I have become a total junkie for iPad art. Flickr is my pusher. Here are some of my favourite drugs. Hotel Midnight is a crazed daughter of the Surrealist project. Her dreams give me nightmares. Midnight works in themes; each … Continue reading →

This one’s for Stan.

Here’s a neat way to track my injury and recovery.

I might have to take a break from sketching. This one took me forever. More sketches on Flickr.

Here’s a weird thing. When I am drawing on my iPad (which I have been doing a lot lately), I always start by blocking in the major shapes with a first guess at the colors. I do this as a … Continue reading →

I learned a new word yesterday. Avulsion. When I was about 18, I had a series of episodes where I sprained my ankle very badly. The first time I was playing volleyball and I jumped for spike and I landed … Continue reading →

Spoilers Ahead! Before I read the book, I had always understood Lolita to be a sexually precocious teenage girl who seduces an older man. In this scenario, Humbert is technically guilty but it’s still possible to have a little sympathy … Continue reading →

I finished the book. A few of Bach’s points stand out as especially significant to my own life. But first, I want to talk about his story about his fellow testers at Apple. At first I thought I would learn … Continue reading →

I installed a WordPress plugin a couple of years ago called Popularity Contest. It keeps track of all views, comments, ping backs and links and calculates a score for each post. I use it to populate that little highlights widget … Continue reading →

I just started reading James Bach’s Secrets of a Buccaneer Scholar. Buccaneer scholar is Bach’s term for someone who takes responsibility for their own education rather than having it handed to them by the authorities. The book is an odd … Continue reading →