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After 1,187 different stories, I’m sorry to say that this, the 1,188th, will be the last piece published on The Charlton Champion. We have now closed. Thank you for your custom. There’s a bit more to say than that, of… Continue reading →

My next project will be a “natural metal” finish on a 1/72 scale kit. But WHICH kit??? Let me know if you have an opinion by posting your preference below in the comments… PLEASE choose one from this list, otherwise I will completely ignore you. Monogram P-36 (RETRO ACTION!!) Fujimi MiG-21PF Hasegawa CF-104 ESCI F-104 Tamiya P-51D I’m not going to be counting “votes” exactly. This will be more fair. …

On 11 July, BBC Media Action – the BBC’s international charity – will say goodbye to their CEO of 14 years, Caroline Nursey OBE, upon her retirement and welcome Simon Bishop as their new CEO. BBC Media Action’s head of communications, Carolynne Wheeler, sat down with Caroline and Simon to hear their reflections on the charity’s achievements, and on the challenges and opportunities ahead. Caroline, Simon, thank you for joining …

Sweet diatoms You make me smile Algal atoms Too small to see But for my eye Peering microscopically Your fiddly frames Of filigree silica Seem big to me

I put out the flag and read some poetry this morning: Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Dean Young, Claudia Rankine, Terrance Hayes. As battered and damaged as we are, I have to think there’s some slight hope for democratic ideals. And I let Malcolm stay up late last night to watch the neighborhood’s homemade fireworks displays. Literal squeals of delight. Here’s some Tony Hoagland that maybe captures a bit of the feeling. …

It's not just the firmware you can mod on Korg's ultra-low-priced NTS-1 effect/oscillator. You can also mod the hardware. Here are two Eurorack conversion kits, other custom cases, plus Korg's own resources for your own DIY efforts. The post Eurorack kits, cases, and more ways to mod your Korg NTS-1 hardware appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music.

This screenshot basically sums up “the internet as we know it”. For the past decade or so the social internet has consisted of a handful of websites that the vast majority of people frequented. The list isn’t just limited to 5 websites, and the websites themselves have changed over time, but include or have included sites like: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, and others. I’m deliberately excluding e-commerce sites and …

The back and sides of this guitar are of narra, which is an alternative name for a wood that's most often marketed here in Australia as New Guinea rosewood.According to Wikipedia, the tree is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, and …

There’s not much in this post, but I wanted to mark a significant date. It is the first day of the rest of 2023, but in addition, it is the beginning of a new chapter for me. Yesterday was my last day as an employee of the University of Southern … Click to continue reading this post → The post And so it begins… appeared first on Asymptotia.

Whenever I’m stuck on a writing project—an all-too-frequent occurrence—I usually try to find my way forward by contemplating a single question: How can I shift what I’m trying to say without reaching for cliches? Because a lot of the time, the reason I’m banging my head against the wall is because I’m taking an approach to the material that’s too conventional or predictable. So I force myself to take a …

202311″ x 7″ x 10″Bronze This self portrait was generated by using a 3D scanner to scan my face, illustrating how the technology imperfectly sees me. The result is full of artifacts. Pieces of skin floating above my face, deranged features, soulless eyes. This is how the machines see us. The 3D scan that the scanner produced is shown below in all its disturbing glory: And here are a few …

I’m writing these notes from a train on Platform 6 in Leeds station, the second of four trains that will take me to Brighton for tomorrow’s Brighton Ruby conference. To be even more specific, as with my past two weeknotes, I’m using iA Writer and Working Copy to publish these on the move. The liquidation of my company is steadily progressing with all debts settled and a shareholders’ meeting scheduled …

Congratulations, Second Life®, for achieving two decades of continuous existence!

Rollage vol6: Traditions EP by Dusk + BlackdownI've interviewed 100s of dance music producers over decades & I've spotted a pattern. Unlike, say, songwriters there's usually more stories behind the music, titles and art work than is immediately obvious when simply listening to the track. I think producers should do more to tell those stories, so walk the walk, here's some thoughts