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One of the things that has always amused me about running Bibliofaction, is that having a half professional looking website leads people to believe there is a huge corporation ticking away behind the scenes making things work. We’ve received loads of lovely and grateful emails for the services we provide, but the angry ones are usually the… Continue reading Forward this immediately to your CEO

Link: This can only be good news…

Link: Soulless and a little depressing, but important if you work online

It is coherent to add the involvement of Leprechauns to any explanation, but Occam’s razor would prevent such additions, unless they were necessary.

I was surprised today when I found out that that someone had already taken the tumblr URL adamlofting.tumblr.com Then I was even more surprised (and a little bit worried) when I found out it was me. I really don’t remember doing that. So in answer to the question, who’s been blogging from my blog? The… Continue reading Who’s been blogging from my blog?

A digital, typographic exploration of language and nonsense Starting in English with some of the finest classic literature, use online translators to move between languages eventually getting back to English. It is amazing what gets lost in translation. Click for full images…

I very rarely use a dictionary any more. I write at my computer (or other peoples computers) and I can’t remember the last time I used a computer that wasn’t connected to the Internet. If I don’t know how to spell something, I don’t look it up in a dictionary, I don’t even search for… Continue reading Using Google to Check Spelling. Has the dictionary seen its best day?

I’ve come across two things recently that have captured my imagination. Circuit-bending Lomography Circuit bending according to Wikipedia is: Circuit bending is the creative, DIY (Do It Yourself) short-circuiting of electronic devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children’s toys and small digital synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. Lomography according… Continue reading The Art of Imperfection – Circuit-bending and lomography

It’s interesting how the importance of photgraphs change when you know the person who takes them, or you know the places and the people in them. You judge them by very different standards. When it comes to photography, what seperates art from snapshots? I like the idea that the photo should have as much potential… Continue reading Art Photography vs General Snapshots