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In my craft or sullen art

In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs in their arms, I labour by singing light Not for ambition or bread Or...

By , 1st September 2008 In:

Crease Geometry

Origami has expanded far beyond its origins in step by step folding patterns. These Crease Patterns are designed to be one-step transforms from flat paper into the finished shape. Even though the...

By , 31st January 2008 In:

The Missing Literary Traditions of Programming

This essay explains the core goals and meaning behind why I write here. Despite the distraction of my virulent disdain for closed source software, the most important point you should take away if...

Seasonal Peturbations

A low ceiling of grey cloud and screaming 40 knot northerlies means that Spring has arrived in Wellington today. Not that this would be cause for excitement, since the Winter was so mild I hardly...

By , 10th August 2007 In:

Pink's Hand Style

I guess this is only relevant for Illicit headz or my generation of Welli kids who remember Switchblade being quite possibly the best Package cover of all time, but hot damn... Looks like the new...

By , 4th August 2006 In:

Crying Sculpture

Via bTang, I just stumbled across this crying sculpture (.pdf) which explores the theme of communication through tears. Crying is often considered solitary and individual, but here a significance...

By , 22nd July 2006 In:

Multimathematical Immaterialities

The abnihilization of the etym by . . . the first lord of Hurtreford expolodotonates through Parsuralia with an ivanmorinthorrorumble fragoromboassity amidwhiches general uttermost confussion are...

By , 18th July 2006 In:

A Particularly Bad Moment

By , 28th April 2006 In:

Obsessive Geometric Abstraction

We all suspected that Marty was an insane genius, seems the art world is starting to pay him some attention after the close of the Obsessive Drawing exhibition. Not that any of this publicity would...

By , 19th April 2006 In:

Porn Attention Data

Talking to a friend the other night who remarked that she thought surely most people still use the internet for porn, just like always? Which got me thinking about the latest movements towards logging...

By , 31st January 2006 In:

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