Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘My Stuff’ Category
Leave out the (Steampunk) Kitchen Sink
Monday, August 9th, 2010Daneofwar asked a question on Twitter in the middle of Sherlock on Sunday night… Why are fantasy ideas of settings based on the 19th century always so unoriginal? Steampunk blah blah blah goggles blah blah blah. I didn’t have time for a long answer then (too busy watching Sherlock) but I think Brian has touched […]
Liverpool Resurgent
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Liverpool Resurgent is the statue, Sir Jacob Epstein, over the entrance to the former Lewis’s Department Store (not part of the John Lewis group). Known locally as Dickie Lewis the statue of a naked man completed in 1956.
Vue Lighting Rigs
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Three years ago I ran a series of posts on my blog of different lighting rigs for use with Vue, mostly based on simple theatrical rigs. I’m in the process of updating them with new renders and creating pages in my site for them. The first one is now available Single Spot Overhead. I’m also […]
Why I Write Reviews
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Why do I write what I call reviews? The short answer: Because it helps me think about my own writing. The long answer: I used to write what I’ll call proper reviews, they’d appear in Valkyrie and Ragnarok. My review of 7th Sea produced at short notice got me the writing gig with Valkyrie so […]
Nicer Python Display: The Results are In
Friday, July 30th, 2010Thanks to everyone who voted on my Nicer Python Display poll. I’ll start looking at updating all of the python script pages on my site to use the new, improved formatting. [poll id=”3″ type=”result”]
Nicer Python Display
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010I’ve wanted to improve the display of the code for my Vue python scripts here for quite awhile but I was never entirely happy with the code highlighters I’d tried. I’ve installed and fiddled with a new one tonight and I think I like it but since its really for you (well at least if […]
Rotating Yates's Wine Lodge Building
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Richard Wilson art installation has turned the derelict (and architecturally boring) Yates’ Wine Lodge Building into an eye catching piece of artwork on a quiet road in Liverpool.
Unplanned impworks site Modifications
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010I didn’t intend to make site changes today. An unexpected interaction between a plug-in and an update of WordPress set me off trying to find a fix. I also spotted another tiny problem with one of my own plug-ins so I fixed that and then checking in IE noticed that MS Word html had crept […]
Wellington's Column Liverpool
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Wellington’s Column or the Waterloo Memorial on the corner of William Brown Street and Lime Street in Liverpool. Taken on a sunnier day than my previous photograph Wellington’s Head.
Monty Python's Top Gun
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010My apologies for this is a very silly post… I’m reading Michael Palin’s Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988 and he mentions a dinner meeting with Don Simpson. I couldn’t help but see a mental image of Top Gun if it had been a product of the Monty Python team… First the budget would […]