Monthly Archives: September 2009

Earth to Earth

Posted on September 24, 2009 by blogmywiki

This is a lovely Straight8 film. (Straight8 involves shooting a film, in sequence on one roll of Super 8 film – no editing!) http://chillibean.net/perl/sohosoho/player/player.pl?token=CKVC34LS&source=WR

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Graphic novels without super-heroes

Posted on September 18, 2009 by blogmywiki

Now don’t get me wrong – I think Watchmen is a work of utter genius. And it has more superheroes than you can shake a big, shiny stick at. But I’ve found myself immersed in some great graphic novels lately … Continue reading →

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Hands on with the Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Posted on September 13, 2009 by blogmywiki

Times are hard and my Apple PowerBook G4 is on its last pixels… its Firewire port doesn’t work, I think the Bluetooth is bust and the final straw was the screen – most of the time two thirds of it … Continue reading →

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Whirl up, sea

Posted on September 2, 2009 by blogmywiki

I was clearing out some of my old stuff from my mum’s house – my name’s Alex Drake and this box of old papers has taken me back to 1989 – and, amongst other things, I found this untitled poem … Continue reading →

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