Betty holds up a chicken and Swiss cheese casserole. Mmmm.

It's less a new year's resolution and more a general promise to myself, but I promised myself I'd write more publicly for 2011. I have a terrible timidity curse. It's the fear that the person you think you are isn't ...Read More

Image of Michelangelo's God

And so it's Christmas. Christmas time. It's actually after Christmas, in that strange hinterland between Christmas and New Year's. If you're self-employed and a bit skittish, as I sort of am, it's a time to gather ye your receipts for ...Read More

Image of my diary entry about Andrew Neil and his downfall

I had this entry in my written diary dated Tuesday 18 May. I thought it would be an interesting post. It goes like this: I told Fiona (my flatmate) about this dream I had, involving Andrew Neil. I had a dream. For ...Read More

Screengrab from Mawgadawg portfolio

It's been a long time coming, but I've got my online portfolio up on Mawgablog. It's in the Published Articles section. It's been a bit of a palaver for one simple reason. Choice. Previously, I'd been blogging away happily on MySpace, ...Read More

Image of Steve Jobs

I've been mulling over all this Flash-iPhone, Apple v Adobe stuff for a while now, and then lo and behold, Steve Jobs writes an open letter about it on the Apple website. So, I got some posh stationery and wrote ...Read More

Image from outside slave house

If you're a regular (haha!), you might have seen my previous entry about my trip to The Gambia with Play Action UK, a newish nonprofit organisation dedicated to youth workers in the UK and Africa. The trip was all about ...Read More

[caption id="attachment_228" align="alignright" width="103" caption="The Virgin: symbol of calm or conflict? "][/caption] There’s this phalanx of the indignant who have a bee in their bonnet about God and religion these days. I can’t help but find the dogmatically anti-religious pretty much ...Read More

[caption id="attachment_217" align="alignright" width="185" caption="Jakesully prepares to learn a new trade"][/caption] I saw the film Avatar a couple of weeks ago. It was the full-fat, 3D,  Imax experience, and I have to say, I really loved it. There’s no point in ...Read More

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Rupert Murdoch frowns up bloggers and news aggregators "][/caption] This is a post I wrote a little while back, but accidentally published as a page rather than as an entry. So I'm moving it. Sorry if it ...Read More

One of my articles is set for an upcoming issue of Digital Arts magazine

[caption id="attachment_180" align="alignright" width="316" caption="One of my articles is set for an upcoming issue of Digital Arts magazine"][/caption] I did a piece recently for Digital Arts magazine all about colour psychology. It's pretty cool, not quite out at the moment, although ...Read More