Month: September 2015

  • Don’t Leave Lights On!

    Don’t Leave Lights On!

    Way back in 2010 I was having a play with a Flash-based gallery called ImageViewer. It was very easy to configure, you just needed to create an XML file with images, captions, links, etc. and you had yourself a little web-based presentation that would run responsively on a wide range of devices. I added a […]

  • Lifes Rich Pageant

    Lifes Rich Pageant

    During 2014 I hit upon the idea of finding cover versions of every song from an album. The specific album wasn’t settled upon until I heard a cover of R.E.M.’s Cuyahoga by The Decemberists. The original could be found on R.E.M.’s 1986 album “Lifes Rich Pageant” and it happens to be one of my favourites. […]

  • Me, on Medium

    Me, on Medium

    Although most of my “writing” is over at The Retroist website, earlier this year I signed up with Medium and posted my first article. Entitled “The Writing of a Review, and What Happens Next”, this was my attempt to show the cool things than can happen when you write something as simple as a comic […]

  • Sonic The Hedgehog: A Genesis Guide

    Sonic The Hedgehog: A Genesis Guide

    I found myself looking for ways to visualise my love for Sega Megadrive classic Sonic The Hedgehog earlier this year. I’m constantly finding websites and other publications that feel the need to distill a video game into one or two screenshots and a summary description, and I feel like more could be done to better […]