I’ve been through a few linux distros over the years, neatly getting progressively easier to install and configure as I…
2000 to 2009
Inspired by Christof, here’s my roundup of 2000 to 2009, seriously inhibited by my terrible memory. Will add to this…
Metaphors of javadoc
Conceptual metaphor theory holds that our understanding of the world is largely structured by metaphor. This presumably includes our…
The iPhone and toilet paper freedom
Geoffg is playing a lawyer in declaring his interpretation of the GPL as the truth, lambasting the Free Software Foundation…
Patterns of Movement in Live Languages
I’m giving a paper at the CHArt conference in Birkbeck tomorrow. I’ll edit it a little after the conference for…
Acid sketching
I’ve been thinking about visual languages and the morphology of symbols (as opposed to words) for a while. I had…
Transferring
Tom Armitage wrote a nice wired article interviewing us (slub) about live coding. I’m still working on my upgrade, hoping to…
hackpact week 4
Ok the third fourth week of hackpact actually started yesterday, but I didn’t think my contribution then warranted a new…
Hackpact week 3
It’s the third week of the hackpact. A few have fallen by the wayside, others are doing impressively well. Adam…
Hackpact documentation (week 2)
Following on from week 1 of my hackpact hacks, here’s hackpact8 I had this feeling that a nice visualisation of…