New York in the 30’s and today: Before and after photos. Brings back fond memories of my 8 years there. New York Changing | Douglas Levere | Rephotography | Changing New York | Berenice Abbott | Rephotograph | Then and Now | Then & Now | New York City | Past and Present | Old…
Feeding the kids
Started a large translation with a very tight schedule yesterday. Posting here will be all but interrupted for a week or so :(. You might want to subscribe to the RSS feed (on the lower right, at least at the time of this writing) so you don’t come here for nothing and to be sure…
Fellow Music-Makers
I’m occasionally contacted by fellow music-makers who have stumbled onto my stuff. I thought I’d occasionally point you to their music. Warning: this is not slick & sanitized FM-fare! You actually need an open mind and a brain in relatively good working-order to enjoy these. Matt Love has several band pages up on Soundclick. The…
N.1 in Belgium
N.1 in Belgium. Some good music. Belgium is an interesting little country where I spent my teens, and where I started making music. Over the centuries, it has been invaded and occupied by many ex-superpowers (Spain, France, The Netherlands), and with it’s three linguistic communities, it is a surprisingly culturally-rich and unique place. I naïvely…
Corgi Toys in Pictures
Corgi Toys in Pictures. I definitely had the James Bond Aston Martin, and the Batmobile… Ooh, just noticed two more: The Saint’s Volvo and…Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! T’was a long time ago, in the swinging London of the 60’s…
User Interface Design
I’ve been mucking about with the CSS styles for sknoblog. The layout in WordPress, the system powering this, is controlled 99% via cascading style sheets (I’m usually lazy and resort to using tables a lot to layout my pages). An interesting (and ongoing) little experiment in user interface design (To give you an idea, this…
To Do
Work on the appearance of sknoblog. I just stole one of the designs lying around the web and changed the main color to my site’s orange. I’m not sure where I want to go yet (see previous post), and I’m not sure I want to keep all the stuff to the right (I’m not sure…
What's a poor renaissance man to do?
OK, so my main site was created in a hurry on a day I needed a showcase for my numerous skills ;). Over time, only the Making Music section has been updated somewhat regularly. On more than one occasion however, I have felt the urge to post tidbits, rants, and such, but it was just…
Site News: Appliance-Intelligence
I’ve been working on new stuff (a commission), but before I eventually release some of it here, I’m unearthing "Appliance-Intelligence," another golden oldie in the wake of Flag-Etiquette. I hope you’ll enjoy the drama.
Site News: Flag Etiquette
To welcome the fall, here’s a golden oldie resurrected from oblivion in time for the November festivities in the US. It is indeed our duty as patriotic citizens to know and practice proper Flag Etiquette!