Havenāt blogged in ages but finally managed to revive myself - and moved to a new domain in the process! Recently posted about our trip to Nottingham and Warhammer World (mostly photos)
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Whining about ADHD while also being in a privileged position to even HAVE this problem. 
Your Crap is more memorable than your Slop (on why you shouldnāt use generative AI on your poster)
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Itās so cool and inspiring being able to see part of the screenprinting process! I really like your designs. 
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Gorgeous photos! I live in a part of Canada that doesnāt really get spring weather, so seeing all those flowers makes my heart ache a little. Iāve seen nothing but snow, rain, and bare trees for the last five months. 
Hurry up, May/Juneā¦
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Today, I was in the process of moving around some old archived data of mine, and discovered some āwpostā files. Those are from Windows Live Writer, a now-extinct blog authoring tool. I wrote a blog post about how I went about turning those opaque proprietary files into restored blog posts on my site.
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I donāt have much to add on the particular topic of your post but I love your website so much - its styling and organization. Sending iron arachne to my spouse who is working on a similar-ish project, they will love it :)
Thanks so much! Iām always tweaking my siteās design, content, and organizationā¦ itās one of my āforever projects.ā I hope your spouse enjoys Iron Arachne!
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Itās time for some midweek tiara madness. This week: The Hot Dog Stand Tiara.
Yes, Hot Dog Stand as in the Windows 3.1 color scheme!
$787 for a historical tiara sounds a bit cheap, even given the year. Perhaps a costume tiara?
As for Hot Dog Standā¦ I keep forgetting that existed, and then every few years, someone pops up with a reminder and I have to stare at a screenshot of its garish splendour for a few minutes.
I miss the random creativity of the early days of computing.
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Record Store Day is coming this weekend. I blogged about why record shops should sell digital music We need a physical digital music experience - Olly
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I read this just before you posted it here, actually, and I think you have some interesting thoughts. Bandcamp artists are in a perfect position to start such a trend, I think, because you can sell just about any type of merch there, and including a download link along with it seems to be pretty trivial (I havenāt done it myself, so I canāt speak for that).
It would be neat to partner with artists and make, for instance, trading cards for each album, or maybe a little booklet about how the album was conceived and written. There are a good number of electronic artists who put their music on floppy disks, and I think itās awesome. Thereās a lot of room for creativity!
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I like the idea of digital download codes coming with a physical postcard of the album. Complete with a book or sleeve of lyrics. And maybe a small gift like a sticker.
Thank you!! I feel like knowing the process really helps deciding how complicated/easy to make a design. Also Iāve found that I design differently for a garment vs a sticker, haha.
I finally got around to writing something after MONTHS of not being in a good mental space. Iāve been deep-diving on returning to owning / hosting my own music and found an old friend: scrobbles.
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I hope your retinas have recovered from experiencing Hot Dog Stand again!
Yes, $787 seems cheap for a ārealā tiara but kind of expensive for a potential theatrical one although maybe it wouldnāt seem expensive if I actually liked it. I really do think it mustāve been a costume/prop tiara.
And I still canāt believe that the blog I pulled it from had pages and pages of the most beautiful hair combs and tiaras yet this one is the one she thought was the most gorgeous. The mind boggles.
What a cool trip you had! I am familiar with the concept of Warhammer but Iām not into it. But those photos of all the miniatures are just amazing! I would totally go see something like that if it was in my area.
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One of the most interesting things about humanity is that we come with more random, crazy, and yet internally-consistent things than any other phenomenon in the known universe. I applaud random Hot Dog Stand tiara person, if for no other reason than theyāre just really unique!
I love this! I read it this morning elsewhere. Once when I was letterpress printing for hire, I printed a small art print for a musician with a digital download code on the back. 12x12ā/record-size art prints with digital download codes would be cool to frame and a nod to older tech, too
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The Primate Experience at the Welsh Mountain Zoo
Mainly pictures of me and mum feeding the monkeys
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