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It never Rhines but it pours
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It never Rhines but it pours

Dancing between projects at the moment. Certainly the trip to Europe is the main business, but there's quite a few re-issues as well. I have covered Cuisine, that's been sent…
April 3, 2025Posted inAdmin, Technology Critique4 Comments
Black Friday – tl;dr
Posted inAdmin Film Sound Severed Heads Technology Critique

Black Friday – tl;dr

Time for the 2024 End of Year round up. Get your popcorn. I should probably wait a bit longer in case something dramatic happens in December - but my yearly…
November 30, 2024Posted inAdmin, Film Sound, Severed Heads, Technology Critique5 Comments
I’M BACK
Posted inGame Design Severed Heads Technology Critique

I’M BACK

from America with a whole heap of development advice and ideas, and frogs. Mainly frogs. A Balinese frog sculpture at an "exotic" themed resort. It was curious to be in…
November 4, 2024Posted inGame Design, Severed Heads, Technology Critique2 Comments
Social Media – the ‘Least Worst’
Posted inRanting Technology Critique

Social Media – the ‘Least Worst’

It's been a while since I disappointed my thousands of alleged 'followers' on Twitler and went out on a journey to find a new social media home. Tried nearly all…
July 31, 2024Posted inRanting, Technology CritiqueNo Comments
SoundLab residency 2nd report.
Posted inAmbisonics and Monsters Technology Critique

SoundLab residency 2nd report.

Covering the second week in house and the following decompression/disillusion. Week 2 the novelty wore off and my mood turned in general. It's lovely to have access to a space…
December 13, 2022Posted inAmbisonics and Monsters, Technology Critique2 Comments
I will not sell NFTs or use crypto currencies.
Posted inAdmin Severed Heads Technology Critique

I will not sell NFTs or use crypto currencies.

After a lot of reading and thinking and discussion. The Artistic Reason: I take great pride in my work. I will work hard, long hours, for years at a time…
May 16, 2022Posted inAdmin, Severed Heads, Technology Critique
We have to talk about Virtual Reality
Posted inTechnology Critique

We have to talk about Virtual Reality

It’s VR talk time, you’re old enough. Let’s get this out of the way – 3D television died, Google glasses died, everything is bad, why try anything let’s just sit…
March 27, 2016Posted inTechnology CritiqueNo Comments
Is cinematography a biological technology? Probably not
Posted inTechnology Critique

Is cinematography a biological technology? Probably not

Here’s a thing – if you run Deleuze through a piece of cloth and strain out all the poo, you end up with some reasonable, if fairly simple ideas. (Of…
February 19, 2016Posted inTechnology CritiqueNo Comments
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Back on the VR rollercoaster

Here you see a CINERAMA screen, from 1952. CINERAMA was a big hit in that year. A standard film of the time would fit in the middle screen only. So…
February 14, 2016Posted inTechnology CritiqueNo Comments
Posted inRanting Technology Critique

bloody Education bloody Technology

Hey! It’s the inter-sessional break! You know, that period of about 5 weeks which looks like you are going to get so much done while you’re not teaching, only to…
June 23, 2013Posted inRanting, Technology CritiqueNo Comments

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