The stationary nerd in me wants to grab EtH and upgrade his BIC multi-pen (and whatever paper he …
: ⚽️ Close one for United. Glad for VAR for once.
: ⚽️ This is the big one…so early in the season. My prediction? 2:1 United.
August 2024
: Finished reading: The Algebra of Happiness by Scott Galloway 📚
: The perfect scoop. Lemon meringue from Zuzus.
: Fjorden acquired by Leica. Totally missed this news, but pretty exciting news for the Fjorden team. …
: ⚽️ Really close game so far. Should have been ahead (or at least level at the moment). I hope they …
: First day back at work. I feel refreshed and ready to go. Game face is on, let’s see how long I can …
: Procreate’s Stance on generative AI. Straight to the point and totally on point. Love this company …
: Finished reading: Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed 📚. Great summer read. Can totally understand the …
: Yes, People Do Buy Books. I also buy books, but nowhere near as much as I read and listen - mainly …
: Just finished reading the first chapter of Shubeik Lubeik, and it was exceptional. Been a long time …
: ⚽ I love Onana. Now Sancho messed it up…poor.
: Making The Cut. This year I watched the Olympics with my Canadian hat on (typically I’ll root for …
: Part of the joy of relaxing on holiday is being given the autonomy to work at my own pace on stuff …
: I’ve been thinking a little about how I can take in more information from the non-fiction books I …
: ⛈️ Damn is absolutely chucking it down today.
: Big fan of Ottolenghi cook books. I’ve used a few of the recipes recently (one today in fact) and …
: Finished reading: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport 📚. Nothing majorly new in this book (for anyone …
July 2024
: International Brokerage for Serial Emigrants (or Expats) Even after reading The Simple Path to Wealth, it is clear that across all the different countries …
: Aghori Mhori Mei is the new Smashing Pumpkins album being released this Friday!
: My sleep has been truly terrible these last few weeks (months?). On the off chance that my phone had …
: Finished reading: The Simple Path to Wealth by Jl Collins 📚. What a book. It is extremely US …
: I have long argued that our plastic (and other material) trash is part of our built environment. Not …
: Yesterday was a fun summer adventure with the kids. Japanese stationary. Japanese cheesecake. Art …
: I’m currently reading The Simple Path to Wealth, which is probably the best book I’ve read about …
: 🇵🇸 Time will absolutely not look kindly on the US’s blinkered support of the atrocities in Gaza and …
: Endearing accents. Call it sentimental from watching too much American TV while growing up, but …
: Can Paris fix its poop problem before the Olympics? Through engineering, that’s how. I kinda feel …
: Cobra Kai has been a pretty fun show to watch. When it’s great, it hits some really big highs. It …
: The ANZA 750S by Monday Motorbikes is definitely my kind of urban bike. The fact you can also get …
: Finished reading: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine 📚. This was …
: Finally, Presto is on Apple Wallet. One less card to carry. I was just thinking about getting one of …
: Power outage map for Toronto today was insane.
: Yeah climate change is not real. Flooding across Toronto is perfectly normal. Nothing to see here. …
: 🏀 Activity number one for the summer evenings is definitely some basketball. I remember loosing 25kg …
: I think I can likely get a little bit of my attention back now that both the Copa America and Euro’s …
: ⚽️ Shame about delay to get the Copa final going. To be fair, this same thing happened 3 years ago …
: ⚽️ Wasn’t the greatest showing from Mainoo this game. No moment of genius but solid I guess. Now it …
: ⚽️ Ok half. Brother team really going for it yet. Someone needs to score to open the game up.
: ⚽️ Jordan ‘Go Long’ Pickford.
: ⚽️ Shaw’s currently got Yamal in his pocket…
: ⚽️ Foden for England hasn’t been great. He’s not stepped up really (like a Bellingham has a couple …
: ⚽️ Also don’t need to go long for everything.
: ⚽️ Keep it for longer than 2 passes England. Tiki taka football can get fucking boring.
: ⚽️ Good to see Kobbie Mainoo on the pitch.
: ⚽️ Here. We. Go. I really hope this is another classic final like the World Cup final, however …
: Finished reading: Shift by Hugh Howey 📚. I listened to this one as an audiobook (even though I have …
: 🥐 For the last few months we’ve been relying on Blackbird Bakery for our baked goods on a Sunday. …
: When the stars align… ⭐ Lionel Messi’s photo shoot with a baby Lamine Yamal. A 20 year …
: ⚽️ I know there is no way Canada is going anywhere in this match but it is fun to imagine them …
: Not a bad way to start my Sunday.
: ⚽️ Predictably we’re in extra time. Thought it was going to 0:0, so glad we got to see a couple of …
: ProNotes is an extension for Apple Notes. Most notably (for me at least) is it bringing markdown to …
: ⚽️ Not the most exciting match so far. England is playing OK, just not enough passes through to …
: ⚽️ I wish today’s matches were tomorrow. I’m going to have to watch the Spain v. Germany game …
: Thank You! The montage of all the madness is worth the watch alone.
: Really looking forward to playing around with Writebook. I guess could do a Digital Ocean thing, but …
: ⚽️ Diogo Costa is not messing around. Two penalty saves!
: ⚽️ What an upset it would be if Slovenia make it through…
: ⚽️ Not going to lie, I’m actually pretty sad for Ronaldo. This was his moment to seal it. Shake it …
: I was about to get the Crossroads watch (by Trafford Watches, but the ‘loud’ Miyota movement kinda …
: One of the most boring (and thankless tasks) is sorting out all the kids old toys. For the most part …
June 2024
: Saw the first episode of The Bear Season Three. How do you follow-up the season two finale? In an …
: Humidity brings out the best clouds.
: Another great series by Ed Brubaker. Friday is as good as you expect it to be. Setting it in the …
: Finished reading: Friday, Volume 2 by Ed Brubaker 📚
: Absolutely love the colours in Friday. There is a quiet elegance to the palette used that suits the …
: God I haven’t listened to Tool in probably over a decade.
: Throughline is a historical podcast that is blowing my mind. Impeccably well put together. Makes me …
: ⚽️ Switzerland trouncing Italy. Clearly not Italy’s year but damn how far they’ve fallen.
: Finished reading: Friday by Ed Brubaker 📚
: Yeah this is not what we signed up for Toronto. The start of the long weekend (and the kids summer …
: ⚽️ It’s a proper brawl now. Honestly these hot tempered men should chill the fuck out.
: ⚽️ Dang. Awful penalty from Brazil. I mean seriously.
: ⚽️ Let’s hope this Brazil game is a good one. Not going to lie, I’ve not been enthralled by the …
: Schools out for summer! I wish I was a kid again for that feeling of free time ahead.
: Man. A country of 330 million people and these two guys are the only ones available? Give Biden a …
: Watching Biden talk about Palestine is painful. You don’t get a medal for providing a nation with …
: Serves me right for even attempting to buy something from AliExpress. It was a moment of weakness. A …
: There is something magical about going to your public library and picking up three Ed Brubaker books …
: In the most white collar ‘injury’ ever, I’m carrying some coffee to the meeting and I trip on the …
: Ughh. Uber surge pricing can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. Happens to me every few months for …
: ⚽️ Costa Rica have properly parked the bus over there.
: ⚽️ Also not loving the Brazil kit for this tournament. I love the vibrant yellow of years past, …
: ⚽️ These VAR decisions are so marginal it’s just stupid at this stage. I’m with Howson on this, …
: ⚽️ Watching Brazil vs Costa Rica. Honestly before I moved to North America, this was not something I …
: Finished reading: Saints by Gene Luen Yang 📚
: Trying to find a small break in Canada is fucking depressing.
: Weird ass weather in Toronto this weekend. Yesterday was rain all day. Today has been rainy, sunny, …
: Finished reading: Boxers by Gene Luen Yang 📚. This one didn’t hit as hard as American Born Chinese, …
: Finally got a replacement television for the family. We’ve been using a pretty old Sony Bravia for …
: 🍦 Yesterday was the first ice cream of the season from Zuzu’s. They’ve changed the menu for the year …
: ⚽️ Serbia is a very physical team. Making England work pretty hard.
: Today I leant that the single best thing about a Shake Shack burger (the bun) is a Martin’s potato …
: Finished reading: Kali by Daniel Freedman 📚. It’s been ages since I read a comic book like this. One …
: I swear flu’s didn’t use to hit me as hard as they do now. It takes my body over five days to fully …
: 🤒 Day five of this stupid flu. So pedestrian. Blocked nose, but at least no headache and therefore …
: 📚 Just finished the second volume of A Distant Neighbourhood. I always knew that the work of Jiro …
: ⚽️ Shame Scotland has gotten a proper battering tonight. Really want them to get to the next stage …
: 🤒 Day 3 of this bloody flu. Honestly I’ve been more ill in Toronto than I’ve been in a decade. …
: ⚽️ Ten Hag stays! This actually was totally the right choice. All those in the British media that …
: ⚽ France vs. Canada. As my latest adopted nation, I’m pretty happy with the result on this …
: The previous experiment failed. I tried having a separate status site for short posts but the flow …
: Finished reading: Saga Volume 11 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚. Finally fully up to speed with this series. …
: No idea why but decided to start watching House. I love Hugh Laurie in this show and while it’s not …
: 🍻 It is definitely beer o’clock. Been one of those weeks which didn’t start great but slowly grew …
: 🪁 Took the kids kite flying yesterday and it was something that really brought me joy to watch (not …
: Finished reading: Reborn by Mark Millar 📚. This wasn’t that good. A combination of Millar and …
: Finished reading: A Distant Neighborhood by Jiro Taniguchi 📚. There are certain books that resonate …
: Zane’s early morning birthday party. I guess it’s good because it doesn’t disrupt people’s weekend …
: The Bear, Season 3 Official Trailer. Cannot wait for this.
: 🚗 It’s been a while since I drove for 3 hours. Took a trip to Guelph and saw family and the latest …
May 2024
: I look at my two boys, one just turned 10 and the other 6 (and change) and I’m reminded how quickly …
: 🇨🇦 Meeting good people in Canada has been my favourite part of moving here. So many good people.
: ⚽️ ‘Every time Manchester City loose, football wins’.
: ⚽️ Can’t wait for Ten Hag’s ‘Summer Fuck You Tour’ to begin after he comes back from holiday.
: MÄNNKITCHEN Pepper Cannon. $280 for a pepper grinder is steep!
: Matty Matheson is the cooking equivalent of Aaron Draplin! I would not be surprised if they were …
: I Want You Back (The Dropbox Remix). Finally. With this feature I might now have all my notes back …
: 🚂 FFS. Why am I always stuck on the train next to the guys who genuinely cannot shut up.
: So walking around Montreal, at least the centre and I understand why this city was the ‘capital’. …
: First time on a train in Canada since visiting 2 years ago. First time all the way to Montreal, so a …
: Finished reading: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 📚. The book begins life in Toronto, and …
: How often do you read two completely different things within a few hours and one cross references …
: Bayer Leverkusen vs. FC Augsburg. Unbeaten across an entire season. Super impressive campaign.
: Long May weekend. Thankfully the weather has been amazing. What am I planning? Cooking. Reading. …
: Japan’s Lost Decade - An Economic Disaster. Great documentary and something I have always …
: 📚 Currently reading Station Eleven. It’s a little odd because I keep expecting zombies to jump into …
: Today was all about the spring asparagus risotto.
: Spending some time with different iPhone camera apps to see different features. I will say that …
: Finished reading: Saga vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚. Loved the pirate ship. Loved Alana’s evolving …
: Finished reading: A Zoo in Winter by Jiro Taniguchi 📚 . Taniguchi’s work always transports me to …
: Finished reading: Saga Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚. Twists and turns that are perfectly suited to …
: Ben Elton on his novel Two Brothers. Also gotta love the internet, an interview with Ben Elton from …
: Finished reading: Two Brothers by Ben Elton 📚. A truly difficult book to get through, mainly because …
: Wish I had something like this growing up!
: One of the great things about sampling books from the library is seeing if they are for you. Joshua …
: I ultimately gave up on What’s Our Problem by Tim Urban. I bought the book on iBooks when it first …
: It’s been such a long time that I’ve really gotten into a novel. Silo was great, and only got better …
: Finished reading: The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson 📚
: I may have gone a little bit overboard at the library this week, but OMG, I am absolutely loving …
April 2024
: Travel Book Series by Louis Vuitton. Didn’t know these were a thing, but they look …
: A Journal of My Father Jiro Taniguchi on Mangasplaining. Rarely do you find something as …
: Finished reading: A Journal of My Father by Jiro Taniguchi 📚. I haven’t read a great manga in a long …
: I get it now. The reason for Toronto’s limited bookstore culture is because the Public Library …
: TCAF 2024’s poster #2 is a more apt addition to the pantheon of posters for this event.
: Took 6 kids to the library and got them all excited about books. One of my favourite Saturday …
: Finished reading: Saga volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚
: ☕️ Finally got my CoffeeJack gear. Got a whole bunch of stuff that make the coffee making experience …
: Well that’s a shame. My new favourite weather app Overlook Weather was removed from the App Store …
: New Pearl Jam album, Dark Matter came out 2 days ago. Their 12th studio album. For me Ten is one of …
: 📚 Finished reading: Saga (2012), Volume 7 by Brian K. Vaughan
: Couple of things I am really indulging in is cookbooks. On the docket is Yotam Ottolenghi’s …
: One of my new routines is going to the library on a Saturday morning. Browse some books, do some …
: The Self-Sufficiency Garden: Feed Your Family and Save Money. This is the sort of thing that I wish …
: I’ve started writing a single post on LinkedIn every week. It’s an experiment in …
: I have two setups. One for the workweek and one for the weekend.
: 📚Finished reading: How to Live by Derek Sivers
: I have three apps in my iPhone doc, Drafts, Safari and Soulver. Version 3 for the iPhone dropped. …
: ⚽ Having said that I could not be happier for Unami Emery. Go back to the Emirates and spank them …
: ⚽ What the hell happened to both Liverpool and Arsenal? I mean, United is one thing, but …
: Finished reading: Saga Vol. 6 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚
: Finished reading: Saga Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚
: Finished reading: Opus by Barry Windsor-Smith 📚
: Finished reading: Saga Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚 Tearing through these at the moment. With the …
: Currently listening to Derek Sivers How to Live. Fascinating book that is essentially a modern day …
: Surreal sitting here on a sunny day in Toronto (after rain and more rain). A conflict is about to …
: ⚽ That was not good. Willy and Mainoo not having a vintage time…
: I know I keep harping on about the public library, but understand that I have never had such an …
: 📷 Took a while but I finally got the Fjorden package today. Been waiting on this for months. First …
: 🥘 Last night was a full butter chicken curry with fresh garlic butter naans .I can already see a few …
: State of the Projects I am currently struggling with the selection of my next project. Liberally speaking, I have around …
: I have the same issue with Chris Ware. I can totally acknowledge the craft and design excellence …
: Also I am not a big fan of the massive tome that collects 400 pages of work under a cover. …
: In smashing through 12 issues of Saga in an afternoon, and reading through BWS’s Opus, it …
: Saga Merch. Not that interested in the t-shirts (slapping a cover, even though beautiful, onto a …
: 🌧️ I guess you can’t have it all. Last few days have been gloriously sunny. Today is a total …
: Honestly, getting a library card has just opened a floodgate of printed material at my finger tips. …
: Finished reading: Saga Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan 📚. And the rest of the afternoon was spent …
: Finished reading: Saga Volume 2 by Brian K Vaughan 📚. That was pretty quick. I’ve had this in …
: The latest instalment of The War on Gaza, from Joe Sacco, is totally on point.
: An easy example of what makes me in awe of the work of BWS. His narratives however are harder to …
: Finally got my library card. Only took 18 months to sort out, but what a pleasant experience. Got to …
: MILESHIPS - A narrative art book by Ian McQue, is now on Kickstarter. Big fan of Ian’s work, so it’s …
: First day of my staycation. Nothing too crazy as the kids were home (PA day combined with Eclipse …
: While listening to Cal Newport’s latest podcast episode, he mentioned Jonathan Haidt’s …
: First signs of spring are beginning to sprout.
: 🌞🕶️ Honestly, throughout the day it was totally overcast here in Toronto. Come 5:30, sun is out and …
: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast from NASA. Its hit Mexico, so a few hours to go before it hits …
: Can’t remember when I bought The 99% Invisible City, but this week away from work I started reading …
: A metric ton of spring cleaning happening at the moment. I have to get rid of so much stuff, but …
: 😎 Today was an incredible day of sunshine in Toronto. Spring is definitely nearly here.
: ustwo games is rightfully celebrating 10 years of Monument Valley. It was an important game for me, …
: So I’m at Dark Horse Espresso Bar in Toronto. Barista, really not great. Coffee is from a company …
: Been binge watching Come Dine With Me Canada. Really have missed this show and seeing a window into …
: This Definitely Maybe print made me look. Keep seeing it behind Ste on his videos. It’s a cool …
March 2024
: Love this Seiko Kitchen Timer. Definitely in black.
: The Overlook Weather app is a super simple but effective way of visualising the weather across the …
: The flag of Pangea A Flag for Me Emigrant: a person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in …
: Infinity Pro Magnetic iPad Stand & Holder has certainly caught my attention. Over 5 years after …
: Took the kids for their first lessons at the YMCA today. Swimming and basketball. Every start is …
: 🍳 Finally got a non-stick pan after nearly 10 years of using a stainless steel pan exclusively. This …
: Oona and Gage Brown ice dancers, to Nothing Else Matters is an absolute experience. The camera work …
: The best camera is the one you have on you.
: 🎬 Just finished watching Ford vs Ferrari. Great movie.
: Slow evolution of the flag. I put this one through the kids filter and seeing the compass was an …
: I’m sure I’ve posted this acapella version of the Game of Thrones theme song previously. Love this …
: Really loving Flags for Good, which has a ton of stuff that I want to support as well.
: Anders Erickson merch. Big fan of Anders and his style of video and learning about drinks. The bear …
: Weekend is finally here. I don’t typically live for the weekend, but this week has been pretty …
: First Espresso in Space. This is soo stupid it goes all the way around to being brilliant.
: Sector Dive GMT, The Pen Addict Edition. Didn’t see this coming. I like the poker chip bezel and the …
: Proton Mail App for the Mac. Oh hello, this actually a thing!
: Really enjoying The Installer newsletter on The Verge. Kind of a tech version of Recommendo.
: ⚽️ What a great game of football. I mean seriously, everything you could want in a game like this.
: ⚽️ Dialo is a big winging baby…
: ⚽️ Liking the non turtle neck look from EtH.
: ⚽️ Rashford missing a complete sitter. I mean c’mon. Should have totally gone in.
: ⚽️ Oh my gawd. The total flop has finally found the back of the net!
: ⚽️ Ok we got all the B team on this now. Fucking awesome. Final score prediction 3:1.
: ⚽️ Anthony. What a colossal waste of money.
: ⚽️ Wan Bissaka easily one of the better players. Pocketed our Salah…but it’s his first game in a …
: ⚽️ Something has to happen in the next 25min to change things. Don’t see anything the manager can do …
: Left my seat for 5 min and come back and 2 goals have been scored in a matter of minutes. Pfff. …
: Diaz man just totally owned the team on the left. He’s a real problem.
: ⚽️ Wan-Bissaka currently has Salah on lock down. Loving that.
: Finished reading: Wool by Hugh Howey 📚
: Although pretty expensive, at $300, the Apollo Flashlight from Tactile Turn is like a buy it once …
: For a while now I have been claiming that I am an atheist…but maybe that’s not right. …
: Can’t decide which one of these prints from Francisco Fonsca I’m going to get. They’re all amazing.
: A Flag for those who Emigrate --
: Working on something that’s been on my mind for years now.
: 🎵 Help in inhale. Mend it with you. Then we’ll come down. Have a hangover. I think I’m …
: This Hanhart Pioneer One looks amazing. My only issue with it is that there is no option to add a …
: 🦷 Fuck me. Had my tooth extracted because it got infected…what an experience. Highly recommended! …
: 😎 18°C in Toronto today (forecast). In March.
: I am really struggling with this whole changing of the clock thing. Maybe because my internal body …
: The weather in Canada is proper crazy. Snowing today (and -9°C). By Wednesday it will be sunny and …
: Oh daylight savings. How I’ve missed you stealing an hour of my life. So stupid.
: I have absolutely missed writing articles. Formulating a series of thoughts and working through …
: Took the kids to jump their hearts out at an indoor trampoline park. It’s a rainy day and they need …
: Been writing my weekly article, which has reminded me of what I have enjoyed in the past of crafting …
: ⚽ Pretty uneventful game tbh. Routine, but at least just done.
: ⚽️ I know shouldn’t complain but apart from the Bruno free kick, not all that exciting a game.
: ⚽️ Sluggish game but two penalties…it’s going to happen sometimes right.
: Got to play a little football (soccer) with the kids today. I was ‘coaching’ the underdogs, but …
: Got into an Uber this week. Was asked the same question I am asked every single journey I take, …
: It had a good run, but I am sooo over being precious of TLDs.
: Bit the bullet and got a new domain name to replace my Stet.Build domain name. I’ve always …
: Using the Astropad setup for the first time. One of the nice things is that there is an element of …
: Taking a much needed day off. It’s March break next week so might take some time off then as …
: I’ve got a couple of orders in for products that are in manufacture at the moment. What this tells …
: Solskjaer interview doesn’t really give much away…I was hoping for a little more tbh, …
: Clear was updated to version 2.0 a month ago (haven’t used the app in ages) and now it’s free. And …
: New iPhone 15 Pro Silicone Case. The sunshine one looks perfect for the summer.
: From next week I think I’m going to concentrate on writing one article per week about a topic which …
: Nearly forgot. Winter is over. Happy Unlocking everyone.
: Been reading Silo very slowly but 2/3 of the way through the first book and it’s caught up with the …
: People in Toronto are slowly coming out of hiding. The weather is a little more forgiving so there …
: So many dogs with docked tails. A real shame.
: Stupid celebration as well. Idiot with a gun…that’s not really gun. Ah man Onana could …
: That is sooo annoying. Seriously.
: What? Why is Antony coming on….for Rashford? That seems ridiculous….
: Halland’s face after missing that sitter was priceless. I’m sure he’ll have more …
: Pep flirting with the officials!
: It’s handed over to City far too easily. Far too easily.
: Great save from Onana. Solid bloody performance so far.
: Halland pretty quiet at the moment.
: Bruno has been good. That was a great ball for Rashford.
: Jonny Evans doing really well at the moment.
: What a fucking goal! That was probably one of the best looking goals I’ve seen by this team.
: Please tell me this is not going to be 90min of defence from MU…that would suck so hard.
: That is some serious pressure in the first few minutes.
: Here we go! MU will likely get slapped.
: Pilot Coffee Roasters is allowing me to really get into different types of coffee from this part of …
: It is not going well for Brighton. Fulham on the other hand are looking pretty strong.
: Liverpool with a smash and grab :). Gotta get those to keep on top.
: MW75 by Master & Dynamic. And here I thought the Apple Pro Max (or whatever they call them) were …
: Roast Magazine is clearly a magazine that is what I would love to have created myself.
February 2024
: Supernote. Oh my word. What the hell is this? I don’t think I’ve seen this before but it now …
: Maybe it’s the changeable weather but I’m sick again. Soo stupid.
: KUKU Maker uses a novel way to make coffee. Still on Kickstarter, 50% off. Tempting but for the $700 …
: PITZMANN II is an interesting looking watch from Korea. I would go for the blue dial, but tbh I …
: World’s Fastest Camera Drone Vs F1 Car (ft. Max Verstappen). What a great project, one year in …
: 🤒 It’s the third time in as many months that I feel ill. This is so stupid.
: Simple Scan is a new(?) app from Agile Tortoise. The icon isn’t great but looks like another solidly …
: Blogging in Two Modes When I joined Micro.blog, over 7 years ago now, I rediscovered my love for writing on the web again. …
: I get one notification on my phone. It tells me how much more sunlight we’re getting in the day. I …
: Jose’s Football Round Up. I wish Connor did this on a weekly basis. Someone needs to pay him …
: $22/month CAD for the new Atoms app by James Clear. What a joke. Totally out of touch with value. …
: Back to walking to and from work. It was hard-ish this week (in that I felt it) so hoping that this …
: 🐶 Maybe it’s because I tend to take the bus to work, and today I’m walking, but ALL the dogs are out …
: 🌞 Genuinely glorious day in Toronto this morning.
: Alright. Winter is ‘officially’ over, at least in my mind. Time to get more activity and less food. …
: Season 2 of Mr.Robot started slow for me but by episode 7 it was showing its genius. Great show that …
: An internet star is born. Zane’s start to making videos (2 more than his old man ever did).
: Been a while since I’ve listened to an episode of Pod Save the World - easily my favourite news …
: What the hell is the FN Pen 2.0 by Stabby Labs. Deeper dive needed…
: That took a while to get a goal. Chelsea could have buttoned this up ages ago, but they certainly …
: Extra time. How is that possible with so many sitters. Crazy.
: Gallagher has all the chances in the last few minutes.
: Maybe I spoke too soon on the score. Penalties anyone?
: ⚽️ Chelsea vs Liverpool. I’m going with Liverpool on this one. 3-2. Really hope it’s not a snooze …
: Yesterday was brutally cold. Took the kids out to get a pastry from Le Beau and could not make it …
: There is something liberating about having a dumping ground of a site. Where the posts can be …
: The Farer Foxe (World Timer) looks amazing. Although not in the market for a green watch dial, this …
: 🍳 Sunday means eggs for breakfast.
: Ok but of internet-ing done this morning. Shiney new status log that I can capture randomness.
: That’s not great. Just noticed that the price of the Stet domain has gone up in price. I was already …
: ⚽️ One all. 9 minutes to go. Waited long enough boys.
: I seem to have missed this announcement entirely. They had me at Cousin. Also not heard of Wesley …
: The last 6 months have been dedicated to a major project at work. It’s been both satisfying and …
: Of course someone like Joe Sacco would be able to deliver something meaningful about The War on …
: Logo Rhythm by Jamie Ellul. Haven’t backed a Kickstarter in years. This might get me out of …
: Astropad have released version 2 of their Rock Paper Pencil iPad Screen Protector and Apple Pencil …
: The BIRD Brewer The BIRD1 brewer costs a cool $360 (US) and introduces the world to a unique brewing mechanism. It …
: Even the birds are confused by the weather. It’s the middle of February and I can hear a bunch of …
: Apparently Sprudge is one of the big websites surrounding coffee. It’s not the best put together web …
: Spent a little time this morning exploring the coffee industry websites. Fascinating to me that …
: Always leave the house, no matter what the weather is like and try and clear my mind. Got outside …
: Hover bill just got paid and I was reminded that this site is 7 years old, which is pretty wild to …
: Signs of my age I’m sure, but while I’ve heard of Taylor Swift, and keep hearing how she’s ruining …
: Not sure when this happened, but the addition of page assist to Procreate is such a natural way to …
: Working on the February strip. I am looking to add some backgrounds, so will try a few options to …
: Have heard a lot of great things about Mr.Robot, so checking out the first few episodes and it …
: Toni Cornell Performs Stunning Rendition of Peal Jam’s “Black”. That is a hard song.
: Every year in February I watch Groundhog Day. And every year Yasmine asks me why. Its such a great …
: It took a while but finally got the kids Nintendo Switch repaired (the HDMI output was not working …
: On further consideration the Fjorden Pro actually might be a better call because it works like a …
: Seriously eyeing the SnapGrip. What I like about it is that it has about three functions (battery, …
: Year of Health Although not written about this, until now, 2024 is my year of health. I’m in my 40s …
January 2024
: Vitesse Brief by WaterField Designs has jumped up on my list of briefcases I must get in 2024. I am …
: Listening to Toni Cornell’s Far Away Places. The girl gets soo much rope from me, but legitimately …
: Testing LinkedIn Crossposting. Failed.
: 🎨 Just chilling out with Zane on the couch watching Bob Ross doing his thing.
: The first casualty when war comes is truth. — Hiram W Johnson
: Cooking points unlocked. Took me all week.
: It’s subtle and you can barely tell at the moment, but look closely and you can see the sun is …
: 🔫🌹🌹🔫 Chinese Democracy is by far Guns’n’Roses best album. Even though released in 2008, the sound …
: While it’s easy to be down on humanity, think of all the music, the art, the writing, the comics, …
: Meal prep for the week. I’m really loving creating a whole slew of dishes and sneaking a few …
: Been getting into a bunch of curries at the moment. Did a West African beef curry yesterday and a …
: Looking to get Zane into game development…but where to start? Any suggestions that have worked and …
: I absolutely love Barry Windsor Smith. His art takes me back to my early teens and discovering …
: Finished reading: Love & Vermin by Will McPhail 📚
: Currently reading: What’s Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim Urban 📚.
: The Antidote is an interesting book, but only when the author is writing about his experiences with …
: Finished reading: The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman 📚
: Airshow is my favourite podcast app. It’s lightweight. Supports notes/chapters (if they are …
: Ever since watching The Bear I have been on a mad R.E.M kick. Out of Time being top of the list. …
: Now that Ryan is growing older, some of his new interests are coming through. Clearly the boy loves …
: 😷 This cough is not going away. It’s been with me for 5 days now. Today was the worst day overall…
: 🏂🏻 First proper snow in Toronto. Maybe this means the kids will get a chance to go tobogganing down …
: First tech purchase of 2024, a smart scale. Tons of data to wade through. Interestingly my overall …
: At the tender age of 44, having completed GCSEs, A-levels, a University Masters degree in …
: Nice overview of all the stationery People ACTUALLY Bought in 2023 from Jetpens. For myself, my …
: Watching The Bear. What a fantastic show. You do need to get through the first 10min in episode 01, …
: There was diligence to his method, which resulted in a pretty uniform shaped sphere.
: Currently reading: The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman 📚. I’ve tried reading this book before. The first …
: If ever there was a way to reinforce the 6 seasons, we woke up today with a light dusting of snow …
December 2023
: Final post of 2023, also 1 more post than my most posts in a year (462). Wishing everyone a happy …
: A very anaemic amount of books this year. I am in the middle of several books at the moment, but my …
: Testing digital inking only.
: It’s been a while since I last played.
: I think those geniuses at IKEA have finally cracked the loose tea steeper puzzle. How to make one …
: 2024 Reading List While I only just scraped by 2023 reading goals, I’ve decided to go down a very different route for …
: My new favourite beer, the triple NEIPA from Collective Arts, Fuzzy Face. One beer and you can feel …
: ⚽️ This is a terrible game for Manchester United. I mean, seriously this is going to be …
: 2023, in 7 minutes from Vox. Still processing.
: Father points unlocked. Kids (Zane mostly) watched A New Hope for the first time and followed along …
: 🎄 Merry Christmas everyone. Time for the annual ritual of tricking my kids that a fat man with a …
: First strip in 6 years maybe? Experimenting with a bunch of stuff at the moment, including hand …
: Trying something different. Digital ink. A completely stress free way of moving from my pencils into …
: Watched The Creator. Visually, one of the most stunning sci-fi movies I’ve seen in a while. The …
: ☕️ Just when you think you know most of the possible ways to brew a cup of coffee you find out about …
: 🎄 The holidays begin now. It’s been a long time coming (since the start of August) and I am properly …
: 🗑️ It’s garbage day again! I hate garbage day. I just took you out. Seriously.
: ☃️ Nope, didn’t imagine things. This time last year there was snow on the grown over a week ago and …
: Lego season has begun in the house. First up was the Lego Luigi starter set with the kids. Plenty …
: 🎄 It started 4 years ago. After leaving the Gulf I decided to start making White Russians in the …
: Been watching Pluto TV all week. Really love what they have going on here. First show on the list, …
: It’s been a pretty mentally and physically challenging period of time. I guess not having a break …
: I am soo done with machined pens. Total waste of money. 10 years of hunting for the ideal holder for …
: Ambient Hum Introduction I wrote this introduction while in Tampa this summer and its great to finally share it because it …
: The project for 2023 was the Moon Racket! collection, Ambient Hum. This one has been long in …
: After a little over a year in Canada, I can definitely say that I honestly believe that Toronto has …
: ☕️ It took me a while, but I finally found my coffee beans purveyor of choice in Toronto, Pilot …
November 2023
: It takes an incredible amount of effort to put a book together. My plan is to release one a year …
: Things have to move around a little once the final trade dress constraints come in. Book has been …
: The cover is finally done! Lots to talk about, but just super happy that all the pieces of the book …
: Inside Real Madrid’s $1BN Stadium Upgrade. Great overview of a stadium that looks completely …
: 🥃 White Russian season has begun. Normally the month before Christmas I get myself a bottle of vodka …
: Eco House designed to Passivehaus premium. Since putting a pause in the work around Stet, as I …
: I came home yesterday and the kids had done some remodelling of our living room. A household with …
: Finished reading: The Art and Business of Online Writing by Nicolas Cole 📚
: James O’Brien Vs The Government Part 2. Great take by O’Brien who has such an incredibly calm …
: The first two chapters of my long gestating story Colours is out. Conceived some 25 years ago, I …
: Onyx stood at the entrance of the chamber, he could see her a little better. The candles offered …
: At first I was a little disappointed in the scroll wheel of my Anywhere MX 3S mouse. It didn’t have …
: 🍗 At Chick-Fil-A because that’s what Ryan wanted all week. It’s easy food with little fuss for the …
: It must have been in the Uber, last week I lost a close companion, my Anywhere MX mouse which I’ve …
: Onyx was standing in front of an incredibly tall and ornate gate that stretched high into the sky. …
: So Zane did this yesterday and I am absolutely floored by what he’s created! The thing I am most …
: 🥘 Mega day for cooking. Got an amazing chilli con carne done (but with butternut squash, chorizo, …
: Onyx knew that he had to react quickly. His consciousness instantly reverted back to his body, he …
: 🍳 I’m sure there is an app or website out there that does this already but I wouldn’t mind something …
: Trying to separate the signal from the noise was where Onyx’s wings came into their own. From above …
: The Decay covers an immense urban expanse, tied together through a network of makeshift huts, small …
: The hilltop he was sitting on seemed a little less faded than the rest of the expanse around him. …
: Onyx decided to sit down. The terrain was different here as the ground fell gradually away him. He …
October 2023
: First proper trick or treating since Dubai?!
: The first of November is when I like to write my short story of the year. This year I’m finishing …
: Yesterday made an awesome sheet pan pizza. Today I promised Ryan I would make some sweet and sour …
: 💥🎧 So loud. Toronto is so loud. Mainly the stupid vehicles that roam the streets blurting out …
: Lock Screen for autumn 2023.
: Not Playing the Internet Game Fuuuucccckkkk. I’ve been doing it all wrong. Picked up a book today that makes so much sense and has …
: I’ve been avoiding the news media because I genuinely don’t believe they are being objective, rather …
: Finished reading: How to make the best coffee at home by James Hoffmann 📚
: Finished reading: Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior by Cube Kid 📚 This wasn’t actually read by me as this …
: As a big fan of field watches, the 02SERIES Field from Studio Underd0g is a real looker and …
: I’ve been on a serious food nostalgia trip this weekend. Made Lebanese rice pudding. The only …
: When shit gets bad, I tend to fall back onto these characters for support. The process is key.
: 2024 Total Eclipse Map by The Eclipse Company is a great visual of where the next total eclipse is …
: Broken World I can’t do it. I can’t bring myself to follow what is unfolding in the Middle East. I …
: Spanakopita turned out pretty good.
: Not going to lie, I’m really, really happy that the bird site is dead. I will say that Instagram has …
: Happy 🇨🇦 Thanksgiving. Today was the first dinner party we’ve thrown in a looong while. All Greek …
: Been watching the Beckham documentary. Obviously going for the ‘Last Dance’ kind of …
: Real shame that Bryan’s MacOS Today Widget for posting to Micro.blog isn’t supported …
: New microbrand Erebus has launched their first watch, the Origin. Still wondering if this is for me …
: Sensible Defaults Chapter 03 Varieties I’ve increasingly been noticing the varieties that exist in the world around …
: A reasonably tough start to the week on the kids side. Both going through their own issues. Both …
: Great video explaining some of the wild ambitions by Japanese architects in the 60s to reclaim (in …
September 2023
: A different view of Toronto.
: Not sure where he saw this, but on the way to school Zane asked me if he could buy a VR headset. To …
: New iPhone, means new case. My Horween leather case from Nomad on my iPhone 11 lasted me nearly 4 …
: 📱 I’m on a four year upgrade cycle. The thing is this year might be a phone that will stay …
: 🍂 It’s hoodie season. To celebrate got myself a brown/hazel coloured one for 2023. Maybe this …
: Politics On the Edge by Rory Stewart. I stumbled on Rory several years ago and in him found a …
: 🍻 Usually come Friday I am totally smashed and feel like I need a beer. Today, even though it’s been …
: Just me an Zane in the house this week. It’s amazing the chaos that is inflicted on a house with …
: 🌻 Sunflower Surprises The blistering sunshine begins to subside. The days of sweltering heat slowly …
: Micro.blog has been pretty sketchy for publishing today. Maybe needs an MOT.
: 36 Click Pen Over the last year I have really leaned into the Pentel Energel as my go to pen of choice. As was …
: Procreate Dreams. Between Procreate ans Affinity they have totally transformed what is even possible …
: One of the things that I have recently taken to is sketching idyll whenever I have a free moment. …
: The new Santiago Bernabéu stadium opened this weekend. What an incredible project that is truly a …
: It’s done, at least all the interior pages of the Moon Racket! collection is done. All …
: 🍟 My kingdom for a full proof way to make decent oven fries. I know I’ve been doing it wrong, but my …
: Summer is nearly and truly over.
: Onomatopia I’m really loving how these chapter break pages came together for the Moon Racket! collection. …
August 2023
: Publishing is making public your own enthusiasm. — Robert Gottlieb I really love this (via Austin …
: The book arrived! Super fast printing and delivery. I’m not a big fan of the glossy cover. The …
: The most Toronto picture I could take.
: Ordered the copy today. The cover needs to be sorted but great to see 120 pages of Moon Racket! …
: Just came out of Banksyland in Toronto. 5/10. Tiny venue. Sparse collection. This statue was my …
: Crispy, fresh air with a little bite. Summer is very slowly coming to an end. September and May have …
: Stationary / 2023 Edition For a while now I have been going through my stash of stationary, using all the things that I have …
: I could spend hours looking at the Made In website. It’s been nearly a decade since we bought our …
: Cooking / 2023 Edition We didn’t go out very often to eat at restaurants while on holiday - I can count 4 times on the …
:
Coffee / 2023 Edition
Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the ability to lean into several of my hobbies.
I bought Jame …
: This is one of the best takes on Twitter’s Rebrand to X. It’s so fundamentally stupid, …
: Absolutely loving the subscription to The Athletic. Great coverage. Great reading experience. The …
: Work on Moon Racket! continues. The first draft of all the text is now in. I should have the …
: It’s a Moon Racket! kinda morning.
: ♟️ Played chess with Zane yesterday and he legit beat me - up until now it’s been a question of …
: Amazingly full day. Wrote a super important few pages in my notebook for Stet. I need to flesh it …
: Alright. Found my Florida DIPA. Smooth, with the right amount of kick at the end.
: Someone from Florida has to explain this to me. What’s the deal with the scales as you enter and …
: 📚 Finished reading: Deep Work by Cal Newport. Most of which I already knew from his podcast, but …
: That’s what I’m talking about.
: I remember reading about Snapdrop on Dense Discovery as a means of sharing files across platforms …
: I sat down in front of iPad this morning to write the Moon Racket! introduction. I was looking at …
: I’m currently reading ‘Deep Work’ and while I have heard all of this before on Cal Newports podcast, …
: I am always amazed by the shapes and colours of the clouds here in Florida. They really are unlike …
July 2023
: A Question of Home ‘Where is home?’ I hate that question. It sometimes comes as a comments. It’s sometimes a question. …
: The Hakeem of Saida I lost my uncle Moueen yesterday. My mother broke the news to me and I didn’t understand it at …
: Over the last few days I have got to hang out with many more parents around the parks near the …
: Started the holiday prep. Suitcases are out and the clothes we’re going to be taking are starting to …
: I’ve been reading BlogTO for a couple of months now in an attempt to get a high level feel of what’s …
: Really great video about Rob Liefeld. This takes me back to my early teens instantly as I was there …
: ♟️Been playing chess a lot on my mobile. I definitely get it now. Damn is my endgame shocking. So, …
: Been practicing my chess using the wonderful Chessmate. It’s like the iA Writer of chess games.
: Feels really great getting back into writing about the built environment. I am exercising a …
: The Boy and the Heron, was released on Friday in Japan and is Miyazaki coming out of retirement. …
: Absolutely fascinating video about the cost of lithium mining in both Chile and Bolivia. The last …
: When we arrived from Florida, the temperature was starting to turn. Ryan was adamant that he wanted …
: Huh. HST (Tax) is now applicable on personal purchases made from private buyers on eBay. What a load …
: Been thinking really hard about my next phone. I’ve been on the iPhone exclusively since the iPhone …
: It’s photos like this that make me lament not having a better camera on me. I am ‘due’ an upgrade …
: Clearly it rained last night. The patio furniture is wet. Thankfully I had moved the cushions under …
: Present from Peter and Carlos.
: Basil grown by the kids. Oh yeah.
: I downloaded Threads. It’s fine. When it gets ActivityPub it will be of some use to me. Right now …
: 🏀 Ok. I’m feeling it today. Just 30min of a proper sweat and I’m totally feeling it today.
: My resident beer guy recommended Beau’s Juiced AF, and he nailed it once again. Love a guy that …
: Publishing Schedule Over the last couple of days I have felt a little restless. Recently I’ve felt the need to put …
: Demons hate fresh air. It’s been a miserable Sunday. Dreary. Rainy. We’ve been cooped up all day. …
: Started watching Silo yesterday. The mystery element gives me strong Lost vibes, with the production …
June 2023
: Mclaren are now into the scooter business? For $2000…steep for my liking, but it does look …
: The Family Crest. My favourite ‘new’ band. A ‘new’ band being anything I discovered and loved post …
: WTF Canada…I know it’s not your fault, but these forest fires are really, really bad. Can’t really …
: Long weekend start now! It’s been a slog these last few weeks, but I finally feel like I am actually …
: NEVS Emily GT. Great overview of what SAAB could have been. Great use of technology that I used for …
: Too much juice in the glazing. Top tip next time is drizzle it in slowly.
: 🛝 As parks go, Regent Park in Toronto is extremely kid friendly. Can see I will be spending a decent …
: Every weekend I like to try cooking something new. Throughout the week my attention and energy …
: We always said we would wait until there was a shitty rainy day before we take the kids to the …
: I always have a serious calm when I am pulling something together. My brain stops whirring around …
: Somehow we’re at the end of June. Slowly but surely I will have been in Canada for an entire year. …
: The puppy industry in Canada is truly far reaching. Today I was reminded when I saw a dude carry two …
: The phone I had before this was an iPhone 6S. It had a button. It also had an aquamarine blue soft …
: Sunday evening Pimms. Can totally get used to that.
: After +4 years, I was forced to get a replacement cover for my phone. Feels strange considering I …
: The hardest thing for me as a parent is trying to teach a kid when then absolutely, positively have …
: Spent the afternoon with Ryan pottering around the garage (fixing bikes, recycling for the week, …
: This Jamie Tartt montage of his character arc is amazing. The music selection is masterful as well. …
: 🍦 Top Toronto Tip: Ice cream cone from Zuzus.
: One of the simple pleasures that I was hoping to have when we moved to Toronto was the ability to …
: Finished reading: The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante 📚
: Vision Pro. Super interesting technologies and ideas. Totally unmoved at even considering it or …
: It’s been a seriously long time since I was super excited to pick up a pencil and sketch. They are …
: It feels great stepping away from the internet for a while. I’ve been devouring a book and …
: Feeling inspired to revisit these characters. I’ve not drawn them in years.
: This latest video on Sony phones by MKBHD is really on point. I’ve always been a big fan of …
: 🎸 One of my favourite album cover artwork in a loooong time.
: I bought a KVM switch that looked great but effectively didn’t work properly. I replaced it with …
May 2023
: In the 4½ years since I got my iPad Pro, I have never felt it struggle with anything that I have …
: I’ve been putting together my next book, a collection of everything related to my comic strip Moon …
: Where I’ve been 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇬🇷 Greece 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇯🇵 Japan 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇮🇹 …
: 🔌 Power cut in the house today….looks like it’s something we can look forward to till the end of the …
: A few weeks back I decided to go ‘cheap’ and got an HDMI switcher and a couple of Amazon basic HDMI …
: I am really loving the 3D analysis videos of lap comparisons in an F1 race. They offer a view of …
: I’ve always loved the sentiment.
: Trying to explain the concept to the kids was fun.
: Some how this Baby Einstein shot for 8 years ago, on Dribbble has garnered 5300 views. Think I’ll …
: ⚡️ It’s not every day that you get one of these - but I think I have the next phase of Stet in a …
: I have to say that the news out of Spain and La Liga around the Vini Jr racism incident, is just so …
: Great day out in the countryside for Stephanie and Tim’s wedding. First long drive in Canada …
: Some how I totally missed that this Toronto specific site exists - even though I was told about this …
: Variety is the spice of life Life can be like a massive shopping carts. We fill it with experiences, products, people, memories, …
: 🚗 Long weekend begins soon…however just got our rental for the weekend. Really looking forward to …
: Looking forward to Micro Camp 2023. I had a lot of fun contributing to the event last year and …
: I play the NY Times Mini Crossword Puzzle every day. Unlike Wordle which can frustrate me this 2min …
: 🍻 Great Lakes Brewery Saltana Solero is another great find.
: 🏕️ First time I drop the kids off for their Cubs Scouts and Beaver…what do you call these, meets? …
: 💪 Alright, remember how I said having no breakfast was surprisingly easy? A week in and it is …
: The animals around me always remind me that I’m not in Europe or the Middle East any more. The …
: Moments I’ve always, always, look at me, always, had a dislike of the word ‘blog’. It’s like one extra …
: Why isn’t Bard available in Canada or the EU? I thought I had messed up a setting in my Google …
: Today was pretty tiring…but good fun with the kids.
: JPL’s New Snake Robot is such an innovative approach to terrain exploration. Just couldn’t help …
: It is shocking to me how quickly your body can get used to less food. For years breakfast has been …
: I remember when I was a Cub Scout, I loved it. Loved collecting the badges, I loved the manual, the …
: Zane’s having a tough time at school. A few months ago we decided that he was becoming obsessed with …
: My overall health has stagnated, so I’m trying something a little different with my diet. No …
: ☕️ I hate running out of coffee. My issue is that I now have access to good quality stuff from Latin …
: ⚽️ A great Ted Lasso episode. This year has been a little miss more than hit, but hopefully going to …
: Have fallen out of so many habits at the moment. Some of them like journaling, reading and gratitude …
: Witnessed the most, un-Canadian thing today. On the intersection in front of our house a man in his …
: Tuna samich on a ridiculously fresh baguette.
: Aqueux are high quality dynamic wallpapers based on a classic Mac images. Currently loving Ventura …
: There’s now going to be a Gran Turismo Movie? First the Mario movie, then Tetris, now this. What …
: Last week I noticed my relatively new Apple keyboard had a sticky ‘0’ button. I yanked it out like …
: ☕ Didn’t know that there was a Specialty Coffee Expo (in hindsight, of course there is). Good excuse …
: 🥘 After several years now of cooking regularly, I have only now begun mixing things up a little and …
: Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond. — Robert Horry
April 2023
: I’m pretty sure I did TCAF wrong. Even though a massive comic fan for years, while I have been out …
: TCAF 2023. Soo packed. Can’t say it was an elegant experience (not that I was expecting one), but …
: Somehow I have ended up putting my dropbox folder of notes on the side and concentrating my efforts …
: So not on Toronto. Just not right.
: I have to hand it to the DayOne development team. Once you get all your entries into the app, it is …
: Stop Using Custom Web Fonts. Needless to say I don’t agree with Brian at all on this point. There …
: Really looking forward to my first TCAF this weekend.
: On my way to work I occasionally walk past a young woman with a Tim’s cup of coffee. It’s always on …
: I get out of the house and hear a bird. Looked everywhere but couldn’t see where it was coming from. …
: Tucker Carlson Is Dismissed From Fox News. See now that is funny. Fox getting taken down by a voting …
: Never has there been a better example of unlocking than today. Rain. Hail. Sunshine. All in one day. …
: Well that is mega annoying. I totally messed up my website design by pressing the wrong button. I’ve …
: Went to arguably one of the worst stores in Canada, The Beer Store. The logo is awful. It’s a …
: That was fast. Moving all my articles and drawings into Pages for the new BEC Volume was super …
: Easily one of the things that I have missed the most in my wilderness away from the Mac is the use …
: Cluny at the Distillery District. Wonderful ambiance. Food was decidedly meh. Post pandemic I am …
: Kapow! IPA by Rainhard Brewing Co. is my favourite Canadian beer. It would have been pretty freaky …
: It’s that time of the year when Pages becomes my most used app. Love this thing app. Should be done …
: For the last year I have been following Eric ten Hag (the manager at Manchester United), take over a …
: 🍕 Pizza night tonight. Nailed it!
: Jack Black sings Peaches. Easily one of the highlights of the Mario movie and I’m glad it also …
: Sindre Sorhus is an Mac/iOS open source app fiend. So much goodness to try over there.
: Seeing things in large (and not on iOS) is actually a little jarring. For all those wishing for the …
: 🍣 Major cooking hack I just discovered. When frying salmon (if using a metal frying pan) is a little …
: Visiting The Cinema The last time I went to the cinema was probably seven years ago (I watched Once Upon a Time in …
: What’s this? I got a message in my inbox this week that my Coffeejack is making its way from China? …
: Good day off. Didn’t achieve very much, but that’s ok sometimes. Made some calls. Cooked some food. …
: This Ambessa Play is a DIY flashlight on Kickstarter. I like the concept behind this product (even …
: Champions of Europe. You’ll never sing that. Champions of Europe. You weren’t even born. Champions …
: How to use the Global MinoSharp Ceramic Water Sharpener. Not going to lie, these ‘vintage’ videos on …
: How was it made? Donatello’s marble carving technique. I love watching videos that showcase …
: Wordle 652 2/6 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Been playing recently. First time in a while I get a two.
: That was unexpected. My 2021 watch purchase (and my everyday beater watch) is my Vaer field watch. I …
: 🍔 Tried a burger place close to the house, The Burger’s Priest. Not a great burger. It always …
March 2023
: I finally went and did it. After nearly 4 years, a Mac is making its way back into my life. An M2 …
: David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I’m Good (Blue). Somehow this song broke through my Spotify …
: Incredible wood carving on a scale I have never imagined possible, Hulk vs Wolverine. Definitely …
: The Act of Creating I don’t know how else to be. On my latest trip Florida it dawned on me that I generally am genuinely …
: Totally inspired by Mendo’s post, finished off the KAA typeface and did a little comic about it.
: Its taken a really long time but very nearly there with KAA-regular (and KAA-bold).
: As much as flying and travelling let’s you break routines we lost for the pandemic, there’s no place …
: Importing SVG Files from Affinity Designer into iFontMaker. Yup will be using this at some point in …
: 🏖️ One of the important aspects of a break is the mental reset. It’s the whole reason for the break …
: Ah makes sense. So In was up against Barry Windsor Smith’s Monsters. That’s a tough one to go up …
: 📚 Finished reading: In: the Graphic Novel by Will McPhail. What an incredible book. I’m surprised it …
: Writing my newsletter on a Sunday can be a pretty relaxed affair. Once I have the idea ready to go, …
: 📚 Finished reading: Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen
: Following the last post, Calligraphr, let’s you create your font based on your handwriting with some …
: An advise / idea for comic artists: make your handwriting and font. I created my own font family …
: Watched Downton Abbey: A New Era. This movie is purely for the fans. Get to spend a little bit more …
: The joys of going into an actual book store is the ability to browse and serendipitously stumble on …
: As a hobbyist author, the Pages app for iOS really is an amazing tool in your arsenal. Low stress …
: Watched the Banshees of Inisherin on the flight over to Florida - great movie although I guess I …
: 43,000 posts. Across 25 years. That’s the equivalent of 1700 posts average per year or 140 posts per …
: New typeface by TipoType Axios Pro looks amazing. I’m a real fan of their extras and their italics …
: The Final Curtain Call on pirating the Oscars is a fascinating view on how to solve a problem by …
: And so the work on the BEC Volume 2 begins.
: An unfortunate effect of moving countries and the pandemic is that my kids have never experienced …
: Haven’t heard a Daring Fireball show in a while. I wish all my podcasts had the same approach to …
: ⚽️ Really enjoyable game. All big to small teams should have a player advantage. Makes the game so …
: Navigating Channels Modern life is increasingly a struggle of managing multiple channels. Work channels. Home channels. …
: reMarkable is a really interesting product, that probably costs x2 what I would be willing to pay. …
: ⛑️ I’ve recently noticed that I’m getting out of breathe walking up and down stairs. Clearly …
: Our Time. This Ford commercial announcing its back in F1 is amazingly well done.
: Something is very, very different with these beans. Good times ahead.
: ☕️ Oh man I was not wrong. I’ve always felt that Costa Rica had something special when it comes to …
: Medium’s me.dm Mastodon Server Opens Up. Same price as Micro.blog. I think I would pay …
: As much as I love Status.lol, it has some serious flakiness to it.
: Issue 003 of my newsletter Stet, is now out. This issue looks at the opening of the Grand Egyptian …
: The thing about stationary is that it doesn’t generally go bad. You might not use it for a year or …
: Reconnecting with some old friends.
: ❄️ Apparently it’s called thunder snow. Damn that’s a raging storm out there.
: Feedbin 10th Anniversary Tee. So totally there. Need a Micro.blog one as well.
: Sometimes starting in the digital space is just not the right move. Back to paper and pencil and my …
February 2023
: 🚇 Public transport in Toronto is interesting. If I choose to walk from my house, I get to work in …
: Yesterday was tough work walking home. Times it perfectly to be hit by the storm. Wasn’t …
: ✏️ Drawing with the kids today. Also have a fun drawing side project that I can’t wait to get going.
: By far one of the most awesome displays at the match was the black and white flags from the …
: ☕️ Quiet Sunday morning to reflect on the week that passed and maybe start to mentally prepare for …
: Beware of poisonous internet worms. The Scott Adams (Dilbert comic creator) controversy is at best, …
: 🛟 So much life happening this year. So. Much. Life.
: Fun metric. Sometime this year I turn 16,000 days old.
: Speaking of Mo Willems, his site, Pigeon Presents, is actually a celebration of his work. More …
: 🍳 Will do some cooking later on this afternoon. It’s the weekend and I’m looking forward to a great …
: 🍻 First beer of February. It’s been a long week. Lots of ups and downs emotionally.
: The kids absolutely loved it. Zane as the mega fan was soo happy.
: 🐘 Off to see Elephant and Piggie. Been on the cards for weeks now.
: Watching Eric Ten Hag take on a struggling team and mould them into winners has been a real …
: Finished reading: Peanut Jones And The Illustrated City by Rob Biddulph 📚
: 🧠 It’s been a mental rollercoaster these last few weeks. I really need to settle myself and brain.
: Walking back home was tough today. The silent crunch of fresh snow was satisfying though.
: 🌄 Every morning it’s a struggle getting the family ready to school. It’s got to get better some day …
: 🏦 Banking items done on this fine family day in Canada.
: So decided to take another stab at writing all my tasks down and using it as a bullet journal. It’s …
: 👓 Love is Blind is a weird show. Is it real or totally made up?
: Great article over at Our Built Environment newsletter which looks at the magic that has seemingly …
: The new iOS app for Micro.blog (currently in beta), finally addresses the poor and clunky interface …
: Issue 002 of my newsletter Stet, is now out.
: It’s been a while since I worked on some artwork. A little rusty but nice to finally have this …
: ⚽ Alright. MUN against LEI. Looking forward to seeing what happens in this insane group of fixtures. …
: EVERY Mac McClung Dunk in the 2023 NBA Dunk Contest. Been a while since I was super impressed with a …
: 🥐 Got a bunch of baked goods for a fat Saturday morning. Feeling the weight but hey, it’s Saturday.
: 🖋️ I spoke to soo. In the end I won’t be getting an Ivory Sailor Pro Gear. They seemingly don’t …
: A Short History of My Last Six Years. Can’t wait for this book. Apple Books it is.
: I love comeback stories. A sportsball team rebuilding and improving an existing crop of players. …
: How fucking good is the Tetris movie trailer? So, sooo fucking good. Music is also on point.
: 🪫 Energy levels are not great at the moment. Maybe I need to get some vitamins..
: Man that was rough. Went to the dentist. Chipped tooth from last year. Needed to get work done to …
: Good weekend. Got some life stuff done. Got family stuff done. Got some cooking done for the week. …
: ✈️ We’re booked for March. That was stressful, but now that a decision is made can look forward to …
: ⚽ Not a great game. So frantic but no real quality from either side.
: Looking to buy some airplane tickets. Maybe it’s a North American thing, but the fees and charges …
: 💰 Spent the morning reviewing our budget. Clarity is good, but settling into a country takes time.
: Visiting a new city is always a fun thing. Montreal has been on my list of places to go since I was …
: 🌞 Glorious day in Toronto. Little bit nippy but oh so sunny.
: 🥯 Montreal bagels. Am I right?
: ✈️ Flying out to Montreal tomorrow for the first time.
: It’s so, so sad what has happened in Turkey. Humanity is not doing great at the moment. Between a …
: ♻️ Bins are out for the week. Last week I got it wrong and put the wrong bags out.
: 😎 7°C. In February. In Toronto. Welcome to global warming.
: ☕ Damn that’s a good cup of coffee. Every once in a while you nail it.
: Never heard of Legible.com, but they are going to be publishing Tim Urban’s new book - as a digital …
: 🍬 Messed up my no s-diet today. Just couldn’t help myself. Had some crisps and salty snacks in the …
: Every year in February I watch Groundhog Day. And every year Yasmine asks me why.
: 🌬️ Kinda feeling deflated today. Got some pretty important things done at work but still.
: Such little dudes. Taking the boys to school can be a real highlight of my day when it’s not a rush …
: 🦫 Nope not early! Late. Groundhog Day was a few days ago! 6 weeks till spring?
: Really looking forward to Tim Urban’s book, What’s Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for …
: 🦫 Think I’m going to watch Groundhog Day a little earlier this year.
: 🍔 Today was burger day. Been a while since I’ve done that. Buns were ok, but nothing on my sweet …
: 🧹 Cleaning day. Then it will be organisation day as well.
: 📬 Stet newsletter has now finally dropped. Feels good to have this as part of my routine again.
: Stet Newletter If you’ve missed my newsletter In Abeyance, sad news, I’ve decided to stop publishing …
: 🍛 Made Aloo Gobi tonight. Been a while. Love this dish.
: 🚸 Lego time with the kids this afternoon. Been a while.
: 🛋️ Lazy Saturday afternoon. Nap time maybe.
: What’s great about Status.lol is that it ‘gets’ it. It’s not a ‘blogging’ platform rather it’s a …
: 😬 That was tight but Manchester United got it over the line. I’m actually enjoying watching them (I …
: 🏟️ Man these guys would have been totally dominated with a full team. 3 minutes to go.
: ⏰ 7 more minutes! C’mon! This is going to be a ROUGH ending.
: 🦸♂️ What a hero Martinez is!
: ⚽ There is no way that was a red card. Fine, wrong location of hands. So stupid
: Really digging these Financial Times guides for Toronto. Once the weather starts heating up a little …
: I am soo done with Kickstarter. My biggest gripe isn’t the wait. It’s poor communication from the …
: ☃️ Alright. This I can get behind. It’s freezing outside but at least there is some snow falling …
: 🧠 Smashing through _Things_ at the moment and working out what’s on the plate across life and projects.. 🧠 Smashing through Things at the moment and working out what’s on the plate across life and …
: 🦄 Weekend begins now. Need to start planning my thoughts.
: I am now using three different blogging tools. Each uniquely suited for it intended use. Status.lol …
: 🐋 Feel pretty bloated (like a whale) after that pizza. Chamomile time.
: Been reading Peanut Jones to the kids. Been a while since both kids have been really into a book …
: ☕️ Definitely didn’t get my quota of coffee today.
: 🥂 It’s works from drafts now!
: 🥶 You know shit has hit the fan when you read the words ‘Polar Vortex’, ‘Frostbite’, ‘Frostnip(?)’ …
: 🥳 Get over Twitter. So much better things out there.
: The Status.lol app is what I have been looking for to post random thoughts to status.lol. Sadly …
: 🥶 Oh my it’s going to drop to -23°C overnight!
: Moving to Substack It did pain me to do it but I moved my In Abeyance newsletter over to Substack from Buttondown. My …
January 2023
: You can literally spend hours looking at Jonathon Hoefler’s AI generated series of products that …
: Kids going tobogganing for the first time.
: One of the joys of Twitter imploding is the plethora of apps being developed for Mastodon. My new …
: The boys had their first concert.
: Shovelled my first bit of snow yesterday. It was a token gesture (there really wasn’t that much …
: Actions Calendar 2023 This one is a little late but there is a story there. I knew I needed to have something ready to go …
: 📷 I stumbled on this video that was talking about trying to come up with a cheaper version of an …
: So I ended up buying Toot! This little detail highlighting interactions is wonderful. If you replied …
: I was wrong. The best Mastodon app, by a country mile is a web app. Elk is the way. For the the …
: By far one of the funnest app icon selection ever. Ice Cubes for Mastodon kills it in this aspect. A …
: The only aspect of Twitter I ‘miss’ is the feature to have a link in the text get supplemented with …
: Finally the new Mac mini is out. After going on nearly 3 years without a Mac, can’t wait to be back.
: 🖋️ I received my Sailor pen today. Greedily I tore the box open, expecting to see a gleaming ivory …
: It’s really nice to see a bunch of people I would usually not follow on Twitter making their way …
: The new Sony Walkman music player looks amazing. Digital music has somewhat ruined my appreciation …
: Some weird-ass sculptures here in Toronto. Ah-thank-you. I’m here all week.
: A short walk to the bakery this afternoon. Sun outside. Snow on the ground. No need for the snow …
: It’s been soo damn long that something in the theatre space has gotten through to me, but this …
: I’ve never watch a game of ‘football’ in my life, but this acapella NFL theme has certainly piqued …
: This post about how to use ChatGPT for lazy parents is the first really practical use I have found …
: I have been eying up my grail pen, the Ivory Sailor Pro Gear Classic, for years now. My black Sailor …
: The running joke is that I have had harder summers in Denmark than what is currently passing for …
: First proper week on my No S-diet. The hardest part for me has always been the evenings. …
: Fantastic trailer of the new Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy movie, You People. Loved the music, love …
: Since I arrived in Canada, I have heard whispers. Wait for winter to set in. Starts around the end …
: Saw an elderly gentleman, walking down the street. Fedora, raincoat, long umbrella. Saw litter on …
: Planning & Recording This winter break has been about letting my mind wander around. For the …
: 📚 Currently reading: Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
: Whenever you’re feeling a little blue…then you should definitely spend 2 minutes watching Mufasa …
: About to embark on some classic Miyazaki.
: Falling In & Out of Habits Falling out of habits is very easy. Falling back into the habit is harder. Micro habits are the …
December 2022
: It was inevitable really. Once a virus gets in the house, its hard to avoid it. Zane gave it to …
: So I finally broke down and got myself one of these @kaa. I have no idea what to do with it at this …
: This year I have been preparing myself for the coming year by writing about all the things. Turns …
: Finished reading: The Manual by Sam Torode 📚
: Year in books for 2022 Here are the books I finished reading in 2022.
: Finished reading: The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes 📚
: Finished reading: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason 📚
: Finished reading: Berlin by Jason Lutes 📚
: Finished reading: The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers 📚
: Finished reading: Enough by Patrick Rhone 📚
: Santa got the kids this Muji pencil sharpener. I don’t know why I’m surprised by just how good it …
: The ADPT Series 1 is a really well executed, colourful addition to the field-watch-inspired-style on …
: I remember reading The Man in the High Castle while in London over 15 years ago. I loved the …
: This Vox video capturing 2022, in 7 minutes is very well done. Didn’t cover nuclear fusion, which …
: It’s a soft crunch under your feet. The streets are empty. No cars in sight. A new park near your …
: Love the humour in the Civivi lifetime warranty.
: It’s not supposed to be this way Apple. I’m supposed to pay a premium for your products. They should …
: ☕️ I first experienced this tiny little creamer on a visit to Micheal Graves architects over a …
: I used to post regularly about things that captured my attention. For years now I have concentrated …
: ☕️ The Alessi Moka Pot, by David Chipperfield, is a wonderful update to a design classic. At the …
: 🎄 Finally! 10 days of actual down time begins now. It’s been an incredible 12 months for us as a …
: Even though I really like the ‘new’ weather app in iOS16, Weatherstrip is such an amazing way to …
: 🥶 Today is the day that we finally see what Canadian weather is all about. I will admit that so far …
: It happens every time. Whenever I’m wrapping a present (a White Elephant for work), I’m reminded how …
: Dear Zane. Dear Ryan. Around the time that Zane was born Google released an ad for Gmail called ‘Dear Sophie’. It was fun …
: 📚 It’s taken me ages, but finally finished reading the masterpiece that is Berlin by Jason …
: The Missing Micro.blog App I’ve been using Micro.blog as my default web site hosting for this site for just under 5 years. I’ve …
: The Laws of Creativity is definitely on the list for 2023.
: First update to the monogram in 5 years.
: The Act of Writing I sent out my last newsletter around the time I was starting to make an exit from Denmark. It was …
: Wish there was a super simple way to extract what I have posted across an entire year and printed …
: What is the point of having health related data if you don’t use it to better yourself and make …
: Last week I bought some index cards. It’s been years since I’ve used these and was quickly reminded …
: It finally happened. I finally changed the cover to my 2018 iPad Pro. The Apple one I bought was …
: My favourite Spider-Man (easily) movie gets a sequel. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
: Nuclear scientist Marv Adams explains what happened in the successful fusion experiment. A pretty …
: I rarely repost something I wrote a while back, but my post Two Gifts, from 3 years ago, on why you …
: 2023 Peachy Pink Colourway A little earlier than usual, but its time for my annual colour change. 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 …
: First time out with the winter boots. Novelty I’m sure will wear off, but there is something serene …
: The Year of Less I’ve been meandering for the last month or so thinking about my theme for 2023 will …
: December 9th is Journal Day. Fully agree. I’ll be organizing my space to do this in the morning and …
: ⚽️ Mad footballing prediction. Both South American teams go through today. C’mon 🇧🇷 & 🇦🇷.
: Projects for 2023 I don’t tend to talk very much at what I am planning to do throughout the coming year, having said …
: Its coming back after a 4 year hiatus.
: One of my favourite pages on my site has become the projects page. It’s been growing incrementally …
November 2022
: For the month of November, I wrote a story. This is not the first time I have attempted this, …
: Big fan of Wendover. This latest video on How Florida Got So Weird is truly incredible. Great …
: 30 / The Summer of Disruption It was a summer like no other. One we would never forget, for all the …
: 29 / The Summer of Disruption I woke up early on the Tuesday. Quickly checked the news to see where …
: 28 / The Summer of Disruption Yasmine woke me up around midnight. ‘Quickly, get onto the website, …
: The Summer of Disruption has been both the easiest thing that I have written and the hardest. When I …
: 27 / The Summer of Disruption The rest of the weekend felt like an eternity. We started looking at …
: 26 / The Summer of Disruption The news about Hurricane Ian began making the rounds on Thursday. For …
: 25 / The Summer of Disruption We had to fill in a bunch of forms and pay for a sticker to be put in …
: 24 / The Summer of Disruption As the weekend approached we were edging closer and closer to very …
: 23 / The Summer of Disruption I took time off and tried to enjoy Toronto with the kids. We went to …
: ☕️ Quick follow up on yesterday’s post, this new V60 technique really does provide a pretty …
: I have been using Hoffman’s (or more accurately a smaller version) v60 technique since it …
: 22 / The Summer of Disruption Yasmine’s frustration with her situation was amplified further …
: 21 / The Summer of Disruption The family had fully boarded an emotional rollercoaster. I gathered …
: 20 / The Summer of Disruption I was’t sure how to approach the subject with Yasmine. When her aunt …
: I totally procrastinated about getting a gooseneck kettle. Big mistake. Along with the scales an …
: 19 / The Summer of Disruption As September started and it was clear that the kids were not going to …
: 18 / The Summer of Disruption After a couple of weeks I really began to miss my family. A good sign …
: Let Twitter Burn to the Ground The world will be fine without Twitter. In fact I would say that the world will be better off in …
: 17 / The Summer of Disruption It’s around this time that I began looking more closely at the …
: 16 / The Summer of Disruption I don’t remember when the panic started. Was it at midnight? Was it …
: 15 / The Summer of Disruption Unlike in Copenhagen, the summer in Toronto was hot and humid but not …
: 14 / The Summer of Disruption The world is vast and we have developed seemingly countless ways to do …
: This year has not been very artistic. I am really looking forward to drawing the cover to my short …
: 13 / The Summer of Disruption As the summer continued, I felt that I was ready to go back to work. …
: Not going to lie, not really sure what my Mastodon account from Micro.blog actually does? It doesn’t …
: Syndication Over the last 4-5 years I have tried to keep my site as minimal as possible and use it as a way to …
: 12 / The Summer of Disruption Sadly the world continues to create a shared reality for millions …
: 11 / The Summer of Disruption Several months earlier Vladimir Putin’s mental health completely …
: I dislike Twitter because I suck at it and because it sucked the air out of blogging back in the …
: 10 / The Summer of Disruption The family had a period of relative calm after the chaos of these few …
: Version 2 of Affinity is out. Thats all three apps on three platforms for $100. I mean, you’d be …
: 09 / The Summer of Disruption Our journey with Canada’s immigration authority would begin at the end …
: Because of strikes across Ontario, schools were closed yesterday. The school supplied us with …
: 08 / The Summer of Disruption It started off with a dull pain at night. By morning it had become …
: 07 / The Summer of Disruption The mood at the house was understandably sobering and reflective. …
: 06 / The Summer of Disruption All we needed was one hotel room for the family to sleep in before …
: Euro News has a ‘No Comment’ series of clips. This video of twenty years of Putin playing the west …
: I am sooo stuffed. First time in Greektown, I went a little crazy at the restaurant and totally over …
: 05 / The Summer of Disruption 12 days. Our original plan was to go to Greece for 10 days, see my …
: It’s not every day that Affinity releases a marketing promo promising stuff. I imagine Publisher for …
: 04 / The Summer of Disruption 15 minutes ago. We were in a rush to get out the door. To get into a …
: 03 / The Summer of Disruption 5:26am. There are moments in your life that take you completely by …
: Really looking forward to the new Smashing Pumpkins album Atum. Being a follow-up to my favourite …
: 02 / The Summer of Disruption 5:25am. The phone rings. It’s Sharron. I pick it up half asleep …
: 01 / The Summer of Disruption 5:10am. Wake up. Groggy. We were up till past midnight sorting our …
October 2022
: 🪡 Yesterday I found my seamstress and couldn’t be happier. It’s a skill I really appreciate. Find …
: I really love the ‘micro-story’ format. Roughly 50 words a day for 30 days. I did this in 2019 and …
: It’s been a while since I heard an Obama speech. Nothing this man does has a direct impact on …
: 🍿 Watched 1917 which I thought was excellent. While there are some plot holes, I do enjoy this genre …
: The move clearly weakened my immunity and I’ve been battered by a flu. Took a small walk in …
: A Pleasant Start Today was the first day of Canadian school for Zane. He’s been outside the school environment for a …
: Wonderful story (so far) out of the revolution in Iran. Keep up the pressure. You will succeed.
: It’s moving in day today. I know I am going to be smashed by the end of the day - and I …
: I don’t think it’s prudent to get one of these just before the start of the winter (pointless in …
: One seemingly random post led to a slight rabbit hole complete with my annual email to Manton asking …
: Gifts from our awesome new landlords. Amazing.
: From the latest Core Intuition podcast was the discussion about friction. For me, the reason why I …
: Here in Canada, you can definitely hear the Game of Thrones whispers: Winter is coming. I for one …
: I took the kids with me to the supermarket. On the way there Ryan really wanted to go to his new …
: 🦃 Happy Canadian Thanks Giving! In another example that further highlights that Canadians offer a …
: Things are slowly settling down. Got my driving license. We’ve finally (!) got our house. Was …
: Graphically speaking I really don’t find the city of Toronto to generally have its sh!t together. I …
: 🚗 Part of the joys of moving to a new country means that I seem to always need to constantly sort …
September 2022
: Rory Stewart is easily my favourite politician (even though I really like Obama). This video is an …
: The Summer of Disruption It started off with Jamal’s death. Our holiday to Greece was cancelled. As a result I have not seen …
: Otavio Cordeiro‘s Micro.publish plugin for Obsidian is coming soon. Obsidian makes my windows …
: 🌀 You cannot make this shit up. Yasmine got her passport at 11am today. Which is great. She is …
: I’m sure others share the same frustration.
: Amanda Gorman at the United Nations I only ask that you care before it’s too late, That you live …
: It’s not every day that the boys and I spend the evening watching Spider-man Into the Spider-verse. …
: 🇨🇦 Finally! Wife’s visa came through yesterday, after waiting for 73 days. It’s been a colossal …
: Talking about Homelessness with an Eight year old On our way back home tonight, Zane noticed a man sleeping on the floor. His first thought was to ask …
: I have been unusually quiet recently. That’s because I don’t want to complain. We find …
: As if he knew I was cheating on him with another book The Hoff publishes his own How To Make The …
: 📚 Currently reading Craft Coffee: a Manual by Jessica Easto. I typically hate books on cooking …
: September has brought with it the weather change I was expecting. It’s slightly cooler. Got a couple …
: The Stuart & Lau Cary Briefcase single is a real beauty. The only ding against it is that is …
: Midjourney is a NAI (Narrow Artificial Intelligence) that generates artwork. Its biggest claim to …
: Drivetest centres in Canada are easily one of the worst institution I have ever had to deal with. …
August 2022
: 🇨🇦 It’s been an incredibly difficult start to life in Canada. Difficult is a mild way to put it …
: The first piece of writing that I have done in months. Feels fucking great. I really, really missed …
: 📚 Currently reading A Short History of Canada: Sixth Edition by Desmond Morton. I gave up on waiting …
: Have I reached peak Kindle? At the moment I am finding it difficult to get engaged with the books …
: 📚 Just finished reading The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason. This is a book that was …
: 🐈🐩🐹 Just at the local Pet Smart. It’s a world I didn’t know even existed. The industry behind pets …
: Bullet journalling was introduced 9 years ago. I know because I remember the very first website and …
: Toronto It’s been an entire month in the city of Toronto. A month in I can definitely say that I am starting …
: Fear of the Different I have been patiently waiting for a book. A book that was released some 10 years ago, with a second …
: ⚾️ Softball in the park. At some point it will feel normal, for now it feels incredibly quaint.
: Ok Hyundai, what is the point of spending advertising dollars on a car you are not selling for three …
: 🔋🚗🪫Well that didn’t go as planned. Waiting list for the Ioniq 5 in Canada is 3 years! You’re putting …
: First burger in Toronto. Seriously excellent. Gonna definitely try all the different options.
: Based on the trailer, the new George Miller movie, Three Thousand Years Of Longing looks amazing.
: Another Russia is a new podcast (2 episodes out so far) that helps make sense of why a country is …
July 2022
: See a guy eating a croissant and carrying a no descript cup. Investigate where he came from and find …
: Toronto does murals really well. Much more inviting than random rubbish graffiti.
: Lamb burger topped with tzatziki, spinach, tomato & onions.
: Toronto is really growing on me. Sun was shining. Blue skies. Short walk up to Koreatown. Peach …
: 🍁 This week has flown by. Every day I try and move the needle a little bit, whether it’s in trying …
: Just had a couple of pizza slices at Eataly. I need to up my pizza game ‘bigly’. Their dough is …
: The one thing I am not loving in Canada is the constant smell of weed everywhere. Its like I’m back …
: There are many great commencement speeches, this one for the University of Texas by Admiral William …
: In a series of ‘Hey, pretty cool' moments, I saw a guy holding Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday …
: First purchase in Canada. You do not go to The Beguiling and leave empty handed. No you do not.
: 🇨🇦 Good Morning Toronto! Alright, alright, alright. Time to explore this city…actually probably …
: Saying goodbye to the family today as I head up to Canada on my own. Zane quickly came to terms with …
: Last day in Florida. It’s been 4 weeks and have really been able to reset my mind after a looong few …
: I’ve been looking for the Canadian equivalent of NPR and found CBC. Down the little rabbit hole and …
: Ryan’s attention to detail does not fail to surprise me, “Daddy, why is there a sign for girls, boys …
: 🎸 Morning Blue by Giant Rooks was released a few days ago and it’s quickly become the song of the …
: Easily the most American thing I have ever seen 😂.
: Landing Page It took a while to get there (over 5 months), but I finally updated the landing page for my book. I …
: Form Factor Since my digital detox from 2 years ago, I have been looking for a good source of ‘news’. Most news …
: A Florida Man comes into a local grocery store wearing nothing but some khaki shorts (no shirt, not …
: I typically don’t swoon over luxury watches but OMG does this TUDOR Ranger watch tick all my sensory …
: I had no idea this existed. It never came through my vision of the comic book world. Barry …
: Clerks III trailer - going back to the well. Dunno how to feel about this, but likely will watch it.
: Based on a semi deep dive into the articles published by @jasraj, I discovered the missing software …
: Easily one of my favourite little packages this trip. It’s small. It’s memorable. And it’s a little …
: To all the crazy Americans celebrating their Independence from the clutches of the British Empire, …
: Welcome to Florida! The new California. — Overheard at the counter at Walmart
: Turned out really good. The ingredients in North America are a little different to what we got in …
: Being An Indie Publisher Now that I have completed putting my book up for sale (in all the places I intend to sell it in) …
: 🇩🇰💥🔫 I’m actually at a bit of a loss at the event in Denmark. I’m not going to say the event is …
: Today I paid my yearly subscription to Feedbin for the 10th year in a row. Easily one of my …
: ‘Florida Man’ IPA by Cigar City Brewing.
: 🔪 Alright. My exploration of an EDC knife is now put on ice until we get to Canada. Not going to …
June 2022
: Amazon Kindle Create Spent the entire day formatting my book using Kindle Create. What a collosal pain in the ass of a …
: Have been looking to add a small knife to my EDC for a while - the majority of the time it will be …
: The clouds in Florida have been nothing short of spectacular. Coming from a pretty grey city like …
: Being in the U.S. means you have to sample some of the things that are decidedly American. I decided …
: 🇺🇸 Surreal. Went to Walmart and picked up a pack of Lagunitas - this is part of my beer exploration …
: It’s About Salad Dressing What a ride. It’s been just shy of 3 years in Denmark. We arrived in the autumn of 2019, filled with …
: ⛱ First ‘official’ day of the holiday. First proper one since the pandemic began, seemingly a …
: Channeling a bit of Pearl Jam.
: Writing one sentence per line I’ve been writing for years now but this concept by Derek Sivers …
: Last night in a completely empty house. The boys channeling their inner Steve Jobs.
: ✈️ Ok that was mega stressful. Got to the airport 2 hours before and effectively waited for a little …
: 🚚 Moving day. Mostly there. There are always last minute things to take care of but I think we have …
: Last day in the office. Pretty emotional saying goodbye to everyone. It does feel bittersweet but I …
: Mondaine Helvetica GMT Turns out I like creating my own yearly traditions. Every year, for the last 6, I have changed the …
: Dropped off the modem at the store then decided to take a short stroll back to work take in the …
: 🦷 Never heard of EuroPerio10 but this dental conference has basically meant every hotel room in …
: Its clear that I can do a better job with promoting my book. It’s been amazing to see the idea …
: ♻️ It incredibly myopic, lazy and immature that the majority of products we buy do not have a …
: 🌧 Haven’t been caught in the rain in a good long while. Yeah it sucks as hard as the last time. …
: Plans have all changed and now we officially have 1 week in Copenhagen before we make our move to …
: Jamal El Labban I wake up. It’s 5:10am. I’m a little late in getting up but know that we’ve done most of what needs …
: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. And like that. …
: 📚 This is a relatively ambitious list but would love to get through as many of these books across …
: ⛱ Summer is here (well not in Denmark, not fully yet at least), and we’re getting ready to go on our …
May 2022
: On Seasons I write and draw because I absolutely love it. I do it because I find tremendous value in the …
: Paperback & Pricing Changes The Built Environment Compendium, while the work of three years, is actually the very start of the …
: Its not every day that two of my favourite interests are combined, watches and coffee. This Brew …
: ‘Operation Cortés’ is now in full swing. In the most sensible way possible, I am sorting …
: Making is difficult. At some point in life you realise whether you are going to continue to be a …
: With news of DuckDuckGo being a Microsoft spy, good reminder of the existence of Ecosia, the search …
: 🍱 The single most important tool in my kitchen is my digital scales. The thing is I have been …
: Totally missed the Bellroy range of sling & cross-body bags. For years I have mainly relied on …
: Several years in the making. Super excited to finally have some copies in my hand. Will go on sale …
: 🎪 I am honestly hoping for a mega spring and summer. Something to make up for the past 2½ years of …
: 🦠 It was inevitable really. Everyone is going to get it at some point. Our family held out 2½ years …
: Seems fitting to be leaving Canada while listening to the new Arcade Fire album.
: That went by fast. 5 days in Canada flew by very quickly. Yonge street is definitely not my idea of …
: Insane vision. Watched Dune on the plane. It’s been so long since I’ve seen something as magically …
: I am enjoying about Canada is the dedication to presenting both English and French in all their …
: It took three attempts at different stages of my life but finally made it to Canada. Maybe it was a …
: I went into WHSmiths (no idea why this exists in the airport when it doesn’t anywhere else in CPH). …
: Proxima Sera is the serif font pairing for Proxima Nova. That ‘x’ has got to be my favourite detail …
: Magic. There is no better way to describe the self check-out process at Uniqlo. My experience is …
: It’s been over 2½ years since I got onto a plane. My time in the Middle East, meant I was on a plane …
: Gonna miss this little guy, can’t see us needing/taking this to Toronto.
April 2022
: Been watching Workin’ Moms, mainly to get a feel for Toronto as a city. Turns out this is a really …
: Issue 061 of my newsletter In Abeyance is now out. Been on a roll with the new format and schedule …
: An Affordable LifeBook The Hobonichi Techo is marketed as a ‘LifeBook’ and for several years I bought into the marketing. …
: Really love the Bookshelves feature in Micro.blog. One addition that I would like to see is the …
: 📚 Currently reading Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen, recommended from the always …
: Spring took its merry bloody time getting to Copenhagen, but it has officially arrived and it is …
: 📚Just finished reading Enough by @patrickrhone. Been on my list for a while. Favourite idea is the …
: We’ve been watching Love Is Blind Japan and OMG what a window into Japanese mannerisms, fashion, …
: First spotted blossoms of the year.
: I got my second Wordle birdie ever! Haven’t gotten a hole in one yet, mostly I hover around par or a …
: Just stumbled on Cusdis, a lightweight, privacy-first, open-source comment system that is exactly …
: Love this graphic on languages.
: First Greek style Xoriatiki I’ve ever made. 5 ingredients (flour, water, yeast, salt & olive …
: Canada So our Denmark adventure is coming to an end this summer and we look towards a new home and …
: This week was the 4th issue of the new format for In Abeyance. I am actually really enjoy the …
: Printing Defects That was disappointing. Just got a printed copy of my book from Lulu.com. A little over a year ago I …
March 2022
: Just putting this here for the moment.
: We had a mindfulness workshop at work last week. My biggest take away was maintaining a daily …
: And like that I finally reached 2000 posts. Based on my current pace it will take 2-3 years to get …
: Also while we are on the subject of YouTube videos, my brother made his video debut (I think) and …
: My presentation for Micro Camp 2022 is now live. Had a lot of fun doing this and actually I intend …
: Just discovered this tiny guide to adulting by Mike Crittenden. Some very useful sensible defaults …
: Sensible Defaults Chapter 02 Understanding Collecting As human beings we are constantly accumulating and collecting - …
: This is the second week that I have sent out my In Abeyance newsletter using the new format. What I …
: Putin is so far displaced from reality its incredibly disconcerting. Two years ago I had hoped that …
: The Hard Road Building something is difficult. It take incredible patience. It takes conviction. And it takes …
: A follow-up on my presentation, another great indie typographer that I love and follow is Mika …
: The full version of issue 053 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out, Extreme Environmental Design. …
: 🍿 Just finished watching Turning Red. We’ve not had a family movie in a good long while. This was …
: My presentation for Micro Camp is out and can be seen here. Thought it would be useful to share some …
: Micro Camp: a virtual gathering of the Micro.blog community. I’m presenting in the ‘morning’ of day …
: Really appreciate this Vox video analysing Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 8 moments. The crescendo being the …
: Not been writing much on the site. Mentally I like my small piece of the internet to be filled with …
: This speech by the Kenyan U.N. ambassador is an excellent example in how nations in peace should …
February 2022
: It has been a long winter. Long and dark. The darkness is now receding away and the weather, while …
: 🇺🇦 Watching war unfold in front of your eyes in slow motion and at scale is something I (everyone?) …
: Issue 053 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. No link to the issue yet (but you can sign up), …
: All the colour palettes I’ve used for my newsletter In Abeyance along with the latest colour for …
: BEC Vol.01 Available Now You can grab a freshly minted copy of my first book the Built Environment Compendium Vol.01. If you …
: Knowing her current story, you can’t help but cry with Kamila Valieva and her latest performance. …
: Creating a book for the digital age brings with it a different set of parameters to consider. The …
: Day before releasing my book. Everything is nearly ready to go. Just need to do final, final, final …
: This video on London basements is really eye opening - considering I worked on one of these projects …
: Although Chef Jack is the top food teacher, I am really enjoying Food Impromptu with her simple …
: Currently listening to Eddie Vedder’s Earthling. The man still keeps me smiling. Update: Wait new …
: For prosperity. My Wordle stats for an entire month of play. Had created a bookmark on my Home …
: Amazing service for CSS development. CSS Scan Pro certainly approaches web development in a way that …
: This weekend was centred around food. Cooked the kids souvlaki yesterday (home made pita, tzatziki …
: ☕️ All this for a cup of coffee…
: While I am on this coffee kick at the moment, ordered my first physical book in probably over a …
: If you want the short, short version of the story. That photo with the farmers and all the red …
: 📚 Just finished reading The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers. Great book that was both a great read and …
: When I have a stressful period in my life I typically have a few days after the fact to pay for it …
: You Call That A Knife? We were in Italy and my dad got me my Swiss army knife. It was part of being a Cub Scout. Fast …
January 2022
: Bookmark Trigger I have heavily relied on things like Feedbin for my staring of important links I stumble across …
: The Book of Boba Fett started off really slowly. I just don’t think an older Boba Fett is all that …
: I know I am decades (?) behind on the genius that is Seinfeld, but these lyrics are going to stick …
: Gawd! Is it still bloody January? When will this month end already?
: One of the things I wanted to add into our life was weekly adventures with the kids. The intent …
: When I did my major cull during my digital minimalism days my RSS reader took a battering that it …
: I am now thoroughly in the dip phase with the thing I’ve built. Has the newsletter reached the …
: No idea what it is with the name Russell. First Brand, then Peters now Howard. I guess everyone …
: Wild Today marks four years on Micro.blog today. One of the best internet services that I subscribe to. …
: Web Inspector for iOS should be integrated and part of Safari proper. Zhenyi Tan does great work.
: I picked up The Monk of Mokha on the back of learning more about coffee. Latest chapter about the …
: Two is a movement right? First we got Wordle, now Minimator a web-app that is a first class citizen …
: My overall energy levels have been pretty low since coming back from ‘holiday’. In speaking with …
: Little strokes fell great oaks. Milestone today. Finished all the edits from my editor. Have a …
: Hardest one by far. My brain just really didn’t click today. Wordle 207 6/6. ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ …
: Currently going through the final edits of my book, Built Environment Compendium and this comment …
: ♟I thought (and hoped) that he would like it. I could not have predicted how much. Zane expects and …
: Made for the internet. No adverts anywhere to be found. Grabs and holds your attention for about …
: 📚 Two incredible books found in the same week. The Managers Handbook and $100M Offers. These are …
: This video for the restoration of a burnt Omega watch is nothing short of jaw dropping. This skill …
: First day back in the ‘office’. Played a ton of Lego. Played a ton of chess. Cooked a ton of good …
: A ‘postcard’ of all the covers from my newsletter In Abeyance for 2021. Complete archive …
: Issue 052 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out, ‘White Elephants’. This is the second …
December 2021
: News Years in Denmark is probably the single most uncivilised evening in an otherwise a generally …
: 🦠 First time ambulance (with hazmat suits) come to our community to take someone with covid. Signs …
: I’m not going to lie this thing turned out great. The secret (that I have somewhat avoided, …
: As has become a bit of a tradition on this site, slightly new colour scheme for 2022. I’ve now …
: Year of Momentum 2021 was the year of learning. What I have learnt is that in fact I want this to be a constant part …
: Every 2 years I crack open a new Nanami Cafe Note. 2021 has not been great year for the daily …
: Version 2 of Amit’s stat’s plugin just dropped and it really is an important window into your site …
: Super fog just came down across Copenhagen. I’ve not seen fog since Dubai. Very different weather …
: Christmas is in full swing. Kids in bed. Presents wrapped. This year was harder to keep hidden from …
: We now know what iA were referring for their 1st physical product. Craig Mod leaked the project …
: Where have all these young chefs been hiding all this time. Following on from Chef Jack, I have …
: Some baking just before Christmas. This thing turned out perfectly. Hats off to Chef Jack - the man …
: Procreate has an amazing feature which tracks how a piece of art is made. The cover to the Built …
: Now I find out about Tailwind CSS? Looks amazing, although based on my needs, I think Skeleton is …
: Purchases for 2021 I don’t typically do this, but I thought it would be useful to consider the major items I bought …
: Super excited that I can finally say that the digital edition of the Built Environment Compendium …
: In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship …
: It’s a small change but one that leans into the whole publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere, …
: Stet.Build v2.0 It has been years since I designed a completely new website. My toolbox of tricks has remained …
: Totally not worth it. Just cooked Mexican rice. Used a habanero chilli and now my left hand is …
: Free trail for Music meant an education in mid 90s alternative for the boys. It was loud and it was …
: For Ryan’s birthday we focused around a Super Mario theme. The centrepiece was the Mario Lego set. I …
: Sleep Techniques Its like having a super power. For my entire life I have been one of those really annoying people …
: A fun little logo I worked on last night for the upcoming Micro.blog baked-in newsletter for this …
: Jeff Harvey reminds me of Skottie Young’s hyper-stylised artwork. Love the Mega Man and Spidey …
November 2021
: Got an email this morning that amCharts is shutting down its live website in the coming 6 months. …
: Winter has truly arrived in Denmark. I will say that 2 years in, my body has become accustomed to …
: Sahil Lavingia is someone I have been following for a while. This Spotify playlist is an easy way to …
: The Sonic Colors game (which came out in September) looks incredible. Christmas is going to be fun …
: Absolutely love these iPhone 13 Schematic Wallpapers. Basic Apple Guy really does great work that …
: Truly glorious day in the middle of November in Copenhagen. We often go for days (weeks?) without …
: In Abeyance Vol.3 No.051 Latest issue of my newsletter In Abeyance is finally out. Over the last year I have fallen out of my …
: Got my Soundcore Q30s today and you can colour me super impressed. For 1/3 the price of what I paid …
: Last week my noise cancelling cans (Sony 1000x mark I) broke (plastic just snapped), so am patiently …
: 09 / Prelude Nothingness and everything, in a space that is both completely dark and bright at the …
: 08 / Prelude Recognising their stalemate, out of desperation the energies begin to devour each …
: How to make a map of your mind. I think I am going to start doing this to get stuff out of my head.
: 07 / Prelude As the battles continues the two energies manifest further as two distinct entities. …
: 06 / Prelude It doesn’t take very long for the first signs of a struggle to begin. The attacks …
: Sylvane was right. It is pretty easy to make good Asian food. You just need a great teacher (Chef …
: 05 / Prelude Recognising that this dance cannot continue forever, they shift their strategies. It is …
: 📚 Currently reading The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers. This seems like the perfect way to continue …
: 04 / Prelude The energies remain distinct but futilely try and achieve a balance in each other’s …
: 03 / Prelude Like two different seas they gently collide. At first the push and pull is gentle, …
: COP26 is now in full swing and honestly I think its going to be a summit of more empty promises. We …
: 02 / Prelude The Iyes grow at a speed that stretches through an eternity. They mature in tandem with …
: My coffee education continues. This time at Impact Roasters, an Ethiopian micro-roaster 10 min from …
: 01 / Prelude In the stillness of infinity and at the edge of chaos, they manifest simultaneously. …
October 2021
: First time I carve a pumpkin. Happy Halloween everyone.
: November is nearly upon us. For two years now I have been writing a short story every November. 50 …
: Jul (Christmas in Danish) tea season is upon us. A little early? Sure, but I’m not fussed …
: Fallen off the S-Wagon I have fallen off the S-diet wagon these last few months. It has been the …
: 🍳 Chef Jack Ovens has become an staple in my house. I love his videos because they are incredibly …
: When you are currently lost for words, might as well upload photos.
: After raining all week we finally got some blue skies and a bit of sun. Shame about the wind.
: Currently doing a major overhaul on the Stet.Build website (first time I do a complete update the …
: In this online meetings heavy world, the Camera Offset Project reminds you that everything comes at …
: Going Electric Been recently moving around the city on my electric powered Babboe and it has been …
: What was meant to be a glorious day out began in abject disaster. A flat tyre. Apparently pretty …
: Nick Mohammed on Ted Lasso finale. CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you are a Ted Lasso fan, this is a super …
: Issue 050 of my newsletter In Abeyance is now out. Special issue as it doesn’t dive into a specific …
: Writing In Abeyance for nearly 3 years I have learnt to be a little more chilled about deadlines, if …
: 🚲 I believe this makes us officially Danish (even though it’s a Dutch product).
September 2021
: I like Arun and what he does. His latest post on choosing a static site generator for a personal …
: The new weather app for the iPhone is exactly what you want from such an app. Completely best in …
: 🌂 The rainy season has begun. Prepping myself up for our third winter in Copenhagen. While I don’t …
: Amazingly my Kindle still works, although the battery is not in great shape. Every new Kindle that …
: Harvest festival at Zane’s school today. Been doing a lot more thoughtful cooking this last few …
: 🕹 I don’t normally get excited about video games, but I have been wanting Wipeout for the iPhone for …
: I have never bought a Nightwing comic. The character has just never appealed. However the current …
: Watched the Apple event foolishly hoping for M2 news. Maybe I am getting desensitised by the yearly …
: Just finished my first HIIT workout in nearly a year. Felt pretty rough after it, but as always with …
: Tried to watch Bird Box. Can’t finish it. Too intense for me. Maybe it’s because I’m a father and my …
: It’s probably been over a decade since I spent any meaningful time inside a vector tool designing a …
: Mela is an incredibly thoughtful app for collecting and using recipes. As a regular home cook, this …
: Just listened to an episode of Deep Questions and was surprised by a reality that I have not been …
: Issue 049 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out, and focuses on biomimicry. This one was harder to …
: 📺 While I continue to enjoy Ted Lasso, the gratuitous Apple product placement is nothing short of …
August 2021
: ☕️ One of the biggest reasons to avoid going back to the office? The coffee sucks. In every office …
: Went to the comic book store(s) over the weekend. It’s been over a year and a half since I had done …
: ☕ Recently I had not been enjoying my V60 coffee. Then it dawned on me that I have been using a fine …
: Sensible Defaults I have a new form of obsession, finding my own sensible defaults. I am tantalisingly close to …
: 🦠 Life is so strange right now. Kids get to go to school and then get to catch some virus, but …
: I have really come to appreciate the Mikkeller brand of beer. Pricey but buttery smooth.
: 📺 Recommended by my brother, watching ‘The Untold History of the United States’ by Oliver Stone. …
: 42 As of today I am a 42 year old stoic believer (I have much road to travel on this road). I have also …
: 📚 Currently reading The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes. I bought this book when it first came out in …
: 🖋 About once a year I finish off an A5 notebook dedicated to all my creative projects (in this …
: While I have so much to say about Obsidian, for now I will only point you to the Kindle Highlighter …
: 📺 Fascinating documentary about a school that creates the perfect ‘housewife’. I feel that everyone …
: 📺 Totally binge watched Narcos: Mexico. Such a great show. Probably one of the best shows I’ve …
: Cargo Bike I thought it would be fine. We would take it nice and slow. It’s a straight line, soft downhill with …
: First day of school for Zane. He was so excited to get there and be part of this new world. His …
: Love the very start of a new issue for In Abeyance. There is so much opportunity, so much to learn …
: You know things are stupid with the weather when all day it’s been sunny with scattered showers…at …
: Mise En Place These last few days have been exhausting. I decided to tackle the house in every single manner. When …
: 🍻 Met up with Nicolo and Valya today. Had a few No.5 from Bootleggers. Way back home was through a …
: 📚 Just finished Final Incal by Alexandro Jodorowsky and José Ladrönn. It’s been a while since I …
: Last few days has been about discovering Copenhagen. Today was about sorting out the house. We …
: Day 2 of our staycation. We decided to forsake the air travel this year and try and enjoy Copenhagen …
July 2021
: Took the kids for ice cream today. Noticed a nice little place not to far from the house. It was a …
: While there are no native Windows apps for Micro.Blog, I would be happy with an Obsidian plugin that …
: This post by Austin Kleon about the ‘twisters’ and ‘yips’ is great. I have been finding it more …
: 📚 Been meaning to dive into David Epstein’s book Range for a while. I feel like my personal …
: 📺 Great way to celebrate the return of Ted Lasso, with an excellent set of wallpapers from The …
: Some thought on Tokyo ‘2020’ opening ceremony: It was no where near as extravagant as I know the …
: Issue 048 of In Abeyance is out. This issue is late, a first in the 2½ years of publishing. It’s …
: The latest Google Doodle, Doodle Champion Island Games, is next level…literally. Just a …
: For the last year I have been trying to work out a ‘capture-configure-control’ setup. For those …
: Took a forced month off from publishing In Abeyance - because of computing issues that knocked me …
: Finished reading: The Story Of The Lost Child by Elena Ferrante 📚. This one I absolutely devoured. I …
: I have been on a massive Elena Ferrante binge at the moment. Torn through the 2nd and 3rd Neapolitan …
: 💉 2nd Vaccine day. Yay! One month apart exactly. Oh sure, keep hearing that Delta is coming, but …
: It took me a year and a half of working at home before I decided to invest bigly in a screen for my …
: What a great string of novels I have read so far this year. The Story of a New Name has been the …
: Sunday morning reading view.
: I spoke too soon. The seven levels of hell that is Apple support continues. It has gotten soo bad at …
: I think, maybe, just maybe that after 3 weeks of painful (nay, tortuous) back and forth with Apple …
: June is the first time that I missed publishing an issue of In Abeyance on time. Part of the reason …
June 2021
: Today marks one month back on the No-S Diet. I was doing really well for most of last year but …
: A little over a year after COVID began and things are beginning to open up here in Copenhagen. Of …
: Heliotrope is the latest release from one of my favourite type designers. While I am not in the …
: It’s been nearly 2 years without MacOS. iOS has served me reasonably well, although somethings …
: 📚Humankind by Rutger Bregman is probably the best book I have read in the last 10 years. Part of the …
: Started working on a typeface based on my handwriting 2 years ago. Its not baked yet - because it …
: I am really loving the look of these Dan Cederholm books. While my brain is telling me to just buy …
: ⚽️ It’s great to have the Euros on while living in Europe. All the matches are at the perfect time. …
: The new ‘Reading Ruler’ setting on the Kindle app is a subtle but wonderful addition to a reading …
: 💉=🖕🦠 I know, very childish, but I feel in that mood following my first shot! Can’t get this …
: My yearly iPad issue continues. Seems the USB-C connector is busted (it works in only one direction) …
: Slowly been amassing this beautiful range of freely available printed material across a wide range …
: ⌚ Today is definitely a watch related day. Got a 60th Anniversary catalogue from Sinn and then this …
: On Email Pixels And like that war on the email pixel has been declared. I’m not going to say I will miss it. The …
: 🍎 I had completely forgotten that WWDC starts today. Nothing earth-shattering, just solid …
: I’ve linked to the Poetry Foundation before, but I just stubbled across this site again and took a …
: 💉 Vaccine-booking-day finally arrived in Denmark. Like everyone else around the world I have been …
: I was given access to a beta version of one of my favourite iOS editors. An already great editor …
May 2021
: 📚 Currently reading Human Kind. A Hopeful History. Just got to this amazing parable (apparently from …
: Its not every day that I decide upon next month’s subject and instantly have the image of the cover …
: I’m doing a ton of fun research at the moment about various paper products (will be sharing soon), …
: Issue 047 of In Abeyance is out. This issue is about Brutalism, a subject with seemingly infinite …
: Be A Man had me stitches. The Boston accent is just icing on the cake.
: Not sure how this happened, but apparently I have read on my kindle every single week for a little …
: I don’t normally talk about the weather, because I live in Northern Europe and the weather here is …
: Summertime and start to the weekend.
: Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill
: I have been on and off on the No-S Diet for the last year. I have since decided to jump back into it …
: I walk out my front door. The lift is to my right. Press the button. While waiting I fumble in my …
: For the last month there has been a steady number of new subscribers to my newsletter. It ranged …
: It really is incredible what my parents had to go through when they moved to Greece in the 80s. …
: So been looking for some Middle Eastern ingredients (you won’t find much of this stuff at the …
: 2 Micro Brand Watch Releases As I dip my toes into the world of watches, I have decided to play around in the micro brand side of …
: Even though I follow Frere-Jones on Twitter, I completely missed that they worked on a new typeface. …
: Pre-order the Built Environment Compendium Vol.1 When I set to work on Stet.Build, I knew that this was a longterm project. That the many pieces that …
: Spring has finally sprung in Denmark. It feels completely overdue but totally welcome.
: Can’t wait for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and the other networks to send me some stickers and a …
: It’s always a ton of fun when work starts on the next issue. All the possibilities of a topic I know …
: It’s been years since I worked on a website design in vector format (why waste my time when I can …
: Super interesting concept from Cal Newport about reading. The goal is to read two chapters a day. …
: Zane has recently discovered the work of Sir David Attenborough and is a new mega-fan. Drew him a …
: Its always a great boost when there is a huge influx of new readers to the newsletter. I then …
: Been wanting a photo that I can use online for a while now. Thanks to my wife and a lot of patience, …
: Issue 046 of In Abeyance is out. This issue is about Shipping Container Architecture. Also features …
April 2021
: Obsidian on iOS & Android is now closed beta. Super excited about this development. One of my …
: 🧩 Puzzle time with the kids. Was never a puzzle fan, but there is therapy in a 200 piece.
: Now that the manuscript is done, time to turn my attention onto the Stet.Build website. In dire need …
: It took 3 years, but I finally submitted my draft of the BEC to my editor. Incredibly I was only 23 …
: I will say creating an index by hand is the biggest ball ache ever. Pages has to automate this …
: That is annoying. There is a flaw in my book at the moment. No old style numerals. No idea how I …
: Publishing Streams It took a while but I finally reached an understanding of how to go about the self-publishing route. …
: Park bench & journal on a crisp unlocking day. Spring is nearly here.
: Pages on iOS I have been using Pages for iOS for the last year putting together several books and documents. In a …
: Been testing out Descript for editing podcasts. There is a way to do this right and a way not to. …
: So finally got an upgrade to my Swatch. While I do love that little thing, this watch from Vaer …
: So I have not had the misfortune of having to rely very much on FedEx for packages and deliveries, …
: Today is one day (to the day) that I started working on compiling my first book, the Built …
: He finally went ahead and did one, James Hoffmann on The AeroPress - episode 1 of course.
: Great short post by Josh Spector, Simple = Sustainable. I can definitely attest to this ideal. …
: Analogue Rabbit Hole In the spring of 2020, the world was going through unprecedented upheaval. Many across the world …
: Tone 100th episode of the Micro Monday podcast is up. Great overview of the short past and hopefully long …
: Easter weekend is over. I’m not going to lie, it went by way to quickly for me. I honestly could …
: Considering the insane weather we had today (sunshine, snow, sleet and crazy degrees of rain) …
: I had this idea nearly a year ago. I tinkered with something on this last year. Today I finally …
: 1st of April ‘jokes’ are such bullshit. The next time you think doing one would be a great idea, it …
March 2021
: Hoping to finishing the book this Easter weekend. Release is on target for end of May.
: Advise for those struggling to write on the web. Written 3 years ago and honestly could have written …
: Issue 045 of In Abeyance is out. This issue is about Seismic Design. Also features Vortex Bladeless …
: The year of learning continues - at least in so much as I can see what the next thing that I want to …
: The March issue of In Abeyance is in the can. Just need to draw the cover, which I have a pretty …
: Coffee is so difficult to nail consistently, which is down to the number of variables. It starts off …
: Been reading Zane his first proper book. Decided to go for some classics (on account that they are …
: First day of spring. Also, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. Also happy Na Ruz to all …
: It is all a little behind schedule, but it is getting very real now. Polish, polish, polish.
: It strikes me as odd that we have not considered where things are meant to go after they have served …
: Sensible Defaults Chapter 01 Introduction We all need a system that aims to reduce the noise and clutter that …
: In the truest spirit of the term, unlocking is in full swing in Denmark. Outside it is snowing, with …
: While it may seem that I am on a mission to collect all the iOS text apps, Quick Draft by giddyapp …
: One of the things that I have learnt much later on in my life is the power of iteration. When I was …
: I’m sure this was on Ngoc’s list for a while however by chance I dropped him an email a few days ago …
: It took me a lifetime but I finally learnt how to sew a button. Growing up my mother had an …
: I get it now. Yesterday after having discovered the recently added broadcast feature for Goodnotes, …
: All You Need Is 1 rather than 1000. I can totally get behind this type of thinking.
: This post from Arun about the Art of the Desk Setup is pretty inspiring. Following this I took a …
: I will say that Jason Snell’s hunt for the perfect iOS Markdown writing tool is a fools errand. I …
: Just when I was about to drop Disney+ they go ahead and add Star to the service. I can now catch up …
February 2021
: 🍺 The Danes really do make excellent beer.
: The last time I bought a Humble Comics Bundle was years ago. This Moebius & Humanoids bundle …
: Issue 044 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out.This issue focuses on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, …
: The tabs group feature for Google Chrome is a total game changer. It was in beta for nearly a year …
: Winters in Scandinavia are long affairs. Yesterday was the first signs of unlocking. Today we are …
: Finally finished red marking my copy of the BEC Vol.1. This is the first step before I submit it to …
: One more week of winter and you can start to see the first signs of unlocking. The birds have …
: Although not always discussed but my favourite piece of software this year has been the Merriweather …
: Since around November I have not really been following my no s-diet in the evenings. Breakfast and …
: 🍞Homemade focaccia this weekend.
: Yesterday I was reminded just how powerful Drafts is as an app on any platform. My only criticism is …
: New album by Steven Wilson, The Future Bites. February just got a little better.
: When I first landed in Copenhagen a little over a year ago and stepped outside for the first time, …
: I know this site is turning into a food log at the moment but when you dare to experiment and …
: On Marketing I have struggled mightily with working out how best to use Twitter. It is a tool with infinite …
: Garlic Lemon Chicken Greek style. I have Akis to thank for this. Just reminded me of what was always …
: Affinity 1.9. Arguably one of the best videos for a point release of an indie app. Love the music. …
: You’re sitting in the back of a tiny Fiat Cinquecento. Your then best bud in the back with …
January 2021
: 🍞 First attempt at ciabatta.
: Super indepth analysis of running a Successful Membership / Subscription Program, by Craig Mod. One …
: Issue 043 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This issue considers carbon capture and …
: Just really like the way this hippo is looking at me.
: Coffee I always knew there was an entire universe surrounding coffee. A bunch of coffee nerds talking about …
: 📚 The Spy Who came in from the Cold by John Le Carré is the first book of 2021. Excellent novel, …
: Also what are all the late night hosts going to talk about every day? Seriously. I think I just got …
: I think I just fell in love with Amanda Gorman. What a great poem and a great delivery and only 22 …
: Been looking for some easy wins for the morning. These five overnight oats recipes have been a real …
: Last one for today. Incredible poem. Good Bones by Maggie Smith - Poetry Foundation. Definitely …
: Time seriously flies by. Today marks three (!) years on Micro.blog. The last year being the most I …
: The first issue In Abeyance for 2021 is now out. Issue 042 is now out. The issue looks ferrock, …
: Hasta la Vista, America: Trump’s Farewell Address. A deranged finale for a deranged era. 99 cents. …
: Naturally, living in the upper northern hemisphere, the winter offers a unique challenge for us. …
: First chocolate chip cookies. These things turned out perfect. Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy …
: Fall of Democracy On a personal level, nothing that happens in American politics has any direct effect on my life. Not …
: I know its only snow, but can’t help be feel super excited about this development. I have not …
: Very first attempt at a snowman in probably over 20 years. Will make an even better one next time.
: We have been in Scandinavia for a little over a year now. Today is the first day that my kids …
: Sometime last year I fell out of love with science fiction. I know anathema! The truth is that maybe …
December 2020
: Maybe its because 2020 was such a basket case of a year that the Danes have saw sense but I feel …
: For prosperity, those sweet potato buns are on point.
: Year of Learning Having released a number of projects in 2019 (it was after all the year of release), the focus of …
: The last few months have been a bit of a whirlwind for my newsletter. I felt like I was not giving …
: Issue 041 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This is the last issue of 2020 and volume 2, the …
: As has become a bit of a tradition on this site, new colour scheme for 2021. 2019 2020 2021
: For 2½ years I have been working on Stet.Build. It has been some of the most enjoyable work I have …
: Diving into print on demand publishing, ISBN numbers, Ingramspark, KDP, Lulu and everything in …
: Following on my original statement about print quality from Lulu, I can confirm that the overall …
: First copy of the Built Environment Compendium Vol.1. 2 ½ years in the making. I’m still mulling …
: Spent the entire day building the kids first bunk beds. Mammoth undertaking (took me about 6 hours …
: Certainly not a protectionist view (I’ve never been to Estonia) and I feel patriotic for the nation …
: I’ve been looking around me and have realised that overall there seems to be an accumulation …
: 2021 is already looking better than this bitch of a year. Then you have season 3 of Cobra Kai as the …
: So we are not able to go to a bar, so we had the bar sent to us. Great evening of making 3 cocktails …
: Issue 040 of my email newsletter, In Abeyance is now out. Always feels good to get an issue done. …
: I’ve been looking for a Fracture equivalent in Europe and stumbled onto this Finnish company …
: This post from Derek Sivers captures how I feel about arbitrary celebration dates. When did my year …
: I honestly didn’t know that this was missing from my life, Korean-style egg sandwich with cheese and …
November 2020
: Story Exploder This is now becoming a bit of a tradition on this site. During the month of November …
: 30 of 30 As I stared outside I wondered how many others had made the switch back. Was I alone in the …
: 29 of 30 I switched back. Silence. Inside the alert module was not exploding around me, the …
: Yesterday we put up the Christmas tree. Yasmine tells me to get a smaller tree. So that is what I …
: 28 of 30 Humanity had reached its zenith and had succeeded in destroying itself. We couldn’t talk, …
: 27 of 30 At first the plan looked to be working. For a brief moment in time, humanity had the better …
: This years short story has been an interesting exercise of something not quiet going my way, until I …
: 26 of 30 What we also noticed was that after someone did manage to return from the Spectrum, this …
: The fall set of wallpapers by the Icon Factory is both amazing and free.
: 25 of 30 / Call Generations were lost in our pursuit of finding a way to stopping a our own …
: 24 of 30 / Provision To discover the thing that hunts you is also a part of you was existential …
: 23 of 30 / Capture An idea can be forgotten, remembered, captured, buried but never destroyed. We …
: 22 of 30 We had sent multiple skyminders into the Spectrum before. What made this time different was …
: Issue 039 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out, The Shinkansen. This is one of those topics that …
: 21 of 30 / Winter ‘We are deep in humanity’s longest and maybe last winter. We’ve been here before, …
: Productivity Methods Since I read Digital Minimalism earlier this year, I have been on a bit of a journey into more …
: 20 of 30 / Fade While she had faded from existence, her presences would be known in this place. The …
: 19 of 30 / Possible The Spectrum was a hard concept for humans to conceive of such a place, like …
: 18 of 30 / Dependence ‘Always remember that you have nothing to fear. Your dependence has been …
: In case you missed this, but iA announced they are releasing a new app Companies, like us, that are …
: 17 of 30 / Train Luciana peered at the glasses of golden liquid. ‘Time. What we need is time. We are …
: 30 day photo challenge complete (only showing 27 here). Will be good to post in colour again.
: 16 of 30 / Memory ‘Your memory might be young, Lieutenant Luciana, but your actions mask the fact …
: It’s been 2 weeks of writing my story in roughly 50 word chunks. This is part of the Micro.blog …
: 15 of 30 / Far ‘The decision to put the fate of humanity in the hands of our children was not taken …
: 14 of 30 ‘At first we had no line of defence for what was happening to us. You have to know …
: 13 of 30 / Guess ‘You just had your fourteenth birthday is that not right?’ asked the old lady. ‘I …
: 12 of 30 / Wear On the table was a decanter and two large wine glasses. Luciana took her seat at the …
: Currently listening to Simple Song by The Shins. Song of the autumn for me.
: 11 of 30 / Say The eyes belonged to an old lady who was looking down with focused intention. She …
: 10 of 30 / Elderly This was not normal. In the puzzling you were the hunter. Nothing was meant to …
: My coffee has been weak sauce for about 2 weeks now. I chalked this up to the coffee beans …
: Actually excited for the announcements later on today from Apple. It’s been a little over a year …
: 9 of 30 / Force The puzzling was distinct in that you were always doing the chasing. This was a …
: Issue 038 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This one covers one of my favourite architectural and …
: 8 of 30 / Bind Luciana’s subconscious switched back without missing a beat. Here she was running at …
: Wonderful bike ride across Copenhagen this morning. Sun was shining. Temperature was like …
: 7 of 30 / Inflate The human subconscious needs to be fed challenges. It is what keeps the brain from …
: 6 of 30 / Puzzling It was established early on, that while the body and brain can be put in a …
: 5 of 30 / Stoop In the suspended state your mind wanders; meanders. While your physical body floats …
: 4 of 30 / Near This particular attack was devastating in scale. Reaction was led by instinct, if you …
: Robert Fisk dies at 74. I saw him speak in Beirut with my brother 10 years ago. His work will live …
: I’ve not felt this anxious about an American election since 2008. I remember waking up in the …
: 3 of 30 / Astonish The exact nature of the attack was never the same. It just happened and it was …
: Hard to imagine but this is the first physical book I have bought this year, having made my …
: 2 of 30 / Concentrate We quickly learned that being in this state quickly brings about exhaustion. …
: 1 of 30 / Dreary Although confined to an aerial bunker, there was an ever present view of the world …
October 2020
: Today I went to the supermarket briefly. Its not the major weekly shop, as we get that delivered to …
: This Is the Coronavirus Election. Gruber doesn’t often write longer posts anymore, except when he …
: After about 5 months of getting The Economist every week, I’ve decided to put a pause on my …
: Ok that was unexpected. Went to pick up my iPad and they couldn’t fix it and just replaced the whole …
: Reading & Interacting Earlier this year I semi stepped away from the Micro.blog community. It certainly wasn’t anything …
: Issue 037 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out now, Enviromental Graphic Design. I did something a …
: Nutmeg. Red leaves. Colder weather. Longer nights. Gloves. Falling leaves. Rainy days. Mugs of …
: Had to take my iPad Pro to the shop. I couldn’t take the battery drain any more. Realising that this …
: Got an awesome email this morning from my ISP. They’ve bumped our internet speed from 50Mbit/s …
: Saw this in my RSS feed this morning and I am in the ‘Neutral Good’ category. However I …
: Experiments with pencils and a bag of water. #adayinthelife
: So annoyed. I really wanted to finally buy a new Kindle after using my current one for the last 7 …
: Typed Writing Modes Spent some time sorting out through my various text editors and how I want to organise my typed …
: You write. You draw. As you move your hand, the lines start running. With the running lines, our …
: There’s a notebook for that. Its taken a really long time but I have finally settled on my physical notebook situation that I use …
: Issue 036 of my newsletter In Abeyance is now out. This issue concentrates on adaptive façade, David …
: Outlook you are the worst. Sent out the latest issue of my newsletter (post coming) and some of the …
: I finally found a good place for stationary in Scandinavia, the Pen Store out in Stockholm. Ordered …
: Just finished watching David Attenborough’s A Life On Our Planet. As always the man is a treasure …
: A lesson in Wabi-sabi One of my many flaws, and one that I have struggled with the most, is my general nature to maintain …
: 🎨 001 / Doodlober I’m certainly not partaking in ‘Inktober’ this year (because Jake Parker) but will …
September 2020
: It’s been a real pleasure seeing the evolution of Micro.blog over these last few years. Slow and …
: For years I have always thought that a habit tracker is a very powerful motivator. So much so I even …
: Ted Lasso has been a great find these last few weeks. Just a really great way of starting the …
: Issue 035 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. Leader topic for this week is submerged floating …
: Two things that were reinforced today about something you create. The first is that the best …
: A year without a MacBook Since around 2007, nearly 12 years, I have relied on a Mac to get me through my projects. During …
: First scratch on the swatch. Totally forgot that this was a thing for watch wearers. Quick search …
: 🎬 Finally finished Roma. I barely watch any television these days, so when I do I want to make sure …
: Taking long walks on a Sunday has become a bit of a thing for me. It lets my mind wander a little. …
: 📚 I don’t typically like to give up on a book but Essentialism by just could not keep my attention. …
: This one is a day late but issue 034 ‘On Bridges’ of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This issue …
: So let me get this straight. The UAE no longer has diplomatic ties with Qatar, yet it is …
: 📚 Currently reading Essentialism by Greg McKeown. While the thesis found inside is fine (although …
: It took me weeks. It got to the point that Yasmine was sick and tired of me looking at watch …
: A life worth living. That is the ultimate goal that everyone aims for. A life they can look back on …
: For the last few weeks I have been spending a stupid amount of time trying to choose a practical …
: Over the last 3 months it happened. The thing that I have been wanting to do for years. Recognise …
: It doesn’t happen very often, once every few years probably, but new Smashing Pumpkins songs …
August 2020
: Jake Parker Plagiarized My Book. This is heartbreaking. I have participated in Inktober several …
: In the latest issue of my newsletter I shared the almost complete cover for my upcoming book, the …
: I did not expect to like Ted Lasso as much as I have. Great writing, very clever in many little …
: Newsletter Dos & Donts So you want to write and publish a newsletter? Based on my admittedly limited experience (when …
: Issue 033 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This issue has a decidedly Japanese flavour and …
: I barely watch any movies anymore (the thing has to be pretty spectacular to get onto my radar these …
: For nearly 6 years I used a bullet journal for my entire professional life. I found it provided me …
: 41 Took a long walk this morning to take stock and review the year that just passed. It has been a real …
: Around 10 months ago my MacBook failed after a healthy 2 year run. At the time I lamented this fact, …
: The Switch It turns out that one of the things that I have struggled with over the last few years is called …
: It’s humid and muggy in Copenhagen tonight. One of my fondest memories growing up in Greece, …
: Our neighbours packed their house today and left Copenhagen for good. They have decided for a more …
: It has been several years since I worked so long on a single piece. The features available to me in …
: For all the time that I have had my iPad it has worked flawlessly. I have mothered this thing, …
: 📚 Just finished reading Fortunately, The Milk (the Scottie Young edition). This interview is a great …
: 📚 Really looking forward to reading Talking to My Daughter About the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis. I …
: Not every day you see a bunch of balloons gliding above your head.
: First days of school and my heart is in my mouth. In a country he knows little about, with a …
: Issue 032 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out now. This issue we talk about hydrogen energy, the …
: Sometimes you need things to focus your attention on to keep you centred.
: Since the blast, I’ve not really spoken very much. Yasmine has obviously taken it particularly hard, …
: Every year on the 1st of August, the peeps over at Hobonichi start their month long ‘festival’ …
July 2020
: Daily Lynchpin Tasks Following reading Digital Minimalism, I’ve found myself circling around Cal Newport and his way of …
: Issue 031 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This is an important issue for me as I am changing …
: Ditching Mailerlite For 26 issues I have been using Mailerlite to publish my newsletter. For the most part the …
: Mohammad El Sharif I lost my uncle. My mother’s face crumbled on the call. She couldn’t hold back the tears. Neither …
: I could have given him my old iPhone 6, but I decided to go a little less digital. Zane is …
: Sometimes you need a good old think, a piece of paper and a pen to solve the difficult problems. …
: On our bicycle ride to Valby park, Zane asks me ‘Dad, what is the M-sign for?’. That son is for …
: One of the things that I have not managed to re-introduce to my life is the act of reading comics. …
: Issue 030 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This one has empathetic leadership, world energy and …
: Squaring a Round Peg Today I ventured into the office for the first time since the 1st week of March. A little over 4 …
: Micro Constraints Its funny how things click into place. 2½ years ago, I’d all but given up on having an online …
: 1500 I must have imported around 500 photos and posts from Instagram and Tumblr, which leaves around 1000 …
: In Denmark, kids draw things as big as their imaginations allows them, with massive sticks of chalk. …
: Kinda annoyed by the smudge…but only just. It’s the sort of thing that doesn’t …
: A small update about Affinity Publisher for iPad right at the end of this article. They cannot make …
: From earlier today. I’ve missed playing with watercolours.
: For years I have been buying art supplies and notebooks and all manner of stationary. Over the last …
: Danish summers. First you give me glorious sun. Sun like I’ve never seen before. Crisp. Pure. …
: Shapr3D looks incredible. I was looking for something like this a few years ago when I was …
: Also working on something else which has been burning a hole in my head for years. The year of …
: Working on something which has been burning a hole in my brain for a few months now.
: I have wondered about whether to use stock photography in my articles on Stet.Build and have decided …
: Issue 029 of my newsletter In Abeyance tackles architectural glass. This issue marks the halfway …
June 2020
: Not sure if he’s too young (he’s six), but I started reading The Hobbit to Zane as a bedtime story. …
: After nearly 4 years (maybe more?) on my Kindle, I finally finished The Shape of Design by Frank …
: Love this post by Justin Duke (of Buttondown fame), The luxury of atypical success. This is kinda of …
: In September iA Writer turns 10 years. Easily one of my favourite tools (digital or otherwise). …
: Out of Corona There was much said and discussed as the world gradually went into lockdown. The one idea that …
: On the road towards the culmination of 2 years work. Super excited.
: The Flying Gherkin is a series of children’s books by Fosters & Partners. It’s funny to see a …
: Dribbble has been a source of inspiration for a while now. More importantly however is that I enjoy …
: Sunday afternoon sketch while the kids play.
: These Dieter Rams Wallpapers from Arun are so great.
: Un-hijacked It’s now been 4 weeks into my digital detox, so its time to review how that’s been going. The …
: I know I am very, very late to the party but I can’t get enough of Wait But Why. So much …
: I have wanted to keep a sketchbook that I actually use on a daily basis for years. I would keep …
: Re-seeing the Tree Something felt off. I put the final touches on the latest issue and then we went downstairs for the …
: Issue 028 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This one was different. The tock issues are usually a …
: Week 3 of digital declutter…and it has been properly quiet. Both in my head and in my online …
: Every day after work we take the kids downstairs to the various parks around our house. It is one of …
: The last pieces of the puzzle finally fell into place. I was following around 280 people on …
: Having the mental space to do other things than wasting it on the internet introduces previously …
: Not sure when it happened, but the best way to read and experience The Economist is on the Kindle. …
: Reading the indepth interview that Miyazaki gave for My neighbour Totoro and today was transported …
: One of the things that my digital declutter has allowed me to do is re-evaluate how I consume and …
: Writing is often messy business. At least in those initial stages when a piece is not fully formed. …
: Two weeks into my digital declutter and this is what my mornings are now starting to look like. …
: We were talking about sleep yesterday (something we have talked about regularly for 6 years now …
May 2020
: Issue 027 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This one is all about wind turbines and easily the …
: That was the most captivating 40 minutes we as a family have had in a long time. I wasn’t alive when …
: One of the things about being hyper aware of where your time goes on your machine (because it’s not …
: Really looking forward to this SpaceX launch on Saturday. Hopefully we will also see the ‘worm’.
: It’s very strange to have any colour in iA Writer but the new highlight feature is a really welcome …
: While many swear by Marcus Aurelius and his Meditations. My favourite philosopher is Seneca. …
: I used to be a voracious reader. That seems to have been at least 10 years ago. Before my attention …
: As much as I love Ben Elton’s books, they have such shit covers. I mean, don’t judge a book by its …
: For over a year now I have written my bi-monthly newsletter exclusively on a computer. On the odd …
: Following on from theme this week, Don’t Be Evil by Rana Foroohar has jumped up my list of reading. …
: Looking outside my window is a reasonably busy road (by Danish standards), I think there might be at …
: For over a year now I have watched Seth Godin publish to his blog every single day. What struck me …
: Everyone gets 24 hours. My general perception was that we chose how to use those 24 hours. Sadly for …
: I’ve had my Kindle for 6½ years and today is the first time I came across the email your notes …
: Conversations vs Connections At the time I genuinely thought that I was lucky. Leaving the UK in 2009, coincided with Facebook …
: Digital Declutter I’m going on a digital declutter for a month. When I come out of this month, hopefully I’ll have …
: The plot thickens. nvUltra for iOS. Dammit and I had my text editor situation totally sorted this …
: Issue 026 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This issue is about 3D printing, the true cost of …
: YouTube algorithm worked this time. Why people believe they can’t draw - and how to prove they can.
: Incredible photos for the winners of the 2020 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
: 01 / Daily Sketch Trying to introduce sketching into my day.
: Incredible analysis of the general cost of solar and how all previous predictions (including the …
: Obviously there is much to love about the latest update to iA Writer. I’ve been on the beta for a …
: Since moving to Scandinavia, one of the weirdest things I am still learning to live with (in a good …
: I now understand why Google can ‘afford’ to give much of its stuff away while Apple continues to …
: A couple of interesting facts from the issue 025 of In Abeyance. Firstly Google uses nearly 5 times …
: Not sure if I’ve linked to this before, but the Simple Icons project offers an incredible …
: If Apple release Xcode on the iPad I’m going to learn Swift and release an app.
: I’ve been having fun discovering the simple jobs of things I bought years ago and now I have the …
: Went on a bit of an ebook shopping spree. Top of my list was Drawdown, which ‘describes the 100 most …
: Posting to my site and having full control of everything has been one of the most rewarding things …
: 🥖 Look, it took me about two months but I’m now on team bread making.
: We have a three day weekend ahead of us. Good time to reset my brain a little bit as it has running …
: If you’re looking for some more draw along with kids videos, DRAW with Jim Field are also excellent. …
: So it’s been an entire week on the No S diet. The first few days were relatively easy as I was …
: Issue 025 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This one is all about data centres and marries my …
: The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life …
: I now have no excuse. I used the last iteration of the MacBook for 6 years and loved that machine. …
: Doing some research for the next issue of my newsletter, I saw this table. Obviously blogging …
: A Five-Day Plan To Grow Your Newsletter. Josh has been nailing this for a while now. In looking at …
April 2020
: I was looking for an online habit tracker (phone based tracking just doesn’t work). I …
: Drafts for iOS Some people bake bread. Others collect watches. Some watch birds. I collect iOS text editors. …
: Finally got something Danish that isn’t groceries. I know it’s only a box of pencils but like Frank …
: Art is when a human being does something off-the-map, that changes somebody else for the better. …
: This report by The Economist on why America’s COVID-19 death toll so high? highlights a number of …
: It took two months but I finally decided to go the pro route for Drafts. I started tinkering with …
: This collaboration between Viking and Caran D’ache has definitely been added to my want list.
: 001 / Missing the Green Planet First episode of the podcast, where Zane talks about what he misses the most about Dubai. The Green …
: The thinnest of moons in the distance.
: It’s now been 6 months in Denmark. The first month was a whirlwind to try and get everyone …
: As sensational as Michael Moore can be, his movies bring the mic to topics people either don’t know …
: Awesome breakdown of the New York Times front pages during COVID-19.
: Over 100 short films that each look at a different piece of architecture in the UK. If you’re …
: Issue 024 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This one looks at the construction industry’s …
: These videos for Midori MD are awesome. All the more for featuring one of my favourite Polish …
: In light of other stationary porn being shared, thought I would share my favourite pairings. Muji …
: Ok finally gave in and started watching Tiger King. It’s like an accident on the side of the road. …
: Zane following along with Rob Biddulph and #drawwithrob - easily his favourite thing at the moment.
: I’ve been a little quieter than usual. I’ve actually been keeping real busy working on two projects …
: Oh my, when did this happen. Pages for iOS is actually a legitimately good app for setting up a …
: Today was the first time we took the kids out in 4 days. My mind has been seriously preoccupied so …
: ‘It will all be good again.’
: Routines Everyone is going through a number of changes in their lives and trying to adapt. It’s now …
: Issue 023 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This one was more difficult than usual to write, as …
: End of week four of living & working in the house. As we settle into our new reality, my old …
March 2020
: Life is happening when you look for it.
: In case you are on the latest iOS and your spell check stops working because you’ve linked an …
: Man, I can’t wait to be done with having to use the fucking iPad as a primary machine. iOS …
: Yesterday I was reminded of the single best trick from Atomic Habits, which is to stack your habits. …
: Carl De Keyzer spent 60 days in North Korea, where he was given unprecedented access to one of the …
: Cuba Sends Doctor Brigade to Italy. There is no other way to put it, heroes. As I was reading this I …
: If you’re wondering what the next few weeks are going to look like for your countries, these …
: One of the most important pieces of technology I’ve been using to really allow me to get …
: No idea if its the hand soap we are using or the combination of hand sanitizer and frequent washing …
: Years ago, when I was in University, Dan introduced me to the Iranian new year, Nowruz. He spoke …
: This last week has been physiologically brutal. A lot of thoughts and ideas in my head (just like …
: I don’t know what you’re thinking. — Head of a visiting Chinese Red Cross delegation Utterly …
: Shawn Blanc is giving away free access to his Time Management course. You need to use a coupon code. …
: We need some happiness and brightness in a world that is absolutely heading towards some real …
: This season of Better Call Saul is finally hitting it’s stride and showing us what makes Saul …
: Top working at home tip: You can use your iPad as a second display, even if you’re on a …
: Humans Build Like many I am currently grappling with what is going on around the world. Trying desperately not to …
: ‘This malignant shit funnel.’
: Like many around the world we are effectively locked in and self isolating. Family of four confined …
: #StayTheFuckHome. Title says it all.
: These social distancing posters by Bix are great. I had never even heard of the term till a few …
: Look no further than Our World in Data for the best internet coverage on the Coronavirus. They have …
: Incredible detail for the work that went into localising the deceptively simple and elegant app …
: That is some of the trippiest weather I’ve experienced in a really long time. Sunny, overcast, hail, …
: Sometimes the simplest apps hold the most power. Edit for iOS is one of those apps. Was reminded of …
: Issue 022 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This issue focuses on Energy Vaults, Microlino, …
: Dutch PM tells nation not to shake hands — then does. Nobody/nothing is laughing harder than the …
: Excellent introduction on how the use of colour within a space has a direct impact on how we …
: Cardhop has got to be one of the most impressive apps on iOS, it’s actually let me take …
: I’ve just realised why I’ve found it hard to keep in contact with a bunch of people, my …
: I finally sat down and really thought about how I want to use my iPhone & iPad. Turns out …
: Great video by Vox explaining why new diseases keep appearing in China and why these may continue to …
: The most dangerous app on my phone, for allowing me to waste my time, is Safari. The most important …
: One of the main areas that I feel like I have lost total control over in recent years are my 100s of …
: Finally, my credit nightmare is officially over. That took a month to get sorted out. I was able to …
: One of my favourite typefaces, Merriweather, has recently (3 months ago is recent in the typeface …
: Just finished the cover gallery for my newsletter In Abeyance. Writing and drawing this newsletter …
: First day of Unlocking. No better way to celebrate than getting home with the sun blazing brightly …
: What can you say with 2 lines? Turns out, a great deal. Artist Olivia de Recat Perfectly Illustrates …
: This thread on Twitter, regarding the future of the Editorial app for iOS is bittersweet. Even …
February 2020
: I’ve been really enjoying CJ Chilver’s recent series of posts on one of my favourite …
: All the pictograms for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics move. So. So. Great.
: The new Tot app is a quintessentially Icon Factory app. It’s opinionated software of the …
: iPad Revelations & Misery I really miss my MacBook. I’m a firm believer that using the right tool makes you happier and …
: After 10 years without access to formula one, living in Europe opens this possibility up again with …
: Having Drafts act as my conduit into Micro.blog makes me wonder if there is a way for it to act as a …
: In another ding against iCloud, if you find that files you created in iAWriter on your iPhone are …
: Issue 021 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out now and shines the spotlight on drones. This one was …
: So my daily photo posting (part of the Micro.blog February challenge) came to an end one week before …
: The latest issue of In Abeyance is totally kicking my ass this weekend. I’m nearly there, but …
: Zane’s drawings are getting increasingly more elaborate.
: I have found that deciding what to read next usually kills my reading momentum. It’s not for …
: I orginally didn’t really give Drafts a fair shake. It wasn’t until I tried it on the …
: This drone footage of Wuhan is soo eerie…even without the music (via Subtraction)
: ✏️ Somehow I completely missed the Musgrave Pencil Company rebranding. Total transformation by …
: He won’t be this small forever.
: 📚 Finally finished reading Binti yesterday night. It’s been a really long time since I’ve not been …
: Finally, Better Call Saul Season 5.
: It would seem that my iTunes account has been compromised. Damn it’s been rough since the afternoon. …
: Being in a country and a city that isn’t scared of public displays of affection (even ones as simple …
: Big day when sunrise is before 8am and sunset is after 5pm. Can you feel it? Winter is nearly over …
: Issue 020 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. This issue is about blade graveyards, cities and …
: Truly fascinating episode of Hidden Brain, regarding the use of clickers to teach humans. I’ve …
: It was pretty cold and windy, but that didn’t stop Ryan from enjoying the magic of a flower.
: Every once in a while you need a reset day. Just take stock of everything. Clean up the house. Make …
: I really like Nancy Pelosi. She really is bad ass and arguably the perfect foil to the 🍊. Take her …
: Sweet potato buns. Nailed it this time.
January 2020
: I didn’t want to believe this day would come to pass. I didn’t want to believe that a …
: Like many, I am following the Coronavirus. This is sadly only the start of humanity bearing its …
: Seriously America, get the 🍊 out of the White House. He exemplifies everything that is wrong with …
: A big 🖕 to the Chinese government for trying to put political pressure on other nations to …
: Totally missed this. Cursed is a book by Thomas Wheeler and Frank Miller. Looks awesome, and of …
: We are only at the very start of the tragedy that is the Coronavirus. The response by the Chinese …
: It’s the bun One of the clearest data points in our transition to Denmark is the nearly complete shift from …
: Isssue 019 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out, The Circular Economy. This one has a lot of noise …
: I’ve been wanting to capture our nomadic lifestyle in a series of maps on our wall. This might be …
: One of the things that I have been enjoying observing are all the winter costumes that people wear. …
: 🧁 So today the guys introduced me to the most ridiculously decadent pastry, even by Danish …
: 🍵 Finally got myself some Kukicha and Hojicha tea. Slightly more expensive than what I’m use to but …
: We needed something light and uplifting, so we decided to watch The Durrells. Still making our way …
: ☕️ I know Christmas is over but I have a few cups left of my Christmas tea blend left - you know the …
: Maybe it’s the free access to Spotify again (even though I used to pay for Apple Music) and …
: The research period of an article is always a series of rabbit holes and dead ends. Every once in a …
: Two Back in 2014, feeling that Facebook was not making me happy and after the initial euphoria of …
: Love these ‘chilled out’ lamps.
: Fresh smoothie in the morning by the wife? Win. Nearly 40% off the commuter pass when compared to …
: For a long while now the length of day mattered very little to me. Day Length puts a small smile on …
: When we first moved to Denmark, we ended up buying a few books on the iPad as it was easily …
: Finally getting to read the masterpiece that is Berlin. 20 years in the making.
: 13 places to find Beautiful Free Illustrations (via the excellent For the Interested newsletter).
: Issue 018 of my In Abeyance newsletter is out. For Volume 2, I’ve gone for purple.
: Finally reading The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover …
: Completely childish I know but the current POTUS (President of the United States) is totally one. Or …
: As I put the finishing touches (still need to draw the cover) for issue 018 for In Abeyance, I was …
: It’s funny how you can quickly and effortlessly get used to something. Case in point is the use of a …
: For all of the criticism laid on Twitter, yesterday I was reminded of its reach and network effect. …
: I’ve been meaning to do some Asian cooking at home. These videos by Adam Liaw are the perfect …
: You know when it snows a little and then this happens.
: The single biggest change anyone can make to their site is sorting out the typography. There are …
: Saving this to be devoured later. Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way
: “Explain this to me Martin. Why is the cheese in Denmark so soft? Every time I go to slice it …
: Woke up this morning to the news of the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. I fear that shit …
: This report from Arup presenting four plausible futures scenarios of the world in 2050 is a great …
: 2020 Theme 2019 was the year of release was one that set up foundations for a lot of the projects I wanted to …
December 2019
: 🧨 Happy New Year everyone. P.S To all the Danes that have gone absolutely batshit crazy with the …
: The journal on the left is for 2018 & 2019. The journal on the right is for 2020 & 2021.
: I noticed that my wife was spending time on WhatsApp sharing thoughts, ideas and links. So for …
: Ah FFS. A few days before Christmas the internet turned off (hopefully getting fixed tomorrow). …
: Bringing in 2020 with a new Incredible Hulk inspired colour scheme. 2019 2020
: Locking season is definitely over and we have finally entered Winter in Denmark. Today was insane …
: I cannot get over that blue sky. We’ve not seen it very often in recent weeks but it really is …
: Issue 017 and the last issue of the year (and volume one) of my newsletter In Abeyance is now out. …
: Just stumbled onto Yale E360. Possibly the best looking website I’ve seen in a long time. Fitting as …
: Sketch of Zane ‘showing off’.
: I used to have a Spotify account 10 years ago. I’m giving it a go again instead of music. The …
: Off I went to the different hardware stores in Copenhagen, in search of drills, drill bits, fixings …
: The Winter Solstice hasn’t really meant very much to me for the past decade. It certainly does now …
: If you’re into coffee and want something that can really bring some more flavour to your brew, you …
: I’ve left the digital garden go completely unattended while I try to sort out my real life. …
: As Sean said, ‘Closest we’ll get to eating at Noma.’
: TENET trailer, you had me at Syncopy. This looks like a mix between The Matrix and Memento. Can’t …
: Ok pretty annoyed I didn’t get a pic of the dude roller-skiing on the bridge in front of me. Never …
: My first authentic Danish meal. All the ingredients are known and familiar to me, however certainly …
: 11 No idea why I keep doing this to myself. I’ve finally upgraded my phone from a 6S, which served me …
: Sometimes you have to look at things from a slightly different angle to make them work for you. My …
: Setting up a house is pretty hard work. Setting up a home is even more difficult. Each steps brings …
: If you publish on the internet you should watch Sacha Baron Cohen’s keynote address at …
: I’m not going to try and hide my disappointment with how the British people chose to vote. Make no …
: I’ve toyed with writing a book called Parent Like A Librarian, which would have a very simple …
: Two Gifts I’ve seen a great number of people struggling with finding their voice online. They clearly …
: Ryan, Age 2 It’s Ryan’s birthday today. He’s turned 2. I realised that I may not have written how he was born. …
: I finally get what the fuss over Chai Lattes is all about. Thesethingsgoooood.
: While in Singapore this year I tried Mazamen noodles and they blew my mind. Definitely recommend …
: My Mac died on me a couple of months ago. I’ve been iPad only since then. The thing is if it was …
: It only dawned on me after seeing a couple ‘best of the decade’ lists that we are saying goodbye to …
: I lambasted Google for tracking and advertising…turns out the culprit was likely Apple. iOS …
: 💤 I’m soo exhausted. Can’t honestly remember the last time I was this tired from the top of my head …
: Today is moving day. After 3½ months of disruption we finally have a place with all our creature …
: Issue 016 of my newsletter In Abeyance is out. I have found that I am oftentimes looking to the …
: Great evening today between 3 dads, with very different stories to tell, comparing ideas and …
: Took the wrong bloody train to the hotel didn’t I. Luckily it wasn’t so bad. I will say that I am …
: On my way to Amsterdam for the first time. They confiscated my razor blades, I kinda anticipated …
: Been listening to the The Happiness Lab this weekend. Love the topic, love the music (which has an …
: Micro Fiction Writing The Mark was a really interesting and unfamiliar process to me. First of all it was written …
November 2019
: Throughout November I have been writing a story daily (a micro version of NaNoWriMo). It’s called …
: Stepping back into the world Odysseus looked around for a suitable host. Ah, yes that one will do …
: The Dezeen gift guide for architects and designers is on point. Plenty of really great (and …
: Odysseus opened his eyes. He was in the Agora sat next to Helen. She looked over, half hoping that …
: How to Read a Book a Day. I’m definitely going to be giving this a go for my next book.
: The gathen tried to resist the new host but it didn’t matter. Odysseus had taken full control …
: Bollocks. It’s the logicboard. While the price to fix it is pretty steep, it’s still a lot less than …
: Odysseus approached Asteer purposefully, his arm extended, aimed at Asteer’s gathen. ‘This is going …
: Still don’t like the look of this….truck…but the Tesla’s cybertruck comes with …
: Took my MacBook to the store to get fixed. Fingers crossed it’s a simple thing and not the …
: ‘They use extraction to take what they want, breaking our minds and bodies in the process. No more. …
: ‘Centuries and a new reality haven’t changed you. You’re still a self centred son of a bitch. How …
: Really loving Harley-Davidson’s latest electric bikes. The commuter bike is bold and elegant …
: ‘Since this place came to be, they have been treating us like common farm animals. They offer us …
: Google thinks that it’s being clever by using Google Maps to then feed me targeted ads on YouTube …
: Helen sat down directly opposite Odysseus. The table was adorned by a purple cloth, with golden …
: A couple of years ago I stopped buying Field Notes until I had used up the majority of what I had. …
: ‘What have you done to my gathen? How are you doing this?’ said a more composed Asteer. …
: iCloud syncing to iA Writer has been really poor recently. Dropbox has never given me a problem.
: Odysseus waved his hand in front of Asteer who suddenly found himself screaming out, ‘RELEASE ME …
: I was kindly reminded that I haven’t posted about the latest issue of In Abeyance. Issue 015 …
: Applonia was now standing right in front of him. Even though he had monitored her his entire life, …
: Helen of Troy had a daughter with Isaac Newton. They named her Applonia. She was the first child …
: And like that I’m 14 years old again, video game console logos. I’ve always been a Sega man. The …
: This article, The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter, by Jason Kottke couldn’t come at a better time …
: He tried to move but his feet didn’t respond. He tried to communicate with his gathen but it also …
: Apart from the great artwork, the latest episode of The Erasable Podcast has a great conversation …
: No idea what this anime face is for on a train ticket but I love it.
: So today I finally moved all my site analytics to Plausible. Another small step to supporting the …
: Entering the mind of a spectre was a particularly disconcerting experience. You were subjected to a …
: This November, as part of the Micro.blog community, a series of prompts were published every day by …
: The Mark was created to be where ideas were farmed from the greatest minds that ever existed. Rules …
: ‘Do what you must,’ submitted Helen. He touched her shoulder. Time stopped. All of reality collapsed …
: I’ve been slowly working through all the various architectural houses that exist in Denmark …
: Definitely feel like my mental health is better when I get to sit down and write for an hour or so …
: Everyone has one life to live. Except spectres. They have been afforded a second. Helen had …
: The Mark existed as a haven for the very best, and absolute worst, that humanity had ever produced. …
: Basecamp Personal launched. I used the old personal version 8 years ago. Really excited about this …
: Actually finding it hard to wake up at my usual time early in the morning - probably because it’s …
: See I would actually trade my beloved K380 for this one. You had me at backlit keys…
: ‘That’s good. I’m not interested in the how. I’m interested in the where,’ responded Asteer. The …
: Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration is now at the top of my reading list - via …
: She sat next to him on the bench and gave a hesitant smile. ‘Not sure how much assistance I can be,' …
: 👶🏼 Ah yes. I remember this period in a young child’s life. Beware parents the terrible …
: This place had gotten its name after those who had left their mark on the world. How that was …
: Asteer understood why he was anxious. Only a fool ignores his gathen. He finally made his way to the …
: For years I’ve always felt that my stories should be developed into comics. I had never even …
: Without a gathen no visit to a division was even possible. It’s what grounds you and acts as both a …
: It was hard to tell how long it would take to reach the Hellenistic division. Exits didn’t always …
: Late Nite Harp is a magical podcast from fellow Micro.blogger, Holly.
: It didn’t matter how many times he walked between divisions. The experience always left him in awe. …
: 🛴 Took a scooter home today, nearly ate the pavement during a detour due to some roadworks. Hairy …
: Entry wasn’t guaranteed as there was always the possibility that your mind might break. Across the …
: Asteer stepped across the threshold. Whenever you entered the Mark your perceptions are under …
: Charging an EV for the first time.
: Something was still bothering him. The gathen in his left ear started to burn. His body tensed, his …
: The flight felt long. Likely because he was feeling anxious. The weather was fair. This gave him a …
October 2019
: Got stopped on the way home by two guys who turn out they were from a local church. By the end of …
: I’ve been spending my walking time listening to Pimsleur Danish. It’s taken a real hit on my podcast …
: 📚 Just finished reading Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday. Glad I made it all the way to the end but …
: This really hit home for me. ‘Some of that $3.8 billion should go right now into humanitarian aid in …
: I’d completely forgotten about this graphic representation of my RSS feed on Feedbin. It’s the kind …
: Add Citationsy as another one of those micro-businesses that deserve some attention. Definitely …
: 3°C. That is what Siri told me after I asked what the weather was like. As a tourist that just put a …
: Got duped into cycling for 12km (there and back). Going there I definitely felt this was a bad idea …
: Shhhhhhhh. Be veeewwwy quiet!
: I didn’t want to update my about page with our new location as a family, until they were with …
: Yes is More. is an architectural manifesto by Bjarke Ingels (BIG), done in the form of a comic book. …
: Also, after 10 years of not being particularly critical about a place, it’s nice to be able to …
: Today I had my first disappointment in Copenhagen. I’ve been collecting my paper, cans, plastic and …
: It’s official, family will be arriving in Copenhagen tomorrow. Super excited for them to see the …
: So that’s it for me and #inktober this year.
: Just finished watching the first episode of Our Planet. David Attenborough could read his shopping …
: First time on the Metro in Copenhagen. I’m liking it. The trains have the same exact sound as the …
: I’ve fallen out of a really important habit recently that I absolutely need to embrace again. While …
: Copenhagen I’ve now been in Copenhagen for a week and have had a tiny bit of time to get a feel for the city. …
: In honour of my first time on an electric scooter.
: I loved these security deterrent balls in front of the parliament building (at least I think it is …
: So I finally tried a bicycle today (courtesy of Donkey Republic). I don’t want to recall how long …
: My favourite thing about the architecture in Copenhagen is that they are not afraid to use colour. …
: I’ve now been in Copenhagen for a few days and had a tiny bit of time to get a feel for the city. I …
: My first encounter with my new home away from home.
: 🍁 Autumn leaves. It’s been so damn long since I’ve seen these on the floor. I get seasons again.
: First pic of Copenhagen during the day. I’ve seen this bridge multiple times in our YouTube …
: The first thing I saw flying into Denmark that put a real smile on my face was the wind turbines …
: Moving from the deserts of Dubai to the coldness of Northern Europe means most of my clothes don’t …
: Off to Copenhagen today. Sadly I’m not going with my entire family as the wife’s visa has not been …
: Day 7 of #Inktober #micromobility #toyota #i-road
: The original mobility warrior. #Inktober #micromobility
: I’m really enjoying @timswast Inktober pixel art. This is just a fun month for art.
: Inktober Day 5. It’s all about the trike.
: Issue 013 of my newsletter In Abeyance is now live. This one was a lot of fun to research and write …
: Inktober. This is the most fun I’ve had drawing something on my iPad since I got it.
: Inktober continues to roll on for me. The big difference for me is the use of the iPad. Makes it …
: So I’m taking inspiration from @jakeparker for this series (in that he creates one large …
: Ok, I lied. I couldn’t help myself. Here’s my first sketch for Inktober 2019, inspired by our future …
: It’s been a while since I visited CNN Lite. It’s minimal nature is perfect for getting the main …
: iPadOS is terrible for mouse and keyboard support. Sometimes the mouse wheel works, sometimes it …
September 2019
: Procreate 5 has a few features that I’m actually really looking forward to. Specifically the …
: I won’t be contributing to Inktober this year either (on account that I have my own projects to …
: Daaaammmmnnnn. Mini Motorways is sucking way to much time from me. But I can’t help it. It’s …
: It’s a weird thing but I’ve been to several bookstores this trip and I literally have no interest in …
: Micro.blog Feature Request This is the second edition of the Micro.blog feature request post. Last year, I reviewed what I …
: @manton I guess Frank has never heard of Micro.blog :)
: You know what I miss? Long magazine articles spanning multiple pages, with a number of asides about …
: Awesome hashtag over on Twitter for Climate Action. If this much positive action doesn’t put a smile …
: One of the things that I’ve missed while living in the Gulf is real blue skies under a tree.
: Forced iPad Lifestyle This is interesting. I’m now being forced into living the iPad lifestyle as my main computing device …
: One of the things that I do when I’m on holiday is to buy a couple of magazines that I devour over …
: Last breakfast in Dubai. I have a nice and long post to write about what my thoughts on the place …
: So it’s clear that my MacBook is officially dead. Took it to the Apple store, tried a new adapter, …
: 🌚 It was a full moon a few days ago. The significance being that over the summer, my favourite thing …
: 💻 Oh no. I think my laptop has given up the ghost. Orange light in maglite adaptor is on but the …
: Finally get to start thinking a little bit about our new life in Copenhagen. Both excited and …
: Living from a suitcase for the last week has been interesting. Especially the food side of things. …
: 🎥 Just came out of Once Upon a time in Hollywood. Seriously, someone tell me what the hell I just …
: After 5 years I get to go to movies :). Tarantino no less. Such a treat.
: You’ve stacked all the things that need to be done. People to pay, things to sell and collect. …
: Last few days in Dubai. Have another mammoth day today for doing a bunch of stuff, fingers crossed …
: You had me at iPhone 11 Pro. I was honestly planning on getting a new camera, but the funds there …
: Moving out day. The house I’ve managed to live in for nearly 2 years! Considering my stupid record …
: I managed to get issue 011 of my bi-monthly newsletter In Abeyance out. Wasn’t sure if I was …
: Yasmine took this photo and it absolutely hit a real nerve with me. The way he’s holding the …
: And like that…it’s gone. It’s been our faithful companion for our 4 years in the …
August 2019
: Family away for the next couple of weeks while I sort out the house and get into my best Lenny …
: I sold my desk today. When I first moved to Dubai I decided to treat myself. I got myself a big ass …
: That’s 2 for 2 from Logitech. Combined with my K380 keyboard, the MX Anywhere 2S mouse is arguably …
: Just finished listening to episode 361 of 99% Invisible. I found myself enjoying it even more as the …
: The more I read about plastic the more upset I get. Thankfully there are organisations like the …
: Yup, I’ll be getting a copy of this book I think before I head of to Denmark. We’ve been meaning to …
: As someone moving to Copenhagen soon, I read these stories, and consider whether or not my future is …
: It’s all getting serious now. Selling a whole bunch of stuff that we’ve loved and used as we …
: Because it’s always good to give stuff on your birthday, here’s issue 010 of my …
: 40 40 today. I spent the first 20 years riding my bike. Listening to grunge. Learning how to draw. …
: One of the happier occurrences that has happened, in spite of all the disruption a move brings, is …
: Honestly, if you ever needed a reason to switch to Feedbin, then the recent set of updates to the …
: Denmark It’s official, we’re moving to Copenhagen in October. Living in the Gulf has provided us …
: It took a while but Zane finally has really gotten into drawing. For years it was an exercise of …
: All the feels in this video around the bystander effect. The one that completely caught my breath …
: While on the topic of Ecosia, their shop also adds to the tree planting directive. Buy a t-shirt, …
: I only found out about Ecosia a couple of days ago. I’ve more or less successfully made the jump …
: While I have all but officially given up on buying Hobonichi Techo’s, I’m always excited at this …
: Old Notebooks I’ve amassed over 60 Field Notes sized books, 15 Muji/Midori A5 notebooks and several A6 …
: Plain emails. As someone who has struggled with email newsletter design for the first half of this …
: I’ll just put this here for now…
: Spent some time sprucing up the success message when you subscribe to my newsletter.
: Yesterday I learnt a great new word, turgid (excessively ornate or complex in style or language). It …
: 11 years. That really gave me pause. Seth’s been writing to his site, every single day for 11 …
: I hope everyone is having a great summer so far. If you live in the northern hemisphere, chances are …
: This month’s topic for my newsletter is really, really kicking my ass. I guess it swings both ways. …
: So with our children, their growing up brings wider fruits but their infancy was sweeter. — Seneca …
: Just to follow up on my previous post on my carbon footprint. I just had my car registered and the …
: Pangolin. I didn’t know what this was and neither did anyone else. Zane knew and he wanted one. All. …
: I’d never considered my carbon footprint. The real culprit seems to be the food that we eat. …
: I think I may have found my new favourite website on the internet. It’s called Our World in …
July 2019
: The United Nations Carbon Offset platform is something new to me. Choose a project, pay some money …
: Seriously useful set of tips and tricks of becoming a better writer. There is something for everyone …
: A view from inside Tokyu Hands. All the colours.
: Wait, what? Nick Clegg is Facebook’s head of global affairs? What is this bizarro world we’re living …
: These 7 reconstructed ancient ruins are pretty awesome. Obviously the Parthenon being my favourite. …
: Funny place to be in at the moment. So we cancelled our holidays last week. Park of it is work …
: One of my favourite reads in the morning has been my very own site. Using the ’On this day’ plugin …
: Panic have my attention…even though I’m good for text editors.
: I’m super impressed by Rory Stewart and his take on politics. It’s a shame that he appears to be …
: It is somewhat late this week, but issue 008 of my bi-monthly newsletter, In Abeyance is out.
: It’s Comicon weekend. There used to be a time when this weekend was the most exciting time for …
: It’s Prime day and I’m actually in a little bit of a dilemma. My 6 year old Kindle Paperwhite is …
: The Moon Yesterday my youngest and I turned off the lights and looked up into the sky at the moon. Ryan is …
: Try as I might, the Hobonichi planner has never clicked with me - it’s a combination of the …
: One thing I will say about Singapore is that they definitely make things BIG. And I’m used to Dubai …
: In a weird sort of way, Singapore is the closest I can experience Japan, but without living there. …
: Advertising is the tax you pay for being unremarkable. — Robert Stephens
: On Orchard street. Couldn’t help myself. Found a nice little Chinese place for some food and beers …
: I spent a year in Doha discussing green facades. This however is the real deal in Singapore.
: Travelling on your own has seriously become a pretty smooth experience - especially when you are not …
: Not sure how I’ve not stumbled on Alex Denk’s website before now. I own Dark Mode for Safari, but …
: It’s a curious thing. I’ve noticed that the day after I send out my newsletter is usually a day that …
: So I’m off to Singapore for a few days. In an effort to avoid checking in any baggage, I decided to …
: I really don’t get Reddit. In fact, the truth of the matter is I’ve never gotten along with online …
: My brother mentioned to me that Malcom Gladwell has a Masterclass on writing. That’s $100 gone from …
: Issue 007 of my bi-monthly newsletter about the built environment, In Abeyance, is out. This issue …
: I’ve had a car loan for the last 10 years, across three countries. I’ve always had to …
: Federate or Connect 6 years ago I wrote a post, There was a time. At the time the web was looking like it lost something …
June 2019
: Widow’s Weeds from Silversun Pickups is easily the album of the summer for me. Just great from …
: Sometimes the digital is vastly inferior to the analogue. It’s not always the case, but I can …
: Bit of Mari Kondo this afternoon. Started off with my room. The hardest items are the ones that I …
: John’s usually pretty astute, however this line really stuck out at me: Fifth: Fuck this “sir” …
: Time can slip through your fingers at incredible speed. This time one year ago we were all on a …
: Well played Mr.Gladwell. Well played. The first two episodes of Season 4 of Revisionist History are …
: Happy to report that Justified is in fact excellent. That being said the first few episodes were not …
: I spent ages trying to sort out a dark version of my website. I finally sorted it out using this …
: WTF is up with these pen pals? Rather than tackling the issues, they’re busy sending letters to each …
: Fascinating survey conducted across the Arab world. In a region where this type of survey isn’t …
: 1000 I consider my life online across three distinct stints. The first ran been 2004 to around 2010. In …
: Powered By I’ve been writing online in some form or another since 2001. Around 2004, blogging really took …
: Big fan of Tom & Serge in Dubai.
: I’ve really gotten into a groove for what I use my iPad for. Mainly for drawing (on Procreate) and …
: Issue 006 of my bi-monthly newsletter, In Abeyance, about the built environment is out. With this …
: Nearly 10 years ago I left the UK. A lot can happen in a decade. Keeping in touch with friends has …
: Just watched the first episode of Justified. I’d give it a solid 6/10. I’ll give it a few more …
: Ryan checking out what he wants to drink.
: The System 5 months and 2 weeks into the year and I’ve just completed 16,000, written and edited, words. I’ve …
: Finally after 8 years in the Middle East, I’m finally living in a country that has Amazon …
: Couldn’t help myself. Twitter had Ollie. We can have…wait for it Molly. @macgenie …
: Great article about the Mac Pro by Arun. Arun’s website is one of the few that I seriously admire …
: Looking to make a meaningful change to your website? Go and check out Beautiful Web Type. If I was …
: Awesome work by Alpay Efe. His exceptional Bodies series really stood out for met.
: If you’ve got kids, and you’re done with the Donaldson library of books, then might I …
: I dare you to watch the second video for the Black Fly and not smile.
: Happy that we’ll be hearing more from this awesome couple. Sad that it’s via Spotify…
: Issue 005, of my ‘monthly’ (it’s moving to a bi-monthly schedule) newsletter In …
: Sneak peak from tomorrow’s issue of In Abeyance. Subscribe now over at www.stet.li/ia
: I’m not going to lie, I’m a little underwhelmed by the WWDC announcements. Maybe it’s because …
: The boys had a proper nature lesson this morning at the park. Tons of birds in the trees, a few …
: Seth Godin’s instagram is completely on point. He’s basically used instagram in two creative ways …
May 2019
: Haven’t bought and read an issue of Edge in decades(?), certainly 15 years.
: Like something out of Nausicaa
: 2018 National Geographic Photo Contest, wallpapers. There goes several hours of my life. Who needs a …
: Jamie Oliver’s empire collapses as 22 UK restaurants close. Sad news. Over the years I’ve …
: Coding your own newsletter is a total mugs game. I know since I’ve been playing it for a few months …
: While on the subject of good newsletters, James Clears latest, Martha Graham on the Hidden Danger of …
: Season two of Paul Jarvis’s Company of One podcast (which is a companion to his book). Man, I’ve got …
: After a solid year of wearing a fitness tracker, I’ve finally decided to give up on the practice. …
: I’ve been on a 90s music trip. Listening to Buz Luhrmann’s Everyone’s Free to Wear Sunscreen takes …
: Finished off this piece that I started earlier this year. Even found a permenant home on my about …
: One of the things I’ve realised this last year is that since around 2007 the web evolved into …
: A discussion between Michael Lewis and Malcolm Gladwell. These two have such great chemistry …
: While looking for some icons to use on my site, I stumbled across Feather. Fantastic project if …
: After watching the ending of Game of Thrones, go read The New Yorker interview with Emilia Clarke.
: If you’ve not had the chance to listen to 13 Minutes to the Moon from the BBC World Service, I …
: The more I use my site the more I see it as a digital notebook with a very specific task. It’s meant …
: So I just read This is Marketing by Seth Godin. I stumbled onto Seth’s work just last year, this is …
: I’ve had my Kindle Paperwhite for 6 years now. A couple of days ago I noticed a new interaction for …
: Things I’m reading: Time and Time Again by Ben Elton This is Marketing by Seth Godin Messy by Tim …
: The world needs this receipt design.
: The Pithos looks incredible. You also get a nice print to go with that pre-order.
: 🍿 Just finished the 2nd season of Cobra Kai. Takes everything I loved about the movie and makes it …
: Another awesome parenting moment. Today was Zane’s first ride on the bike, no stabilisers. That boy …
: Ramadan hours means I can spend a little more time with the kids. I honestly never take this for …
: I know I just put the latest issue of In Abeyance (read it here) to bed a few days ago, but the idea …
: New (and last) Cranberries album is something to savour. That voice takes be back to when I was 16 …
: Seems this book Under the Influence is a good read while we wait for @manton to finish off his book …
: It’s been a pretty stressful weekend that’s ended in a positive way. Being a father is definitely …
: The kids could not resist the colours at ELC today.
: Last quote by Milton Glaser (at least for this week): Here is the test: You have spent some time …
: The Arup annual report is out. Last year’s edition was such a revelation to me when I saw it. …
: Issue 004 of my monthly newsletter In Abeyance. This is the second part of my series on Hyperloop, …
: We had a little visitor who fell out of his nest earlier today. Kids loved it. Thankfully she was …
: I’ve been writing a journal every day for the last few months. It’s a small exercise that clears my …
: Cover artwork for issue 004 of my monthly newsletter In Abeyance. This issue was a lot of fun to put …
: One thing that I’ve noticed is that Wednesdays definitely feels like podcast release day. …
: This quote from Frank Chimero really resonated with me: Art is anything that’s better than it needs …
April 2019
: With only 281 posts, Arley Leal Mendoza’s Instagram is a must follow for anyone interested in …
: I will try and put a concise guide for those wanting to spruce up their email newsletters. All I can …
: A Year of Stet.Build A year ago today, while fighting my own demons from a professional disappointment earlier in the …
: Cobra Kai is back! Easily one of my favourite fun shows of last year. If you were a product of the …
: Great resource of ethical alternatives and resources. Covers the range from browsers through to …
: If you’re looking for elegant analytics for your site, suggest you take a look at Fathom. …
: Every electric car apart from Tesla’s offerings and the occasional BMW prototype has left me cold. …
: Every once in a while I’m reminded of how cool the internet can be. I’ve been trying to …
: Soo glad JJ’s back in the saddle for the last Star Wars movie. The teaser trailer has left me …
: It’s been several years since we came out to the Ripe Market. Good day out for the family.
: Super impressed with how straight forward it is to add good looking charts using Chartist.js I’ve …
: 🏖 Zane’s beaching it up today.
: I’ve only ever bought a single box of Blackwings, specifically the 344s. Today I rectified …
: Coding for a newsletter is an exercise in frustration. The number of variables (that are completely …
: Now that I’ve finally sorted out the Stet.Build website (it was the easiest to resolve), I can turn …
: Ok heard Kings of Leon in the background at the restaurant today and remembered how much I liked …
: Finally got a chance to finish a comic. It’s been way too long since I got into something this …
: Finally got the latest issue of In Abeyance out. Issue 003 is all about Hyperloop. This was a really …
: I’m totally onboard the new Joker trailer. My only comment is the color of the suit. I …
: Here’s the cover to issue 003 of my newsletter In Abeyance (comes out tomorrow). This will be …
: Last post about typefaces (at least for today). From one of my favourite type foundaries, TipoType …
: I stand corrected. Source Serif Pro does have old style figures & ligatures. Frank also says …
: On a related note to my previous post, Source Serif Pro now also comes with italics. Only came out 7 …
: I’ve recently updated my websites, kaa.bz and stet.build with some proper typographic love and …
March 2019
: The Qatar National Museum has finally opened to the public. On a personal level, I’ve devoted …
: It’s all about type this weekend. Really diving into the weeds here.
: I’ve been spending way to much time looking at Matthew Butterick’s fonts. Valkyrie is perfect for …
: What an incredible view of the people’s Vote march to Westminster. Hopefully this will have …
: Stay Micro One of the things that I’ve done regularly (and seen other do themselves) is trying the macro …
: Awesome little feature in iAWriter. Commented text (using <!-- --> ) does not contribute to …
: New picture book, Tomorrow I’ll be brave, by Jessica Hische looks great (I’m in it for the …
: I’ve missed Tarantino. The latest trailer for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood instantly gave me …
: After listening to the latest episode of Hurry Slowly on the way back home today, I’ve decided …
: So far building & maintaining a new habit has absolutely clicked with my brain. As I see it my …
: The world continues to go to shit. I’ve heard prime ministers and presidents all over the …
: 📚 Finally finished Atomic Habits. Great book that I’m actually running through again to try and see …
: Barak Obama never affected my life directly, however he existed in a world I understood politically. …
: K380 I recently bought the K380 keyboard from Logitech. Originally intended to be used as a replacement …
: Witch Hat Atelier from Kodansha Comics looks AMAZING. Coming out on the 2nd of April, think I’ll be …
: Actually love the new DXB logo.
: New issue of my monthly newsletter, In Abeyance, is out. Issue 002 is all about Photovoltaics. If …
: Nearly had a relapse today by reinstalling email onto my phone. I’ve been ‘clean’ …
: It’s letters like this, from Emmanuel Macron to the people of Europe, that upsets me the most about …
: Hey Baron Fig turns 5 today. My favourite product of theirs (which I own) remains the Three-legged …
: Picked this book from Ben Crothers, Draw in 4! Seems like a fun way of sketching little doodles …
: Been reading Atomic Habits. Really practical book to read if you’re trying to make changes in …
February 2019
: Next week issue 002 of my monthly newsletter, In Abeyance , comes out. Here’s the cover for …
: On a continued high to recapture my time to allow me to do other things, I finally dropped the cash …
: Disconnect Disconnecting from the internet until such time as it suits you is empowering. Just because we can …
: Feedbin has a great built in feature that I’ve not used very often. Click on the name of the …
: Finally tried oat milk. Happy to report it not only tastes pretty good, but all the gunky stuff …
: Tool Phone Yesterday was the first day that I put my phone in tool mode. Effectively everything that is a …
: Following on from my previous post, I’ve coupled RescueTime with some of the things I’ve …
: ⏰ I’ve downloaded RescueTime for my Mac, iPad and iPhone (tomorrow I’ll install if for …
: ☕ Almond milk in coffee looks disgusting …but it tastes pretty good. Ran out of normal milk…could …
: First bit of exercise I’ve had in months. No idea what’s happened to me recently but physical …
: 🚸 I guess this is part of the joy of parenting. Being there to see your two young boys play lego …
: 📷 Every last drop of that ice cream 🍦.
: This winter has been a pretty poor example of healthy living for me. Too many sweets. No exercise …
: Oh man not been into Instagram in a while. What a shit show. Ads every 3rd or 4th image. Likes! …
: There has been a ton of noise in my office about coding. I’m really liking what I’m seeing at …
: Tachyons is a pretty awesome way of creating layouts and prototyping. Certainly one to consider for …
: 📷 Clear blue skies at the office.
: My theme for the year is based around release. Last year was a year where I laid the foundations to …
: ✉️ The first issue of my newsletter, In Abeyance, is finally out! Go have a read and subscribe if …
: ✉️ If you’ve not subscribed to my newsletter, now is a great time to do it. Subscribe over at …
: Out with the old and in with the new. My yearly shaving cream switch.
: Oh yes. Today is Groundhog Day. Bonus: If you don’t feel like watching that film, then you can …
: You know that feeling when you wake up and think you’ve got school, but then your dad tells you that …
: I like Austin’s thoughts on February resolutions.
January 2019
: ⭐ Like many, I’m still dizzy after the firehose of Micro.blog customisation goodies that @manton …
: 🎙️ Really enjoyed the On Margins episode with Lisa Brennan-Jobs.
: 📚 Ikigai - The Japanese Secret to a long and Happy Life is the first book I’ve read in 2019. …
: I have eyed iFontMaker with a considerable amount of envy over the years. I even considered buying …
: David Attenborough is an international treasure. This clip of Prince William interviewing him gives …
: 🗞️ Excellent article on the New York Times, summarising the Arab League summit. The whole thing …
: I really hate being awake during the hour of the wolf. My mind gets filled with thoughts and getting …
: 🖖🏼Time to settle in and start watching Star Trek Discovery Season 2. It’s been a while.
: I really wish Feedbin also had the feature to convert Instagram user feeds into RSS in the same way …
: Jean’s goodbye to Facebook is how you should say goodbye online to a platform. If I did something …
: Really looking forward to the Spoke Design/Penaddict collaboration pen. Housing a Uni Signo DX …
: On This Day, One Year Ago ⭐ A year ago, on the 16th of January 2018, I wrote: It’s always hard to start something new. The …
: Like many Brits, I’m glued to my screen watching the circus that is Brexit. My hope is that this …
: My 2019 Actions Calendar is now ready to be downloaded. This is the 3rd time I’ve created one …
: Working on something to share. It’s 12 days too late (and likely a few more before it’s …
: This is as wintery as it gets in Dubai. A mild 18°C. Have the window open and feeling the cold …
: Sooo annoyed. My iPad is getting noticably hot on one part of the screen. Gone ahead and booked …
: I will be talking about my new project, Stet.Build. For now, if you work in the construction …
: Ryan is at another milestone again. Yesterday he began to stand up on his own. The whole thing …
: Been pretty quiet on the site, but that usually means I’m working on something. Should be …
: I did a few of these images back in the summer as I was learning and developing my new style. With …
December 2018
: Although I have a ton of thoughts about the iPad not being a Mac, this keyboard by Brydge really …
: Pretty sure you can’t upload a video to Micro.blog, but here’s a gif of the previous …
: Haven’t drawn Corgan in over a year.
: Great set of questions to work through and really help dissect your year that passed - via the …
: 🍿 Finally got around to watching The Incredibles 2. Maybe the fact that I am now a father with 2 …
: My mind has been completely blown away by how great (and complete) Procreate on the iPad is. I only …
: Ok I get the whole iPad Pro thing now. Thankfully I saw sense and got the 12.9" version. …
: 🎄 It’s Christmas Eve and the boys are in bed. Time to finish most of this truely excellent …
: Editing In 2019 I plan to finally start sending out a newsletter that I’ve been working on for around …
: The full moon is pretty spectacular tonight. Soo bright it looks like someone left on the lights …
: You know how for years the tech media proclaimed to have found the iPhone killer? Well, I have …
: Ok, I got myself an iPad Pro (12.9") for Christmas. I fear for the future of my art supplies. …
: Been doing a ton of research on photovoltaic technology. What I hadn’t realised is that it really is …
: Punkt is a company that I’m fascinated by. Certainly not for everyone. Their new MP02 mobile phone …
: This post here is what I love about iA and iA Writer. Their priorities are clear. Their …
: I am the mosquitos-killer 🦟 ! 2 in one night as they try to feed of the kids as they sleep. Not …
: Creating something meaningful is difficult. It takes patience and perseverance. I’ve been working on …
: Having a tough time with the piece I’m writing at the moment. However I’ve developed a very clear …
: Can’t believe it’s been an entire year since my youngest was born. I guess the first one paves the …
: It was great fun being on Micro Monday. @macgenie was a truly gracious host and may have put the …
: Imagine needing to charge your iPhone, laptop or car every 10 days rather than every day! Really …
: Partially unused image for my upcoming project, hopefully launching in 2019.
: I found out about Food Tube when I was looking how to make eggs. After Jamie blew my mind I’ve …
: It’s all about throwing rocks.
: Having cut the cord on cable TV, there are two things I miss. Live sports and great adverts (I …
: 🍿 I hardly ever get the chance to watch movies but on the latest Recomendo issue, I was gifted a …
: When I started using Micro.blog I decided to keep syndicating my words over to Twitter. Over this …
: Usually I love it when both boys are fast asleep in their beds, this evening is very different. Zane …
November 2018
: So it’s been three long years since we moved to Dubai. At the time I’d just read Marie …
: Drove for 5min this morning and a dreaded yellow warning signal comes up that oil is low. On the …
: No internet based network is whole. What I miss from Instagram is the output from visual artists. …
: Exceptionally fun pixelated tower from Ole Scheeren in Bangkok. I love when an idea is executed …
: Top tips all parent can agree on. The Yoyo stroller is the only one you actually need. Make sure …
: I’ve not specifically sought out any Black Friday deals, but I did benefit from the 50% offer …
: Now that one of my most requested features for Micro.blog has been made (a gallery of photos), I can …
: Depressing but astute assessment of the current state of Brexit. The surprising stat is the 700,000 …
: Missing from Micro.blog I don’t like to write about the system I’m using but I thought it would be good to check in a couple …
: The new Smashing Pumpkins album is such a treat for us fans. Solara, Alienation and Marchin’ On …
: Years ago, while in London, I would often turn to the movie Amelie in an attempt to help me relax, …
: I’m kinda over stationary. Once you’ve tried a bunch of things and realised that you …
: I always end up surfing the web looking at a bunch of awesome t-shirts. Then I realise that …
: The John Lewis Christmas adverts are an institution. The latest one is by far one of my absolute …
: Totally underwhelmed by the new Field Notes Winter release, Clandestine. The video though has got …
: Great trailer for Toy Story 4. I only found out that this was happening earlier this morning. Had …
: He had a great run, but alas Stan Lee has died.
: First rain have come with thunder and lightning. It’s been such a long time since we’ve …
: Awesome analysis of why tech companies are making custom typefaces.
: Podcasts for November 🎙️ Seeing as I’m in the car for many hours of the day (travelling up and down to Abu Dhabi), …
: The weekend is finally upon us and as always I’m hopeful of filling it with good activities …
: It’s been an exceptionally tough week, which is to be expected as everyone is working on …
: Finding your niche can feel like a life long struggle. Some discover it early on and continue to …
: This weekend’s mini project was making an adjustable snake knot camera strap. Went for some …
: All of my writing happens in iAWriter. All of my editing is happening in the Hemingway app. If …
: As much as I love October, really glad it’s finally over and can look forward to what November …
October 2018
: First proper halloween experience for Zane, which he absolutely loved. Got dressed as a pterodactyl, …
: This new iPad Pro is a great way to finally get into the iPad lifestyle. Glad I waited out for this …
: If you’re looking for a great alternative to the standard Apple case for your iPhone 6, 6s, 7 and 8, …
: If you’re struggling to write on your site, then consider a trick I’ve been using this …
: Inktober is nearly over. This one was done while I was on the phone.
: Went to the Big Bad Wold book fair (the biggest of it’s kind in the world). It’s so …
: 📚 Autumn reading. Second Ryan Holiday book this year. I still need to write the notes from my …
: You’re testing me Apple. I’ve abstained from your iPhone ploy this year (even though …
: If you’re looking to create something, anything really, then I seriously encourage you to …
: Operation start using your iPhone less and take your Sony mirrorless camera everywhere is beginning …
: Discovered Burro Blanco in Abu Dhabi a couple of weeks ago. By far my favourite Mexican restaurant …
: Definitely considering backing this chopstick set. The straw might now be as useful for me, but I …
: Jan Middendorp’s Dutch Type is truly a magnificent book. I would go so far as to call it the …
: Final Inktober image for today.
: The constraint for Inktober this year is the number of pens I’m using and the size of paper, which …
: I know I’m super late to Inktober this year, but better late than never.
: I can finally declare Autumn/Winter has begun here in Dubai. It’s been a really long summer so …
: My wife is forever loosing her iPhone. Top tip. If you login from another device on iCloud (and …
: Phones and Cameras After listen to The Minimalists on the Kevin Rose show, I came to a realisation. In my persuit to …
: Netflix has seriously changed how I consume some of my entertainment. Thankfully Better Call Saul …
: I stumbled upon a truly incredible graph today that showed all the various types of Photovoltaic …
: Happy Inktober everyone. I’m hoping to dip my toe this year and have an idea of what to do, …
: Everything old is new again. New faces in the office as our team slowly continues it’s …
September 2018
: Finally got the bluetooth in my car sorted out. It’s only taken a couple of years and $100 to …
: It’s getting easier to draw these scenes. The funny thing being that once I gave up on drawing …
: Ok I’ve not bought any new Field Notes in a year. I still have a healthy stash and could …
: These three F1 2021 concepts as revealed on the F1 website show a future of motosport that looks …
: Rough couple of days. Zane caught something from school, which he gave to me, which I gave to the …
: Not one but two great additions to iAWriter. Which reminds me that I need to take a deep dive into …
: Complet-ish but un-used art for my upcoming project. It was too busy for what I’m going for.
: My favourite feeling these days is that moment I step into the house, after work, and my boy Ryan is …
: Was hoping to get the Hobonichi Weeks Mega this year. Sadly out of stock, 17 days after launch!
: So when we bought the Q5 2 1/2 years ago what I didn’t realise was that although bluetooth was …
: Following up from my previous post, sometimes you need some bad sleep for you to work out …
: Well that didn’t go as planned. I’ve been working on a piece of art for my new project …
: Because one sketch deserves another…
: It’s iPhone X, or iPhone XS day! After 4 years I think I’m finally due for an upgrade.
: First attempt at using my new style with architectural style backgrounds - always the intention …
: Learning how to draw and sketch in ways different to what I’m used to. First up, cars!
: Fell down a massive hole that is Udemy. Never heard of it before and stumbled on it by accident …
: 🎥 So the wife and I finally watched a movie together. We settled on Tully. Great movie. It will hit …
: 🇯🇵 Hadn’t realised the extent of the destruction on Japan this summer. I have a huge soft spot …
: So the new upload function on Micro.blog is pretty awesome. Especially considering it works for gifs …
: So I discovered Tadama today. Probably the most elegant and simple pomodoro app on the Mac.
: 🏀 A month ago I went to the basketball court and nearly died from the humidity. Which idiot decides …
: Ok someone tell me why it’s taken this long for someone (thanks bro) to tell me about The Weeknd and …
: Use the negative energy you have to build something rather than mope around.
: Everything is a remix. This article on the inspiration behind Monument Valley’s levels is a …
: So now that Sunlit 2.2 has been released, I’m considering jettisoning myself from Instagram. …
: I just read Khaled Hosseini’s Sea Prayer, and honestly haven’t cried this much since …
: UGhhh. Came back to my car, parking sensor in the rear had popped in. Need to find a way to pull …
: Yesterday I asked for an alternative to Tinyletter and Buttondown was recommended. Having spent a …
August 2018
: Does anyone have a suggestion for a good alternative to Tinyletter, that is similar in minimal …
: Affinity Publisher Beta is out today! I’ve been waiting for a long time for this. With both …
: Finally pressed the trigger on a particular part of my latest project - this is a long term …
: Paul turned me onto Russell Brand’s podcast Under The Skin. I’m halfway through episode 03 with Adam …
: The full Hobonichi Techo 2019 lineup is now live. I’m going for the Weeks Mega (for work) and …
: It’s always a joy when I receive an email from Matthew Butterick - go subscribe if type is …
: After declaring tidy office bankrupcy, I’ve managed to get back on track. I realised that I …
: Publii is a static-website-building tool. Scary rabbit hole to fall into. Looks exceptionally well …
: I started wearing the Mi Band 2, 4 months ago and found it to be one of the best fitness trackers …
: We are now well and truly back in Dubai. It’s funny travelling around town yesterday you could …
: I genuinely thought I’d watched all of Chef’s Table. Somehow I’d missed the one …
: Oh man that was fast. So today I went to buy some vitamins (wife’s been hounding me to get New …
: 39 years old today. Where did the time go? On this day I always mentally taken stock of where I am …
: Trump’s Fall - My favourite part of this was definitely the Ernest Hemingway quote. I do think …
: What really happens to the plastic you throw away is both depressing and the necessary jolt many of …
: Being raised in Greece, I obviously have an affinity to the place. Varoufakis has been an …
: Its been five whole years since Ryder released his Bullet Journal idea to the world and solved …
: 🎨 006 - Crowd Trying something a little different with the feet, as the style continues to evolve.
: Still deciding whether the whole web-ring is a good idea or just currently badly executed. I like …
: My son has two modes, total fucking meltdown and an angel. Currently he’s melting down in the …
: Love this little olive tree.
: Been looking for a replacement calculator for a while now. This simple Digit Calculator might be …
: A holiday is a time to get your house in order. With less demands on your attention, you can afford …
: Bar Tartine in Zaytouna Bay was actually a really great spot for food.
: Shouf Biosphere Reserve On the weekend we drove up to the Shouf Biosphere Reserve. The only regret I have is that we …
: Sun has just come up. The city is starting to fully wake up. I’m on my second cup of coffee and I’ve …
: For yourself While it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that you’re writing on your website …
: Part 2 of the summer holidays begins. Breaking things up in this manner has been an interesting …
: The James Bond museum, at the summit of an Austrian mountain, is the most elaborate fan project …
: With a whole 10 minutes of using iOS 12, I can already tell it’s a Snow Leapard type of …
: Yes it’s ridiculously hot and I’m an idiot but damn if this isn’t the best work out I’ve had in …
: I’ve been waiting for Mateusz Urbanowicz’s comic work to drop. The wait if finally over with his 78 …
: It’s been a great long while since I’ve drawn anything. I’ve effectively given up on creating comics …
: I haven’t laughed this hard at something in a long, long while. John Oliver’s take on Facebook is an …
: The Hobonichi Techo 2019 Preview Festival is live. This was the first year that I didn’t get a …
July 2018
: An Ode to iAWriter Since April I have been working silently and diligently on my little project. I’ve still got a …
: In other news, really looking forward to the lunar eclipse that’s happening later on this …
: The Sons of El Topo is a sequel to the movie El Topo, by the genius that is Alejandro Jodorowsky. …
: Consistent & Incremental One of the single most powerful things that I hope to teach my kids, is to understand and appreciate …
: 🎥 Just watched Logan. It’s obviously not as a great as the comic Old Man Logan, which for …
: A story of two tickets. On the left is a ticket left under the windscreen of a car with 30% tinting. …
: Really excellent article on common webpage design mistakes. I’m guilty as sin of vertical spacing …
: One of the nicest things about using Micro.blog is the fact that you get to see the regular progress …
: I truly miss the excitement and wonder that comes with moving to a new place. The discoveries that …
: I didn’t know The Economist is also available for the Kindle (US, UK and Germany only). First month …
: The Comics Journal is coming back to print. That’s probably the best news I’ve heard in a good long …
: Watching Obama’s speech for the Nelson Mandela annual lecture. I truly miss the eloquence of a man …
: While the Amazon web interface for your reading/editing your highlights and notes for your Kindle is …
: Last few days have been a bit all over the place, which was not helped by the world cup final, but …
: Back in Dubai without the kids and wife is weird. This is the first time since the kids were born …
: Also using wifi from within the airplane is crazy…I guess technology is bound to move forward …
: 🎥 Finally watched Thor: Ragnarok. It’s everything you can expect and so much more (characters, …
: An example of what’s great about Lebanon…
: Last day of my holidays (tomorrow is a travel day so doesn’t really count). It’s been a …
: Who's Next? It’s been 3½ years since I came to Lebanon. I’d like to say that things have changed …
: I’ve been decompressing these last two weeks. Part of my brain is getting a little antsy but …
: Years from now, when you’re older (and likely taller than me), I’ll remind you how tiny you actually …
: Every 3rd of July my Feedbin subscription is up for renewal. Since July 2013, I have relied on this …
: For me the unmistakable sound of Beirut is the car horn which begins to propagate throughout the …
: Finished reading: Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth …
: One of the things that characterise holidays for me, is the ability to catch up on my reading. Top …
June 2018
: Went to a few of my old stationary haunting grounds. I came away with literally nothing. Either I’ve …
: Sitting. Slumped. Forward. His arms crossed over the back of a yellow plastic chair. His head buried …
: I noticed something on Instagram today which signalled the beginning of the end. Endless account …
: There are views and then there are colours #nofilter
: Yup we’re finally on holiday!
: ⚽ Really looking forward to the Argentina vs Nigeria game. Has all the ingredients to be one of the …
: Awesome write up from @cm on how to use Blot with Micro.blog. I have a lot more to write about this …
: ✈️ I remember when we used to travel as a family, my dad would get properly stressed out and …
: Been on a bit of a deep dive with Seth Godin. This Ship It journal looks like a great way of …
: Fitness I’ve now been wearing the Mi Band 2 for a couple of months. The data has given me the agency to try …
: The latest version of iA Writer for iOS is out. The two new features of note are changing the icon …
: That quote from Seth Godin is possibly the single best description of why you should blog every day. …
: ⚽ Notes on the Iceland vs Nigeria game: Hoping Iceland pull an equaliser against Nigeria, along …
: I’ve never been one to look up to people as role models and yet this quote, from Seneca, has …
: I stopped understanding this world back in 2016. The world’s tolerance to each other is exceedingly …
: I have a ton of books to get through this summer. One that has catapulted up the list is Ben Rhode’s …
: ⌚ The latest iteration of Mondaine’s smart watch concept is a solid design iteration on the previous …
: Bookending my black and white series of photos with Ryan in his feeding chair.
: Reading ‘Intergalactic Ed’ with the boys.
: A new edition of Blackwing volumes was just released, Vol.10001. Love the story behind it, but not …
: 💬 I’ve been going through my Twitter archive, to determine what I should ultimately import and keep. …
: 💬 I’ve struggled to define how I would use emoji on Micro.blog. I’ve decided that when I …
: ⚽ This match is turning out to be a complete classico. This is what the world cup is all about. …
: ⚽ After some pretty heartbreaking matches for Egypt and Morocco, we’ve got the very first …
: Manhood for Amateurs 📚 I finally finished a book this year, Michael Chabon’s Manhood for Amateurs. The book was …
: When I was a child, I used to be in complete awe of the thundering father clap 👏. The kind that only …
: ⚽ As we approach just 4 days before the start of the World Cup, these handy charts will be nice to …
: So the heat 🔥 has officially kicked into overdrive in Dubai, with the temperature hitting 45°C. No …
: Vertigo relaunches under Mark Doyle with seven new series. The three series that jumped out at me …
: My enjoyment of images is linked to presentation. A simple grid of thumbnails, not too small or …
: ⚽ This World Cup guide to all 736 players on the Guardian website is nothing short of astounding. …
: This episode of Revisionist History reminded me exactly why Malcolm Gladwell remains as one of my …
: This is the first time that I get to watch WWDC on my Apple TV.
: We made Zane’s first robot 🤖 that he could actually wear. It was all a bit last minute but I …
: I may have gone a bit overboard at Daiso today.
: Kickstarter & Me I thought it would be interesting to run some numbers on all the Kickstarter projects that I have …
May 2018
: It’s been an entire year since I’ve had my messages on my phone connecting to my Mac. …
: Today is Zane’s 4th birthday. After Ryan was born late last year, I have gotten to know Zane and …
: Poochytown is coming out in July. If you’ve never experienced a Jim Woodring story you are doing …
: So many excellent thoughts and ideas to consider in this article by Ryan Holiday about how to write …
: Does anyone know how to show the real return symbol on iOS? It currently outputs this monstrosity …
: Currently listening to Fatoumata Diawara’s new Fenfo album. Highly recommended.
: Ryan is absolutely fascinated by music. I stumbled onto this fact by mistake (it feels that …
: I’ve spent all of 5 min with the new Obscura 2 app, but coloured impressed with what’s been created. …
: You may have noticed that I’ve slowed down my posting on Instagram, likely not :). Either way my new …
: To say that I am excited about the new iA Writer 5 is a complete understatement. Thankfully the wait …
: My inbox has been absolutely hammered these last few weeks in the lead up to some email privacy law …
: My wife (every wife?) has been complaining that I spend too much time on my iPhone (she’s probably …
: I’m so deflated right now. Got a lot of shit going on inside and outside work. Saw this quote …
: After nearly 1½ years, I finally posted onto my Dribbble account. I like that it’s dedicated to the …
: This article by Ryan Holiday has seriously hit home at the moment as I move through my current …
: Finally! Ever since moving over to the UAE, I’ve sorely missed having FaceTime on my iPhones …
: Although Dropbox Paper is exceptionally well designed and is receives updates regularly, it’s …
: One of the prices you pay for living in the Gulf are dust storms. This is by far the worst …
: My engineering brain is thoroughly blown away by the Morpholio Trace app. I’ve been meaning to find …
: These yellow Kaweco special editions (Sunrise and Sunset) are pretty amazing. Just as good looking …
: Bought the Mi Band 2 today. The main reasons being the price, 20 day battery life and limited …
: We really do live in a world with a cornucopia of excellent text editors available on the Mac. My …
: Now that the initial euphoria is over and I’m knee deep in the production side of things on the …
: Seven. No, not the admittedly awesome David Fincher movie rather the number of years I’ve been …
: Yes I am watching the new Cobra Kai series; and yes, it is actually pretty good so far…
: I’ve been thinking about why something like Micro.blog has caught on with me, when Twitter …
: Importing my data from the various edges of the internet continues. Tumblr fell pretty quickly, …
: Little strokes fell great oaks. — Benjamin Franklin Showing up every day and moving the needle …
: I have been using the Bullet Journal Method for over 4 years (I know because I’ve kept them all). …
April 2018
: It appears that my hunt for a Gel ink refill capable of fitting into a Rotring 600 is …
: Of all the things that I’ve learnt this year, the power of creating a project by building a …
: The modest guide to productivity by Frank Chimero has come at the perfect time for me. I’ve also …
: Oddmar for iOS is easily the most stunning platformer on the iPhone…ever? If you’ve not …
: Absolutely love this time in a project’s life. The very start, where the battleground is being …
: I’ve not been this excited about a singular idea in many years and I keep thinking about this …
: Every month the Dropbox team have been adding new features to Paper. The new templates feature is a …
: After listening to the Kevin Kelly episode of Craig Mod’s podcast On Margins you might find yourself …
: Can someone please explain to me why Dropbox in iA Writer doesn’t work like it used to (i.e file …
: Time for an evening walk. Need to chase away these demons. Plus I ate too much crap this year and …
: Every day I put the oldest to bed, I look at the clock and I’ve got a few hours to myself…or so I …
: This concept of six seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Locking, Winter & Unlocking) by Kurt …
: Looking at getting a 3D printer, either the Prusa i3 MK3 or the Robo R2. The issue is you’ve …
: The Gimlet Media website is how a podcast network should be displayed, all about the art (along with …
: Finally wrote my third article on RMO, Physical, Digital & Mind. I’m mindful of sharing this at …
: For my short strings of words on the internet, I’ve consolidated to using Micro.blog. For all …
: Cuba After the Castros is an incredible photo essay on the BBC. In my 20s I spent a lot of time …
: Struggling with the Sunlit app. The app allows me to post multiple photos & add text. With the …
: Related to the previous post, this article by David Harper is essential reading for anyone …
: Just finished listening to the Todd Mcfarlane episode on the Off Panel podcast. I’d never …
: So the new Oman airport is actually pretty nice. They’ve got some nice touches, except as someone in …
: The latest issue of Kottke’s Noticing newsletter is an ode to bloggers and blogging. Definitely …
: Perspective You may have noticed discontent amongst some Micro.blog users, in reaction to the latest iOS app …
: Notational Velocity remains my favourite apps ever. It was last updated 6 years ago. The Archive …
: I hesitanted to get the first issue of the Full Bleed ‘magazine’ from IDW, and regretted it. Issue …
: Zane’s first coherent drawing! Every ‘drawing’ before this has been a scribble. You have to start …
: Tree is looking good. Started off as a stub of the tree has really transformed in 6 short months.
: In a different time, I’d totally be going to MEFCC this weekend. As I’ve grown older, …
: Art is for life (not the other way around)
: Ok, I have no idea what I’m doing here. Somehow stumbled onto Netflix and I’m 5 episodes …
: Inking complete. Loving the speed of creation on this one.
: Anyone have any idea how to import all of my Instagram feed in to Mb? Ownmygram imported the last 20 …
: Haven’t drawn these dudes in a while. Actually really missed them.
: I’ve not read a Spawn comic since #75, but the 6th variant of Spawn #286 reminded me of the power …
: Didn’t think I could find a better file manager than Finder on the Mac. I was wrong. Marta is …
: One of the things I really envy Last Week Tonight is their ability to come up with a wacky idea and …
: Do yourself a favour and listen to the first episode of Craig Mod’s On Margins podcast with Jan …
: Consolidate I feel like I need to quantify that previous statement, because I might not be alone. Over the last …
: In Micro.blog I feel like I’ve been given an opportunity, a second attempt at focusing my …
March 2018
: Writing on the web While going through my Twitter archive, I realised several things which are going to greatly inform …
: It’s pretty miserable in our household at the moment. The colds/virus/fever cycle has gripped every …
: That was amazing. A 25 minute walk can really chang your mood completely. It started with a clear …
: How to keep going I’ve been struggling with thoughts and issues on how to keep going (for a number of aspects in …
: Things coming together for the site. Going down the hosted Micro.blog route, I’m actually …
: After a failed experiment in importing my Twitter archive, I had to individually delete them all …
: I decided to import my twitter achive, which I now realise it’s littered with t.co links. …
: I think I’ve broken my micro.blog account. Imported 1800 tweets has wreched all havoc. …
: My experience with Tumblr fell short when it came to community. The service does get a few things …
: This story of older Japanese women are shoplifting to find community in jail is heartbreaking. As my …
: These Atlas guides from Stripe should will come in useful one day — via my favourite newsletters, …
: While searching for a pic of Michael Chabon’s Murse (man purse), I stumbled across this interview …
: My current reading pile: Letters from a Stoic — Seneca Ego is the Enemy — Ryan Holiday Ikigai — …
: I decided to clean up my often abandoned Kindle (from general clutter). Of course sneaky Amazon …
: There was a time when I would look at Formula 1 as the pinacle of technology mixed with motorsport. …
: Consistency and focus are the missing ingredients in my creative endeavours as of late. Pick a …
: One of my favourite things about the series Love is the effective love letter the series gives to …
: The Posh Pen Paradox: when writers and artists fear their tools - I can absolutely relate to this. …
: I haven’t checked out Panel Syndicate in a long time. In addition to The Private Eye, there’s …
: Schon Design splatter pens - Going to become available online. Finally!
: Hermetica - This kickstarter looks great. Already funded. Would not mind the book that gives the …
: One of my favourite things about Mb is the lack of friction in posting. There may or may not be …
: Slowly getting my creative juices 🥤 flowing again. Also I have an unwritten rule, if iOS shows me an …
: Mother’s Day in the Arab world coincides with the first day of spring and Iranian new year (which …
: First day of waking up at 5am again since January. Get some coffee made and get down to it before …
: Atari VCS - I didn’t even know that this was a thing. I saw a Mega Drive in the store the …
: Just marking today as the day that I start exercising and eating healthy again. Been meandering for …
: BIG day for the stationary world. Mark One pens released from Studio Neat and new Field Notes. Both …
: And while I’m here, this Brass Hovel sharpener from Brahman Design really does hit the sweet …
: This pencil sharpener, extender and transporter, looks pretty interesting. I don’t think …
: Last day of my kickstarter subscription ok Mb. You’ve done your job well @manton will be a continued …
: New pens coming from the Studio Neat boys. It was only a matter of time before they ventured into …
: Only Slightly Exaggerated - a Studio Ghibli-style animation for Travel Oregon.
: Don’t ask me how I went for this long on the internet without subscribing to Cool Tools.
: Yup needed that. Netflix’s Love, is actually a pretty good show that’s just weirdly …
: Start of the weekend. Going to definitely get into my project for the year after it got totally …
: Things are ok. Initial shock is over and I can concentrate on other things put some effort into …
: Also related to the above, did not know about The Good News podcast.
: Really great interview on Thoroughly Considered, with Max Temkin. Got me interested in actually …
: Lost in Space - Amazing what Netflix is doing these days with their series. It makes the reboot from …
: Top tip to all you kids out there. If you’ve got a young family, make sure to invest in some decent …
: It’s time to focus my energies on something positive. As a family we’ve had a rough few …
: Woke up in a much better mood than yesterday, but after our supermarket run, Zane felt …
: Sierra Leone Just Held the World’s First Blockchain-Powered Election - I’ve heard this as an …
: The day after is always more difficult. Funks don’t disappear on their own.
: I failed at something that I have been working towards most of my professional life. It’s a bitter …
: Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett
: Soundgarden & Kids Last night was the first moment shared by myself and my two boys. And a glorious moment it was. …
: In case anyone is into Crypto, my brother runs a weekly publication over at diar.co Definitely go …
: Here is my Microblog wish list: Drafts - jot down a thought now & finish it off later. Faster …
: Micro Monday : Easy one for this week. Go check out Marcelo, @mmarfil Thoughtful and pleasant.
: Man, I can’t keep my eyes open today. Hurricaine Zane (my 3YO) woke me up at 5am and …
: Krama Studio Rollerball The Krama pen I mentioned 10 days ago, arrived today. I’ve not had much time to play with it …
: On the iOS app for Mb, I keep activating the ‘menu bar’ while scrolling. Wish there was …
: One of my absolute favourite tools for work is Dropbox Paper. Love the implementation and the …
: Gotta say that I have been really enjoying Star Trek Discovery. Don’t particularly like the costumes …
: Good to know there is a place nearby with Moroccan tea.
: So I can definitely say that apps like Flowstate actually work in making you writing things down. …
: A new shipping company for independent artists, from the creators of Cards Against Humanity. …
: Hoban Cards produces elegant, minimal and affordable letterpress printed calling cards and …
: Five stationary stores not to be missed in Taipei. Discovering stationary from a different place is …
: It’s actually raining in Dubai tonight, which is a thing since it only happens a couple of times …
: Awesome. Zane dropped my 💻 and I think the screen is frakked. To be fair it is 4½ years old, but it …
: Down a Rabbit Hole Seriously fell down a rabbit hole yesterday. First was buying FlowState. This then led me to …
: Internet Lizard Brain It does feel refreshing to be back online and actually enjoying the process. I’m enjoying …
February 2018
: Ralph Breaks the Internet trailer - although this move is from Disney, it’s always felt like a …
: Although I felt that yesterday was a washout, I was about to convert my CSS to variables and damn …
: Ok, the boy is officially ill, we’re wondering if the baby’s going to catch it as well. Kids man. …
: Yup. Wasted the whole evening. Hopefully I’ll do better tomorrow.
: Finally. Does this mean I might actually start watching F1 again. It’s been years since I did.
: It’s that time of the evening where I decide to procrastinate for a little bit more than I …
: Great little resource for CSS snippets. My Mb site already uses a few of these, although I really …
: Excellent post from Brent on why Mb is different. Completely agree on the timeline (2005) and that …
: If I had an iPad, I’d also have an Apple Pencil. If I had an Apple Pencil, I’d also have …
: Published nearly 3 1/2 years ago, Jason Santa Maria’s On Web Typography has been sitting on my shelf …
: I’m sitting here at the end of the day wondering what to do with myself. I’ve absolutely …
: Finally got my notification for the Krama pen. That’s the thing with Kickstarter, they are presents …
: Considering it’s the shortest month of the year, the month of February has dragged on for me for a …
: Walking definitely kept the demons at bay. It’s been a rough emotional week. It’s always the case …
: Walking definitely kept the demons at bay. It’s been a rough emotional week. It’s always …
: Actually the series that jumped out at me are: Death or Glory Farmhand Echolands Jook Joint Proxima …
: Image Expo 2018 - this thing has gotten serious. Some pretty incredible looking comics coming out. …
: Really enjoyed the latest episode of the Unmade podcast. Favourite part was learning about this - ok …
: Feedbin Upgrades - I feel very lucky to have Ben create and manage Feedbin’s future with such …
: I’ll tell you what the most annoying thing about Mb is? I go to bed and the rest of America …
: Great little post and photo from Billy Corgan, on the two little girls (now women) from Siamese …
: Oh, just found out that Feedbin supports Mb! If only the Today Poster worked - it seems to be …
: So I’ve written the second chapter in my online book RMO. This sketch was the first attempt at …
: Also BIG’s website is super fun in that each project gets a pixelated icon, which I’ve …
: Had an awesome talk by one of the architects from BIG, reminded me of what I’m missing out on …
: The Blot.im website has been updated. Love the consistency with the updates. Between David and …
: Music of the evening is ‘Away we Go’ soundtrack. Such good listening for this …
: “How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” ― Ernest Hemingway,
: Micro Monday @amit simply one of the good eggs on MB. Go follow him.
: I am liking the new livery on the RB14. Matt pixel camouflage has got to be a first on an F1 car …
: Design is the process of going from an existing condition to a preferred one. — Milton Glaser Heard …
: Descript is the world’s first audio word processor, letting you view and edit audio as text. …
: I missed out on the Picasso exhibition in Dubai last year, I’m certainly not going to do the …
: Honestly don’t know what to say to you 🇺🇸. Speaking as a father of 2, who’s about to …
: This is the download of the San Francisco font from Apple. Didn’t realise you could download …
: I knew of the Courier Prime font, as all my comic work is written in the Highland app. What I didn’t …
: Finally! After years of depending on Notational Velocity it finally stopped working. Thankfully FS …
: Range of tiny pixel fonts that can be used.
: Absolutely amazing weather this evening in Dubai. Wish it was always like this.
: Awesome dude on the saxophone in front of the restaurant we’re at.
: 🙇 @manton github integration went through perfectly. Nailing the basic features dude, nailing them.
: The aim this year is to try and complete at least 2 projects this year for RMO. One digital and one …
: Unless this is just a warm snap, winter appears to be officially over in the UAE…
: Just discovered that then fountain pen emoji 🖋 has not been used on micro.blog - well apart from …
: Every subject has it’s own niche of enthusiasts that rally behind it. How much of say the …
: Also, Google Reader being killed off was GREAT! I get to use the amazing Feedbin instead. This is …
: I think people like Kottke and @Gruber are missing something fundamental about the state of …
: While I’m on this Dyson kick, he’s got a new book coming out later this year called …
: Oh did you know Matthew Butterick has a newsletter? Go subscribe. He’s also he’s got a …
: Just finished listening to James Dyson’s interview on How I built this (excellent episode …
: Every country has the government it deserves. — Joseph de Maistre
: What I’m really appreciating about Mb is how much better it is than blogging back in 2004. …
: After listening to @manton on Mac Power Users, trying out 🚀 app. Yeah I can certainly get behind …
: Welcome to RMO One of the fundamental challenges I faced towards the twilight years of my original stint of writing …
: Really enjoyed Kevin Rose’s interview with Rocksteady over on Block Zero podcast about …
: Obviously really looking forward to Alto’s Odyssey. Surprisingly my favourite part of the …
: A lot has happened in the open web since I last checked - as you’d expect. What I find curious …
: Online services I’m currently paying for: Service Yearly Cost Feedbin.com $20 Micro.blog …
: You know when you live in a large city, things happen around you and you have no idea about them, …
: Maybe I’m going to need to drop some hard cash for Marsedit now that I have a site again. Maybe, …
: Oh man, what have I been doing? 176 services I’m not using. This is going to take a long time.
: Finally using Deseatme to get rid of all of these blasted accounts! I’m everywhere….and using …
: Awake every night with the baby’s first feed. Problem I’m having is I don’t know how to go back to …
: Congrats to the iA team on their successful Kickstarter to bring the app to Windows. Can’t …
: Micro.blog Initial Thoughts Now that I’ve kicked the micro.blog tires for a few days, I can safely say a couple of things: …
: Currently trying to finish off Michael Chabon’s Manhood for Amateurs - bought it at my …
: I’m thinking about using Pollen to publish the final outputs made on RMO. In a weird way, I’m …
: Here’s what my home screen looks like. Trying the blank app hack to see if the lowered icons stick. …
: I tried reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, but the format didn’t click (although many of the …
: Internet Life It’s been a super interesting week for my internet life. After pulling away from it all for a …
: My knee is absolutely killing me at the moment. It’s progressively gotten worse over the last …
: Pinboard as Linklog As I start to rekindle my love for writing and publishing online again (I’m still trying to decide …
: Supply Shaving I finally got my Kickstarter backed ‘Single Edge’ razor handle from Supply today. This is actually …
: Apple Over the years I have bought a slew of Apple related products (for both myself and my wife). We are …
: Can’t help but be completely excited by the Falcon Heavy’s success (so far). I wasn’t born during …
: It’s that time of the year again. New Kickstarter for the Pen Addict live show. Quick …
: So I’ve been wanting a place to call my own for a long while now. The problem was I let the …
January 2018
: In case anyone is wondering I’ve restarted writing. Starting very slowly and hopefully building some …
: Absolutely love this print and Max’s style in general.
: It’s always hard to start something new. The main question is whether or not you’ll see …
: Yeah second weekend in a row and it’s all about the burger 🍔
December 2017
: About to destroy a Totoro like you wouldn’t believe!
: Zane’s home away from home - now all cleaned up. Maintenance work here is pretty rock solid.
: My Grandmother My earliest memory of my grandmother must have been when I was a little older than Zane (my eldest), …
: Crisp cool winter evening Dubai and my best friend and oldest son Zane
: Little Ryan (Rayan in Arabic) was born on the 10th of December. Zane now has a brother to torment, …
November 2017
: Coming along just nicely I’d say. #nature #trees #garden
October 2017
: I know I’m late and likely not going to achieve 31 drawings, still this exercise has been liberating …
: Never seen a tree come back to life before. This one was left from the previous tenant. 1 week later …
: Just catching up #inktober #inktober2017 #inktober2017day16
: You tell em Socrates! #inktober #inktober2017 #inktober2017day15
: #inktober #inktober2017 #inktober2017day14
: #inktober #inktober2017day13 #inktober2017
: #inktober #inktober2017 #inktober2017day12
: I know I’m late but I’ve been moving houses and work has been pretty crazy still #inktober …
: And another one #inktober #inktober2017 #inktober2017day10
: I know I’ve missed a bunch of days but I’ll catch up soon. Here’s the first one. #inktober …
: Can’t wait to tuck into these - once I’ve finished meditations #marcusaurelius #stoicism …
: The real Rocketman! #inktober2017day8 #inktober2017 #inktober #rocketman
: All caught up! #inktober #inktober2017 #inktober2017day7
: So 5 minutes before I drew this I was like - I’m done all my ideas are gone, and then pencil hit …
: Bit late for this one - but will catch up shortly. #inktober #inktober2017 #inktober2017day5
: No idea where these are now coming from. I’m just letting my pencil move, where it takes me I’m …
: Definitely didn’t start out with image in mind. #inktober2017 #inktober #inktoberday2
: Got off to a couple of false starts this year, but actually think I’ll follow through. Plan is to do …
September 2017
: Love it when the fog rolls in - reminds me that winter is NEARLY here :)
: Stoicism Every once in a while you stumble upon an idea that resonates with you. An idea that captures your …
August 2017
: Then and Now The truth is that I can’t help myself and keep coming back to these characters. I’ve honestly tried …
: Hamzi Abou Alfa At 7am, on Thursday, 27th of July 2017, one of my father’s uncles died. You see my father’s uncles …
July 2017
: Summer reading. What’s on everyone’s list? #reading #summerlist #drawnandquarterly …
June 2017
: Probably one of the fastest idea to complete image. #moonracket #lunarport #lunar
: WIP Moon Racket! It’s been a few months since I drew something fun. Sketched a bunch but no …
: #dubai #atlantis checking out some fish on a Friday morning
May 2017
: Notable part of this installation is the use of the newly minted #Philips #DubaiLamps - along with …
: Using the Insta part of Instagram a little more
April 2017
: Decided I’m going to read all of my comics first before I even consider buying something new. …
March 2017
: How my youth was spent - some amazing works, along with some pure garbage. Will dig deeper #comics …
: DXB bound for Athens after nearly …. 4 years?! Damn.
: #wip #affinityphoto #comics #moonracket #comicstrip
: Testing my rusty as hell water colouring chops. When you start at the bottom there is no place but …
: It’s all happening on my desk today. #watercolour #fieldnotesbrand #comics #characters …
: Definitely getting there. Next post will be for the inks #moonracket #drawing #comics #characters …
: My first #RMO project finally has come to life. Limited to an initial print run of 50 - moo.co.uk …
: You don’t need very much to create. Paper, an @fieldnotesbrand pencil and the best mechanical …
February 2017
: A great looking pin and a personalised thank you note - good mail call today @melvastype pin looks …
: Desk snap. Been a while since I’ve done one of these. #monoclemagazine #alphonsodunn …
January 2017
: #dubai yes you’ll find all sorts here one year after moving - every weekend
: When you’re much older I’ll look down at that corner of the desk with your teeth marks …
: My thoughts on Brexit So I honestly didn’t think that the first series that I would be writing about is Brexit. I thought …
: Someone REALLY didn’t want to wear the hat and poncho. #mexican
December 2016
: Newest of photos. A collection of well worn (otherwise destroyed) toys from Zane’s collection. …
: Tofugu is a Japanese culture & language site. Every once in a while you stumble on something on …
: I’m not really in the market for a notebook sleeve (got one a couple of years ago, which works ok), …
: I definitely want a copy of this AuthaGraph World Map on my wall.
: Excellent find today - Taste of Italy. That’s the beauty of Dubai, you can live here for a …
: Perfect winter morning in #dubai
October 2016
: The pencil tower - time to start taking photos around Dubai now that the weather is ok
: Bosnian Food - seriously somebody come and wheel me out #food #eat #stuffed
: 10 points if you can guess where I am headed to today - it begins with Sa and ends with …
August 2016
: Dubai sun. Summer is slowly coming to an end (another month or so if we are lucky). Got to come up …
: You don’t see one these very often….especially in Dubai. Go @thechangeinitiative …
: You don’t see one of these bad boys roaming over your head every day #dubaimall #dubaiaquarium
July 2016
: That moment just before you demolish a plate of octopus - so great #limassol #marina #cyprus #fish …
: Although the food was abysmal the setting was pretty traditional #cyprus
: Summer - in a plate #greeksalad
: Breaking away from the black and white version for a bit
: It’s been a while since I read a paperback - the Kindle has all but removed the need for that, …
June 2016
: Qatar Airways lounge - serious Bond villain lair aesthetics
: Starts You have to start somewhere. Creativity is borne oftentimes of constraint. While this is something …
May 2016
: Everything Else Enhancement Kit looks amazing. Still struggling to think whether or not I want this …
: Giving Up I’m not sure when it happened exactly, but somewhere along the way, I just gave up creating and …
April 2016
: Trying something different with the inking for Moon Racket! #nocrosshatching
: Doodling some postcards. Who knows might run some form of competition to get these in the mail. #moo …
: Reason #150 for moving to #Dubai - I get to enjoy walking around a lake with the boy
: View from the office. It’ve been here for 3 months and the view still doesn’t get old. …
March 2016
: I have to say that the pomodoro technique is working wonders for me and my creativity - seriously …
: Quick close up of the final panel - Corgan channels some Fonz….eeeehhhh
: What’s this you ask? More Moon Racket! Good to be back
: It’s the little touches that you remember when staying at a nice hotel. Elephant towel was a …
: Love it when mundane objects put a smile on your face #JBR
: Sometimes the hidden gems are found when you’re looking for something else. Ripe Night Market …
January 2016
: The best way to experience #burjkhalifa is not from the top but looking at it from all angles.
: Very proud of this little guy. #muji gel ink pen with a @nockco dotdash index card.
: #MOE baby No not the Ministry of Environment (looking at you #Qatar) no I’m talking Mall of …
December 2015
: View from the hotel. Goodnight people and may you all have a 2016 with more ups than downs - and may …
: 2016 5 months. That’s a really long time between updates. The truth is that I was creating things until …
November 2015
: Doha International airport - so soon old friend? See you tomorrow… Arghhh my carbon footprint …
October 2015
: Adventure in Stationary For years I’ve been exceptionally content with my choice of pen, the Muji 0.38mm gel ink pen, …
September 2015
: I’ve not published any Moon Racket! In a while, but couldn’t help myself. …
: The boy’s first geek t-shirt. 1980s #Batman
: Panel #3 of my new series. This is going to be decidedly different to my previous series. …
August 2015
: Hobonichi Techo 2016 It’s been a year already? The latest lineup for the Hobonichi Techo 2016 (in Japanese for now) is …
July 2015
: It’s all about the Japanese stationary #midoritravelersnotebook #sailorink #midori
: In the most over the top Mall in Qatar. Still though liked the colours
: Working on tomorrow’s strip #blackandwhite #ink #inked #moonracket #webcomic #panels
: Super excited to finally get some #boulet - sure it’s in French but I’m not even letting …
: I just published the first full colour Moon Racket! strip, Taking a Minute. I’ll be getting into my …
: I know it’s been a while, but I’ve been working my ass off at the moment, putting finishing touches …
: I’m considering using colour in all future Moon Racket! Strips. This is actually the second …
: Latest episode of my comic strip is online (4th week in a row). Link in my profile.
: 6 Bullet Points I’ve been following the Greek situation with keen interest - being the country in which I grew …
: So we got some take out today (Briyani) and it came in these awesome glass pots (completely OTT) but …
June 2015
: All of my used #fieldnotes #moleskinecahier #baronfigapprentice notebooks 15 so far
: Yay for homemade #pizza it’s been years since I attempted one - the kicker on this one, veal …
: One of the few landmarks in Doha - also an #Arup project #qatar #aspirezone
: Four Dials Recently I’ve started listening to the podcast Hello Internet - if you’ve not had a …
: Moon Racket! on Medium I’ve decided to use Medium as an additional platform from which I publish the new season of my …
: I’m super excited to announce that the first installment of my web comic (now in it’s second season) …
: I’m super excited to announce that the first episode of my web comic Moon Racket! (now in its …
: I got a bunch of Shinhan Art pens last week. I was so excited to use them that this little image …
: Love the colours you get in a well organised supermarket- this is #eatopiaqatar #qatar
: Been on a kick with these pens recently. Just trying out a bunch of options and colours - one of …
: Woz thinking about what he would like to stamp next #characterdesign #moonracket #characters #woz …
: Quick doodle to test out my new Shinhan Art pens - so good. #shinhanart #stationary #doodle …
: Moon Racket Website Update Ever since I ‘relaunched’ the Moon Racket! website I’ve not been particularly happy with the footer. …
: Hmmmmm Nutella bar #nutella #dubai #nutellabar
: I’m always passing this fucking teddy bear at Doha airport thought I’d finally take a …
: First in the series. A set of images I’m working on for the website.Reminds me of the Brady Bunch.
: Routine & Constraint Routine is everything when you’re trying to develop and build something. To aid the routine …
: Not sure how the idea came about, but this is effectively Alfie’s first appearance. I needed a …
May 2015
: One of the things that has been completely invaluable to us this first year of Zane’s life has been …
: Zane’s first birthday cake. It’s all about Baby Einstein #babyeinstein #birthday #cake
: Logo for a mystery project I’ve been working on for several months now. It’s early days still, but …
: Since I did Corgan, thought I’d try a new pose for Alfie as well #moonracket #comics …
: Practicing in the dying days of May. Unlike #Westeros winter never comes in Doha. Summer is …
: As a comparison to my previous post and to showcase the character’s progression I quickly whipped up …
: Continuing this series of posts on the evolution of characters from Moon Racket!, this is first full …
: The image that started Moon Racket. The incredible part (when you consider the physical and hardware …
: Traditionally I’ve been a huge tinkerer of my websites. Thankfully I turned a leaf last year and …
: As this is a process site after all, I’ll be posting many more of these collections as I start to …
: Good Citizens There is much to like about Tumblr and publishing on Tumblr. There are however some constraints that …
: Currently in inking mode on Season 2. Super excited to start publishing this soon.
: Inking for season 2 moving at a reasonable clip. Got tons more to do but this is actually one of the …
: Ephemeral Life Diaries You know what I miss? I miss daily blogging. 5 years ago, the last time I was blogging on any …
: The boy learning how to stand.
: FINALLY! #bulletjournal #notebook #leuchtturm #leuchtturm1917
: The inking has begun on season two. This is my favorite part of the drawing process. Where the art …
: The inking she has begun. Probably my favorite part of the drawing process when everything starts …
April 2015
: A whole bunch of awesomeness came in the post today. #midorimd #midori #fieldnotes #leather …
: Just released, my Moon Racket! Newsletter. Subscribe at www.tinyletter.com/moonracket . Link in my …
: Momentum I’ve been drawing Moon Racket for several years now. You wouldn’t know it, as I’ve …
: Trying something new in the run up to Season 2. Those strips are taking a long time, while these one …
: Was inspired after the binge watching. By far my favourite comic book character. Show lives up to my …
: It’s been a while since I’ve done some digital artwork. This is a work in progress shot of a print …
: And the other part of the doodle. First time I put all these characters together. #moonracket …
: Doodles and sketches on a Friday. #fabercastell #ink #comics #moonracket #unipin #uniball #midori …
: Something I’ve been working on for Zane. First piece of digital art I’ve done in a real …
: We’ve had the worst dust storm in #doha so it’s kinda nice seeing the car cleaned up. I …
March 2015
: My new obsession- blue lead. Man I wish I’d discovered the joys of this simple addition to my …
: The #nexus pen finally arrived today. Initial thoughts. The pen is much larger than I thought it …
: Breakfast of champions. Happy Mother’s Day, Happy No Ruz, Happy first day of spring #noruz …
: It’s getting much easier to draw these guys. #moonracket #inking #colour #cartoon #funnyanimal
: Corgan’s been through some tweaks ahead of the release of Season 2 of Moon Racket. Super …
: Some @pearlqatar action from earlier today
: Love customising my memo books. First time I do something to a Fieldnotes #fieldnotes #memobook …
: Best shave I’ve ever had - courtesy of my care package of @faboualfa that shaving cream is a …
February 2015
: In LA for 2 days - craziest business trip ever.
: Amazon Comment How often do you read a comment to a review on Amazon and can’t stop laugh? This comment for …
: A few things about this pen holder from @clickypost : The smell of the wood is incredible The …
: These Touch markers from ShinHan Art are AMAZING. #shinhanart #markers #moonracket
: 10 minute sketch of Corgan to just unwind a bit last night. Inks and colours coming soon #inking …
: Progress Report #1 It’s been a while since I checked in on progress for Moon Racket Season 2. My original deadline for …
January 2015
: Fog this morning was insane going to work. Never seen anything like it
: Hey I live in the gulf so you might as well get a photo of a palm tree at sunset.
: View of the compound clubhouse at night.
: I absolutely love these Oryx sculptures at the Qatar international airport. These should become mini …
: First sketch I’ve done of my son. First of many I’m sure - just warming up. #hobonichi …
: Tools used this holiday break. Was able to draw 10 strips for season 2 of Moon Racket - and have …
: The Wind The wind outside is howling. It’s 4am in the morning and I can’t sleep. Having a new …
: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding - Khalil Gibran
December 2014
: Distractions I’m currently on holiday, which typically means that I have enough time to consider various …
: Seaside views and walks in Beirut.
: I’ve waited a long time to finally use my hobonichi techo let the journaling begin. #journal …
: Can’t wait to crack this open. Great presentation. #logos #christmas
: I’ve eaten a lot of great burgers - you could argue that you can easily find a …
: Been nursing a terrible cold since the night before landing into Beirut - reading material while I …
: Examples of cultural heritage that is being lost in the name of bullshit residential …
: In Beirut for the next few weeks. Trying hard to fall back in love with the place. Three years ago …
: Stuff I’m working on right now. All #moonracket related. Season 2 baby. #comics #pencil …
: Been waiting a long time to try out these bad boys. My first foray into Gee Urban aka #jherbin
: Twinkles. Sometimes you need to spend some time on a particular character, over and over and over …
: Got myself some #baronfig notebooks for Christmas. Shipped them in via #Shopandship - got some …
: Meet the Twinkles for me series www.moonracket.com no two expressions are the same. An exercise to …
: My new mobile studio. #midori notebook all the way.
: Received my Takumi pen. Best thing about it is this photo:(. Pen doesn’t fully meet my …
: Mini session while Yasmine and the boy do some shopping. Working out something’s for Moon …
: We didn’t originally hit it off (that’s me and this Sailor Procolor 500) but after a bit …
November 2014
: My first Retro 51 pen - the black stealth model. #pens #retro51
: Inkaday #3 - More Jetpacks Because it’s clear I can’t get enough of Corgan with a Jetpack here’s a …
: Inkaday #2 - All the Cheese My favourite part of this exercise is sketching and inking something …
: Inkaday #1 - Where Am I? Inktober is over, but like I said, it was fun to do and actually pretty …
: Moon Racket t-shirts finally arrived. There really isn’t anything quite like creating something in …
: Inktober #7 - Flying High I know it’s not October anymore, but I had 2 more sketches that I managed …
: Getting back into Instagram. It’s all about Moon Racket www.moonracket.com
October 2014
: Inktober #6 - Take Off This was super fun. No idea where it was going until it finished. Sometimes …
: Inktober #5 - Retro Signs Something a little different for today. I’m working on the logo for …
: Inktober #4 - Walk with purpose.
: Inktober #3 - Loose yourself in the music The liberating thing about this exercise is the speed with …
: Inktober #2 - Me and my buddies Inktober sketches continue. I’m actually trying to work my way …
: Inktober #1 - Eastman Sketch of the new and improved Eastman (the character formerly known as Stan).
: Opens Flat If you enjoyed my last couple of posts, then you’ll love my new tumblr, Opens Flat, dedicated …
: Where the magic happens. Everything (apart from my computer) that I use in the creation of Moon …
: Super excited to finally have received these in the mail yesterday. I did also have one third …
September 2014
: Podcasts When I moved to the Middle East at the start of 2010 I used to listen to podcasts usually in the …
August 2014
: Hobonichi Planner I didn’t even know that this was a thing until recently. It’s not only a thing, …
: iPhone 4 Without a doubt my single most favourite piece of technology of the last 10 years has been my …
: There has been a lot of internet chatter about these pencils, enough to have coloured me completely …
: I have been working for Arup for a combined 10 years (my 10 year anniversary is in September). It’s …
: Greetings with a smile A while back (must be over 6 years ago), I remember asking Christos how things were going with his …
: Redesign Sometimes a design comes from behind you and actually surprises you. I knew that I wanted to have a …
: A Lesson It’s not every day that you get a lesson handed down to you via the internet, while …
: Pencils I posted this image on the Moon Racket! twitter account (you should follow the account, I talk all …
July 2014
: I’ve had a Pinboard account for several years now. I’ve used it reasonably diligently over the …
: I’ve launched a campaign for the 1st edition t-shirt of my comic book series Moon Racket!. Head on …
: Own a part of history with the very first official T-shirt for my comic strip Moon Racket! …
: Typography Although many will claim that there is still a great deal of work to be done to bring the level of …
June 2014
: Website Relaunch When I released Moon Racket! I was never happy with the website, as I felt it wasn’t a …
: Concerto During the last 9 months leading up to Zane’s arrival, Yasmine decided it was good necessary …
: Zane 1 week ago today that’s Thursday 29th of May, I arrived home and Yasmine is faffing around …
May 2014
: Get Organised It’s the quiet before the imminent arrival of little Zane. We’ve bought all the gear, …
: I absolutely adore these adverts created by AMC as their markers for the upcoming Emmy awards - see …
: Changes There was a time in my life where I remember that I resented change. It was something that I later …
: Internet Mortality So while I was searching completely different, I realised that out there on the internet was an …
: Is it dead? Is it dead? Or is it going to be die soon? I am talking about Scriptogr.am. The truth is that there …
: Re-energize I’d completely forgotten that this place even existed. I had imagined that my archives from …
: The best thing to happen to Google Reader is it’s death and the creation of Feedbin. Such a …
April 2014
: Focus and Freedom I missed this. For 10 years I’ve published to the internet through Broken Kode. These last few …
: Two things I take from the cast photo for the new Star Wars movie: That’s a real interesting …
: Process A few months after publishing the last episode of Moon Racket Season One, I’ve now finished …
March 2014
: Panel Sizes Moon Racket started out life on my iPhone 4. It was a method for me to actually use my latest …
February 2014
January 2014
: Season One Report Card Today marks 20 consecutive weeks that I’ve published a new episode for my online comic Moon …
: Inking Tools In early 2012 I started work on my first iOS app with my cousin. The trip was long and meandering …
December 2013
: 2013 in Review When you reflect back on a year, the hope is always to find a number of moments that put a smile on …
: Chroma Script Earlier this year I completed rewriting the script I have been working on for many years now. I …
: Lettering In creating Moon Racket, it was very clear to me early on that the lettering would have to be a …
November 2013
: Codanauts In early 2012 I was working on an app for iOS with my cousin. The second company name we came up …
: Fresh Starts Earlier this year I contemplated shutting down Broken Kode, a site that has been part of the …
: Weight Since I got married (nearly 3 years ago) I’ve put on around 10kg (around 1.5 stone or 22 …
October 2013
: Perseverance Maintaining focus with your side projects is a difficult task. Life doesn’t always give you all the …
September 2013
: Moon Racket, Episode 01 - Beginnings The first episode of my weekly comic strip, Moon Racket - I am …
: At Berts in Lagoona Mall doing a session. Writing, drawing, chilling with my Moroccan tea.
: Different black pens on my desk.
August 2013
: Look what I got for my birthday, now on my drawing table. I also got the amazing Sigma 30mm F2.8 …
: Muji Stationary - Sometimes the best stationary is also the most affordable. The A5 notebook, and …
: Bullet Journal - It’s not very often that something comes along and blows my mind. I’ve been …
: Type Hunting What a truly wonderful resource this website is. You could honestly spend hours looking …
: Finally completed the ‘Coming Soon’ page for Moon Racket (my online comic strip going live sometime …
: The Olympic City The Olympic City is an ongoing photography project by Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit …
: Hyperloop We’ve been waiting a long time for Elon Musk to reveal his idea for the future of public …
: And then follow this up with Dieter Rams As Little Design as Possible.
: One of my absolute favourite artists, Hiroaki Samura draws Manji from his manga series ‘Blade …
: While I’m down this rabbit hole. Otomo senior (that’s Katsuhiro Otomo) is releasing an omnibus of 4 …
: And a short film of how Shohei Otomo goes about creating his art. The most interesting part for me …
: Super excited about watching this documentary which follows 5 star architects through the process of …
: Tinker Hatfield interview Tinker Hatfield is Nike’s vice president of design and special projects. …
: I hadn’t realised that Tom Gauld has a Tumblr. You really should follow him.
: Omega Co-Axial Chronometer Advert Possibly one of the most enchanting ‘movie’ adverts you’ll likely see. The song is …
: The new Instapaper web beta When the betaworks team sat down with Instapaper’s creator, Marco Arment, back in April to get a …
: Every One Second on the Internet Incredible visual of the volume of actions on various sites relative to each other. Every One Second …
: Sticker Mule - Custom Stickers, Die Cut Stickers and Laptop Skins. This is all good research for …
: Bound Bound is a service that lets you create custom journals. Personally I have finally found my …
: Shiori Is a Pinboard and Delicious OS X client. It’s free and it’s pretty amazing. There are …
: And here is a 10 page preview of Paul Pope’s Battling Boy on Boing Boing.
: The Black Beetle, Anatomy of a Font I love Nate Piekos and his Blambot website has always been a great resource of comic book fonts and …
: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary While listening to the latest episode of the New Disruptors (one of the best podcasts if …
: In preparation for the release of my upcoming online comic ‘Moon Racket’, I’d really appreciate the …
: I’d never heard of Ilya Birman until this weekend. Forebruary is his latest project, however any of …
July 2013
: Tumbling Tips - As I continue down the Tumblr rabbit hole, these tips are a good collection to start …
: Back So the hiatus lasted about a month. I’ve had some ideas on what I want to do with the site. …
: The Toyota efficiency story on Kottke, really made me smile. I remember going to a Toyota talk in …
: The Fifth Mode Always start with a name. A good name. We have planes, trains, automobiles and boats. What if there …
: Hiatus I’ve been thinking that it’s important to take a step back from the site. There is a …
: Jony Ive Redesigns Things I laughed so hard at some of these. Unfortunately (or fortunately) what Tumblr is best at. Jony Ive …
: Chris Moneymaker Several years ago when I went to Japan, Gordon would spend a great deal of any free time we had …
: GrabLinks While I love me some Terpstra, I typically can’t use much of the things that he creates and …
: I’d never heard of Limbo until today (strange since it won an Apple Award last year at WWDC). In any …
: Own your Digital Image Comics Image Comics is now allowing you to keep the digital copies of the comics you buy from them - about …
: Write under the influence Sober writers love to use fancy shit like semicolons. Nobody likes to see a semicolon. I see …
: The New Vertigo Comics When Karen Berger left Vertigo comics it honestly felt like the imprint was in the process of being …
: Sabine Pearlman’s site has a massive collection of the cross section of bullets. (via Kottke)
: There Was A Time There was a time in the early 2000s, before Twitter was a thing, before Facebook was open to anyone …
June 2013
: Readers Google has officially killed off it’s Reader product. Like many others, I have been using Google …
: Fantagraphics Co-Publisher Kim Thompson Passes Away If you have any interest in sequential art (in all it’s forms, regardless of country …
: When I was a kid, I used to take my toys apart as I tried to understand what made them work. The …
: The Road is Long. Having not had a chance to play with iOS7 (yet), I can only go on what others who …
: The latest version of Byword 2 was released yesterday for all devices. The most exciting addition …
: It's me, not you This week I learnt a very clear lesson in what appears to work on Tumblr. I ‘relaunched’ …
May 2013
: Comparisons Coda Automotive filed for bankruptcy. Don’t feel bad, I didn’t know who they were …
: One of my favourite artists, Ralph Steadman is having an exhibition at the Cartoon Museum in London …
: 10 Minutes Per Year Fascinating post by James Allen which gives more details on how the Formula E series (debuting in …
: Tesla refines their finance markerting They were right, so we are fixing it and, moreover, upping the ante by providing the best resale …
October 2012
: Anton Repponen Anton Repponen - What an amazing little site. The work honestly speaks for itself, but damn …
: Creating Time Create Time - Nice article on the ‘creation’ of time and how you can do it as well. …
: The Noun Project The Noun Project - Amazing resources for icons. The website is something beautiful and stark and …
: Themes on scriptogr.am Themes on Scriptogr.am - For my prosperity as I get to grips with what is an isn’t possible …
: Yanapax Yanapax - In preparation for my online comic foray, this looks pretty interesting. Not sure if it …
: Byword The magic of Byword on the iPhone is pretty amazing. This little app is honestly the best of breed …
: Easy referencing Dropbox images in Scriptogram Easy referencing Dropbox images in Scriptogram - It’s amazing how quickly you can find …
: Broken Kode by Khaled Abou Alfa Broken Kode
: Exporting So tonight I spent a little bit of time playing around with Mou, and also exporting all of my posts …
: New Ways to Publish Without a doubt, Scriptogr.am is definitely the method that I would very much like to publish all of …
: Publishing from Mou Publishing from Mou - This is very interesting, in that this hopefully opens the doors for …
: Tent.is Tent.is - The irony of it all is that now that Twitter is integrated into iOS and OS X - I’m …
September 2012
: Further Reactions to the Muslim World I don’t typically link to myself, but this post by Brett Booth reminded me of something that I …
: If It's Hip, It's Here: Architect Zaha Hadid Kicks Up Her Heels, Or Lack Thereof- Again. If It’s Hip, It’s Here: Architect Zaha Hadid Kicks Up Her Heels, Or Lack Thereof- Again.
: Old City Blues Old City Blues - Cyberpunk graphic novel, done by a greek, set in ‘New Athens’. …
: Encore by Eric Canete Encore by Eric Canete - If you’re in the market for an expensive, but what looks like amazing …
: Shit Apple Fanatics Say Shit Apple Fanatics Say - Love these videos…because they’re true. Have found myself …
: The 9 Warning Signs of an Amateur Artist The 9 Warning Signs of an Amateur Artist - Embarrassingly, I found myself nodding to several of …
: Text Editors When I moved over to the Mac, around 5 years ago now, I searched for an alternative to my go to text …
August 2012
: Evening Edition Evening Edition - Billing itself as ‘the perfect commute-sized way to catch up on the day’s …
: The Comics Reporter The Comics Reporter
: Branch and Medium Branch and Medium - Good article on what these two new platforms are actually about.
: A Drive into the Gap by Kevin Guilfoile A Drive into the Gap by Kevin Guilfoile - Honestly, probably one of the nicest ways to promote a …
July 2012
: GoSquared analyses the London 2012 Games - Absolutely incredible website. My favourite part is the …
June 2012
: Surface - by Microsoft. There is a lot to like about this, mainly the cover doubling up as a …
: Oceania - The latest Smashing Pumpkins album is now available to download, buy or just listen to if …
: Cerebral Interviews Issue 04 - Vol 01 - April 2012 Cerebral Interviews attempts to capture the pop culture zeitgeist …
May 2012
: Variant Covers for Before Watchmen Variant Covers for Before Watchmen - Can’t hide that I’m disappointed that these exist. …
: Dan's Clarification Last thing I write about ‘The Talk Show’, I promise. So Dan posted a clarification …
: Ryan Woodward's Bottom of the Ninth Ryan Woodward’s Bottom of the Ninth - an animated graphic novel, looks and feels absolutely …
: The Talk Show Version 3 Yesterday I finally got a chance to listen to the latest episode of ‘The Talk Show’ with …
: The Talk Show Moral Ground Saturday morning, listeners of John Gruber and Dan Benjamin’s ‘The Talk Show’ …
: Blogging Less and the Reasons So over the years Facebook and Twitter have taken blog’s breakfast, lunch and dinner. People …
: Cooling Problems So over the weekend, we moved into our new house in Doha. This was the place we carefully selected …
: HTML5 + Grooveshark html5 + grooveshark - I’m not sure when the new HTML5 beta version of Grooveshark went live, …
: Living in Qatar It’s been nearly a month since we moved to Qatar, so I think I should finally start talking …
: Anniversary We got married one year ago today. My parents were stressing out about it, and made sure to tell me …
: Newsletter Page Cerebral Interviews newsletter page has been created. When I decided to have a little …
: Kowloon Walled City A rare insight into Kowloon Walled City - As a building services engineer, and someone who is …
: Valiant Return When I first got into American superhero comics in the early 90s, the two companies that completely …
: Cerebral Interviews: Issue 03 - Vol 01 The April edition of my Cerebral Interviews newsletter is out. If you want to read that, then go …
April 2012
: Cerebral Interviews: Issue 02 - Vol 01 The March edition of my Cerebral Interviews newsletter is out. If you want to read that, then go …
March 2012
: Doha I’m in Doha. This is the second time that I visit Qatar in the last year. 9 months ago Yasmine …
: Imagine with Lego Imagine with Lego - Absolutely brilliant series of adverts for Lego, my ultimate and favourite toy …
: Moebius Jean Giraud, one of the greatest masters, has died. I’m still not sure I’ve taken the …
: Apple goes back to the future with logo revamp Apple goes back to the future with logo revamp - I hadn’t realised that Apple updated …
: Frames Frames - from the chaps at Studio Neat, is a Time-Lapse and Stop Motion Movies maker, on your …
: Fran by Jim Woodring Fran by Jim Woodring - Jim is one of my comic book heroes. I only really got into his work several …
: Pens Continuing on from my series on Cognisant Design, this fourth article in the series, I’m going …
February 2012
: Cerebral Interviews Issue 02 The second issue of my monthly newsletter ‘Cerebral Interviews’ is out. If you want it, …
: The Best Icon Set on the Internet For the last 3 weeks solid I have been working with my cousin on our new venture. It probably see …
: iPhone UI Vector Elements iPhone UI Vector Elements - If you’re creating an iOS application, this little download is an …
: Start Developing iOS Apps Introduction Start Developing iOS Apps Introduction - While I may currently be unemployed….my god …
: Faveous Faveous - The place for everything you like…apparently. Yet another place to collect …
: Learn HTML & CSS Learn HTML & CSS - Doubt I need this book, as I typically buy coding books to not really get …
: Sparrow for iPhone coming soon Sparrow for iPhone - Is coming soon. Click on the link for some screenshots. Sparrow has made me …
: Table Taffy Studios Table-Taffy-Studios - The art of Sean Galloway and Ryan Benjamin. Also you can check out Sean …
: The Manual The Manual - Speaking of stunning books on web design and coding, this series of books looks …
: Das Keyboard For Mac Das Keyboard For Mac - I have to say I’m jealous of Merlin Mann and John Gruber’s …
: A Visual History of Daft Punk Helmets A Visual History of Daft Punk Helmets - I’m on a bit of a helmet hunt at the moment …
: Falling Skies Falling Skies - Ever since BSG finished years ago, I’ve not gotten into a new Sci-fi series. I …
: Iron Sky Trailer Iron Sky - Honestly I don’t know whether this is going to be great fun or complete rubbish. …
: Red Bull Stratos Red Bull Stratos - Came looking for inspiration of the helmet design, stayed for the insane idea. …
: The Cosmonaut The Cosmonaut - Interesting short film by the Vinegar Hill community.
: Fountain Fountain - What makes this is extremely interesting to me is that I imagine that this markup …
: Pinboard Yesterday I spent an incredible amount of my time sorting out my bookmarks. I know this sounds …
: Mike Dutton Mike Dutton - That talented bastard. People like him make me depressed and then determined to go and …
: New OK Go Music Video New OK Go Music Video - The kings of the music video (at least in the 2000s) have released their …
: Pears Pears - This is an interesting resource by Dan Cederholm of Simplebits. As always with Dan’s …
: LongReply LongReply - Is a service that lets you reply in a longer form to tweets. The interesting part for me …
: Paper.li Paper.li - Interesting service, which effectively allows you to compile your own …
: The Amazing Spider-man Trailer The Amazing Spider-man Trailer - Latest trailer for this movie, which surprisingly is looking pretty …
: X I’ve actually attempted to redesign this site several times in the past few years, but I …
: I Never Finish Anyth I Never Finish Anyth - This print made me laugh. Love it.
: Nooka Nooka - Never heard of or seen these watches before (and I remain a real traditionalist when it …
: Reflections at Keppel Bay Reflections at Keppel Bay - by Daniel Libeskind. Possibly one of the first completed works by the …
: Ferrari F2012 Ferrari F2012 - Typically (and I hate to admit it) Ferrari usually make pretty Formula one single …
January 2012
: Cerebral Interviews: Issue 01 - Vol 01 The first issue of Cerebral Interviews is out. All those that subscribed, please check your spam …
: Volkswagenu2019s Autostadt Volkswagen’s Autostadt - At first I wasn’t sure if this was real, or an architectural …
: Watchmen Prequels Watchmen Prequel - It’s official. The Watchmen Prequels are coming. The creative teams and …
: Distorted Lenses Distorted Lenses - is my latest site, best described as “Broken Kode for images”. …
: End of another Chapter Today marks my last day at PDP. As of tomorrow, I am effectively between jobs. In many respects I …
: App Icon Template App Icon Template - Excellent resource and something that I’m hoping to be using in the not …
: There Everyday There Everyday - This stuck with me as very true. Building your site’s following is down to …
: Bill Gates Interview Bill Gates Interview - Excellent interview with Bill Gates. It goes into some details with regards …
: Arup Design Yearbook 2011 Arup Design Yearbook 2011 - is out. As always there’s some pretty interesting project in …
: Cerebral Interviews newsletter Cerebral Interviews - The official Broken Kode newsletter, powered by TinyLetter. Been meaning to do …
: iBooks Author iBooks Author - It’s a mixture of Microsoft word and Indesign but you get the added bonus of …
: Sonora Sonora - A fast, lightweight music player for OS X. The killer feature of this app is speed. For me, …
: Second Crack Second Crack - Marco has finally released his Second Crack static file blogging engine. My issue? I …
: Bipolar The best way to describe 2011 was that it was bipolar - with such amazing highs and some serious …
December 2011
: Have Faithe, Be Merrie Have Faithe, Be Merrie - Go download this little Christmas song from Billy Corgan (was released …
: Automate posting in Wordpress from Calepin using IFTTT Automate posting in Wordpress from Calepin using IFTTT - I have a massive post coming up about my …
: Joao Ruas Joao Ruas - The clear successor to James Jean as one of those outstanding artists. When he first …
: Pixeled Mind Pixeled Mind - Go and download some excellent wallpapers that honestly fit in with my design …
: iPen iPen - Don’t own an iPad (yet, I’m holding out for the 3rd revision, always wait a …
: So It Goes The statistic I have heard was at least once in a person’s professional career, you are made …
: John Carter Trailer John Carter Trailer - Disney does seem to like these sorts of things. It’s like they’re …
November 2011
: Noah Case Noah Case - I like this case, but it’s extremely pricey to even think about. Still it’s …
: Roll Pen Case Roll Pen Case - From my new fount favourite website (Jetpens), is this truly awesome pen case. …
: Christmas Catalog | Tools and Toys Christmas Catalog - Some excellent suggestions for those wondering what to get your man this …
: Humans TXT Humans TXT - Interesting initiative. I guess this is the equivalent of an artist signing their …
: Minimal Fonts Minimal Fonts - Love Satellite and Walkway
: iPhone Computing Last week was the first time that I actually considered my iPhone as an actual computer. The reason …
: The Insanely Great History of Apple The Insanely Great History of Apple - Great print. Can you imagine the research that went into this!
: Environment and Workflow I know, it’s been a while and by this stage I’m probably talking to myself, which is …
: Sandwich Video I can’t get enough of Sandwich Video, which is the company run by Adam Lisagor. One of the …
October 2011
: Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses - Probably the funniest shit I’ve seen on the net in a good long …
August 2011
: Inkling Inkling - Definitely an interesting technology. Don’t know if it will be useful to me, but it …
: Like a Genius and a Sacred Whore Like a Genius and a Sacred Whore - One of my favourite comic book writers of all times, Alejandro …
: Loose Ends It’s been one of those weeks, where I’ve been tying a bunch of loose ends. Things that …
: Drawing for the President Drawing for the President - One of my favourite artists in the world (well when he used to draw on a …
: Sometimes there's a Man Sometimes there’s a Man - A rock opera for Back to Work . Love little side projects like this, …
July 2011
: Alan Moore Interview - Great interview on the Guardian website. Comics and Moore in general are …
: Amy Winehouse Dead Amy Winehouse Dead - She was a complete mess at the end of her life, but the one thing that will …
: CBR Comicon Index CBR Comicon Index - List of all the news coming out from Comicon in one handy location.
: The Massive ComicCon News: The Massive - One of the first things that I’m actually interested in. Dark …
: Strain Comic Adaptation Strain Comic Adaptation - Guillermo del Toro will be the ‘executive producer’. The real …
: Pen Type-A Pen Type-A - Want.
: Tax Evasion and the Greek Economy Tax Evasion and the Greek Economy - Excellent little article about the situation in Greece at the …
: The Mleeta Resistance Landmark The Mleeta Resistance Landmark - I’m actually completely lost for words, the Hezzbollah …
: COCHLEA & EUSTACHIA COCHLEA & EUSTACHIA Page 1
: Comics Journal 301 Comics Journal 301 - Love the fact that this thing will be a beast of a book, and cock full of …
: Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba: Killjoys Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba: Killjoys
: reMIND reMIND - Trying to get back into drawing again (things are finally starting to calm down after the …
: Top Shelf 2011 Releases Top Shelf 2011 Releases - It’s been a while since I’ve read anything published by Top …
June 2011
: TreeShirt - It’s not very common for me to see a Lebanese initiative that I honestly like, so …
: Sami Basri - The man behind the artwork on the upcoming Voodoo ongoing series. Don’t fuck this …
: Mad Men Season 5 Greenlit - The title makes it out as though this whole thing was Jon Hamm not …
: The Definitive Guide To The DC Comics Reboot - Great table by the iFanboy guys in putting all this …
: Update Due to the fact that I got married, moved to Beirut and still don’t have internet access, …
May 2011
: Mac Productivity Bundle Productive Macs Bundle - I’ve not bought a bundle in a pretty long time, but I’ve been …
: Place for Trace Place for Trace - Either going to make myself one of these, or I’m definitely going to be …
: Annie Wu Annie Wu - That Flight of the Concords print is most excellent. Love her style, definitely an artist …
April 2011
: Bill Willingham interview mammoth Bill Willingham interview mammoth - Seriously congrats on 10 years of Fables.
: City of Culture of Galicia City of Culture of Galicia - This project seems completely insane. The architects are Eisenman …
: On Office Magazine On Office Magazine - Excellent website for what’s going on in the world of contemporary …
: Todd McLellan Todd McLellan - Love this series so much. Will definitely try and get a print of the blown up Pentax …
: USM Haller USM Modular Furniture - Been looking for a modular way to store all my books. Can’t get these …
: The Art of Organising Your Thoughts Sometimes it takes a good long time for the penny to drop, even if you’ve been doing it for a …
: Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer - This looks interesting, except for a few things. The acting …
: Comes Together Just got back from work, I believe having said goodbye to the winter officially. Looking at the …
: Salt and Pepper Kitchenware I remember the first time I came into contact. It was in Greece during one of my many trips from …
: Society6 Society6 - Definitely something I would like to try in the future. I want to get back into regular …
: Webstock Past Talks Webstock Past Talks - Heard enough about these talks. Will definitely be checking them all out at …
: TaskPapered So the new version of TaskPaper (version 2.2.3) is out, offered at a great discount, which is nice …
: browserling Browserling - cross-browser testing in your browser. Finally a website that doesn’t suck for …
: Volkswagen Smart Key One of the things that I typically don’t do with most of my posts is come back and edit and …
March 2011
: Cognisant Design The thing that I naturally permeate towards instinctively are are the things that I basically want, …
: Markdown and the Future I’m sure I’m like seriously late to the party, but if I’m late, then I’m …
: The u201cqu201d trick The “q” trick - Posted over a year ago, but I’m only now starting to get into Notational …
: Read & Trust Read & Trust - Now see this is interesting. It’s basically a much better 9rules from way …
: Word Falling Out I’ve been writing for nearly a week now on a regular basis. Most of the time it’s just …
: Bonsai Update Good news everyone, my bonsai tree stopped shedding it’s leaves and today the leaves that are …
: iPhone Mess So I've been on an iPhone for a little over 7 months, and I've kinda stumbled my way through most …
: Card Distribution Yesterday was a day for the family. Yasmine and I got all the wedding cards yesterday (with most of …
: Bonsai So Yasmine got us a bonsai tree last week. So I did the geeky thing and downloaded this bonsai app …
: Harry Houdini Harry Houdini - Love these retrospective birthdays on Google. Like when they put Will Eisner’s …
: Architects' Sketchbooks Architect’s Sketchbook - Nothing in particular grabbing my attention, but it’s always …
February 2011
: An Ode to Notational Velocity Since I started with a new slate on my macbook (ie just reinstalled everything and started from …
: The Lost Thing | Official Website The Lost Thing - A short film based on the book by Shaun Tan. Love the feel, the website. A must …
: Navigating Mac Dialog Boxes Navigating Mac Dialog Boxes - This is one of those things that I honestly haven’t worked out …
: Help Nathan Buy Firefly Help Nathan Buy Firefly - The website address says it all. The best thing Joss Whedon ever created …
: A selection of Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts A selection of Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts - For my own purposes, wish this was done as a pdf as …
: Culture Culture - Must buy new Rhian Hughes book. Must buy.
: iTunes 10 and Mac App Store icons iTunes 10 and Mac App Store icons replacement ~ ANTREPO BLOG / A2591
: Mike Monteiro Interview Mike Monteiro Interview - Unlike most of DB’s podcats, the pipeline is a bit hit and miss. …
: Mortal Kombat Web Episodes Mortal Kombat Web Episodes - This is so dark, it’s brilliant. Some of the acting is a bit …
: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology Paul Haggis Vs. the Church of Scientology - Huge article on the topic of those nutbags (via Kottke).
: Save as WWF Save as WWF - This is a great idea,…up to a point. At work, I need to print things out, …
: TuneUp | Digital Music Management & Music Discovery for iTunes & WMP TuneUp | Digital Music Management & Music Discovery for iTunes & WMP
: Taylor Carrigan Taylor Carrigan - As I’m using several of the man’s icons thought I send him some linky …
: The king of Apple talk radio - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech The king of Apple talk radio - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
: Periscope Studio Periscope Studio Does Mad Men Art - Love this series, love these collectives of comic book artists …
: Personal Space Personal Space - Great promotional video for KLM’s personal space. The very final scene is …
: The King of Limbs The King of Limbs - New Radiohead album, yes! After In Rainbows with the boys back to their best, …
: Amazon Windowshop Beta Amazon Windowshop Beta - Probably been around for a while, but I’ve not seen anyone talk about …
: Going to Greece So I’m off to Greece on Saturday. This is my first time off since I started work in Lebanon …
: NoteSlate NoteSlate - I really hope this thing gets made. Having this at work would rock so hard it’s …
: ZIIIRO ZIIIRO - I love the thought process on these watches. I would never replace my Raymond Weil watch, …
: Does Egypt Need Twitter? Does Egypt Need Twitter? - Malcolm Gladwell on the use of social media in Egypt.
: News Desk: Does Egypt Need Twitter? : The New Yorker News Desk: Does Egypt Need Twitter? : The New Yorker
January 2011
: Creator Profiles Creator Profiles - Paul Gravett has done the heavy lifting for you and given you the major comic …
: Watch Kevin Smithu2019s Post-u2019Red Stateu2019 Sundance Speech; Read His Explanation of the Distro Plan | /Film Watch Kevin Smith’s Post-’Red State’ Sundance Speech; Read His Explanation of the Distro Plan | …
: The Difference So I’ve been reading and watching a whole bunch of stuff recently about the User Interface …
: Anil Dash Anil Dash - See that’s what I’m talking about, a bit of good old fashioned blogging. …
: RSS5000 RSS5000 - Damn I want an iPad just for that (well and a bunch of other things, but I’m waiting …
: There really isn't much of a "tablet" market There really isn’t much of a “tablet” market - Excellent post by Marco Arment, who …
: Josh Groban Sings Kanye West Tweets Josh Groban Sings Kanye West Tweets - Possibly the funniest shit you’ll see on youtube this …
: On Moore Over on CBR, Jason Aaron has written a little article in his Where The Hell Am I column where he …
: Banking Wankers Seriously, I will LEAVE this country on the basis that the banking sector is a complete and utter …
: Numbers 04 Damn, the whole news years thing came and went by and I didn’t get a chance to finish off my …
: One Hour Today is a slow day. Three days off, I’ve decided I’m not going anywhere today, except …
December 2010
: Numbers 03 Shifting towards something a little more personal, the biggest part of 2010 and the most impactful. …
: Numbers 01 This post is all about the numbers. It’s about being the 1600th post on Broken Kode, the 51st …
: Numbers 02 Continuing with my year end review, I talked about blogging in general, now I get down to this site …
: Numbers This post is all about the numbers. It’s about being the 1600th post on Broken Kode, the 51st …
: Comics Reporter Feed See now that it is weird. Over the years I’ve heard sooo much good stuff about the Comics …
: The Indie Mac Gift Pack The Indie Mac Gift Pack - I know it feels like a bunch of adds on the site right now, but seriously …
: Fusion Ads Holiday Bundle Fusion Ads Holiday Bundle - Apart from the insanely great bundle, I can’t help but absolutely …
: The Experiment Rages On So, the first part of this experiment is complete. I’ve basically spent the last 3 weeks …
: Thoughts on the Google Chrome Webstore If you’ve not been to the Google Chrome Webstore, go have a wonder around there and come back. …
: Facebook Visualizing Friendships Facebook Visualizing Friendships - AMAZING visualisation of Facebook connections.
: The Top Ten Comics of 2010 The Top Ten Comics of 2010 - by the New York Magazine. Predictably going for the indie market, but …
: Transient Man Just been listening to the Sidebar nation, and they have this fasinating interview with El Coro, …
: Troop 142 Troop 142 - Speaking of online comics, this is by Mike Dawson and is an online graphic novel, …
: Comics made on the iPhone I’ve been drawing a panel a day of my new comic. It’s going to be an online comic that comes out …
: Tired Feeling drained after that long trip to Syria yesterday (and back). It’s the first week where …
: Five Just got back from Syria for a day meeting. Apart from the long trip and the limited food (they …
: TeuxDeux TeuxDeux - To do lists are one of those things that every person does in a different way. …
: The Web Designer's Guide to iOS Apps The Web Designer’s Guide to iOS Apps - This should be an interesting read. Not heard much from …
: Twitter Fuck For all those wondering what the hell is going on the ‘Kode and this larger (than normal) …
: Art by Illustration Master Adam Hughes Art by Illustration Master Adam Hughes - It’s not a secret what a huge Adam Hughes fan I …
: Batman, the 3 Million Dollars Franchise The 3 Million Dollars Franchise - That’s how much money the Batman franchise created in comic …
: Google Chrome Ad Google Chrome Ad - Fun ad, but I still believe it going to mainly appeal to the enterprise user and …
: James Jean's Mirada Logo James Jean’s Mirada Logo - It’s been a while since I’ve linked to anything from …
: Meant to be broken The following is something I wrote a whole year ago, but I never completed and never published. …
: Rain Yeah! Well, clearly the country just bypassed the whole autumn thing and just instantly went to winter. …
: Travis Charest Damn you Travis an your unbelievable skill. I swear, every single time this guy shows something …
: Facebook Fatigue Been thinking about this for a while now. When Facebook first came about, I loved everything about …
: Is Gruber Being a Dick? Or is that me? Listen to the latest ‘The Talk Show’ podcast with Dan Benjamin and …
: Web Design Book Boutiques While on the subject of Five Simple Steps, I am really enjoying the creation of these web design …
: Comic Book Travel Posters Comic Book Travel Posters - Stunning designs by Justin Van Genderen. You can also buy all 5 over at …
: Cr-48 Google's unbranded notebook, the Cr-48 (someone please tell me what that actually stands for, apart …
: Google WebStore The Google WebStore - Also part of the PLETHORA of updates and launches or semi launches that Google …
: Lotuses Lotuses Oh dear. That is absolutely the worst thing that could happen to F1. Surely Bernie should …
: ROUNDEYE: For Love by Tony Harris ROUNDEYE: For Love by Tony Harris - Now this is interesting. Tony Harris (fucking great artist) is …
: The Network Computer The Network Computer - Excellent article on GigaOm about the Network Computer. Kinda reminds me of a …
: Times 100 Best inventions of 2010 Times 100 Best inventions of 2010 - I always love this time of year as we start looking at things in …
: Downloading Podcasts is Easy Dammit Seriously easy. I was listening to the Jesse Thorn interview by Dan Benjamin today in the car, and …
: Eat Pray Love Kill (Yourself) I’ve not watched a chick flick for a really, really long time. And the movie ‘Eat Pray …
: Nexus S URL details On the Nexus S website design - I noticed that about the url as well. I thought I was the only one …
: The Apple Google Paradigm Busy couple of days for Google. I didn’t see any of it coming and it’s Google’s …
: Google eBooks Google eBooks - The other Google news. Can’t get excited about this, because it’s only …
: Kobayashi and Vettel star at Awards Kobayashi and Vettel star at Awards - Love it. Kobayashi wins the rookie of the year award. To be …
: Nexus S Nexus S - The new Android phone from Google. Not that it matter to me as I’m set with my …
: Rain and Bats Thank god it rained. You know that feeling that lingers in the air for a few hours before it rains? …
: Smokers in Lebanon Where the fuck do I start? Seriously it’s such a primitive thing, but people over here still …
: Threadless T-shirts for $9 Threadless T-shirts for $9 - Never bought anything from Threadless, but I am all over this offer.
: Traffic Weirdness That is pretty strange. I just was looking at the traffic logs on the site and I noticed a really …
: iPad Sketch Elements AI iPad Sketch Elements AI - If I used Illustrator and made iPhone or iPad mockups, this would …
: Minimalist Google Chrome I thought this was interesting. Just surfing away happily, writing support request emails on the …
November 2010
: Reeder Reeder - I’ve used this for all of 4 minutes and already it’s provided me with a better …
: The Following Update: Turns out it was called ‘The Fellowship’ and not the Following. Oops. Still an …
: Tom Tom Tom Tom - Go download the excellent new Smashing Pumpkins song, seriously, it’s one of the …
: Murderbullets Murderbullets - Ok, I hate James Stokoe because I love him so much, or maybe I hate him because I …
: A Resurgance After a long while being dormant, this site is finally going to get a bit more action. I guess part …
: Kapow Comic Con Kapow Comic Con - All I am going to say is that Mark Millar, you’re an ass. You couldn’t …
: Markdown Issues and the iPhone One of the things that I’m testing right now is to make sure that this post via email actually …
: More on 'The Art of Tezuka' If you are still on the fence with regards to the Osamu Tezuka book I wrote about before, go read …
: Humanoids Update Turns out I was wrong about the Humanoids books. Reason I can’t buy it, is because …
: The Art of Osamu Tezuka Just bought this great book called: The Art of Osamu Tezuka. Apart from a great hardcover book with …
: Brushes and Me While it’s been pretty quiet over here on the site, it’s mainly because life has gotten in the way. …
: Pogo Sketch and Brushes So yesterday I made to purchases. The first was the Pogo Sketch stylus. The second was Brushes. The …
: The Problem with Humanoid Publishing This is what I don’t get, the new revitalised Humanoids publishing looks like they’ve …
: iPhone Stand So I’m looking for an iPhone stand, and I happen upon this little thing, the iAngle. Clicking around …
: Lazy Sunday & Inspriation So I’ve finally linked my bluetooth keyboard to my Iphone. So much fun having this little …
: New Archives So now that the plugins are working on the site, I’ve been able to get the archives plugin …
: Vettel is World Champion Nuff Said.
: A New Style of Posting So I upgraded to the latest and greatest version of Habari. The main reason for this is so that I …
: Embaressing Well that was not what I wanted to happen. Three posts made their way into the RSS feed that were …
: Habari Developer Release Well I just upgraded to the latest Habari developer preview release. This thing has been a long time …
: Test post from iphone If this gets through, ignore it, I’m trying something out on the site.
: Formula 1 Finale This weekend is the season finale of one of the most excellent formula one seasons in a great long …
October 2010
: Broken Kode App Broken Kode, there’s an app for that - not really, it doesn’t exist but if you like …
: JS1k, JS1k - 1k Javascript demo contest. Truly awe-inspiring what can be done with 1k of …
: Typomaps Typomaps - Incredibly beautiful posters. Love the attention to detail and the colours chosen. This …
: Dribbble Just to let everyone know, I can now be found firing shots (pretty shortly) on Dribbble. (Thanks to …
: The Process The creative process for Aitus Moralis is in full swing at the moment. I started work on the second …
: Blog This The act of blogging on a daily basis, seriously seems like it was centuries ago, when only a few …
: I've missed you My god, it’s been a good long while since I’ve posted here, and honestly there is sooo …
: From my desk where I draw every morning
September 2010
: AutoCAD for Mac AutoCAD for Mac - It’s a long time coming, but one of the main reasons for not jumping to a …
: Biolab Disaster Biolab Disaster - Damn that boy is talented. From the creator of Asaph (which runs my the Elsewhere …
: Macworld iPhone 4 cover Macworld iPhone 4 cover - I love this sort of thing. It’s no DLSR, but you definitely …
: The Walking Dead trailer The Walking Dead trailer - From AMC, the new HBO. With Mad Men and Breaking Bad under their belts, …
: iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners - Obviously couldn’t find this book at any of the …
August 2010
: More Personal It’s been a while since I’ve blogged on a regular basis (with things other than just …
: More Talk It’s been a while since I actually did any proper blogging (which consisted of more than links …
: The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains - Neil Gaiman, at the Sydney Opera House, reading a short …
: Satoshi Kon passes away Satoshi Kon passes away - probably the saddest news I’ve had in a really really long time. I …
: DBA Pens DBA Pen - Love this sort of thing. If I could buy something like this I would. The truth is, I …
: Mark Millar's CLiNT Mark Millar’s CLiNT
: ExMachina - Deconstructing the Machine ExMachina - Deconstructing the Machine
: Marvel Megas by *suzuran on deviantART Marvel Megas by *suzuran on deviantART
: Muro Muro - Seriously impressive HTML5 drawing tool at deviantart. Obviously the only problem I see is …
: Carrington Build : Crowd Favorite Carrington Build : Crowd Favorite
: DIY Bookbinding u00bb Why Print and Bind Your Own Booksu2026 DIY Bookbinding » Why Print and Bind Your Own Books…
: Apple store in Covent Garden Apple store in Covent Garden - This is significant, because one of my best buds (Stathis) was the …
: Coda Notes for Safari Coda Notes for Safari - Gotta love those Panic boys just for their sheer innovation in creation. …
: OhLife OhLife - If you start seeing more blogging action here on the ‘Kode in the coming months, …
July 2010
: Rereading stuff Just was rereading some of the posts that I’ve written, and i’ve got to say, it’s …
: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010 by Jean Nouvel Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010 by Jean Nouvel - Last year’s Serpentine gallery was pretty …
: V&A signage by Troika V&A signage by Troika - This is excellent. Love the typography, love the neon blue.
: Search Google Search Google - Truly amazing work from Philipp Antoni. I’ll definitely be using this in the …
: Urbanized Urbanized - The new documentary by Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Objectified). You know it’s going …
: Lost: The Complete Collection Lost: The Complete Collection - Must have. Must buy. September is looking good for a Lost marathon.
: User Interface Design Framework - Although I don’t use Illustrator (too heavy), this is most …
: San Diego 2010 It’s that time of the year again, where all of geekdom heads on down to San Diego for a …
: And Stretch You probably haven’t noticed but now the ‘Kode comes with a completely responsive shiney …
June 2010
: Manji Mention So I’m there minding my own business, just checking my feeds and I see a familiar sight. Manji …
: Ragnarama - Blog Ragnarama - Dunno how I missed this, but Ragnar’s new website. Just started looking at his …
: Bald, Unemployed and still living with my parents Bald, Unemployed and still living with my parents - Laughed soo hard when I saw this. Now I want a …
: Geomancy Typeface Geomancy Typeface - Free typeface that’s worth having downloading. Easily of the same quality …
: About Page 2 Inspired by Coudal, I’ve decided to have a Page 2. It’s basically everything that …
: Rian Hughes's City of London Logo Rian Hughes’s of London Logo Proposal - This is by one of my favourite designers of all time, …
: Cover Browser Cover Browser - Gallery of over 450,000 comic book covers. Yeah I’m pretty jazzed about this …
: Lewis and Jensen Lewis and Jensen - Awesome Vodafone ad with a decided F1 twist. Mclaren seem to always like this …
: New Mac Mini - New Mac Mini is out today. As an owner of the previous version, I can honestly say it …
: Didi - While still on the whole World Cup kick, excellent typographic tees with the major players …
: New Bus for London - Hopefully should be out when I next visit London.
: Soccer Aid World Cup 2010 Poster - By Trebleseven Design, this is an excellent poster for the World …
: World’s largest burger - Speaking of burgers, this is a MONSTER!
: Alan Moore’s Unearthing - Am a fan of the man’s for sure, but never really heard any of …
: The Expanded List: 100 More | Graphic Novel Reporter
: Jus' Checkin' Jus' Checkin' - I can pretty much vouch I’m that person as well. Are you?
May 2010
: We ate the children last We ate the children last - In preparation for Yann Martel’s latest book, here’s what the …
: Supermarket Supermarket - Great design. Straight from designers. This place is absolutely amazing. So much sweet …
: Less Framework Less Framework - Interesting experiment to quickly sort out your site to ‘fit’ into …
: Redesigned Wikipedia Redesigned Wikipedia - Honestly I hadn’t noticed until today. I instantly look at the content, …
: Loved And Lost Loved And Lost - Amazing interactive picture of all the characters with a brief recap of who they …
: Sawyer's Nicknames? Sawyer’s Nicknames - While I’m on the Lost bandwagon, this is excellent.
: National mascots National mascots - Don’t know what to make of the new London 2012 Olympic Mascots. What I do …
: Google Pac Man Google - In case you missed it, play Pac Man for the next 48 hours on the google home page. The …
: Google TV Google TV - I guess it was only a matter of time really. Now that I’ve moved to Lebanon, …
: Android 2.2 Android 2.2 - And Google keeps on rolling (a month?) before Apple releases the latest iPhone. Of …
: First Day on the Job It’s 5:55 in the morning and I’ve just woken up to get ready for work after 6 long …
: The Commute and Harry Potter One of the things that I’m hoping to cut by at least 20 minutes is my commute. Currently it …
: Bonobo Black Sand Album Bonobo Black Sand Album - One of my favourite soft electronica bands releases their latest album …
: Dave and Nick Dave and Nick - An actually pretty historic event in British politics. I’ve never lived under …
: Forefathers So I’m sitting in Athens International Airport, on my way to a new life. 6 months ago it would …
: They All Lie This will be part of a new series of posts that basically deal with my moving over to Lebanon and …
: Audrey Hepburn Portfolio Audrey Hepburn Portfolio - Amazing sketchbook collection with one of the best subjects ever.
: Google Chrome Speed Tests Google Chrome Speed Tests - The great Google Chrome adverts continue to roll out. This is one of …
: HTML5 for Web Designers HTML5 for Web Designers - This is looking like a must read for this year. I’m planning on …
: The Daily Zoo 2 The Daily Zoo 2 - Having just bought the first book, I can tell you that this is an amazing art …
: Art of the Blade of the Immortal Art of the Blade of the Immortal
: Can they cut it? Can they cut it? - Fantastic venn diagram of the proposed budget cuts from the various parties and …
April 2010
: YouTube Linkorama 1 Probably not an ongoing thing, but I’ve recently found a few YouTube videos that should help …
: Vote for Policies Vote for Policies - Excellent website. You have to do it if you’re a British Citizen. The …
: What is a hung parliament? What is a hung parliament? - Excellent guide for those scratching their heads about the actual …
: Family Portrait Earlier on in my sabbatical, my parents decided to sort out the house down in Lebanon, where I was …
: Graphic.ly Graphic.ly - Has just launched. Maybe this will mean I keep more in touch with weekly comics. It all …
: Appear Appear - Graphic Design Bureau. Seriously sweet website, because it’s all done in javascript, …
: Late Bloomers Late Bloomers - One of the best articles found in Malcolm Gladwell’s collection of articles …
: Alfa Romeo Giulietta Alfa Romeo Giulietta - I’m in love with Giulietta. I saw it this morning. Compare this car to …
: Detailed Thumbs - Nine Even though it looks like I failed in continuing with Project 52, I only see the month of March as a …
: Vivid Creations Sometime in February, my cousin asked me to sort out the logo for his jewellery business. I was …
March 2010
: iTunes Visual Redesign iTunes Visual Redesign - I soo wish that Apple would sort out the UI elements of iTunes, because it …
: Barack Obama the freshman Barack Obama the freshman - So stark, so vibrant, so youthful.
: Cameron Stewart Digital Drawing - Catwoman Cameron Stewart Drawing Catwoman - Love me some Cameron Stewart. Love these videos of comic …
: Creative Review incredible dissolving bag Creative Review incredible dissolving bag - This is from 6 months ago but it still remains as one of …
: Facebook Facelift Facebook Facelift - Have you noticed how Facebook always seems to be changing it’s look every …
: Origami Yoda Origami Yoda - Too cute.
: Reindy Allendra Reindy Allendra - Industrial Design portfolio of this Indonesian native. The KLM blimp being a …
: Guillin Fishermen Guillin Fishermen - One of the best adverts I’ve seen for HSBC (it’s old, but I’m …
: It Will Come From Japan! It Will Come From Japan! - Love me some Paul Pope.
: The Complete Famous Artist Course The Complete Famous Artist Course - This is one of the best resources for aspiring artists out there …
: The Perfect Boiled Eggs The Perfect Boiled Eggs - This is one of those pages that you’ll be getting back with …
: Egypt / Lebanon Montage Egypt / Lebanon Montage - Excellent montage filmed by another Khaled. Excellent choice of music as …
: The Best Part The Best Part - Love this print of an alphabet made of brand logos.
: S is for... S is for… - Awesome Superman mosaic of the ‘S’ from an action figure collection.
: Spider-Man The Other Review Spider-Man The Other Review - I do have another website…I’ve not been giving it much …
: Alphaposter Alphaposter - While I’m talking about love the detail in these posters as well (obviously not …
: Colosseo Letterpress Poster Colosseo Letterpress Poster - Love the attention to detail of course. It’s objects like this …
: Brazilian strip by Nike Brazilian strip by Nike - Love the concept of reusing waste in a positive way like this. Wonder when …
: Hate Mail from Third Graders Hate Mail from Third Graders - If this had happened when I was in the 6th grade and planets and the …
: F1 Calendar 2010 F1 Calendar 2010 - Customised to your timezone. With all the practices (or without, it’s your …
: Dali's Adventures In Wonderland Dali’s Adventures In Wonderland - You know, to prepare you for the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp …
February 2010
: Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds - Some great looking pieces. Not seen David Choe’s work in …
: Zoolander Sequel Zoolander Sequel - The first is a cult classic. Will a sequel be any good? I dunno, but if he can do …
: Character Designs . Eight So this week was spent doing character designs. With an exhaustive list of 56 characters that need …
: Life of Pi Movie Be still my bleeding heart. Yesterday I saw an interview on the BBC with Jean-Pierre Jeunet, whom I …
: How are Red Bullu2019s helmets painted? How are Red Bull’s helmets painted? - Love this breakdown, especially coming of the new Vettel …
: Mark Coleran Visual Designer Mark Coleran Visual Designer - Remember all those awesome futuristic designs in movies? Ever wonder …
: Moby's new album Moby’s new album - I've decided to start work on the next record. I really enjoyed his latest …
: Astro Soichi @Astro_Soichi - If there’s one new person you should be following on Twitter is Soichi who has …
: It's all about environment . Seven This week I moved on from character descriptions and turned my attentions to providing a more …
: Movie Mr Men Movie Mr Men - This made me smile a lot. Love how he’s just constantly building this flickr …
: LOST Posters LOST Posters - Awesome minimalist posters. It’s definitely en vogue nowadays to do these, but …
: Lotus Racing Official site Lotus Racing Official site - The new site is up for the new era of Lotus. I think these guys could …
: Chrome Pointer Ad Chrome Pointer Ad - One of the cutest adverts to hit the web in a while. I think it’s down to …
: Adrian Newey Love that photo of Adrian Newey, so I thought I’d share today seeing as the new Red Bull was …
: Charles Vess & Neil Gaimanu2019s Instructions Charles Vess & Neil Gaiman’s Instructions - When this comes out it’s definitely high on my …
: Driving in Lebanon Driving in Lebanon (a user manual) - Thought I was making it up eh? Hell a whole book has been …
: Overcoming Creative Block Overcoming Creative Block - Some excellent ideas in there. One of my favourites (which I’ve …
: 'Walking Man' Sculpture ‘Walking Man’ Sculpture Sells For $104.3 Mill - Never heard of Giacometti, but I fear …
: Google Buzz in Gmail Google Buzz in Gmail - Nice little addition to Gmail.
: Happy 9.02.10! As a teenager, I was never ashamed to pledge my allegiance to this show (the original version, not …
: Michael Johansson Michael Johansson - Click on that link, you’ll not be disappointed (via iso50).
: Radius 10 Radius 10 - If I was in the UK now, this would have been mine. One of the nicest calendars …
: Lightning Strikes - Six This week has been dedicated to creating the characters and writing their descriptions. These …
: On Williams Return On Williams Return - God I hope so, I really do.
: dabbl dabbl - the radio station where your votes decide the music they play. I think I’ve FINALLY …
: Galileo Telescope Galileo Telescope - REALLY want one of these.
: Ben Franklin's Thirteen Moral Virtues Ben Franklin’s Thirteen Moral Virtues - Found this great set of principles to live by. …
: Panic Blog Panic Blog - Just wanted to say that the Panic Blog (like most things related to Panic) is pure …
January 2010
: How To Make A Pencil Crossbow How To Make A Pencil Crossbow - Love this sort of thing, definitely going to be making one of these.
: Minutes Widget Minutes Widget - One of the simplest and best widgets I’ve ever downloaded.
: The History of the Ampersand The History of the Ampersand - Even thought the whole Ampersand thing is pretty ‘tired’ …
: Welcome To Macintosh Welcome To Macintosh Documentary - I’ve come relatively late to the house of Apple, so this …
: Characters and Environment - Five Having completed my first ‘visual’ draft this week, I took a few days off and then began …
: The Losers Movie The Losers Movie - From the excellent series of graphic novels by Andy Diggle and Jock. It’s …
: Viasound The first logo design of 2010 is for my oldest friend Yanni’s DJ Collective …
: The Complete Chart of Charactersu2019 Past Connections The Complete Chart of Characters’ Past Connections - Leading up to the season premiere next week, i …
: First Draft Complete - Four This is an important day for me. Completed my first ever draft script for ‘Aitus …
: Last.fm Visualisations Last.fm Visualisations - Oh my god, I might actually start using last.fm just so that i can get …
: Coffee Beans Critique Today I got a fantastic email from someone I’d never met. They downloaded ‘Coffee …
: Doodles and Dialogue - Three I wished someone had told me years ago what I should do after next. This next step is what’s …
: Illustrations Section If you’re subscribed to the site, then you’ve no doubt been bombarded this last day with …
: The Gates Notes The Gates Notes - Excellent looking site from Bill. Is it me, or does it feel as though he’s …
: Plastic Beach Plastic Beach- The new Gorillaz album appears to be imminent. Awesomeness.
: Banksy film to debut at Sundance Banksy film to debut at Sundance - Soo, totally watching this when it comes out. What can I say, …
: N.Design Studio N.Design Studio - Nick La’s new website. Seriously I don’t even know where to start. The …
: Slide Screen Slide Screen - If I owned an Android phone, this is possible the first App that would be top on my …
: Chrome vs Safari As it’s been said in several places, once you get used to using Chrome on the Mac, it just …
: Screenshot Plus Screenshot Plus - Best. Widget. Ever. You want to take screenshots? This is the only thing you need. …
: A Song for a Son A Song for a Son - While we’re on the subject of the Pumpkins and free songs, here’s the …
: Widow Wake My Mind Widow Wake My Mind - New Smashing Pumpkins song is up on their MySpace site. Oh hell, here’s a …
: Creative Process Two Following on from our previous post, we’ve now gotten our paragraph which breaks down the …
: Residency #139 Residency #139 - I will be applying for one of the residency positions. It fits PERFECTLY with what …
: Pity the Nation I’m about to read Robert Fisk’s “Great War of Civilisation”, but I’m …
: The 50 Best Albums of the Decade The 50 Best Albums of the Decade - Obviously I don’t agree with this list, but looking for a …
: Top Shelf 2.0 Top Shelf 2.0 - Loads of excellent comics for your devouring pleasure over at Top Shelf. I’ve …
: A Single Paragraph - One This will be the first in a series of 52 posts where I actually write something meaty. I know …
: PW Critic's Graphic Novel Poll PW Critic’s Graphic Novel Poll - Great list of graphic novels that came out in 2009. The …
: The year in Manga The year in Manga - Also an excellent list of things that are definitely on my list, but I’ve …
: Six Six years of Broken Kode. Here’s to many more.
: Children of the Sea Children of the Sea - Go read this for free. I’m going to be buying the volumes as well, but …
: not simple not simple - And another series I’ve heard really excellent things about as well. More great …
: AppleGeeks 3.0 AppleGeeks 3.0 - I’ve not heard of this, but it’s actually pretty well done. I think …
: Turf Turf - New four issue comic book series by Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards. This thing is going …
December 2009
: Looking forward to 2010 Looking forward to 2010 - A good start of graphic novels that are coming out in 2010. The ones that …
: Happy New Year Everyone Happy New Year Everyone - Good riddance 2009.
: Best Comics of 2009 Best Comics of 2009 by Comics Alliance: 10-5, 4-2 and 1. I’d agree with most of the …
: Lebanese Galleries and Art Centres In an attempt to try and get more into the art scene over here, the following list provides some of …
: Movies in Lebanon Movies in Lebanon - Another link for those on the ground in Lebanon. Two drop down links, gives you …
: Bu00fcro Destruct III Büro Destruct III - Thought I’d point out that the latest book from this excellent Swiss …
: Zawarib Beirut If you’re planning a trip to Beirut, Lebanon, be sure to either buy yourself the printed copy …
: Times Person of the Year Times Person of the Year - Given to Iranian student protester Neda Soltan.
: Reading One Book a Week for a Year Reading One Book a Week for a Year - Inaki Escudero read one book every week for a year. In the …
: Ashura So my lesson for today is Ashura. I thought this is significant as it’s the first I’ve …
: Best of 2009 - Graphic Novels The first in a series of best of 2009, we’ll kick things off with my favourite topic, Graphic …
: Bank Accounts in Lebanon So today I went to Bank Med to open myself a bank account here in Lebanon. For all you people …
: Borders in Administration Borders in Administration - How the hell did I miss this news? That’s a real shame as I …
: Lucifer is washing his wife So I finally got internet connection today, and this is my first post in Lebanon in over 5 years. So …
: CBR Events Calendar CBR Events Calendar - Instant bookmark. Check back every once in a while. Hopefully people will …
: Lebanon I’m travelling down to the homeland (for lack of better word, Lebanon) tomorrow morning. …
: Switch Restaurant by Karim Rashid Switch Restaurant by Karim Rashid - Okay, I’ve been bashing Dubai a bit too much, so …
: Grooveshark Icon Grooveshark Icon - Seeing as I’m using Grooveshark for all my musical needs right now, …
: Interview with Michael Chabon Interview with Michael Chabon - On a complete sidenote, I’ve always loved the design of his …
: Design Forward SoOwen’s responded to a few things that I’d written. I knew it was coming, and I knew it …
: Dubai architecture you couldn't make up Dubai architecture you couldn’t make up - I remember the cloud in the sky, because we actually …
: Dubaiu2019s Improbable Tale Dubai’s Improbable Tale - It’s like a car crash. I can’t get my eyes of how Dubai is …
: Pictory Pictory - Stories of culture shock. (via DF)
: Times Skimmer Times Skimmer - Great idea and implementation of digesting the top news stories according to …
: Work In Progress Work In Progress by Ricard Efa - Watch a comic page come to life in front of you. Great kick up the …
: On Negativity So it seems I might have come across as being negative and I guess some have seen my last few posts …
November 2009
: Inside ISO50 Inside ISO50 - Great set of photos to show the attention to detail.
: Reaching Out You want to build a website? Go ahead. Any monkey with a computer connected to the internet and …
: Badges So now that we’ve got ourselves a kick ass logo, now would be a good time to make some badges …
: Marketing You don't need a designer. You need a marketeer. That’s what my brother said to Yanni last …
: Other Sites I have a confession to make, I’m partly to blame for the general look of the habariproject.org …
: The Graveyard of Empires ‘The Graveyard of Empires’ - An open letter from Michael Moore to Obama.
: Complete Gaham Wilson The Complete Gaham Wilson Playboy cartoons preview - In preparation for Fantagraphic’s 3 …
: Elegance For those who know me from my professional life (I’m a Chartered Engineer), know what a …
: Menu Lets turn our attention to the main menu in Habari. As I mentioned before there has to be a better …
: Quote One of my absolute favourite plugins on Habari is the Publish Quote plugin written by Michael. The …
: Habari Entrance So I’ve been thinking about the main page for Habari. The current design is an …
: Minimal Design Minimal Design - And here I thought the new ‘Kode was minimal. This site seriously takes it to …
: Alejandro Jodorowsky Genius. It’s a term I reserve to specific people’s work whom I cherish dearly. People …
: Dear Simon Dear Simon - without a doubt one of the funniest things I’ve read in a really long time. The …
: KAL's cartoon KAL’s cartoon - Not sure why it’s called Kal’s cartoon but it’s definitely …
: Habari Design Review In looking around the Habari admin panel I’ve got to thinking which areas are important to me …
: Iconic TV Posters Iconic TV Posters - by Albert Exergian. Also be sure to check out his site.
: Seven Heaven Graphic illustrations
: StudioDesk StudioDesk - I want one of these desk.
: Visualizing Empires Decline Visualizing Empires Decline - One of the best visualisations I’ve seen regarding this sort of …
: All Animals are Equal All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others. It’s been YEARS since I …
: Gavin Bond Photography Gavin Bond Photography - Awesome collection of photos, which also include various TV cast photos …
: Habari vs WordPress Earlier this month I moved this blog back over to WordPress in an act of madness. I hated it and did …
: Sabbatical I can finally start talking about my sabbatical, as last night was the first time I felt slightly …
: Vodafone headquarters Vodafone headquarters by Barbosa & Guimaraes - Think Libeskind, think Frank Gehry but in Porto. …
: And we're back After a moment of pure madness, I went back to WordPress, only to find that actually the creature …
: No9 - The devil is in the details I thought that by moving to WordPress, all of my problems would be over. Alas what I found was that …
: Hardly Seem Worth Doing I'm not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive …
: Back to the 'Press What’s the reason for going back to WordPress? Simply the plugins and documentation available …
: R. Kelly - Trapped In The Closet R. Kelly - Trapped In The Closet - I’ve not heard of this ‘urban opera’, but …
: Spiegelman and Mouly Interview Spiegelman and Mouly Interview - Having just watched comic confidential this afternoon, the timing …
: List of Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts & Keystrokes List of Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts & Keystrokes - Even though I’ve been on a Mac for …
: Page One Panel 4 Yesterday was the official start of a new comic book project. It’s called Page One Panel 4 (or …
October 2009
: One Thousand Three Hundred Although not an immense milestone by most blogs estimation (especially the professional blogs which …
: The Men Who Stare At Goats The Men Who Stare At Goats - It’s always an event when you get this calibre of actors all in …
: Toy Story 3 trailer Toy Story 3 trailer - Came out a little while ago, but I’ve been busy with other things. Part …
: Up In the Air trailer Up In the Air trailer - Juno was one of my favourite movies of last year. Something about the …
: The Google Story The Google Story - Great little animation detailing the past 11 years of Google. I still remember …
: iDon't iDon’t - Very funny campaign. Mainly because they just did it in a pokey-funny-jab-way. …
: Air Multiplier by Dyson Air Multiplier by Dyson - To see how it was done.
: Peugeot electric car design Peugeot electric car design - I love it when manufacturers take old classics and update them, when …
: Scott McCloud On Criticism Scott McCloud On Criticism - Great idea/thought by Scott regarding criticism. I’ll try and …
: Interview with James Dyson Interview with James Dyson - It’s all about the fan. At $300 for the cheap version it’s …
: Mubarak Ibrahim's website Mubarak Ibrahim’s website
: Swine Flu Visualized Swine Flu Visualized - Yeah, Australia got hit hard.
: 100 Greatest Hits of Youtube 100 Greatest Hits of Youtube - You’ve definitely seen several of these, now you’ll have …
: World's biggest burger 185 pounds World’s biggest burger 185 pounds - What a waste of a good burger; like anyone ate that.
: Hellblazer / Shoot Hellblazer / Shoot - Although I think Warren Ellis is a fat slob of a man, with very very silly hair …
: Reading Tray Reading Tray - Always, always wanted something like this. Now if only you could find it in you know …
: Cuba Landscape Cuba Landscape - One for the future that looks at the past.
: Garfield Widget Garfield Widget - Easily the greatest widget ever created. The whole archive of Garfield is there. …
: October Wow, can you believe it’s October already? Seriously where the hell has this year gone …
: Moore & Reppion u00bb Blog Archive u00bb Announcing: Alan Mooreu2019s u201cDodgem Logicu201d Moore & Reppion » Blog Archive » Announcing: Alan Moore’s “Dodgem Logic”
September 2009
: Release dates This has got to be the biggest joke. The release date for Up is the 9th of October, while the …
: Cairo - Windows Shell Alternative - Home Cairo - Windows Shell Alternative - I would have KILLED for this before I moved over to the mighty …
: Clutch Chair Clutch Chair - Chair made out of straws. Something I wish I was able to do when I was a kid.
: DoubleTwist DoubleTwist - Sync all of your devices from your mac. This would have been awesome back when I used …
: Facebook Headquarters Facebook Headquarters - Kinda wonder where they do ANYTHING in there. It looks more like a boutique …
: Dezeen u00bb Blog Archive u00bb Mojito shoe by Julian Hakes Dezeen » Blog Archive » Mojito shoe by Julian Hakes
: Microsoft courier tablet Microsoft courier tablet - I’m actually completely and totally shocked that this is coming …
: ain't no sleep when you're living the dream ain’t no sleep when you’re living the dream - New blog by Kerry Brown, producer on the …
: Avatar Avatar Trailer - This is ‘old’ but it’s an important trailer to watch, seeing as …
: Extreme Makeover Craigslist Extreme Makeover Craigslist - From the latest issue of Wired (USA version), Craiglist remade. The …
: London Film Festival - News - Sci-Fi-London Film Festival London Film Festival - News - Sci-Fi-London Film Festival
: Mission Redux A little over a year ago I wrote this, which basically explained what I wanted to do over the year …
: Travel Through Dubai at 818mph Travel Through Dubai at 818mph - Great trip on the Dubai metro. What’s interesting to me is I …
: Welcome | MagCloud Welcome | MagCloud
: Obama calling Kanye West a jackas Obama calling Kanye West a jackass - Sooo funny, soo matter of fact, and soo true. It’s a …
: Smashing Pumpkins dot com | announcement from billy corgan about new smashing pumpkins album Smashing Pumpkins dot com | announcement from billy corgan about new smashing pumpkins album
: Incredible, amazing, awesome Apple Incredible, amazing, awesome Apple - No wonder everyone feels like they’ve smoked something …
: Make Photoshop Faster Make Photoshop Faster - Does what it says on the tin. Need this now that I’m colouring …
: Michael Jordan's Top 23 Moments Michael Jordan’s Top 23 Moments - The man is a living legend. I guess it was so hard to …
: Renault splits with Briatore and Symonds Renault splits with Briatore and Symonds - Collectively now, FUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!! See I …
: Coffee Beans For those wondering why things have been generally pretty quiet around here, it’s due to the …
: Archinect : Features : Captain Concept - Archinect Interviews Michael Jantzen Archinect : Features : Captain Concept - Archinect Interviews Michael Jantzen
: Stuart Ng Books - Artists Monographs: Z - Rare and Out-of-Print Books on Illustration, Animation and Comic Art Stuart Ng Books - Artists Monographs: Z - Rare and Out-of-Print Books on Illustration, Animation and …
: Cheese & Burger Society Cheese & Burger Society - Oh my god. Seriously, as a burger connoisseur this is my kind of site. …
: How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? - Definitely on my reading list, when I get a chance. Nice Jason …
: Palm Pixi Palm Pixi - I think I just found my next phone. I am all over this when it gets released.
: Anime All Nighter Anime All Nighter - Held between the 23rd and 24th of October, this year’s list looks like a …
: Gaiman's Bookshelf Details - ronbrinkmann Gaiman’s Bookshelf Details - ronbrinkmann
: onedotzero_adventures in motion onedotzero_adventures in motion - Great listing of the upcoming events and screening at the …
: Open House London Open House London - Every year in London, the Open House event happens, where you get to visit …
: Baseline - a designer framework by ProjetUrbain.com Baseline - a designer framework by ProjetUrbain.com
: Finalists for the 2009 Best Cover of the Year Finalists for the 2009 Best Cover of the Year - My favourite is the Obama cover section, and …
: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics BMW Vision EfficientDynamics - Amazing collection of photos for one of those things I don’t …
August 2009
: Beast and Boo! Beast and Boo! - The best art I’ve seen for the Disney/Marvel acquisition.
: Conversations with ADD Conversations with ADD - Free e-book by Alan David Doane, with conversations with a buttload of …
: How to get that perfect shave How to get that perfect shave - Some good tips in there. Like shaving after a shower (or making sure …
: Black Gives Way to Blue Black Gives Way to Blue - The best news I’ve heard all year. New album from Alice in Chains …
: The Carousel The Carousel - If you want to know why Mad Men is one of the best shows on TV, have a look at this 3 …
: Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque - Pictures from the third largest Mosque in the world after …
: Tour the Bugatti factory Tour the Bugatti factory, Molsheim - It’s but a glimpse, but a glimpse I’ve never seen …
: Inglourious Basterds - The Graphic Novel Inglourious Basterds Comics - With the Tarantino dialogue I presume and the EXCELLENT RM Guerra (he …
: ISO50 Blog - The Blog of Scott Hansen u00bb Blog Archive u00bb Color Management: A Field Guide ISO50 Blog - The Blog of Scott Hansen » Blog Archive » Color Management: A Field Guide
: Lemonade Lemonade - Documentary on some of the 70,000 people who lost their job in this, the latest great …
: Moby Talks Cartooning and Comics Moby Talks About Cartooning and Small Press Comics - Didn’t realise that he actually drew the …
: The man who walked around the world The man who walked around the world - Although this is an ad, what makes it special, is that …
: Usain Bolt runs 100m in 9.58 Usain Bolt runs 100m in 9.58 - The man is INSANEly fast. Hopefully there won’t be a massive …
: Les 24 heures de la bande dessinu00e9e Les 24 heures de la bande dessinée (Edition 2009) - Talk about depressing. I mean seriously. Mike …
: Scott McCloud presentation Scott McCloud Talk - Great presentation by Scott McCloud. I only recently bought ‘Making …
: Carlos Latuff Carlos Latuff - In my research for the story I’m writing and drawing, I’ve inadvertently …
: Inventor believes he can solve Lebanonu2019s energy problem Inventor believes he can solve Lebanon’s energy problem - There’s nothing like being forced to …
: Carbuncle Cup 2009 Carbuncle Cup 2009 - Love it. The worst of British architecture.
: I Can't Stop Thinking I Can’t Stop Thinking - Collection of appendix comics for Scott McCloud’s Reinventing …
: How Different Groups Spend Their Day How Different Groups Spend Their Day - Interactive graph of how people spend their time. Make sure …
: Design Observer redesigns Design Observer redesigns - This has always been an inspiration in terms of the sheer amount of …
: Thundercats Concept Art Thundercats Concept Art - What could have been, but sadly, won’t be. Hopefully in the years to …
July 2009
: Gummisig Gummisig - One of the best looking blog/websites I’ve seen in a good long time. It’s the …
: Jamie S. Rich's Shelf Porn Jamie S. Rich’s Shelf Porn - And here I thought my shelves were a mess. This guy beats …
: Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer - First there was Coraline, now there’s this. Two great looking …
: Image Comics for October 2009 Image Comics for October 2009 - This is really for me not to forget. That cover of Proof looks …
: Schumacher to make F1 return in Spain Schumacher to make F1 return in Spain - Don’t know how I feel about this. Like when Jordan …
: Urbanization of Dubai Urbanization of Dubai - From a series of direct photos from NASA. This is one of the most amazing …
: Wait for Me Wait for Me - Why hasn’t anyone mentioned the new Moby album? Hopefully this will be the …
: Kevin Smith's Views on Twilight Kevin Smith’s Views on Twilight - I don’t get the whole Twilight rubbish, but make sure …
: Developer Color Picker - I’ve been using Hex Colour Picker, but I’ll give this a try and …
: SDCC 2009 Cosplay Photos - So much attention to detail, don’t know whether to be impressed or …
: SDCC 2009 Eisner Award Winners - I’ve got to say, Chris Ware and James Jean winning another …
: SDCC 2009 Jim Shooter Talks Gold Key - The addition of Jim Shooter writing Magnus, Solar, Turok is …
: SDCC 2009 Marvel Acquires Marvelman - Is this true? I don’t actually know, but I sure as hell …
: SDCC 2009 Photo Gallery - A more general, lighter touch gallery.
: Flynn Lives - Tron Legacy trailer. Watch it, then watch it a few times more.
: SDCC 2009 Dark Horse News SDCC 2009 Dark Horse News - Easily the highlight of the Comicon news for me so far. This press …
: Bob Schreck Speaks on Move to IDW Bob Schreck Speaks on Move to IDW - First bit of interesting news to come out of SDCC (San Diego …
: SDCC 2009 IDW Panel SDCC 2009 IDW Panel - Apart from getting a dreamteam lineup of editors (well they’ll be …
: Comics and graphic novels on the Guardian Comics and graphic novels on the Guardian - Just because I’m not getting enough of my comic …
: Graphic Short Story Competition The Observer and Random House Graphic Short Story Competition - Definitely going to be entering this …
: KA-BLAM Printing KA-BLAM Printing - Seems like an interesting POD service tailored for comic book related printing.
: Printing your small press comic Printing your small press comic - If you’re looking to print your comic book.
: Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS Bill Moyers interviews David Simon - Fantastic interview which details loads about ‘The …
: Please Love Me Please Love Me - Banksy exhibition near Covent Garden (damn that boy is getting around this summer …
: David Mazzucchelli at MoCCA - Talking all about Asterios Polyp. Definitely an interview one needs to …
: Eat Real. Eat Local. - Great little info-animation which probably describes something similar in …
: “Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?” Steve Jobs - Great quote, great collection …
: The Beatles Rockband Absolutely stunning combination of animation and music. Fell of my chair when I …
: Joe the Barbarian Joe the Barbarian - Never seen or bought anything by Sean Gordon Murphy, but the pages I’ve …
: BSG Worst Ending in the Sci-Fi History BSG Worst Ending in the Sci-Fi History - I’ve not had a chance to read this yet, but this is …
: LG Chocolate 4th Generation LG Chocolate 4th Generation - This is what I had to say when the first generation of the Chocolate …
: Asterios Polyp In case you’ve not gone out and bought this, you owe it to yourself, really you do. …
: Far Arden Far Arden - The full graphic novel which got published this week. I was about to pick this up, but I …
: YouTube - Obama Swats Fly -' I got the sucker'. Old news I know, but I love the concentration on his …
: Cannes Design Lions Cannes Design Lions - Awesome collection of great work from the design world. Definitely needs a …
: Little Brother I read a few things about this a little while ago, but it’s only until I actually saw these …
: Google Chrome OS Google Chrome OS - It’s official. Coming in the winter of 2010 to brighten our days. …
: Comments Off It’s been nearly 4 1/2 years since comments were officially not part of this site. Back then …
: Lone Wolf and Cub Reviewed - Epic series, epic series of posts reviewing every volume, with loads of …
: SourceForge Redesigned - Don’t typically go there anymore as I’ve more or less found …
: The Art and Illustration of Kevin Dart - One for the inspiration folder.
: Busiek Busiek.com - Beautiful website. Probably one of the best looking comic book creator websites …
: Elonex eBook reader Elonex eBook reader - Interesting looking ebook reader to rival the Sony version (which IMHO is way …
: Google Service Logos Google Service Logos - Nice list of the befores and the afters. What’s interesting to me is …
: Habibi Habibi - Production of Craig Thompson’s next book Habibi looks set to be a massive tome, …
June 2009
: @font-face: The Potential of Web Typography - Great showcase of what’s to come by using the …
: OokahBlog - Pascale’s blog, who’s in my art class (which sadly ends tomorrow evening). …
: James Stokoe Won Ton Soup - The last time I was actually excited about a new comic book series from …
: Ekali Houses in Athens Ekali Houses in Athens - And here I thought contemporary architecture in Athens was pure shit. This …
: le cool magazine le cool magazine - Fantastic newsletter of all the great things going on in your city that you …
: Michael Jackson died today - I’ve got little comment to give on this, past the fact that …
: “Outside the Box” Navigation with jQuery - Although I absolutely LOVE how stacks looks on OS X, I …
: Tweak Your Finder - Nice little collection of things to do to make the Finder better. I like the …
: F1 teams to launch breakaway series - Now this is kind of unexpected. Only because of some of the …
: Node, the power outlet of tomorrow Node, the power outlet of tomorrow - Always on the lookout for new ways to provide power in my …
: Banksy vs The Bristol Museum - One word, awesome.
: Blacksad Gallery - Without a doubt, one of my favourite series, and a huge inspiration for me in the …
: Top Gear Series 13 Trailer - The boys are back. Good casting on the young top gear stars as well.
: British International Comics Shows - Held in Birmingham on the 3rd and 4th of October. Definitely …
: Thru eyes Frank Olinsky Thru eyes frank olinsky - Small Q&A with graphic designer Frank Olinsky, the man responsible for …
: Assembled Odaiba Gundam - And I’m called a geek? Having said that I still think that’s …
: Joshua Middleton Revamped Joshua Middleton Website Revamped - Have always loved the man’s minimalist style. If I had a …
: Mac OS X Snow Leopard - Coming out in September, for $29 (probably £30 in the UK) for a single …
: Safari 4 Safari 4 is now out of Beta. And you can definitely tell that they have been listened. Tabs First …
: A guide to 2009s MoCCA Festival debuts - Fantastic run down of all the indie comics that are …
: Google Holiday Logos - For my own records. My only complaint is that you can’t see all the …
: Tweeting Too Hard - One of the funniest things I’ve seen on the net in a good long while. That …
May 2009
: Bleeding Cool Bleeding Cool by Rich Johnston - A logical step for the man in creating something to hopefully …
: The art of UP The art of UP - It’s all in the details, and this gives a small glimpse of that detail. Like …
: The Chairs of the Incredibles The Chairs of the Incredibles - The movie I’ve watched the most times in the last few years. …
: Housekeeping Thought I’d write down a list of all the areas that this site still needs work on. This is for …
: Quimby The Mouse Quimby The Mouse Animation - So much fun. I think the combination of the music and the simple …
: Toy Story 3 Teaser Trailer Toy Story Teaser Trailer - Pixar doesn’t stop blowing my mind. So simple and yet so effective. …
: Glastonbury festival lineup 2009 Glastonbury festival lineup 2009 - You know, if you’re interested in live music with the …
: Ida Ida - Hailed as one of the missing pieces to the puzzle that was eluded by Darwin. Just watching a …
: Sherlock Holmes Trailer Sherlock Holmes Trailer - I do love Robert Downey Jr’s career renaissance of late, but …
: London Underground Comics Convention London Underground Comics Convention - After the ‘comics’ convention this saturday, …
: Moblin v2 Beta Moblin v2.0 Beta - Short for Mobile Linux, this is the OS that has been massaged by Intel to better …
: Muse Been a while since I’ve written anything significant on the site, but alas I’ve been …
: New 9 Trailer New 9 Trailer - Looks even better than the first trailer and the story is much more apparent to me …
: Wheee! Wheee! - Part of the promotion in getting Firefox out to everyone, the community was called upon to …
: Family Guy Movie MacFarlane confirms Family Guy Movie - Will he learn from the Simpsons movie? Will he learn from the …
: The League of Moveable Type The League of Moveable Type - Open source fonts. Two out of the three fonts I would gladly use in …
: Danny Gardner concept spaceship art Danny Gardner concept spaceship art - Bastard is only 19 years old. How depressing.
: Princess and the Frog Trailer Princess and the Frog Trailer - The second movie to come out of Disney under John Lasseter’s …
: Scott McCloud Webcomics Scott McCloud Webcomics - It’s been a while since I visited Scott’s website. Not much …
: District 9 District 9 Trailer (HD) - Interesting trailer. Not sure what to make of it or what the story will be …
: Miyazakiu2019s Ponyo Miyazaki’s Ponyo Trailer - The man has never stopped amazing me in the sheer depth of his …
: Native Google Chrome for Mac OS X Native Google Chrome for Mac OS X - Still version 0.1, but you can definitely see that it’s …
: The Hunt For Gollum The Hunt For Gollum - Fan movie which was released for the Sci Fi festival in London. Seems to be …
: Vertigo Number ones Vertigo Number 1s - A pretty large collection of some of the best comics have to offer, numbers for …
: Here & There Here & There - A horizonless projection in Manhattan. I would really be interested in something …
: Visible Tweets Visible Tweets - A Twitter visualisation website.
April 2009
: Waid Interview Mark Waid Interview - One of my favourite writers being interviewed at AICN. The best are the behind …
: Glyphish Glyphish - What a truly beautiful, simple looking site. Subtle but very well put together. Great set …
: When Worlds Collide When Worlds Collide - Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge. Comic from Paul Pope, to get you in …
: Tweetie for Mac Tweetie for Mac - Another couple of hours, another twitter application for the Mac. Yeah, sorry …
: Nambu Nambu - Native OS X twitter agent. I thought Destroytwitter would be it for me, but this is …
: MacHeist 3 Charity Breakdown MacHeist 3 Charity Breakdown - For all the flack that MacHeist gets for being something that rapes …
: Message from Billy A message from Billy - Interesting message from Billy Corgan, who is now the only remaining member …
: Spotify Spotify - A world of music. Instant, simple and free. Finally a way for me to listen to new music, …
: Bluebird Bluebird - Yet another Twitter client. This however looks a little better than Twitterific, which …
: Diffuser debacle Diffuser debacle - I’ve been trying to get to grips with what the deal is with the diffusers. …
March 2009
: MacHeist 09 MacHeist 09 - For those in the Mac community, you probably know about MacHeist. I bought last …
: Visa Music Visa advert - Easily one of my favourite songs out at the moment.
: Missed Life can sometimes feel like one big massive MISSED opportunity. Currently that’s all I can …
: TRAVIS CHAREST'S SPACEGIRL Travis Charest’s Blog - Seems it’s only been up for a little over a month. The good news …
: A Racing Car Comes To Life A Racing Car Comes To Life - the film tells the story of the RB5 through the car’s experiences so …
: Chrome Experiments - Home Chrome Experiments - Crazy stuff that google’s V8 engine allows you to do in Chrome. Not sure …
: Integrity Integrity - website broken link checker. Just going through it all right now but damn that’s …
: Linux Turns 15 Linux Turns 15 - 15 years ago today, version 1.0 of Linux came out. I used Ubuntu for a year, but …
: Switch Display Options Switch Display Options - Added to my collection of options I might use for my eventual illustrations …
: Brains Working That’s what I want to be surrounded by right now. Creative brains drawing, sculpting, …
: Star Trek Trailer 3 Star Trek Trailer 3 - The battle for my favourite movie this year is most definitely on. This of all …
: Watchmen on CBR Watchmen"Watchmen on CBR - A whole slew of articles and videos covering the Watchmen phenomenon. …
: Cult of Doneu00a0Manifesto The Cult of Done Manifesto - Brilliant in every way. I also like the posters, which are under a …
: Franklyn Trailer Franklyn Trailer - Interesting looking new British sci-fi/fantasy movie that oddly has a very …
: Jon Stewart Destroys CNBC Jon Stewart destroys CNBC - Wait for the last minute. The ending is priceless.
: Terminator Salvation / Trailer 2 Terminator Salvation / Trailer 2 - Oh now that is more like it. Is that NIN in the background?Maybe …
: Excessive Celebration Fail Excessive Celebration Fail - Via one of my favourite website (Failblog) watch this to the very end, …
: Angel of Death Debut <a href=“http://crackle.com/c/Angel_Of_Death" title=“Angel of Death Ep 1 …
: Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment Readability - Move all the cruft from websites, so you can just read things. I like it but …
: The Mac Mini Apple’s Red-Headed Stepchild - Why do I have a Mac Mini? It’s my entry into the world of …
February 2009
: Monsters VS Aliens Monsters VS Aliens - The animation looks crisp, and from the trailer alone, I think the Blob is …
: Safari 4 Beta Safari 4 Beta - Nice to see some good little additions making it into Safari. Now if only they could …
: Buck Rogers for a Quarter Buck Rogers for a Quarter - I have got to give it to Dynamite, even though their logo is terrible …
: Chevereto Chevereto - Open Source Image hosting script. This looks like a pretty cool idea, however I …
: Palm Pre Software Product Manager interview Palm Pre Software Product Manager interviewed - Great little interview with the Palm Pre software …
: Pixelmator Sprinkle Features Saulius review Pixelmator Sprinkle’s new feature - I’ve been using Pixelmator for nearly …
: Snow Leopard interface tweaks Snow Leopard screenshots show interface tweaks - Although pretty minor, what’s great is this …
: Movie-List - Battle for Terra Trailer Page Battle for Terra Trailer - Another animated movie I’m looking forward to watching this year.
: Christian Bale Goes Bat S**t on Peter Griffin Christian Bale Goes Bat S**t on Peter Griffin - It never ceases to amaze me how on the pulse Family …
: Sebastian Vettel on new F1 cars Sebastian Vettel explains the new F1 cars and rule changes - Easily my favourite part is the …
: Battlestar Galactica - No Exit This was a HUGE Battlestar Galactica Episode. This post is rife with SPOILERS, so if you’ve …
: Battlestar Galactica Promo - Deadlock Battlestar Galactica promo - Deadlock - And since we’re talking about BSG, here’s the …
: Dubai's six-year building boom grinds to a halt Dubai’s six-year building boom grinds to a halt as financial crisis takes hold - The …
: Sidekicks I seem to always reread Sidekicks by J.Torres and Takeshi Miyazawa whenever I come back to Greece. …
: FAIL Blog FAIL Blog - Easily one of my favourite websites at the moment. The humour just appeals to me on such …
: First Screenshot of Chrome on a Mac First Screenshot of Chrome for the Mac - Easily my favourite app on Windows (after Excel). Although …
: Inglorious Basterds Trailer Inglorious Basterds Trailer - And there you have it. Quentin Tarantino’s 7th movie (if you …
: Watchmen - Rorschachs Mask Rorschachs Mask - Great making of video from the upcoming Watchmen movie. Interesting just how …
: Writer Block The strangest thing has happened after watching Quentin Tarantino’s latest teaser trailer for …
: BSG No Exit Promo Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 15 Promo - No Exit - Don’t click on the link if …
: icoeyeu2019s blog u00bb Blog Archive u00bb Save bookmark Save bookmark - Such a simple idea, but actually might be useful.
: Restlessness It’s 12:34am and I can’t sleep. I’ve got this uneasy feeling in my chest and I …
January 2009
: feedly: a magazine-like start page feedly: a magazine-like start page - Easily my favourite Firefox plugin; so much so I’m …
: London From Above London from above, at night - Unbelievable set of photos from Jason Hawkes. Seeing as there are no …
: McG's Terminator Salvation Vision Images Reveal McG’s Terminator Salvation Vision - The last time I saw something like this was …
: Rhino Rhino - Easily the standout character from the movie Bolt; Rhino should get his own movie after …
: Watchmen Essential Reading In anticipation of the new Watchmen movie (hopefully coming to a cinema near you), there is actually …
: Mary & Max Mary & Max - Quirky looking Australian animation (how many of those knocking about) that first …
: Planet 51 Teaser Planet 51Tease trailer - The little that is shown in this trailer definitely made me smile. …
: TweetBacks Beta | Dan Zarrella TweetBacks - Great little plugin for WordPress (that will hopefully be making it’s way over to …
: BSG Episode 11 EW Review BSG Episode 11 EW Review - Good little write up regarding the Friday episode which kicked off the …
: London's Liverpool Street Station Dance London’s Liverpool Street Station Dance - As guerilla advertising goes this one is definitely …
: Catch Up with Battlestar Galactica Catch up with Battlestar Galactica - Good little summary of what’s happened on BSG for last 4 …
: F1 Car Launches For my own reference, the bottom table (can’t remember when I last used a table) is for the …
: Carrot Creative Carrot Creative - A bit jquery heavy (I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many transitions …
: Durex: Get it On! Durex: Get it On! - Easily one of the rudest but also funniest things I’ve seen all year.
: Grid Designer 2 Grid Designer 2 - Best grid design implementation tool I’ve stumbled across so far.
: The 2009 Contender The 2009 Contender - Interesting way to launch the new car from Toyota. I wish they’d sort out …
: Google Search Box Google Search Box - From the creator of Quicksilver, comes Google Search Box. Kinda explains why he …
: Pretty Loaded Museum Pretty Loaded Museum - Flash animation preloader museum. I know my brother and I have spent AGES …
: Letterman's Top 10 Bush moments Letterman’s Top 10 Bush moments - Absolute genius (via Daring Fireball).
: Slumdog Millionaire Review Slumdog Millionaire was released this week and it’s the latest effort form director Danny …
: Palm Pre Palm Pre - Never used anything from Palm so I wouldn’t know what to expect based this their …
: Ouch Scathing review of the Apple keynote speech today at MacWorld - Unfortunately I kind of agree. …
: JPG Magazine Archive JPG Magazine Archive - Never actually downloaded this magazine, and now it’s no more.
: Deadlock The above photo Deadlock by David Maitland is without a doubt the best of all the photos in the …
: Focus The problem is that 2008 lacked focus for these areas, so it’s time to provide them with a …
: CBR Top 100 Comics of 2008 CBR Top 100 Comics of 2008 parts 1, 2, 3,4 and 5 - Interesting collection. Don’t agree with …
: Flickr's Last 7 Days Explore interesting photos from the last 7 days on Flickr - Excellent site feature, don’t know …
: Simple Takes Time. Simple takes time - Jason Santa Maria on design times. I loved the Mark Twain quote, which I’d …
December 2008
: Judge Dredd movie greenlit Judge Dredd movie is go - While I thought the Stallone movie left a lot to be desired, one of the …
: Netbook OSX Compatibilities Netbooks compatibility chart - If you’re in the market for a Hackintosh.
: Throw shoe at Bush game Throw shoe at Bush game - Brilliant.
: Bush and Shoe Bush getting attacked by shoes - thank god this was caught on video. If only the guy had better aim.
: BBC1 Christmas Indent 2008 BBC1’s Christmas Indent 2008 - Featuring Wallace and Gromit. Can’t wait for the actual …
: Google Chrome Beta Google Chrome is out of Beta - Gmail takes 5 years to come out of Beta and Chrome takes 100 days? Am …
: Warren Ellis on Wired UK Warren Ellis will be writing for Wired UK - Either one of the smartest moves by this publication or …
: Google Zeitgeist Google Zeitgeist - Following the searching trends of the world.
: Terminator Salvation Trailer New Terminator Salvation Trailer - Looks pretty impressive from where I’m sitting and …
: Software I’ve been on the Mac for a little over a year now, and I’ve been meaning to write about …
: Google Friend Connect Google Friend Connect - Interesting way to enhance blogs and websites to bring more people to …
: Honda withdraw from F1 Honda withdraw from F1 - My first impression was ‘oh my fucking god’. But then you put …
: New Google Reader Theme New Google Reader theme - and just when I was getting used to Helvetireader and really enjoying …
November 2008
: No Caprica No Caprica on the horizon, maybe - Why oh why did the frakkin' Sci Fi channel have to get a hold of …
: s3Slider s3Slider - A jQuery plugin for a very subtle but effective animated slideshow.
: utorrent utorrent for mac - Is finally out of the dark and into the beta. I’ve been waiting a while for …
: Astro Boy trailer Astro Boy Trailer at Moviefone - Love the music, love the little laugh, hate the fact that …
: Kickback Exhibition Kickback Exhibition - Art from David Lloyd (you know of V for Vendetta fame)
: Northlanders Flickr set Northlanders Flickr set - Just finished reading the first volume of Northlanders by Brian Wood. …
: Dell Mini now in Red Dell Mini 9 and 12 now released in cherry red, pretty pink and designs by Tristan Eaton Designs - …
: Audrey Kawasaki Awesome work from Audrey Kawasaki - I especially like the colour palette that she chooses for her …
: DC Comics February 2009 Solicitations DC Comics February 2009 Solicitations are up - Loads of good stuff. Notably the end of 100 Bullets, …
: New Wallace & Gromit New Wallace & Gromit - Coming out on Christmas day apparently.
: Star Trek Trailer in High Def Star Trek Trailer - Now in glorious quicktime.
: The Killers on the MTV Music Awards The Killers on the MTV Music Awards - They should forget doing a video clip, they couldn’t top …
: Alan Moore Yesterday I went to the V&A and saw the talk/interview with Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie. …
: Quantum of Solace - Mini Review Just came back from seeing the latest instalment of Bond. The truth is that I actually really …
: Star Trek Trailer New Star Trek trailer - I will say this again, I be shouldn’t excited about this, but damn …
: Together Together - Interesting little note and file compiling application. Particularly like the web as pdf …
: Up Trailer Up trailer is erm up - This one definitely looks like it’s going to be one of the Pixar …
: Gaiman on Coraline Gaiman discusses the worlds of Coraline - Great little interview with Neil Gaiman on the upcoming …
: Latest Watchmen Trailer Latest Watchmen Trailer - No new footage, but at least there is some more dialogue in there. Music …
: New Wings in F1 Williams are the first to reveal their new modified wing package to the 2009 regulations - Looks …
: The art of can throwing The art of can throwing - fake or real, it’s all pretty cool either way (via Chris)
: Wisdom Six years ago I went to my dentist in Athens, where she told me that I was probably going to be …
: Dark Knight Screenplay Download the Dark Night Screenplay - Easily one of the best movies this year (via Andy Diggle on …
: Sprint Widget Ad Page Sprint Widget Ad Page - Totally captivating page. The design is subtle and the information while not …
: Comica 2008 Comica Festival 2008 - Already brought my ticket for Alan Moore and probably going to try and make …
: Macbook Nano Macbook Nano - I’d definitely buy one for £200. I am however starting to sway gradually into …
: Inoue Takehiko Blog Speaking of Inoue Takehiko - Great little entry from the end of October, where he’s talking …
: Shortwave Shortwave is an extensible quick-search and shortcut bookmark - Not new on the web, but new to me.
: Vexille Vexille - from the creators of Appleseed, Vexille looks like a pretty interesting new anime.
: Chip Kidd Responds to Bat-Manga Controversy Chip Kidd Responds to Bat-Manga Controversy - and the make sure to read the followup by Chris on …
: Eventbox Eventbox from The Cosmic Machine - A Mac only app, which helps integrate a number of social media …
: Graphic Novels - 09 Nov 2008 We’ll see how I get on with this, but whenever I buy something and I have something to say …
: Breaking the 1000 Broken Kode has finally reached the 1000 posts milestone. It’s taken nearly 5 years to get to …
: Photoshop interface with real world object Photoshop interface with real world object - Awesome flickr set that also shows how it was done (via …
: Battling Boy Battling Boy by Paul Hope to be made into a film by Plan B (Brad Pitt’s company that …
: Darth Vader Toaster Darth Vader Toaster - I want one.
: Fedora 10 Solar Theme Fedora 10 (Linux distribution) Solar Theme - Although I’m a mac man now, I still do admire the …
: Michael Crichton Dies Michael Crichton died today - best known for writing Jurassic Park and creating ER has died of …
: Don't fuck this up America 4 years ago I woke up to a series of pictures on blogs from around America of people holding up the …
: New Peanuts Interview with Craig Schulz (Charlie’s son) regarding the 20 Peanuts digital shorts that are …
: President Obama I was so nervous, I couldn’t sleep last night. Around 4:30 I woke up with the fear that the …
: Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb off Heroes Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb off Heroes - Seems like a bit of a radical knee-jerk reaction. When …
: Kevin O'Neill Interview Kevin O’Neill Interview with Gosh Comics - Part one and two in a four part series are online.
: New in Pixelmator Tempo New in Pixelmator Tempo - Awesome set of new additions to the image editor that could. I’m …
: Pixorama Pixorama from eboy - their first book which collects some of the best pixel art this side of an …
: Lewis Hamilton World Champion 2008 Lewis Hamilton is the World Champion of 2008 and he had to work for it till the very last corner. …
: Punked Palin Palin pranked by ‘Sarkozy’ - Comedian Marc Antoine Audett pranks Sarah Palin.
: Christmas on Mars Christmas on Mars out on the 11th of November - In production since 2001, and sure to become a cult …
October 2008
: Chinese Democracy Chinese Democracy - the new Guns ‘n’ Roses album is out on the 23rd of November. You can …
: The Art of Pixar The art of Pixar - A fan-curated gallery of inspiring artwork, good stuff in there.
: Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex out Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex out - Exciting times for those on Ubuntu. I sadly moved over to OS X last year …
: Mcfarlane on Spawn 185 Interview with Todd Mcfarlane on Spawn 185 - I haven’t read a Spawn comic in over 100 issues, …
: Sachsgate If you’re in the UK (and maybe you’ve heard from on far) the ongoing ‘saga’ …
: We call him JMS JMS interview on NPR - discussing his new movie ‘Changeling’
: Brian endorses Obama Brian endorses Obama - Probably the best endorsement ad for this campaign ever.
: Defining the Netbook They’re all wrong. Everyone that’s perplexed as to whether or not the new Dell Mini …
: Electric Sheep Magazine Electric Sheep Magazine - One of the most original internet magazines (not blogs) I’ve seen in …
: EW on what's wrong with Heroes EW on what’s wrong with Heroes - You’d think I would love a show like Heroes right? I …
: typeface.js Typeface.js - Great little alternative to sIFR (which I’ve never really used). The …
: Dell Mini Inspiron 12 Dell Mini Inspiron 12 Review - The older brother of the Mini 9 is out in Japan. There are some …
: Ronnie Scotts If you plan on going to Ronnie Scotts (famous jazz bar in London) there are a couple of things you …
: Carried to Dust Carried to Dust - New Calexico album, perfect listening for the autumn that is upon us.
: KEXP Radio KEXP Radio - I’ve been hunting for a radio network that actually caters to my tastes for …
: Nike Hindsight Nike Hindsight - Glasses that give you extra peripheral vision.
: Cruz Browser Cruz browser - the big difference here is the fact that it’s got an API ready for plugins to …
: Design for Obama Design for Obama - Following in the Obama linky love, this is another nice collection of Obama …
: Guardian RSS feeds Full RSS feeds for The Guardian newspaper - Apparently the first major newspaper to provide their …
: Many Tricks Many Tricks - I’ve only been on a mac for a year so you’ll have to excuse me while i …
: Obama Posters 50 Obama posters - I would also add my buddy Joen’s poster in that mix as well, but it seems …
: Polaroid Polaroid software - If you’re on a Mac (and I can understand why you wouldn’t be) then …
: Brokers with Hands on their faces blog Brokers with hands on their faces blog - I know I shouldn’t laugh, but I couldn’t help …
: Macbooks and Pro Reviewed Anand Tech reviews the new Macbooks - as always love the size of these reviews. Surprising …
: Android Goes Open Source Google’s Android mobile software platform goes open source - what I hadn’t realised is …
: Blogging is Dead Or so Paul Boutin will lead you to believe from the latest issue of Wired. In what is clearly …
: JCVD JCVD (Jean Claude Van Damme) - New movie in a the ‘Being John Malcovich’ mould, but for …
: Mac Mini end of the line Gizmodo is claiming that Apple will no longer be making the Mac Mini anymore - this is a shame …
: Apple Command Prints Apple Command Prints by Christopher David Ryan (via theappleblog).
: Apple responds to Microsoft Ads Apple’s new ‘Get a Mac’ ads that directly address the resent Microsoft …
: Cat Song ‘Cat Song’ - New song by Brontosaurus Chorus (by my friend Dom’s band). Which …
: DC Solicitations for January 2009 DC Solicitations for January 2009 are up - As always, all the interesting covers can be found at …
: Dell Inspiron from Vodaphone Dell Mini Inspiron 9 from Vodaphone - You get the computer for free (saving £299) but then pay £25 a …
: Running Blind So today Morwenna and I went to Regent’s Park for lunch (this year’s autumn has been …
: Macbooks and Netbooks In case you missed it, Apple released their new line of notebooks earlier this week and as you will …
: Stephen Fry website The New Adventures of Mr.Stephen Fry - awesome actor who clearly understands good internet …
: new wordpress admin again Wordpress users get treated to a whole new administration panel…again. How long has it been …
: web without words Web without words is an interesting experimental site. Block out all content form a site, so you can …
: BSG Finale Battlestar Galactica season 5 to begin airing on the 16th of January - 11 hours in total of BSG …
: Stuart Tanner vs Devin Harris Stuart Tanner skools Devin Harris - in a completely white man can’t jump sort of way.
: Wired Youtube Channel Wired Youtube Channel - It’s not new but as I’m using the site instead of a delicious …
: money shot archives Money Shot Archives for the upcoming Kevin Smith ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’ movie - …
: Apple notebooks Sub-text The Guardian’s take on what yesterday’s Apple notebook event - I will say that i think …
: Jonathan Hoefler poster While we’re on the topic of Obama, great little poster by Jonathan Hoefler - unfortunately …
: Obama Tax Calculator Obama Tax Calculator - Clever way to show what you get from voting for him. The real test will be …
: OS X on Lenovo S10 I’m making a collection of links for how you can install OS X on a Lenovo S10 netbook ; you …
: Wilson Miner Wilson Miner’s new site - Love the layout and the colours.
: Apple Notebooks 1989 to 2008 Fortune’s round up of apple notebooks from 1989 to 2008 - interesting for those of us who have …
: serpentine gallery The 2008 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion houses the first structure by Frank Gehry in England …
: Creating Version 8 Online Resources css-tricks.com/examples/ www.learningjquery.com/2006/09/b… …
: Apple Netbook And it seems like I’ve got little less than 4 days to wait for the Apple notebooks to be …
: Obama vs McCain Entire Obama vs McCain debate online - Still listening to it and boy does McCain grind my gears.
: Dell Mini Inspiron 9 with OS X I want myself one of these Dell Mini Inspiron 9’s with OS X on them. The thing is, I …
September 2008
: Singapore F1 Pictures Picture of the first Singapore F1 race from last night/afternoon - How the hell he got those Alonso …
: Ahmed Abou Alfa Early on Saturday morning, on the 20th of September 2008, Ahmed Abou Alfa drew his last breath. …
: Granny hits Mercedes Easily one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long, long time.
: Sonic Unleashed Sonic Unleashed Trailer - If I still played video games this would probably be top of my list along …
: Vettel Wins at Monza Vettel wins at Monza - Awesome little driver (hey he’s only 21 years old) who thoroughly …
: Apple Genius I’m here to also confirm what everyone on the blogosphere has been saying, the Genius setting …
: Upcoming Site Design Today I was reminded that you cannot force design. You cannot force creativity. While thinking of …
: Colours Oh my dear god, why didn’t anyone tell me the colours on the site looked soo drab? I’ve …
: Habari Article on Linux.com Habari Article on Linux.com - Slowly but surely the revolution will begin.
: Rice in Libya Condoleezza Rice is in Libya. An historic event to be sure, if it actually means anything for the …
: Cappuccino Web Framework Cappuccino Web Framework - Interesting web based framework for developing applications online, one …
: Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Reviewed Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Reviewed - Comprehensive review of the Dell Inspiron Mini by Anand Lal Shimpi. …
: Dell Netbook Dell Inspiron 910 has finally been officially released. I’ve been waiting for a netbook for a …
: Fancy zoom for jquery Fancy Zoom for jquery - will probably use this for the projects pages when I get a chance to …
: Radiohead Animations Radiohead animated video winners - Radiohead held a competition for budding animators to create a …
: Prison Break Season 4 Fair warning - Spoilers abound young ones, spoilers abound. So I watched the first two episodes of …
: First Impression of Chrome I’ll be honest, it’s been a while since I was even remotely excited about a new …
: Google Chrome So Google is going to be releasing a browser later on today, called Google Chrome. You can also have …
August 2008
: Live Redesign in Progress Expect breakages, spills and loads of stupid things to go on the site, for a long while, until I get …
: Goodbye WordPress After nearly 4 years running the Kode on WordPress, I’m making the jump and going to better …
: New School Year It’s pretty apt that I should be installing and using Habari in September to run the Kode. See …
: Why not Habari? Christian wrote a little post asking why the Habari community was snubbed in the recent Smashing …
: Trade Paperback List Trade Paperback List - Awesome resource that seems to be kept up to date (moderately) for trade …
: Brad Meltzer's 'Book of Lies' Trailer Brad Meltzer’s ‘Book of Lies’ Trailer - Oddly enough I am actually intrigued by …
: Making of Dark Horse Comics Making of Dark Horse Comics section. As I’ve been emmersing myself in the comic book world …
: Mission My focus in the last couple of months has shifted. This is probably the longest I’ve not been …
: Raunchy Red Band Trailer for Chuck Palahniuk's Choke - Back Up! Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke trailer - it’s been a while since we got a movie that’s …
: Dell's Line Of New Products May Include Netbooks Dell may be officially announcing their netbook next Tuesday. This week we also got to see the …
July 2008
: Khaled Abou Alfa, MEng CEng See those last 4 letters at the end? Yeah got my confirmation from the IET that my application was …
: Terry Hill Interview Interesting article with Terry Hill (chairman of the company I have been working for the past 6 …
: YouTube - Olympics 2008 Monkey Movie - BBC Sport Jamie Hewlett animation (based on his Monkey show) celebrating the upcoming Olympics.
: Watchmen Trailer/Comic Breakdown Continuing on the Watchmen theme (there’s going to be a lot more of this in the coming months …
: Watchmen Trailer is out; and it’s a complete peach of a trailer. It’s kinda harrowing …
: Shhhhhh!!!!! Oh my that is a first. First time in 5 years of blogging that I don’t actually say anything …
May 2008
: Messenger Bags I’ve been looking for a good messenger bag for a really, really long time, but there is such a …
: wiifit Hilarious Wiifit parody. Couldn’t stop laughing when I saw this.
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Guess what's coming to dinner
Continuing my coverage of the last season of Battlestar Galactica, I saw the latest episode …
: Caramel That’s two in two movies I’ve watched this year, both of which have been absolutely …
: New Extended Batman Trailer New extended Batman Trailer. Even better and more polished than the last. It’s got more of …
: Persepolis Review Went and saw Persepolis on saturday and was completely blown away by the experience, so much so that …
: The Slip The Slip by NIN. Even better than the Coldplay gesture from last week, NIN release the whole album …
April 2008
: Leopard Blue Screens I was listening to Gruber’s podcast the other day, and they mentioned the blue screen that …
: RSS Day Apparently it’s RSS Day. For all those people who don’t know what RSS is, it’s the …
: Violet Hill Coldplay are on the free download bandwagon…but not as committed as Radiohead where. …
: skine.art Skine.art is an awesome blog of moleskin contributors from around the world. Of note are some …
: Escape Velocity Continuing my mini reviews for the last Battlestar Galactica season, I
: Design Slow Burn There is definitely something to be said about a slow burning design. At least from where I’m …
: Jake Parker Continuing my illustrators you should look at theme comes the awesome work of Jake Parker. I really …
: frakking toasters Frakking toasters by Jeanette Atwood is in many ways the best commentary on Battlestar Galactica …
: Ian Kim Ian Kim based out of LA is definitely a rising talent to watch in the illustration work. His stuff …
: Carbon Footprint Found this pretty cool calculator at the WWF site. I’m acting like I need 2.1 Earths to …
: I want to believe So the title of the new X-Files movie was released at the New York Comic Con that was held this past …
: Path Comic I saw the PATH graphic novel in the comic book store the other day, but the cover design left a lot …
: The Ties that Bind For the last Battlestar Galactica season, I’ll be reviewing each episode from this 3rd …
: Design Philosophies Earlier this week I attended a talk with a manufacturer who was giving us a brief rundown of the …
: Habitman So I woke up this morning and it honestly felt like 10-15 bed-trolls hijacked by body while I slept …
: Evolution not Revolution Nothing new to add to the general conversation of redesigned website to be honest just that this is …
: One Nation Under CCTV The latest Banksy art is a stonker. I’ve not seen this up close yet, but I’m definitely …
: Camera Recommendations So last month I (as it turned out) foolishly decided to lend Gordon my camera on his little …
: Is this Comedy? So went to Jongleurs yesterday for part of Reid’s stag-do and I’ve got to say that apart …
: MacHeist Retail Bundle In a word, RUBBISH. The newest MacHeist is up and running and basically it’s a really poor …
: Jose Gonzalez at Shepherds Bush Part of my ‘live a little once a month’, yesterday was Jose Gonzalez live at …
: Christian Horner at the IET Just got back from a lecture held at the most excellent venue of the IET in Savoy Place just off …
: Create something I was thinking about this today and basically, blogging involves removing the additional thoughts …
: FontStruct FontStruct is a website that lets you create fonts using an EXCELLENT flash interface right from …
: Elsewhere.brokenkode.com Elsewhere.brokenkode.com (powered byAsaph) is a an images dumping ground for things that inspire me …
: I'm an Addict To the internet. So last week we were offline at casa Khaled. Yes, that’s right, no net access …
: The Spirit Website For those of you in the dark, Frank Miller (he of 300, Sin City and the Dark Knight Strikes Back …
March 2008
: Formula One 2008 Season So that’s what it was. The Formula One season started off this morning in Melbourne. If you …
: The fox is back Late last year I made the move to a mac and while there was a bit of getting used to certain things …
: sky crawlers Sky Crawlers - The new Mamoru Oshii film (you know the guy how did ‘Ghost in the Shell’ …
February 2008
: Pixelmator Release Schedule So the guys over at Pixelmator have just released yet another update on their excellent little image …
: Battlestar Galactica Season 4 trailer Battlestar Galactica season 4 trailer is online. It seems it’s an old one, but i really like …
: Stardust This past month and a half have allowed me for some reason to watch more movies than I watched …
: Camden Fire Now see that’s fucking weird. I was having a pretty rough Tuesday at work, so we went out for …
: Flickr Protest I thought this was pretty funny as a Flickr protest to the Microsoft/Yahoo merger.
: Google Reader I’ve got a question which I was hoping somebody would help me with. I love Google Reader, I …
January 2008
: Safari Plugins Firefox 2 is slow as donkeys on a Mac. It’s true. Even with my 2Gs of RAM I can still notice …
: chicago spire The Chicago Spire by Santiago Calatrava. It’s not a secret that he’s my favourite …
: You Sucjk at Photoshop You Sucjk at Photoshop. You do, you’re awful, and that’s why you’re here. …
: Tim & Helena So yesterday I finally saw a celebrity I actually gave two shits about seeing. I creator who’s …
: Abrams Star Trek I know I really shouldn’t be excited about this, but the new Star Trek teaser (directed by …
: Fake Steve Jobs accepts award Fake Steve Jobs accepts one of those crunchie awards. Absoultely awesome video. The guy’s just …
: Chartership - The Form This weekend I’ve decided to finally get down to completely my chartership forms. For those in …
: Awaken Me Today was the first time I used Awaken from Embraceware. It was a whole new experience for me waking …
: I am Legend Review So went and saw I am Legend with Willy Smith on sunday, without really thinking about it too much. …
: New WordPress Admin A lot of people have been asking me about what I think about the new WordPress admin that’s …
December 2007
: Happy New Year Loads and loads of things to write and talk about, especially as this blog is now officially 4 years …
: v7 It’s been a while since i’ve done something like this, but I can’t help myself, …
: freakangels Freakangles by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield. Freakangel is a long form weekly comic (seems like 5 …
: Taste of OSX // Part One Oooohhhh right, now I get it. So my mac mini arrived last week. Three seperate boxes, one for the …
: Coraline teaser Coraline teaser. Literally just finished reading Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, so this is perfect timing …
: Pirelli Calendar 2008 Pirelli calendar is up. Stunning use of colours. Also really great collection of the previous …
: Dark Knight Trailer New Batman trailer online. You know it’s going to be a good week when your monday morning …
: Busy Bee You may (or may have not) noticed that things have been pretty quiet in the world of the ‘kode …
: Schumi Race driver Michael Schumacher decides that it’s time for him to take the wheel of the taxi when he was …
: wakerupper Wakerupper is a new internet service that you can schedule when to have a wake up call sent to a …
: What You Need So I got a load of help from the previous post about where I should look for more information about …
November 2007
: Si Scott New Si Scott creme-your-pants-work. It’s been a while since I was thoroughly impressed by a …
: World Press Photo 2007 Winners World Press Photo 2007 Winners. Unbelievable collection of photographs collected from the past year. …
: Here comes the Mac? I think I might be ready to make the plunge. I’ve been fighting this urge for a little while …
: Radiohead - In Rainbows It’s been nearly 4 years since the last Radiohead album ‘Hail for the Thief’. …
: a brief message A brieft message. Obviously I missed the launch of this little gem. It’s a website of 200 word …
: VectorMagic VectorMagic is a free online application that turns your bitmaps into vectors. It’s the work …
: Golden Compass Trailer Golden Compass trailer in glorious quicktime. This movie cannot come soon enough…seriously. …
: The Facebook Question So I had myself a bit of a Facebook purge today. As Facebook is becoming more and more part of the …
: Alonso dropped by Mclaren Obviously this doesn’t come as much of a surprise to many who have been expecting this call …
October 2007
: Average It’s time we all took the word ‘average’ back. I’ve been thinking about this …
: Wanted Trailer Wanted trailer is out and about. For those in the dark, Wanted is an excellent little mini-series …
: Gimp 2.4 Latest iteration of the Gimp. Finally, in an update that seems to have been in development for years …
: Man Flu Ok seriously that was as fun as getting my head kicked in by a bunch of chunky school girls while …
: Japan Photos Teaser Over 1000 photos , but here is a small slither of what is to come:
: Last day in Japan It really is not difficult to fall in love with Japan. The country makes it completely easy for you …
: Post the Rules Well, I have not been near a computer for about a week but it’s good to see that the internet …
: Blogging from Japan So I’m sitting here in Naoto’s house and writing this after experiencing my first week (more …
: Sony Bravia Number 3 New Sony Bravia advert. Unlike the last couple of times this one has got bunnies and plastesine. …
September 2007
: Rambling Rambles You know what I find the absolute weirdest thing in the world? I’ve got this Canon LiDe …
: Iron Man trailer Iron Man trailer is up. I’ve officially come in my pants after seeing this trailer. It’s …
: First Day of School First day of school! Well it’s not really, but today is the first day that the new graduate …
: Chris Cornell at the Roundhouse (The above image was taken from OC-76’s flickr account, go check it out for more gigs photos) …
: Princeton So this last week I was in Princeton for my ‘little’ project in Egypt. The highlight of …
August 2007
: Habari | Design Week 03 So I finally got around to doing some work on Habari this weekend, which was awesome. First time I …
: Twenty-Eight One year older, one year wiser. Damn that one went by pretty quickly. I’ve got to say that …
: Land of the Rising Sun I consider myself a relatively well travelled kind of guy. The thing is though with the exception of …
: Kung Fu Rodeo has got two sets (first one, second one) of Batman photos. All I’ve got to say …
: Christian Ward Awesome illustration from Christian Ward.
: Hamilton Mania While I’m not a Mclaren fan (Mercedes doesn’t do it for me) and there’s something …
: Blade Runner Suitcase Blade Runner Suitcase. We’ve been hearing about this suitcase for a while, but it’s not …
: Blogging Interest So I’ve started looking at my blog feed reader and it hit me that I don’t really read …
: The Phiculator The Phiculator is a great little application, that you can download as a flash file as well …
: Batman Animatrix? Batman Animatrix style? Set in the period between BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT, this brand new …
: Summer on a Plate There is NOTHING I like more during the summer than a cold Greek salad. It’s no wonder …
: blueprint css framework Olav’s just released his Blueprint CSS framework. What I like about it is the overall idea and …
: Habari 0.2 Released The second official release of Habari, version 0.2 is out the door. Everyone has been working real …
: Quiet Kode So you might have noticed a certain lull in activity on the Kode. The main reason is the fact that …
July 2007
: Moore on Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Moore on season 4 of Battlestar Galactica. Sorry I couldn’t help myself. This was a panel that …
: Dark Knight Teaser The first Dark Knight teaser is up and ready to be watched. I’ve just been watching …
: Tales from Earthsea Tales from Earthsea by Goro Miyazaki (the son of Hayao). File this under “I hadn’t heard …
: Hack Week Ars Technica has a great little article about Hack Week. Novell recently has a week where they freed …
: Arup Design Yearbook 2007 I rarely pimp the company (in fact I never mention the company except in my contact page) but you …
: Healthy Living Last night in Athens, and I’ve started thinking about what I’m leaving behind and what …
: Transformers Movie Review Just got back from watching the Transformers with Yanni. To be honest, I really don’t think I …
: Web Development Toolbar Tips Christian presents a great little list of things you didn’t know (or may not have known) about …
: Dove and Epuron adverts Amazing advert for Epuron, easily one of the smartest adverts I’ve seen in a really long time …
: Michael Moore Destroys CNN Michael Moore was on Wolf Blitzer (he of CNN fame) and he absolutely destroys him. I love this sort …
: Font Rendering You know when you’re in the dark about something and then someone wakes you up and you get …
: Javascript Libraries I’m looking at javascript libraries and it’s honestly proving a bit of an arduous task. …
: Google Navbar and Toggle I honestly have no idea how I happened to get this togglegoogle on a couple of my machines (well not …
June 2007
: Brave New World In Greece for a little while. I’ve not been on any sort of break since November (even …
: Daft Punk Hands Great little homebrew video of the Daft Punk song “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” …
: Where am I from? In ancient Athens, the single worst punishment you could impose on anyone was to exile them from the …
: Organix Kyle’s just launched his Organix redesign of Warpspire. It’s easily one of the most …
: Plastic Rarely, someone says something to me that really resonates with me completely and changes the way in …
: Smack You know what REALLY pisses me off? I don’t know if this phenomenon has translated itself to …
: Live Redesign Happening Just sorting out the html and slowly hacking the css file. The idea is to slowly chip away at the …
: Pumpkins or Bust I’ve never been anally probed (nor do I ever wish to be) but I doubt it feels quiet as bad as …
: By now you’ve seen the latest news about the modifications to the Batsuit which looks …
: Overload It’s a funny thing about how much information your brain can actually hope to take in a single …
: Wall-E teaser trailer up. Wall-E is the new movie coming from Pixar next year. From the brief 20 …
: Stewie Easily one of the best new animated characters I’ve seen in a good long while (I put him in …
: Opera Mini Dimension Dimension, the latest iteration in Opera’s incredibly cool mobile browser will be released on …
: Version 6 - Coming Soon Geeze that took a long time but I can finally report that I’ve actually sorted out the …
: Summer on the London Tube Ice underneath the seats in the London underground? Summer is finally here and it’s pretty …
: British Idol? Okay, just to confirm to everyone that I neither care nor have I ever watched any of these stupid …
: Canadian Grand Prix 2007 That’s MUCH better. After the complete and utter BOREDOM that was the Monaco grand prix, the …
: Let the Hacking Begin Well it’s been a bit too long coming, but I think I’ve found a theme that I can get to …
: Strange Meetings Archie’s in town from Madrid, so we met up for some breakfast, shoot the fat, catch up since I …
: Theft So I’m standing the waiting line at Sainsbury’s (for those in the dark, it’s …
: Moveable Type Open Sourced Interesting developments over at Six Apart. Lets dig up some of the things I said back in the day …
: Hackable Theme Recommendations? So I’ve decided on the final design (after something like 19 iterations all of which I will …
: London 2012 - Bad design The new London 2012 branding was unveiled today and seriously, it’s very funny how the …
: Dropping like flies Now see that is bloody interesting. A month ago I kinda asked about whether or not people actually …
: Lost Season 3 Finale Major SPOILERS abound in this post, so move on if you've not watched this yet. I didn’t …
: Interesting Daily So I’m reading the Eddie Campbell interview on CBR and he’s talking about his recent …
May 2007
: Smashing Pumpkins - Tarantula Oh my god I think I just wet my pants. I’ve not had this feeling in FUCKING YEARS!!!! Just …
: Splash Panel Podcast Splash Panel podcast. Second podcast I’ve ever recorded, I talk about the podcast in general …
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Paprika
Saturday evening, Jackie, Fern and I went to the 6th Annual Sci-fi and Fantasy Festival in London. …
: Great Speeches So I picked up the Guardian today, mainly for a CD which has excerpts of the ‘Great Speeches …
: Live Redesign Well for the first time ever, I’m actually going to be going through the live redesign …
: Net OTT So a couple of weeks back (maybe it’s more, I’ve got far more annoying things in my life …
: Golden Compass Cut Sheet Golden Compass Cut Sheet. I know they’re calling it the Golden Compass, but it my eyes it will …
: Non-boots? Is it just me, or has the yearly ‘reboot’ phase kinda gone down like a bit of a whipper …
April 2007
: Fugly Google I really don’t understand why it is that all Google applications are soo bloody fugly. I mean …
: Random Sundays I I’m going to post a collection of one liners that are rattling in my head, probably going to …
: Thirteen Sense Contact Thirteen Sense’s new album Contact came out recently. It’s easily one of my favourite …
: Better Gmail Extension Better Gmail. Ok so it’s not as cool looking as the Google Reader theme, but it’s a …
: Google Reader Theme Google Reader Theme by Jon Hicks. Awesome doesn’t even begin to describe this. I wish someone …
: Weight Gain I got onto the scales this morning and swear to god I think I heard the scales sigh. When the hell …
: Chinese Anyone So I’m talking to Fern yesterday on Facebook, and when I say talking I actually mean …
: Iron Man Grey Suit First look at the original Iron Man grey suit. I’m actually really looking forward to this. A …
: Red State Red State? Kevin Smith’s new movie is going to be a ‘horror’ movie? Seriously …
: Is it? Seriously, don’t bother reading this because it’s going to be one long boring diatribes …
March 2007
: Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Finale SPOILERS Ok if in case you didn’t read the title of this post, it has the word spoiler in it for a …
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Dining in Hell - 300 reviewed
Frank Miller’s 300 had my money several times over from the moment I heard it was going to …
: Army Definitely one of the more interesting takes on ‘supporting’ the troops I’ve read …
: Exljbris Massive shout out to Jos Buivenga over at Exljbris for the truly excellent and awesome fonts …
: Open Source Graphical Applications Great little interview with Jakub Steiner and Andreas Nilsson over at Gnome Journal. The most …
February 2007
: Smashing Pumpkins Zeitgeist Smashing Pumpkins, Zeitgeist will be out on 07/07/07. I remember where I was the last time an …
: Blender 2.43 Blender 2.43 was released today. To my mind (and I’ve said this many times before) is the most …
: Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Official Battlestar Galactica season 4 official press release! It’s about Frakking time they made this …
: Zotero Honestly, I’m amazed by the quality of the Zotero plugin for Firefox. Zotero is a little …
: Aitus Moralis The more I think about this the more embarrassed of myself I feel. Basically I sat down today to …
: mac vs pc Interesting article on the Guardian regarding the new UK mac adverts, some valid points while others …
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Inksmith Explained Redux
Let me start off by saying that Inksmith is what I view as my biggest online failure, after a …
January 2007
: Left and Right Forest was back in town for the weekend and we were catching up as I’ve not seen him since the …
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Habari | Design Week 02
It’s been a truly exciting time for Habari on the design front (not that it’s not been …
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Prison Break | Season One
Anna kept telling me to watch this series again and again. I do actually remember the TV spots for …
: Habari | Design Week 01 This is the first (hopefully) weekly instalment of the comings and goings on in the Habari Design …
: Habari | Rumble in the Jungle It’s been one hell of a couple of days since we first talked about the Habari project. …
: Best Graphic Novels of 2006 Continuing in my series of the best of 2006, just finished my post on the best graphic novels of …
: Habari Well Chris broke the news about, Habari, a new open source blogging CMS platform. While he …
: Making Firefox faster It’s unreal just how much faster doing this tweak actually makes Firefox load websites. …
December 2006
: BlackBerry Pearl Easily one of the coolest gadgets I got this year was the Blackberry Pearl (or 8100 model). …
: Movies Review of 2006 As I continue my review of 2006, go read part 1 if you want to find out my thoughts on The best of …
: Best of the Net 2006 I started writing a best of 2006 about a week ago, however I’ve had to break that down into …
: Linux equivalent project Linux equivalent project is just a list of links for programmes that do the same thing. Good one to …
: Mandolux Mandolux, easily one of the single best implementations of a good idea for wallpapers on the net. …
: Toshiba R100 Over a month ago I was on the hunt for a laptop. In my quest for a small laptop I actually looked at …
: Los Faros De Panama One of the main reasons why I’m completely quiet at the moment is mainly due to the fact that …
: Eboy Poster This “little” Eboy poster is so apt for capturing what I’ve been experiencing for …
: Break the Silence In a time when I should really be blogging MUCH more often (as I’m going through some pretty …
November 2006
: The Prestige The Prestige, the new Christopher Nolan movie is like getting Christmas early. I mean how could the …
: Remember, remember I got back from Greece on Sunday in a pretty mixed way. I’m glad that I didn’t have a …
: new citroen ad New Citroen ad - Mutation. It’s good to see that they moved their ideas forward and …
October 2006
: Blue Dragon Blue Dragon from the fine folk at Mistwalker. Dammit, they’ve actually got me considering …
: Broken Kode Season One Complete It’s late. What’s definitely becoming endemic of my life in general (being late with …
: CSS File Structure For my latest redesign (and on the other sites and programmes I’m working on) I’ve …
: Frank Miller's 300 review I’ve reviewed Frank Miller’s 300 over at Splash Panel. It’s most definitely one of …
: Battlestar Galactica Season 3 I’ve been meaning to talk about the latest season of Battlestar Galactica since it began …
: Standards Reboot Standards Reboot. In a way it was inevitable, following these pretty shocking results. Seems we do …
: Transformers Trailer The transformers trailer actually looks pretty damn good. This might be pretty old news but I …
: An itch to scratch I’m currently in Greece for a full 2 weeks. I’ve been looking forward to this break for …
: Sony Bravia Paint Check out the new Sony Bravia Paint Advert. I’ve got to say that these adverts are taking over …
: Broken Kode | Superstructure In constructing a building the foundations are the first things that go in. Much in that vein, …
: PMPs 2006 Timely “Ipod killers” article, flags up several players that I definitely want to have a …
: Flickr Cards Flickr Cards. What makes this strange is that I only sorted out my flickr account yesterday (yeah …
: Democracy Platform Democrcy Internet TV Platform - in all it’s open sourcy goodness. Just in time for the new …
: Breathing Earth Breathing Earth is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in a good long while. Prepping myself …
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Ubuntu Advocate | Installing Software
Following on from Part 1 of this series of posts on Ubuntu, I’m going to talk about Ubuntu …
September 2006
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Ubuntu Advocate | Part 1
Ubuntu 6.06 'Drapper Drake' is a vastly superior operating system to Windows XP.
Usually people …
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Productivity
I’ve been trying to find ways to increase my productivity and effectively take my life back by …
: Ramadan 2006 I’d just like to extend my wishes to all those about to fast (and those who are like me …
: Symphony 21 Seems like the pay for model didn’t work? Can’t really say why the guys over at 21 …
: The Devil Himself Fascinating week we’ve been having with regards to international news. It’s gotten to …
: California sues car manufacturers California sues car manufacturers? Is this some kind of joke? Easily the single most ridiculous …
: Sony Ericsson M600i Finally my wishes for a mobile that actually provides me with what I want have been answer with the …
: Gnome Files Gnome Files. Part of the problem with open source is the fact that there are so many applications …
: Design Magazines There seems to be a bit of resurgence in the design and web development UK market. This is a very …
: User Control, Eliminate the Noise When it comes to doing things in WordPress, any idea I come up with has usually been implemented …
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Blogger Burn
It’s been one of the longest summers that I can remember, which definitely followed one of the …
: mapmyrun Mapmyrun, one of the best use of the Google Maps API, I’ve seen so far on the net. My estimate …
: Ubuntu Knot2 Knot2, second alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu release this October, Edgy Eft. This is what I …
August 2006
: Loca “Bitch I’ll pull out all your blonde extensions from their big black roots”. …
: Crazy Egg Quick thoughts on the new online service provided by Crazy Egg. I’ve been using it for about a …
: Wow I definitely noticed spamming coming through, which left me scratching my head (50 in like a few …
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Open Source Vector Programmes
Last year when Adobe bought out Macromedia, one of the main things I complained about was what would …
: Gimp Icons I’ve been playing around with the Gimp a bit more. Yes I know, I’ve got a massive post …
: Ubuntu Powered Need to get me some Ubuntu Powered Stickers to go onto my computer. (hat tip: Phu)
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Contributing to Open Source
The last week has seen some movement on a couple of the open source projects I’ve been …
: Mighty George I got this link (via Sylvane) yesterday and I’ve watched it like 10 times now. Every time I …
: FOFRedux | First Contact This is what I’ve been reading my feeds from for the past couple of days :). I promised the …
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Pixar's Cars
A new Pixar animation is generally cherished over here in Casa Broken Kode; then again do you …
: Firefox day? Have you picked a friends for Firefox Day? I’m stumped as I’ve been shouting about …
July 2006
: Grid Systems Grid Systems by Kimberly Elam (published by PA Press) is required reading for ANYONE even thinking …
: Sky HD One of the nicest adverts I’ve seen since the Sony Bravia advert. This is for Sky’s new …
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Dead Man's Chest
Saw ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ yesterday. Got me some thoughts …
: Broken Phoenix Reason I’ve not been able to write anything these past days is because I’ve been feeling …
: Some of the funniest shit I’ve seen in a good long while. I need laughter right now, otherwise …
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The end of Proprietary?
I was talking to Kyle a couple of days ago. He was expressing how he liked the summer and then we …
: The meaning of Terrorism For those in the dark, yesterday evening the state of Israel has declared war on the country of …
: Over the Crescent Usually when things are quiet on the ‘kode it’s generally because I’m busy with …
: Impressions One thing is for sure regarding the switch to Linux is that there is soo much to learn, however I am …
: Ubuntu Help I’m running on Ubuntu now and I’m starting to get comfortable with the setup in general. …
: You all seen the latest Inkscape? They’ve taken a page from Xara and included the colour …
: Calm waters I’ve been pretty quiet this last week and there’s actually two main reasons for that. …
June 2006
: Linux for Human Beings? See I know how people keep claiming how Ubuntu is the way forward for the desktop linux and how …
: Translation? Anyone mind helping translate this site post for me? I’ve been getting some a serious referal …
: Shuttle Made reality When the Shuttle images design were released for general consumption I expected a great number of …
: Linux for the Designer In part one of this series I talked about why I’m going to be switching over to Linux. In this …
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Switching Operating Systems
I’ve been writing this post for a couple of days now, which is a bit unusual for me, so grab a …
: Regarded by many as the best world cup goal ever, check out the second one by Esteban Cambiasso. …
: Blink Just finished reading this book, which is definitely on my list of best books of 2006 already (I …
: Flocking Mad I’ll probably do a more proper review of the latest version of Flock at some point when …
: Stadium Arcadium I’ve been listening to this album more and more lately and all I can say is that it’s …
: Kabuki Dancing Arguably the most arty thing I’ve done in London in a good long while, yesterday I went to …
: Summer nights that seem to go on forever Last night reminded me of Greece during the summer. The humidity was absolutely ridiculous to be …
: Tea Tree Special Shampoo Yes no subject is taboo on the Kode so I’m going to talk about my haircut today. Generally …
: In case you missed it (because I did until very recently), Yahoo’s now got a nice Summer Movie …
: The Importance of PT I’ve been in LA for a couple of days now and I think I’m finally ready to talk about the …
: Viva Las Vegas I’ve already talked ever so briefly about the visit to Vegas on Monday. The first thing you …
May 2006
: Randomness in America Coffee? I doubt it It’s baffled me for years as to how and why Starfucks came to this MASSIVE …
: Class of 2006 Today was my brother’s graduation day. It comes 5 years after my graduation which was the last …
: World Cup Excel Spreadsheet Update: For all those looking for the 2010 version (the one linked below is for the 2006 version), …
: Cream Cheese and Butter That was the longest trip I’ve ever made. Now it wasn’t actually boring nor was it …
: America Bound Damn time flies by. I’m off to the States tomorrow for my brother’s graduation (an event …
: Wii E3 So I met up with Chris and co on Friday. What’s cool about Chris is that he’s one of the …
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Blog Design Solutions
Been meaning to write a proper review about this book for a good long while. Due to many commitments …
: Coca Cola Advert Seriously one of the best adverts I’ve seen on TV in a good long while. The advert was …
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Shuttle | Design Lessons
I’m going to ramble on a bit more about Shuttle, simply because it’s been a pretty big …
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Shuttle FAQ
To avoid any confusion and answer some questions that have been raised I’ve created this small …
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Shuttle Launched
Before you read this I suggest you go and have a look at the 20 mockups showing the future of …
: Pumpkins Reunite It's official, The Smashing Pumpkins are currently writing songs for their upcoming album, their …
: My name is Earl The first season of easily one of the funniest and best series on TV in a good long while came to an …
: Reincarnation Cycles I’ve never actually researched the idea at all and therefore know seriously little to nothing …
: showcase Just wanted to thank the guys and gals over at Web Creme, CSS Vault, CSS Remix, Adam (of CSSReboot …
: FOFRedux - Design The real reason why I decided to reboot to something more simple this time round hopefully is …
: Orange Go buy the DVD version of an open-source movie? Open source as in you’ve got full access to …
: Blowing Kisses I hate Mondays. Every Monday that comes around I always remember that episode of Garfield where …
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LG - Chocolate
Guy Howard emailed me on Tuesday asking me whether or not I wanted a free LG Chocolate phone to test …
: Stop Urban 4x4s I noticed this guy wearing this t-shirt yesterday and I actually remembered the url. It’s …
: Superman Returns Trailer 2 Just finished watching the latest trailer for the Superman Returns movie and I’ve got to say …
: sketchup Might be old news (since I remember this being ‘released’ by google a couple of months …
April 2006
: Spring Musings Looking at my archives April was the slowest month of blogging since I began over 2 years ago. 10 …
: calexico James Jean explains the process behind the new cover work for Calexico’s latest album. …
: wii Nintendo seem to have rebranded their upcoming 3rd generation, what was to be called Revolution is …
: Bush Imagine Brilliant video of a remixed George Dubayou singing John Lennon’s Imagine. I love the clip of …
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Broken Kode V5 | Foundations
A very strange thing happened during the design of this particular iteration of the ‘kode. …
: Forum Spam Sorry to all the Rin and Manji board users for the spamming that’s going on. I think …
: Wendling Ok I’m officially in love. Claire Wendling (the site is in French, so now you know where …
: Placebo - Meds Just got this album and it’s definitely going to be making it on my best of 2006 list. I know …
: Broken Signal Episode 1 Well I just recorded my first ever podcast. It’s pretty raw, no bells, no whistles, I’m …
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Amelie
I was meaning to write about this last week but I got caught up in other things and once again …
: Brain Dump Creativity It’s really annoying, a month ago I was talking about being on a creative high, …
March 2006
: Dry Rain It’s been a while since I got rained on in London. Generally speaking I always carry a bag …
: Broken Signal | Coming Soon So I’ve decided to take up podcasting. I’ve got to admit that it’s in many ways …
: La Coruna That was seriously one of the best weekend breaks I’ve had in a good long while. I think it …
: Spanish Dancing So about two weeks ago Joe sends out a mass email to the group and asks whether anyone is up for …
: Smokes and Mirrors On Grooming Today I took a look at myself in the mirror and didn’t really like everything I …
: XGL I’ve been keeping up with a lot of my feeds lately, mainly because I’m still waiting for …
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Online Printers
A small part of creating the BK Logo was to have something to put on my business cards. As …
: Superstar Rosberg Please tell me everyone saw superstar rookie Rosberg’s debut race in Formula 1? No. Well allow …
: CPU Minutes Problem I’m having a little bit of a problem finding the sneaky php script that is making me clock …
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Shuttle Wave One
For the past …
Update: The smaller images now click onto LARGER versions for your viewing pleasure.
: Explaining the New Web I’m giving a presentation on what everyone is missing out on the web to my group at work on …
: Blogging Is Raw Increasingly I’ve been reading many people on the blogosphere talk about their posts as …
: Harmful books Some of the statements made in the descriptions often come across as pretty damn glossed over (also …
February 2006
: Grasping Inspiration Traditionally February is generally a shitty month. I’ve had several things mar it in my eyes …
: wikipedia ipod Wikipedia on your ipod!!!? Haven’t tried this yet, but damn that does look pretty cool. Thing …
: RIP Andreas Katsulas Can’t believe I missed this, but Andreas Katsulas has passed away. For all those scratching …
: FOFRedux Redesign Mini-site If you’re interested in these things and would like to see what goes into making the …
: FOFRedux Redesign Honestly this sort of thing doesn’t happen to me very often. I subscribed to the FOFRedux …
: coComments Go get yourself and account at coComment. Not sure how they’re going to make money off this, …
: New Rin and Manji Flavours coming soon Just thought I’d give all the crazy cats out there looking for some different Rin and Manji …
: UX magazine Definitely one to put into your RSS aggregator. UX magazine seems to be a pretty quality type of …
: The Construction Industry I’ve created a brand you category on the Kode. It’s called ‘Funk You …
: Blogging Opera Who amongst us doesn’t like a good bit of soap opera? Ok, what about a bit of soap opera …
: Blogging Methodology I was recently reading Stathi's latest post and I could help but smile at just what a completely …
: Contact Form problems Just noticed that my contact form is not working since I upgraded to WordPress version 2.0 so I'll …
: Women's Fashion | Shoes This should be interesting. The last time I decided to talk about fashion I got a response from a …
: Broken Kode | Season One - The First Copy Guess what I received in the post this morning? Needless to say I couldn't actually get much work …
: Creative Sessions The new institution for both Stathis and I this year has been the 'Creative Session' (in the past we …
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February Schedule
Well I did actually like the whole documenting what was on the table to be completed during any …
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The Message
Joen's has written about the fiasco with the illustration of the Prophet Mohammad, since he's Danish …
January 2006
: Perception of Value Not too long ago I wrote a review about Feedlounge. Kyle came back and voiced his opinion about the …
: firefly Season 2 Not really what I was hoping to hear, but the Firefly Season 2 news that has been making the rounds, …
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Four things
Darice has been kind enough to tag me into this meme, so here’s something you might not have …
: Lulu Shipping I said I wasn’t going to talk about the book itself until I had a url, but after tonight …
: Broken Kode | Season One - The Cover This is the last time I talk about the book until I post the link(s) where it can be bought from. …
: Kobe Bryant Had an intersting conversation with Hamish today regarding Kobe Bryant scoring 81 points in a single …
: Broken Kode | Season One - The Archives Michael god bless him has been trying very hard for years now to develop ideas (he’s really …
: Broken Kode | Season One - The pitch Well I guess it’s time to start breaking out the champagne as I’ve got a load of posts …
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Broken Kode Logo
When I’m not talking much on the Kode, it usually means I’m up to something. This has …
: Inactivity When the Kode is this quiet for this long, you know there is trouble afoot :). I’ve just spent …
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Feedlounge Review
I talked about Feedlounge a while ago. It was announced earlier this week that the application …
: ZenPhoto 1.0 Beta Thought it was important to point out to everyone that the latest version of Zenphoto is out. …
: Back Online Back online which is very very cool indeed. I swear not having an internet connection at home was a …
: No Net Got back home yesterday to England and I’ve got no net at home. Therefore until this gets …
: PHP Designer 2006 Perfect start to 2006, the super talented Michael Pham ofMPSoftware releases the new version of PHP …
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January Schedule
One idea I’m going to try and do this year (and who knows if I’ll actually continue with …
December 2005
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In Review 2005
In a way it’s really important for me right now at this particular time in my life to …
: Best of the 'net 2005 - Part 2 Because it was too big for one post, here’s the continuation of my best of the net round-up. …
: Red Out Racer I’ve been completely obssessed with Red Out Racer from Kiloo. This is a game for my k750i and …
: Best of the 'net 2005 - Part 1 I’ve got my year in review post (which I’m still writing) however I can concentrate on …
: Bad Architecture I’ve been quiet for a couple of days as I’ve tried a bit of a net detox effectively. …
: Live from Athens I’m typing this from Athens from my bro’s computer (the biggest brick you’ve ever …
: The need for Flock When I first heard about Flock I asked the obvious question of what was going to make it better or …
: A Broken Kode Original | Autumnal Introducing the first in a series of Broken Kode Originals (I’ve got another 5 to go). …
: Enter the Foo Fighters See that’s how a fucking ROCK concert should be like. It’s 10 years too late, but at the …
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Reflect
Time for reflection on the year that’s passed us by. This isn’t my end of the year …
: Banksy | Wall & Piece If you’re looking for the ultimate in modern art, I direct you no further than one of my …
: WordPress World What can I say, one post about Friday is seriously not enough. The day lasted around 13hours, where …
: Wired News: The Firefox Hacks You Must Have Firefox Hacks You Must Have. I’m always on the look out for new and interesting firefox …
: Where are the Broken Kode Tees? As I announced this a while back I think it’s important to finish what I started. When I first …
: About Matt You know you’re kind of on the same wavelength as the person sitting opposite you when …
: London Meetup Continues Well this is the first London WordPress meetup that I know of and to be honest even if it …
: Character Shots …meanwhile if you’re interested in what Lois Lane will look like look no further than …
: X3 Trailer Go have a look at it. Yeah I know something you would expect this sort of thing over at Splash Panel …
: Bad Service I just realised today how much BAD service in a restaurant can completely fuck up your experience. …
: Inksmith on MT Just wanted to announce that Inksmith is now in partnership with Media Temple. Big shout out to both …
: Naoto Hattori I spent yesterday chilling out with Naoto and his family (that Scottish bastard Gordon tagged along …
: Sky Blue Empire describes it as “Akira for the 21st Century” but watching this movie reminded me …
November 2005
: SplashPanel I was planning on keeping this quiet until I’d actually done the design for it and had a few …
: firefox 1.5 Firefox 1.5 has been released and they’ve realigned (nooch!) the website as well. It’s …
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Methodology
You might have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet lately, which is attributed to the fact …
: Why Adsense? Well I can definitely tell you it’s not about the money. I don’t need it, my hosting is …
: Google Adsense Right I’ve Google Adsense on the site (only in one location and far away from the main page, …
: Internet Trust If I didn’t read Business Logs I’d have completely missed this story. Just haven’t …
: Getting It I’m not sure if this is just me, but I’ve been getting more and more frustrated with …
: Keys You know that you’re getting old, when you’re in a bar/club and Nirvana “Smells …
: Shotgun The title of the post says it all, lots of little things I’ve got on mind I’d like to …
: Superman Returns Trailer The Superman Returns teaser trailer is up and it did give me goosebumps. Mainly the Marlon Brando …
: Fables Fables is one of the best series you can read by VERTIGO Comics. It’s written by Bill …
: Inksmith Explained I don’t want to say much about what we have planned because (to be honest) it’s still in …
: Inksmith A while back I talked about what the WordPress community was lacking. Upon reflection I’ve …
: Formatting Comments Finally got the information regarding how to format your comments sorted out. This has been on my …
: Evil Machine My computer is both one of my favourite tools, link to the outside world, online friends, but at the …
: Bouncy Balls I’ve been sketching all day practically. I actually left the house in order to give myself a …
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Comic Book Publishing
The comic landscape wil change in the years to come. Historically when a comic book fan had an idea …
: Character Design Character Design Blog is an amazing collection of interviews and profiles of some serious character …
: Beautiful People It doesn’t happen very often, but it’s one of the best feelings I get when it comes …
: Fruitcast Fruitcast has gone live. Mr.Kartooner himself and I helped out with the copy of the site. Hell …
: Gorillaz Toys Gorillaz toys from Kidrobot. These things are absolutely MASSIVE. The main problem being that …
: New Snippets Format After hammering this a couple of times (and in the process getting an even better understanding of …
: Eid Mubarak Today marks the end of Ramadan for the year 2005. Just wanted to wish all those who have just …
: Taking care of yourself Think of this as a public service announcement. If you’re one of the people that says …
October 2005
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Kode 500
This posts marks my 500th post for this little site. In the comic book industry this number is a …
: Reyyy . com Reyyy is an excellent example of why comic book art is well above and beyond the traditional art …
: Brian Wood Brian Wood’s new website is online. Brian’s definitely got a destinct style, both in his …
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Gallery Section
I’ve finally sorted out the gallery section of Broken Kode. This has been on the backburner …
: King Stephen King’s Graphic Novel. Not really ‘news’, merely a confirmation of a promo …
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Web Applications
It’s only natural for people to be getting sick of the term that’s plastered on the …
: Human Behaviour So I’m in front of the Greek Embassy yesterday, trying to get myself a visa to go back down to …
: Places to Find Free Images Top 10 Places to Find Free Images For Your Blogs . This one’s for me, since I know I’ll …
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Serenity
Saw this movie last week, but due to various problems, it’s taken this long to talk about. …
: Scarves in Autumn Can someone please explain to me why oh why people in London insist on wearing scarves in the …
: Normal 'Kode It was my harddrive. Bastard thing melted on me, well not literally but you get what I mean. …
: Broken Kode SALE $1M ONLY Think of this as a complete and UTTER bargain. This is your chance to own Broken Kode. Hell …
: Chromophile Every once in a while I’ll go into one of my many Art and Design Havens and come out with …
: Better Weeks I’ve had better weeks, I know I have. I think this week easily ranks up there are one of the …
: Waste of Time Last week my computer decided to die on me. I’ve been having problems with it for about a …
: Brand New Install I’ve been flying without a computer for a week now. It’s been incredibly difficult and …
: Flock You I’m really excited about Flock. For those in the dark it’s a new browser that’s …
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Projects Checklist
Just putting my thoughts in one place to check up on later. Computer Meltdown.
I’m currently …
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Blogging Networks
There’s been a lot of noise about blogging networks around the place. People selling and …
: CUBE CREATIVE CUBE Creative My new favourite multimedia/animation studio to watch. Check out the 7Tones 2 short …
: Revolve This I’m going to do you two favours with this post, so I’m hoping you all send some love my …
: Ramadan 1426AH I’d just like to extend my warmest wishes to all those who are about to finish their first day …
: Broken Kode Tees I’d first like to thank the 9 people who bought a print off me. You guys rock, and I’m …
: Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks - News and Updates Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks Video Blog. Extremely funny stuff, especially the intro by Kevin …
September 2005
: Howl's Moving Castle Finally saw Howl’s Moving Castle yesterday. Laurent and I have been talking about watching …
: Williams F1 Factory I’m working on a new project in Wantage which is just south of Oxford. To get there we have to …
: Alex Maleev Teaches you to draw Alex Maleev teaches you to draw the Owl. Great stuff, from one of my favourite artists of the past 5 …
: Shuttle WorkShop 01 - Dashboard I’ve been thinking about the whole situation and how some people might feel a bit left out of …
: despicable horses Despicable Horses Nice modification of Rin. If he could just sort out the comments section out.
: The New Guardian Not many people read The Guardian, compared to other fine publications like The Sun (which …
: Spotlight on Saida Saida has been listed on several sites: CSS Import™ , CSS Drive , CSS Mania
: WordPress Shuttle ~ Update Fellow 9ruler Greg over at Airbag Industries has posted about thelack of design in the WordPress …
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Dreamhost Outage
As some might have been aware, Broken Kode was down for a few hours on Sunday, along with most of …
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The Digital Swiss Army Knife
Knowing full well how the Apple fans out there are going to latch onto this, let me just say that I …
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Zenphoto
I’ve been waiting for this for a pretty long while. Tristan has finally released his long …
: Weird Phone I’ve been having a weird phone day today. As mentioned before, I’m really not a mobile …
: GAME BOY MICRO GAME BOY MICRO site. That this is TINY. The question now is whether I go for the GBM or the PSP.
: Photoshop vs The GIMP = my pencil Apart from the completely unfortunate name, the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a great …
: World of Inspiration World of Inspiration Quotations. New site from fellow 9ruler, Garret. If you like quotations, this …
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The Authority: Revolution
It’s been a while since I read a proper Authority story. Last time it was the one issue found …
: The Grenade They say weirdness comes in threes, and I think I experienced that completely yesterday. Very long …
: Horhaus Horhaus exceptional comic book work. I’ll definitely be picking up Warlands when it comes out. …
: Official Adam Hughes Website The Official Adam Hughes Website is live. Not sure ow long that’s been up. Just to clarify, …
: On the Drawing Board I hate ‘getting’ back into drawing. The reason is very simple as it takes me a good …
: Site Problems Got a few problems I’m trying to sort out, seems my .htaccess file screwed around with my …
: Starfish Diaries Starfish Diaries I’ve setup a blog for Stathi. Remember when you first started blogging and …
: WordPress Wishlist Easily the single biggest draw to using WordPress (apart from the price of course, which is …
: City Slickers About 3 months ago I was on the phone to Housy, and he asked me if I wanted to go on a mountain bike …
August 2005
: Fuel Games - Advergames, Viral Marketing and Brand Entertainment Fuel Games Online Gaming has definitely come a long way. Excellent stuff here.
: Step Back I’ve had a technical problem plaguing me at work for the past 3 weeks. While I’ve tried …
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Battlestar Galactica
Just to be perfectly clear, this post probably has spoilers, or links to spoiler materials, so if …
: Free Opera 8.02 Free Opera. As part of Opera’s 10 year Anniversary celebration it’s giving away …
: Logos The hardest thing for me in the nearly 2 years of blogging has been to establish a logo for Broken …
: PIMs My kingdom for a decent PIM, or Personnal Information Manager. I’m going to do something that …
: Mobile Phones On my 26th birthday I was forced into seriously thinking about getting a proper mobile phone, with a …
: Breaks There’s a first time for everything, cliché I know; I’ve been going non stop at work …
: David Mack's Reflections Artistically David Mack is one of my biggest influences. In fact he’s such an influence that …
: Flash Earth Neave Lab’s Flash Earth Oh so so cool :).
: Bryan Singer Bryan Singer’s Superman Journal. Pretty great set of clips for you to download. Still think …
: Broken Kode 4.0: Saida Part 1 Version 4.0 has been a long time coming, as I’ve been sitting on the design for at least 3 …
: Upgrade NOW!!! Ok to all you crazy lazy cats out there, thinking that it’ll be ok not to upgrade your …
: Ultimate OS My previous windowz fart obviously as it would, started making me thinking about operating systems, …
: Minor Setback So I’m back in business. Hard drive has been completely wiped clean (although there seems to …
: Didn't get away with it. Update: Probably going to be offline throughout the weekend, while I sort my PC out. I'm going to …
: chris webb chris webb has got a new site up, and it’s such a clever idea.
: Freedom of Expression So I saw my uncle on sunday. Whenever I see the good doctor I always end up sitting there and taking …
: The Internet is 10 years old. So I’m waiting for Stathis to get his lazy ass to the station, and seeing as I was a little …
: LifeHut LifeHut Go check it out, then come back and thank me for pointing it out to you.
: LuLu Update: One comment was all it took to make me realise that my post was lacking in something …
: WinDirStat Home Page WinDirStat Very cool Windows stats program (open source software, which I always have time for).
: Amin Maalouf - Leo the African I just finished reading this seminal work by the great Amin Maalouf, who is a fellow Lebanese. See …
: Hmm that's a Tasty Burger... So I’m talking to my brother yesterday. He’s in Greece where it’s a scortching 40 …
July 2005
: bran man Bran Man. This is a pretty cool idea. You either get it or you don’t.
: Not just a Comic Book Baton Jonas sent me a baton on Sunday, but due to work I’ve just not had the time to finish this …
: Partition Crash You know how they tell you to separate your normal files from your OS files. That way when your OS …
: GoogleGrab GoogleGrab. Not tried this yet but looks pretty interesting.
: Local Radio Stations Whenever I go to Lebanon I always find it really weird but nice how the radio is local and in your …
: Working Under Pressure Currently I’m fighting the most important deadline of the year at work. It’s the …
: CSS Reboot Fall 2005 CSS Reboot Fall 2005. Well BK4 will be out long before then, but still pretty cool.
: millarworld magazine uses wordpress. Interesting use of a blog format.
: FeedLounge Alpha Just got my Alpha invite to Feedlounge, which as you can expect from the name is an online RSS feed …
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Leon - Special Edition
Every once in a while you see something, read something, hear something that takes you back a few …
: Book Batton Shawn sent me a book baton today. I like these ‘batons’. This is only the second one …
: Robotech Comic & Anime I’ve not been keeping up with my Robotech it would seem. To be honest 3 years ago when Tommy …
: San Diego Comic Con 2005 - Part 2 Am I a Brian Wood? I'd say I like selective examples of his work. When he's on form he's really good …
: Networks that have 9 Rules? Now that I’ve infiltrated the 9Rules Network, I’m ready to blow the conspiracy wide …
: IT Services I swear I was about to go downstairs and throttle the twat in IT services. This guy effectively …
: San Diego Comic Con 2005 Like last year, I’ll be commenting on all the various bits and pieces coming out of the San …
: Top 10 Greatest Alternative/Rock albums. So I’m sitting there with Thomas a few weeks back, and we’re shooting the shit, and the …
: Sucharaka*Paradise Sucharaka*Paradise Loads of really great pixel fonts.
: London Aftermath I have seen my country destroyed by war, I have seen how it’s effected people physically and …
: London Attacks Damn, not really sure how to react to all this. I’m writing this from work, which I almost …
: Windows Longhorn So you want to know what Longhorn is going to look like? Go here and download away. I’ve been …
: Rin version 1.1 It’s been a long time coming, just needed to find a couple of hours to do the necessary dirty …
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Solaris Comics
So after my podcast experience with Augie I decided to look around the net for something that could …
June 2005
: ONG-BAK. The best MAN-FLICK I’ve seen in a very long while.It’s completely RAW and the …
: Memories I can’t remember much of my early life; I’ve got a pretty poor memory when it comes to …
: Podcasting Experience So I finally got round to hearing my first set of Podcasts. These were courtesy of Augie De Blick …
: Kevin Smith Just finished Kevin Smith’s collection of essays and articles, called ‘Silent Bob …
: V for Vendetta One of the very few Alan Moore graphic novels I’ve not had the chance to sit down and read. I …
: ForgetFoo forgetfoo is this crazy blog that takes AJAX to the next level. I absolutely love what he’s …
: Drained I’ve spent over 24hours straight on my computer in the last 2 days. Truthfully speaking this …
: Sorry I just had to put this up. Picture taken today (via the bbc website) of the tents at the …
: BMW Buy Sauber Shit. See I knew this was coming but like someone who just doesn’t want to get on the scales …
: His Dark Materials in 2007? What the fuck? Was I sleeping at the wheel when this happened? So go check thislittle link out will …
: Dreamhost Test Right this is the first time I’ve sent an actual question/request to Dreamhost since I started …
: Welcome to BadFruit - home of BadApple software BadApple software from BadFruit presents an ipod plugin that provides itunes with podcasting …
: Shaun & Javascript Madness So I’ve been looking at Shaun Inman’s new design. The man knows how to innovate in terms …
: For all those experiencing the problem, and do miss the dashboard (I for one think it looks bloody …
: Billy Corgan at the London Forum [quickpic image=bc.jpg] Yesterday I saw Billy Corgan at the Forum in Kentish Town. The venue itself …
: Manchester Corporate Games 2005 - Part 2 If you missed part 1, scroll down to get the heads up. Day two and after a big night on the town of …
: Mecha Mecha photo set. God I really miss my lego.
: Microsoft finally does something with the Expression code. Go download Acrylic.
: Hacking is fun Stathi decided to write something for my blog, the bastard came up with the below entry (first …
: WordPress Admin Panels I originally thought we’d have completed Shuttle a while back. Alas that has not been the …
: Manchester Corporate Games 2005 - Part 1 Sylvane, Oola, Archie, Hamish, Matt, Forest, Me, Nicholas and Rob. This was the second time the Arup …
: Manchester Bound - Corporate Games Tomorrow we’re off up to Manchester for the Corporate Games. The irony of the name is …
: spotpress Why the hell didn’t anyone tell me about Spotpress? I can see that James has posted about it. …
: 7 Sons of Suckerfish articles are now available on htmldog. Good web design resource in case you …
: The Manji Story on Nirantar A while back Pankaj e-mailed me to ask me if I’d be willing to answer a few questions for a …
: One Year of Broken Kode Two days ago officially marked one year of Broken Kode. What a year it’s been. Although …
: A Lebanese Story - Let's Begin Got back a few hours ago, and I’ve got to say that blogging everyday is something I’ve …
: blender 2.37 Blender 2.37 has been released. It’s been 5 long months since the last release. Got to get my …
: Emmanuel Todd - After the Empire Intro: While in the Aeroport in London, waiting to go off to Lebanon, I checked out the various …
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A Lebanese Story - Mountains and Excess
I’ve got a slew of posts I’ll be firing off in the next couple of days, as I get a …
May 2005
: A view from Lebanon Can’t believe it’s already been a week in Lebanon. I swear not having the internet in …
: Lebanon Bound and other stories This year I didn’t actually have any clear travelling plans. Usually these things fall into my …
: Automated Services God how I fucking hate these things. I mean seriously, it’s the sort of thing that they put …
: EU Lance EU Lance European Professionals for European Business, interesting site that I’ll be signing …
: Inspiration My god for a second there I thought I’d actually forgotten what it was like to be truely …
: Musical Baton Sebastian passed me a musical baton, would it have been too hard to pass me a pizza? I mean what am …
: Mental Block I’ve been a bit less than productive this last week and a bit. I guess it’s a …
: Morcheeba Morcheeba have brought out a new album. The Antidote, summer playlist.
: Summer Playlists It’s been a while since I actually went into a store and picked up some new music that I could …
: David Choe Great little interview with David Choe on Pixelsurgeon in case you missed it.
: New DC Comics Logo - DC Spin. Yeah like something this big was going to happen and I wasn’t going to comment on it? …
: Dave Chapelle Dave Chapelle as the ‘President Black Bush’. (Thanks for the link Christos)
: Designtimes Designtimes , South African design Mag. I love the neat flash at the top. (via pixelsurgeon)
: Slam Dunk No I didn’t but it would be nice to experience that. However I’ve been reading Inoue …
: Xnview Haven’t written one of these in a while, but I guess one program I use every day practically …
: WORDPRESS 1.5.1 Go get WordPress 1.5.1. I’ve upgraded to the latest version, 170 bugs squashed. Good number.
: Free Comic Book Day Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but I really think that Free Comic Book Day is a complete …
: Something Amiss within WordPress I’ve started compiling information and ideas for what I want to do with Broken Kode. The site …
: Flash Resources Flash Resources links. Found this on my search for better Flash development.
: Manji and Rin Update It would seem I’ve finished work on Rin and Manji wouldn’t it? It would seem that way, …
: PIM Backpackit Backpack PIM. I was searching for something like this. Still I would have liked to have this …
: billy corgan Billy Corgan Live tour dates have been released; in case you missed it.
: Deadlines One thing that my little experience with Emmortel has proven to me is that if I’ve got a …
April 2005
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Emmortel Goes Live
Gather round children while I explain why I’ve got an online presence at all.
: Batman Begins Batman Begins full trailer. I can’t wait for this movie. It’s going to be 1986 all over …
: Emmortel Update When I originally signed up for the May 1st Reboot, I actually didn’t expect to hit the date …
: Apple - Trailers - Serenity - index Serenity Trailer is out and about. Can’t wait for this. (link via Matt)
: sIFR 2.0: Rich Accessible Typography See now this is a pretty interesting little project that I’m surprised the usual culprits on …
: Star Wars Revelations Star Wars: Revelations. Just downloading this MAMMOTH project right now. I’ll post a much more …
: Are you Human? Since the editors of the book Alison and Dave have updated the official site with a mock up of the …
: Supersize Me & Running Shoes Went and got myself some running shoes Saturday. Bearing in mind that I think I’ve only every …
: Emmortel Poem I’ve been soo busy sorting out Emmortel out for the launch next week that I’ve had no …
: Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Imbruglia has got a new album out which I’m currently pretty fond of.
: Pamela Anderson Blog Pamela Anderson blogging? WTF. Damn that’s pretty crazy, although I keep remembering the …
: Products | Round Two Round Two is a good thing for FireFox users.
: Flash Overdrive Yesterday I spent the better part of 3 hours scrounging the internet for decent Flash tutorials …
: The Helsinki Roccamatios While I was in Wales, we went into Fopp, which is without a doubt one of my favourite stores in the …
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Adobe's Macromedia
Adobe has bought Macromedia. First let me start by saying that I didn’t even know that …
: The Truth about Rin and Manji Rin and Manji are two themes created for the WordPress blogging system. Rin is an extension of Manji …
: Hibernation So I’ve just been for my first run in over a year. Not that I haven’t done any running …
: Eisners The Eisner nominations for 2005 have been announced. Weird one this year as it’s the first one …
: APC A Perfect Circle released ‘two’ new albums and nobody bothered mentioning this? Shame on …
: Brandon Peterson Brandon Peterson has a brand new website. Not so sure about that navigation though.
: computer arts Computer Arts have updated their website, which honestly is a massive improvement over their …
: CS2 Creative Suite 2 is out from Adobe. Interesting to see when Macromedia will release the next …
: Elite Designers Absolutely FANTASTIC promotional site for IKEA. Elite Designers Against IKEA.
: Gimp Shop Introducing Gimp Shop. Haven’t tried it yet, but I’ll be sure to give a full review in …
: ifelse Go check out Phu Ly’s new redesigned IfElse.
: Learning Code I’ve been having some serious WordPress funkiness going on, something to do with mySQL and …
: Marvin The voice for Marvin is truely inspired. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is going to ROCK!
: N design Been waiting a long while to implement this little feature. Go check out Ndesign.
: Pacdesco Pacdesco’s Design Community 2005 Cover Design Competition
: Rustboy Haven’t checked in with Rustboy in a while. Awesome animation project.
: silent bob speaks Silent Bob Speaks. A collection of writings by Kevin Smith. Very interesting…
: United Vector Have you grabbed your calender from United Vector yet?
: Valiant What a complete and utter mess. Read more about the future of the Valiant characters.
: Web of thoughts Chris beat me to it. I’ve had this little post in my draft box for a couple of weeks now, so I …
: Dentist Woes I went to the dentist today. It’s pretty funny you could say that currently my family …
: WordPress London Meetup While ‘conversing’ with Phu Ly, I thought that it would be cool to organise a WordPress …
: Graphic Perseptions 0.2 The DC Comics Guide to COLORING and LETTERING Comics by Mark Chiarello and Todd Klein. So I …
: Broken Kode Shop So I went into central london (as I generally do on a Saturday) and grabbed some comics. While …
: Tie Rack So I decided to wear a tie yesterday. I don’t normaly wear ties, as I’ve been getting …
: Lebanon's Children This is a sensetive topic. The current situation in Lebanon isn’t looking as great. It’s …
: Flash Block Well that’s depressing. I’m a MASSIVE Flash fanatic. I love how the program is built, …
: Tales of the Otori Ages ago, when I finshed Grass for his Pillow I said that I’d write a better more full review …
: Cassettes Okay so we’re driving down to Wales. I get in the car (it was a rental), Does it have a CD …
: Wales I’m down in Cardiff this weekend. Or as the Welsh like to call it Caerdydd! Road trip down …
March 2005
: The Award Winning Rin. Rin got second place in the Alex King Theme Design Competition! Well it’s not really an award, …
: Symphony vs Shuttle How come no one’s really mentioned this on the blogosphere? Symphony is the new kid on the …
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WACOM !
In what shall be now lovingly refered to as my IMPULSE buy of the year, I got myself an A4 wacom …
: DO IT YOURSELF!!!!! About 3.5 years ago I was scared of computers. Well not so much scared, as just didn’t really …
: Fables: Mean Seasons Fables Volume 5: The Mean Seasons My rating: 5 out of 5 Just finished reading this volume, and …
: Work Ethics In a bit of an unusual mood for me. I was meant to do a bit of drawing this weekend. That’s …
: Funky Anam I've got two posts in me today, one I'm going to let fester in me for a while, the other one is …
: WordPress in WebDesigner Mag I’ve got a backlog of magazines the size of a small mountain and I’m just filing though …
: Broken Kode Version 3.0 I’ve decided to go for a more dynamic approach to v3 of this site. There are a number of …
: Introducing Rin Okay it’s finally here. After nearly 2 months, and 2000 downloads later, Manji2 has now …
: Coasting I’ve been coasting for the past couple of weeks. You know the feeling you get when things go …
: Rin - Coming Soon Manji2 is NO MORE. I hinted at this before. Manji2 is being renamed Rin. I’ve spent the entire …
: Secret Identity Superman: Secret Identity My rating: 4 out of 5 I've not read a Superman comic since 1993. This …
: Shuttle Developments 04 I thought I’d give a small update on the progress of this little project as I’ve not …
: Spring in London You know all those stories you hear about English weather being terrible, blah blah blah. For the …
: Broken Kode Version 3 - Brewing Allow me this moment to take a second and thank EVERY SINGLE person that’s ever given any time …
: Manji2 Development Like a butterfly Manji2 is going to evolve into something more, and the name, well the name will …
: Houston. We have a problem Hmm seems like we’ve been heard. Larry’s posted on hiswebsite about the True Facts …
: Emmortel Finally got around to sorting this out. All I wanted was a holder page. It’s been on my mind …
: Randomness Part 2 As some of you will have noticed I went back to my one coloumn jobbie after toying with a sidebar. I …
: Self-Publishing for the Masses Larry Young - True Facts My rating: 4 out of 5 A few weeks ago I picked up Larry Young’s True …
: Personal Information Managers and Lists. Seems everyone and their dog is trying to come up with ways to maximise their productivity. I can …
: Gmail Problems Now see this is weird. I’ve been having some issues getting gmail e-mails to get through to …
: May 1st Reboot 2005 Five years ago a handful of designers decided to band together and relaunch their sites on the 1st …
: Thirteen Senses Concert I just got back fron the Thirteen Sense concert. It’s been years since I’ve been to a …
: Freewave While on the DO forums (that’s Designate Online), the topic of recommended design books came …
: Design and Redesign Ok so I’ve finished the design for the site, would you believe I’m getting itchy again. …
: Building Letters - Tsunami Relief Update About 2 months ago I sent out my flower for the Building Letters edition for the Tsunami Relief …
: Manji Update - WordPress 1.5 Version Manji is finally prepped and ready for WordPress Version 1.5. First of all I’d like to thank …
February 2005
: WordPress Theme Competition So Monsieur Alex King has begun his second annual WordPress Theme design competition. Interesting. …
: Emmortel or Iliosnare Now here’s an interesting situation for me. I just got an e-mail from Godaddy, my domain …
: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children I don’t play computer games. Takes too much of my very precious time. I’ve got a list …
: Smax the Barbarian I’ve not read an Alan Moore book in a very very long time. Too long by my standards. I went …
: BK 2.5, Manji Update & CSS culture. This is going to be a pretty large one people as I’ve spent the past 4 days trying to get this …
: Communicating Design What a fantastic day. Went on a course today called ‘Communicating Design’ and …
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Joss Whedon's Firefly
Last week I bought the Firefly box set. This was an actual impulse buy. My housemate at …
: CoCo 2 1/2 I’ve literally wasted 2 evening on trying to sort out my bloody update to the site. I was only …
: Portraits II - Trees of Thought Right after University I spent a few months learning how to draw faces. I spent the better part of 3 …
: Effects of the Net Boycott Well, I know I said I was going to actually stay away from the net for 2 whole days. I …
: Epson Promotion I know this is old news to some people within the creative community, but for all those that …
: Turn off the NET I don’t watch TV, but I’m pretty much glued to the damn internet. It’s a curse to …
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The Smashing Pumpkins
For me the Pumpkins are a way of life. 10 years ago I bought Mellon Collie and the Infinite …
: It's all in the details I’ve been giving this all some serious thought and I think I’ll be changing the index …
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Rafik El Hariri
El Hariri died today. The ex-Prime Minister of Lebanon was assasinated today. When I found out this …
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Wordpress Ethos.
In case you’ve missed it there has been some talk around a WordPress manual as proposed by …
: Chinese New Year Picture the scene, 2000 chinese and me. That was the scene last night, as we descended on Elephant …
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Firefox 1.0
Overview
Continuing my open-source software reviews, I've turned my attention to the brilliant …
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Support and Self Pubulishing
Oh dear, that’s really not good. Podzy seems to be a bit unhappy about what’s going on …
: Grayson I’m surprised all the usual comic book websites haven’t picked this up. Usuaully …
: Rian Hughes Interview How exactly did I miss this one, the second it came out? Go over to typographica and have a read of …
: Manji 1.1 I’ve tweaked the Manji code very slightly, just a couple of minor things, I’ll put them …
: Shuttle Developments 03 What started off as one became two. Now there are three. I've got the honour to announce the third …
: Dreams and Nightmares I can never remember my dreams. I know I dream, but it’ll be one of those things were …
: Miyazaki So I watched Kiki’s delivery service,…again. I guess Miyazaki’s movies are …
: The Technopriests It was one of the things I on my new year’s resolution list, so this is the first in hopefully …
: Once the dust has settled Okay as far as I can tell the migration from Dreamhost is nearly over. It’s been one of those …
: Something going round I’m ill as a fart. Chicken soup, soft music to calm me, and lots of fluids. What a horrible …
: Shuttle Developments 02 Just to clarify something, this “Shuttle” is NOT a fork. We’re not planning on …
January 2005
: FW27 Launched Fantastic stuff. I’m getting really excited in the leadup to the new F1 season. My sunday just …
: Shuttle Developments 01 Okay, so a couple of days ago I contacted a certain somebody (Michael) to see if they wanted to join …
: Introducing Manji2 Okay so here it is. I’ve set up a live preview for you to have a look at the theme and so any …
: Thirteen Senses Hmm I better not jinx this, but so far it’s two in two for music this week. Laurent comes into …
: Manji2 A 2 column official Manji flavour is being prepped. Just doing some code restructuring and getting …
: Moby: HOTEL Oh my it’s been a while since I was excited about new music. In fact the last time I talked …
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Clarifications Abound.
Seems the person(s) behind Library Planet were none too pleased about my previous post. …
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Expression 3.3
Okay so it’s NOT open source, and you’ve got to download it from the Microsoft …
: Alia's Mission I fucking hate Bush and his administration. I’m not a violent man, but if I was sitting in the …
: Superman & Smallville. Seems like old Supes is getting back into the mainstream in a big way in the coming year. The …
: In a vacuum. Bit of a slow day today. Losts of coding today, sorting out the Manji Preview blog. Finally sorted …
: London Living That’s what I wanted to talk about. I knew there was something I needed to write a post about, …
: Manji Live Preview Ok I finally got round to it, even though it only took a few minutes to set up, it’s just been …
: I'm a Genius There should be more people like me in Holllywwooood (think Bill Hicks when saying that in your …
: Illustration GO!!! So the new Computer Arts issue is out. I guess I’ve got a love/hate relationship with this …
: Manji Spotlight: 2 With Spirit It’s been a while since I posted one of these, and this is definitely not a slant on all you …
: Worms Well that was fun. No not the game. Haven’t played the game (or any video game for that matter …
: Static Pages Overload Just thought I’d highlight a couple of new pages added to the site. I will say this, it takes …
: Warrenellis.com So I decided to go by Warren’s website, to see what he’s up to. For the uninitiated, …
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Manji 2 Columns
One of the most common questions on the boards, is how do you add another column for Manji. Now …
: Specifically about Copyright I promise this is like literally the last time I talk about this. I finally got EVERYTHING clear in …
: Wandering Mind My mind is wondering this morning. I’ve got more projects on my plate than I care to think …
: Shuttle Icon Version 0.1 For the previously mentioned Shuttle Project.
: Templates License and Manji Hmm, ok after I wrote my previous post I strolled over to this link over at podz’s website. …
: Credits Clarification for Manji In my trolls around the internet I’ve seen several conflicting footers with regards to credits …
: Building Letters - Tsunami Relief Found the link for this on the Designate Online forums. The following is taken from the Building …
: Frats-r-us So I’m talking with my brother, asking him how he’s getting along, seeing if he’s …
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CoCo Musings
This is a long one (roughly 1600 words), so I guess grab a coffee and chill.
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Notepad2
I’m going to start posting reviews on software you might not know about that you really should …
: CoCo Flavoured Manji I’ll be posting a much more indepth post about the thought processes and ideas and what was …
: CoCo BrokenKode version 2.0 - countdown.
: Cleaning up So I’ve been doing a bit of a tidy up of this site. So I’ve got no drafts, no unused …
: Graphic Perseptions 0.1 I think I’m going to start blogging about comics a bit more this year. I’m not going to …
: In Review - 2004 What a year. I honestly can’t believe this year has already come and gone. Yesterday also …
: Progress on all fronts I turn around for like one minute and bam, everyone’s been busy with all sorts of things left …
: Californication So my brother’s in the states now. How the hell did that happen? Well his Uni screwed the …
: New Year List 2005 Wish I’d done this last year so that I could actually see what I completed and what I …
December 2004
: Tsunami Relief One of the worst disasters in recent memory deserves your attention. I was going to get going on …
: Stakeout Can’t seem to get to sleep. There’s this fantastic song by Bobby Gaylor, called Suicide. …
: Living in an Amstel ad There used to be an advert in Greece, and as most greek adverts it was shit. You had Chris Isaak in …
: Drawing and creating Damn. I’ve been stuck in front of my computer for too long I think. I mean, I’ve been …
: Manji for Drupal Well here’s the first Manji port I know of. I believe a textpattern version is in the works as …
: Homeward Bound So I’m back in Greece for the next 10 days, and there are soo many things I miss. For a start …
: Manji v1.01 Damn no matter how hard you try there’s always something you miss. I honestly don’t know …
: Rian Hughes Over a year ago I went the then newly located to London Rana to an art exhibition by one of my all …
: Manji Version 1.0 Official Release This marks the official release of Manji. I released the Preview version a little over 2 weeks ago. …
: Site Update and Manji I’ve been concentrating the last few days on the design of BK v2. The thing is usually I have …
: Painful Damn that was painful. Stathi’s in need of a job, so he’s doing what every sane person …
: Delayed Actions That was a pretty good evening actually. Went to my most favourite place in Camden (and currently in …
: Do you speak Manji? Right this is the last post I make regarding Manji until I’ve released version 1.0. There has …
: It's Showtime. Not to sound like an idiot but I’ve got one word. Absolutely Incredible.
: Shadows. It’s a three point play and Manji is on fire. The latest spotlight is on James' rendition. …
: Gearing Up to Manji 1.0 Before anyone gets confused I did say that the downloadable theme is actually a preview. That being …
: IE7 Now see this is interesting. Basically it’s a javascript you install on your server and link …
: ipod madness So I’ve been playing around with my ipod this evening, just wasted, literally wasted 3 hours …
: After Manji Man, I’m completely overwhelmed by the response Manji has received so far. The critics have …
: Manji 1.0 As promised today sees the release of Nebula Flavoured Manji Version 1.0 preview. I do apologise …
: Weekend Foolery Hmm that was a pretty good weekend actually. I went to the DesignateOnline Forum meetup on saturday. …
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Broken Kode Version 2.0 Preview
Manji Introduction.
The first time I talked about Manji was in this post right here. That was on the …
: Version 1.0 Is about to be live for the final time today. I’m going to be switching to the default Manji …
: Strange Today’s been a strange day as my ego has had a pretty thorough bashing. Started off at work …
: 'Chameleon' Version 1.0 Beta Complete Yeah I’ve still not decided on the final name for the template, although I can say that the …
: DO LONDON Competition OK people this is a self indulgence issue. I’d love it if you could all go over to this here …
November 2004
: Chameleon Update Just in case you were wondering how it’s going, I can happily report that we’re sooo …
: Kilburn Centre Don’t generally talk about work but for all you boys and girls out there asking yourself, what …
: Yasmine's Wedding. So it was Yasmine’s wedding on Saturday. This is wedding number 4 I get invited to this year …
: Print Sparks About 2 weeks ago I saw a link on pixelsurgeon. It was relating to a promotion Epson were doing for …
: A bit of House cleaning Just noticed I’ve got a load of posts I’ve started and to be honest never got round to …
: Blender Generation v2.35 Oh yeah like I could resist not posting something about this. The new version of Blender is out, and …
: High Expectations. Update: Oops, erm didn’t realise I’d closed the comments, erm if you’d like to add …
: Borders I went to get measured for Yasmine’s wedding next week. Since I was in the Oxford Circus area …
: Chameleon - Teaser Trailer 2 Anyone interested in being a beta tester when we get there?
: November Fever Seems it’s a Wordpress thing to update your site in November. Over at threeoh they host May …
: Blender Generation Damn, I’ve been spending a lot more time learning blender (that animation isn’t mine by …
: Chameleon - Release Date So the release date is: 22 Novemeber 2004 So yesterday was a very significant day in the development …
October 2004
: Chameleon - Alpha Testing A few people have guessed what Chameleon is, so for all those in the dark about a month ago I …
: The Corporation - Revisited Every once in a while I remember why I’m living in London, and what it actually means to live …
: The Corporation I bought a book on Sunday after going to watch a set of animation shorts at the London Film Festival …
: Busy as all hell Man I never thought I’d be as busy as I am right now. A month ago I was actually getting …
: Chameleon - Teaser Trailer You are a chameleon; very changeable- as the chameleon changes its hue to that of contiguous …
: Soo Disappointing Today was the 2nd Annual Comic ‘Festival’ in London. It was shit. And I say this as …
: Universal Life Loads of things to talk about. Thing is I usually don’t like my work travel home with me. It …
: AndreaMosaic's Thought everyone might find this pretty interesting. I’ll be using this in the near future to …
: Live a little, learn a little So I’ve been having some problems with my brand spanking new screen. Basically for one of my …
: Ramadan This is the third year I fast in London. I’ve been fasting since I was around 12 years old, …
: Shattered Soo much to talk about, so much I’d really like to get off my chest but I’m really …
: Pressure is on. Radio silence for the next 5 days. I’ll explain all once I get through everything, needless to …
: Open Source Software I think it’s time I schooled a few people on what Open Source Code is. Go to this link here, …
: Creative BOOM It’s been a while since I’ve had one of these days. I’ve just completed the …
: October is upon us Hmm, man this year has flown by. I mean maybe the fact that I’m actually documenting this year …
September 2004
: Manji is born It’s been a few days, yes I know, but hey what can I say it’s been unbelievable couple …
: My mother's Birthday Man, I swear I feel well ashamed of myself. I forgot to say Happy Birthday to my mother today. The …
: Pixel by Chris Dlugosz P I X E L. Just found this on the net. Thought it was pretty cute. Go check it out, makes for good …
: Ait Planetlar's Zombies. Maybe I’m going to go off on one because I’m a bit ill and am not thinking straight but …
: "Call me crazy one more time..." Yesterday I said goodbye to a friend as she heads back to Greece after an all too brief period in …
: Firefox Version 1.0 - Thoughts after the fact So I’ve been playing around with Firefox Version 1.0 for a couple of days, and it’s a …
: Technologically in the dark ages. I’ve been technologically completely in the dark this past year and a half. Usually I make an …
: Firefox Preview Version 1.0 Get FireFox Now! Tell them I sent you there. Man I’m well excited about this. Firefox has …
: Channeling Mucha For the past 2 years, essentially the amount of time I’ve been living in London, I’ve …
: Prodigy - Always outnumbered Never Outgunned Prodigy’s new album, Always outnumbered never outgunned is out after god knows how long, …
: Magnetic North Another fantastic find from our friends over at pixelsurgeon, this time out it’s for this …
: Street Fighter and Udon I like Udon. I like their work ethic and I like how they’ve set themselves up. They were …
: Gerry Loader 1943 - 2004 Gerry Loader passed away on Saturday 4th of September after a long battle with cancer. I first met …
: Gmail I’ve got: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 gmail accounts waiting for whoever wants them. I’m sure …
: Greyscale Slowly but surely I’m starting to find more and more hidden treasures on the net. This is one …
: Airport woes. Man I really hate airports. I hate the smell, and hate airlines, and hate those stupid plastic …
August 2004
: Sorting out my css Man I decided to do a few tweaks to the damn site, 5 hours later I sorted out the slight mods to the …
: Athens 2004 - Final Report Well with the end of the Olympic Games, I think I should bring this section to a close and put my …
: Athens 2004 - Volleyball Man I’ve had a couple of pretty long days. My birthday was a crazy affair, nice crazy but one …
: Quarter of a Century Older Today the 23rd of August I will have made a stay of 25 years on this planet. Usually, since I …
: Athens 2004 - Beach Volleyball So I decided to go to the beach volleyball to try out something new that to be honest I …
: Athens 2004 - Ping Pong, Velodrome What a day yesterday was. Complete Olympic fever. I went to three events and had the chance to walk …
: Athens 2004 - Basketball Well today was the first event for the Olympics that I go to. Needless to say the experience was …
: New Logo Every once in a while I get a cool idea that I can’t help but get excited about. The current …
: Mediterranean Mentality Quite a strange sight that I hadn’t seen in a while actually. Basically I’m driving to …
: Robert Lindstorm / Designchapel One of my absolute favorite designers in the past few years is Robert Lindstorm from Sweden, he is …
: J. Scott Campbell / Official home of Danger Girl & Wildsiderz Well this domain name has been dormant for like 300 years now, or whatever, so it’s nice to …
: Athens 2004 - Primary Report I take it you all saw the opening ceromony yesterday? If you didn’t, you missed. Those are …
: J Scott Campbell's Wildsiderz I’m actually excited. I generally really enjoy Jeff’s stuff. It’s full of energy …
: Radio Silence I’ve been walking for 12 months, and breaks were few. I’ve traversed all my surplus …
: Site Tweaks list Just so that I have post of things I need to sort out on this little site. I’m not dying to do …
: Top 11 Comic Books Series. Just read this off on peiratikos’s website. This was originally from Steve Lieber’s …
: David Lanham Go have a look at the stuff this guy has on his site. It’s brilliant, soft and vibrant. …
: Progress Report August Just checking this post and thought I’d see how I was doing in terms of my actual …
: Computer Arts 100 I’ve got a lot to get off my chest right now. I’ve been reading Computer Arts for a …
: Earthsea SCIFI.COM | Earthsea Just saw this on the scifi channel website. For all those in the dark, this to …
: Williams F1 - 2005 Well how could I not comment about this little fact. It’s basically taken the entire F1 …
: Work I’ve had the worst day at work in a very very long while. In fact it’s days like this I …
: On blogging: Redux Our friend Peiratikos (sounds poli greek to me, for those in the dark that means the one who pirates …
: Planetes I read a lot of manga. The thing is I’ve been reading manga for a good few years really, well …
: Random thoughts of a spotless mind. I have to say that sometimes my mind operates at a much faster rate than my bloggin technique, and …
: mish mash heaven I’ve had one hell of a week, it’s been ridiculous at work the last few days, mainly …
July 2004
: Difference on the Island... It’s been a bit crazy the last couple of weeks for me. I’m going back to Greece for the …
: I, Robot Not really sure about this movie. I know the hype around this one has begun, and there are loads of …
: Movie Preview 2004 - 2005 To be honest it takes a lot more to get me excited about a movie these days, not because I …
: Finally 98% finished Hahahahahaha. I’m in love with my site at the moment. It’s been a complete labour of …
: Lacuna Coil Official Website Lacuna Coil, fantastic band from deepest Italy, very gothic, very …
: San Diego Comic Convention Coverage 2004 - Part 4 CNN.com - New ‘Star Wars’ movie title revealed - Jul 25, 2004. Out of complete boredom I …
: Control Panel Version 0.1 Man the more you get into this wordpress stuff the more you find out just how much stuff people have …
: San Diego Comic Convention Coverage 2004 - Part 3 Warren Ellis Like I said only information that would make me excited and books I’d buy in the …
: San Diego Comic Convention Coverage 2004 - Part 2 San Diego comic con is up and running and loads of news has been coming out hard and fast these past …
: Farenheit 9/11 Watched it last night. Very well put together littl documentary. Lots of food for thought. The thing …
: Modifications Version 0.1 Just updated the site with this very excellent little plugin, it’s a funky idea, in that I get …
: One page at a time. With this blog completed, I’ve decided upon and began my next project. It’s time really …
: Back to the drawing board. I’ve been involved with graphic design and computers and software and programming for the …
: Finally 93% finished. Man that was really painful actually. To eventually get this site and blog to where I wanted has …
: I can see fight club in front of me I get into the tube station in Camden (london for those in the dark about my whereabouts), I get …
: Dynamic update Let’s see if this works. I’ve got 3 hours before I go to bed. I have one final area of …
: RSS - News Readers RSS: News Readers rss feed aggregators are simple programs that store special links found on …
: Times mean more change. I’ve been very busy at work, simply because I’ve been more heavily involved with the …
: San Diego Comic Convention The San Diego Comic Convention is the ultimate anglophone comic book and pop culture gathering in …
: iliosnap This is my latest creation. That is my font, iliosnap. I used a free copy of Font Creator given with …
: It's always something... Still playing around with the overall design of the site right now. It’s getting there, …
: Recognition? Well I’m pretty flattered I got mentioned by Matt. For those in the dark, Matt’s the …
: Xylophone Man 1931-2004 Just because people might think I’m over reacting, this hit BBC news as well, that’s how …
: Perfect space. So after too long I’ve finally gotten a blog I’m relatively happy with. At this stage …
: Greece Euro 2004 Champions Sometimes there really are no words… image courtesy National Guardian
: In my mind I wait and mull. I’ve been doing a lot of css designing, for the site. As you can see a few links have started …
: New look Well it’s been a long time coming, but this post marks the first of July and also my …
June 2004
: RSS Feeds I’m going to have to write a bit more about this topic at some point, it’s just that I …
: Configuring and Using the Apache Well I’ve finally sorted out the server part, and it is pretty easy really. Once you’ve …
: Setting my sights on the gold... The closer I come to my 25th birthday, the more I become aware that time is not on my side in terms …
: Broken Kode Version 2.0 So I think I’ve finally decided on the overall style and content of Broken Kode Version 2.0. …
: Light in London Sure does take a long time for the sky to go completely dark in London. I noticed this on the way …
: Setting Up a server on your machine... As detailed in my previous post about this specific topic I’m learning php. What this has done …
: Learning PHP and Wordpress Well I decided nearly 2 weeks ago to move away from moveable type. Now while this was something of a …
: PHP and Wordpress Links Just collecting links here and there that I think will help me implement the features I want in this …
: Priorities I’ve been thinking a lot about the year that’s passing me by right now, and I’ve …
: Teething Problems... You might have noticed how I’ve lost a lot of my actual posts, that’s because I’ve …
: Wordpress Redux I’ve made the switch to Wordpress. This was not because of anything really other than the fact …
: brokenkode.com Just wanted to say that the official url for this website is now www.brokenkode.com as you have seen …
: Star Wars Episode III I should not be getting excited but what can I do it’s my inner geek. I know it will be crap. …
: June is upon us... Man this year is passing me by too quickly. So much has gone and passed me by in the past 5 months …
May 2004
: It's been a while... Since my last update. I guess when you’re busy with stuff I kinda got side tracked and lost my …
: Apple XP Ha, cool. Downloaded this program which you can find right here. Download the program called …
: Until the universe fades away... In life I’ve been handed an exceptional hand. I’ve got my health and most of the people …
: New Computer ideas I’ve been thinking about getting a new PC for a long while now. I love my computer it’s …
: Writing The act of writing isn’t terribly difficult. Writing something clever and meaningful that has …
: Montoya away... FINALLY. I mean it’s been too long since Williams actually looked like there were getting …
: Weeks and Weeks Weekend is finally here and I can start thinking about what to do with myself over the next couple …
: Full House Flush Life as I see it is one big gamble. From religion to personnal morals I never gamble. It something I …
: Obssesive Compulsive Behaviour I thought I’d include my favourite poem in all the world here for the world to share. The …
April 2004
: Volume 2 Right so I finally saw KILL BILL Volume 2 yesterday. Before I continue I’m going to say that …
: political correctness I’ve got theories that I generally share with friends whenever I feel like the conversation is …
: NASN basketball challenge God I’m tired. We went to the Basketball challenge today, and I’ve got to say we did …
: Spring is here. And I’m in the house. To be honest I was a bit disappointed with myself today as I thought I …
: changes are acoming Yes I’ve changed the design AGAIN, in that respect I guess I’m an architect, however I …
: Getting back into the groove So after god knows how long, actually probably something like 3 weeks I finally did a bit of …
: Cheltenham there and back Well went to Cheltenham this weekend. That’s two weekends outside London in a row. I’ve …
: hmm there are days and there are days Today I’ll be honest, it’s been less than productive. Be it at work, or at home or …
: These ideas in my head Got a few ideas in my head right now, at least 7 drawings I’d like to start, all with my new …
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Wildcats
Yeah well this is my blog and I’m a bit upset about this. I can’t say I was completely …
: Nottingham and back... So I just got back from my mini vacation to Nottingham, and what a two day break it was. Cram packed …
: Frustration sets... As exhilerating as it is to finally get something to work in MT it’s just as frustrating when …
: Random image generators Well the details to this here blog are starting to come together in a nice way. I’ve got my …
: factory testing... As I was on the train towards Ayesbury, which is in Buckinghamshire, near oxford I realised I …
: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA This has been a long time coming. I’ve been building towards this for a while now, and this …
: Saturday Begins... Right this is going to be a busy week ahead of me. In fact the next 10 days are going to be filled …
: New Computer thoughts So I got a new computer at work today, and I’ve actually been enjoying work lately, simply …
: Things to do... A few things I’d like to tackle this April: Start learning how to draw clothes correctly. …
March 2004
: Design and thoughts So I’m sitting here trying to understand how exactly I should play this whole blog thing out. …
: creative high I’ve been riding this massive creative high now for 5 solid days. All the images or most of …
: waking up is hard work sometimes... I’m not complaining it’s just that I wake up and I honestly don’t feel refreshed …
: iliosnare How to create an identity in a weekend. I’ve been working furiously these past few days trying …
: CSS I’ve been doing a lot of research these past few days into a little major redesign of the …
: website update... So I’ve been thinking about updates and after reading this interview with the main guy from …
: One to One... I love them. When it’s just you and someone else, and they tell you something personnal …
: Every journey has a begining So this is basically the first step for me using everything I have in terms of resourses at my …
: My Supreme adventure I think I’m going to be using one of these blogs as a comic book review blog. I have a lot of …
: Thank God It's March....TGIM Tell you what I’m pretty glad to get February and all it’s leap year poncy rubbish …
February 2004
: online radio stations... I’ve really never gotten into the online radio station thing to be honest, but I know for a …
: Hype gallery redux So here I am sitting down after a long day, I’ve been to the hype gallery again and actually …
: Going through my paces I’ve sat down and gone through all my stories that are in one part or another of development. …
: Ignore Ignore me time and time again as I work my life to a halt. Ignore me forever and touch the sea of my …
: it's been a crazy week... Well I just read the most shocking thing, well for me at least. If you go over to …
: music makes my life better. It’s true, and it should make your life better as well. Although I generally never listen to …
: no name no game. What a shit week. I’ve never been so happy to see friday in my life. What a rubbish rubbish …
: Went for my first ever proper Japanese.... Two words. FAAAAAAANNNNNNN TASTIC
: And the truth will set you free. Well I’ve been thinking about this a lot more lately. Things have been set into motion with …
: I'm going to ramble... That’s how I feel right now. Honestly I don’t expect to make much sense, but I’ll …
: k1a2.com has expired Well it’s been one year since I started building websites on my own. I’ve learnt a great …
: damn tired Played basketball today after something like a month and a half. The longest I’ve ever gone …
: Progress report Well I’ve actually picked up my pencil after an absence of way too long. What I find really …
: Back to the drawing board,... literally Well it’s been a good break actually thinking about it. I’ve had around a month to …
: The internet on overdrive... Tell you what, I’ve done it. I’ve finished all the technical aspects of the site. It …
January 2004
: some days are just good... And yesterday was one of them. Apart from the splitting headache at the end of the day it was a …
: my dreams are awash... Well I’m standing in front of the hype gallery on Brick lane and I actually got very nervous. …
: Looking back... Well it’s on the front of the site so it’s no secret that my piece was accepted to the …
: The Tate Modern I’ve had the MOST AMAZING DAY today. Apart from meeting Lee who’s a pretty cool guy and …
: Hype my act up... Follow the link here. As far as I can tell I’ll hopefully be featured on the site at some …
: kaydo update New image in the main page also means I’ve completed my work for the time being on the site. …
: Swiss Re Now I know what the Re stands for. Apparently right, there are insurance companies that insure …
: Portfolio time Well if you’ve ventured over to the portfolio section you’ll have noticed it’s …
: Madness I tell you MADNESS Here I was minding my own business and I thought I had it cracked. I knew what I was going to be …
: Man I hate my ideas sometimes... So there I was loving my new site, I’d actually managed to do it, I’d created the site …
: VERSION 3.0 It’s times like this I wish I was a massive celebrity; where me updating my site and actually …
: It's all about the appearance Truly it’s all about how you present the work that makes it appealing. With a few clever …
: Website frenzy Tell you what I haven’t had this much fun creating a website in god knows how long,… …
: Purr for me, the new catwoman... Saw this thought hmm, nothing like the comics, although you’ve got to love Halle Berry. First …
: Restaurant at the end of the universe Just finished reading the sequel to the Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, thank god I’ve …
: everything old is new again Truth be told I’ve been thinking about the new site all day and how to implement a few things …
: A new thought... Woke up this morning without much of a plan. Usually my sundays are filled with something to do. …