Peter Howard is Wintermute, mythologist

bits categories

• /bits/books/

  Some notes on books I've read and enjoyed.

• /bits/branding/

  On branding: successes and failures

• /bits/film/

  These entries are about filmmaking. There are some notes on the industry, and there are film concepts in their embryonic form.

  • Phi (Jade Cut) now online (11July2007)
  • A Vampire Lore (10July2006)
  • That Imp of Earth and Industry (03July2006)
  • The City (20November2005)

• /bits/france/

  Travel notes from my 2005 exchange to France.

  • England, Holiday the Third (31July2005)

• /bits/gaming/

  About gaming in various forms: mainly Xbox/computer gaming and Alternate Reality, Real World, and Urban Gaming

• /bits/links/

  For when I want to share a link but have little to add

• /bits/linux/

  Notes on running Linux; little hacks and setup tips

• /bits/mac/

  Notes from a recent switcher

• /bits/movies/

  Some of the movies I've seen, some of which I've enjoyed. These aren't reviews, they're just comments on the things that stand out to me.

  • V For Vendetta (01April2006)
  • The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (31December2005)
  • Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions (23November2005)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (19July2005)

• /bits/music/

  Music I listen to.

• /bits/myth/

  Myth is about looking at reality as myth, filtering society through the stories it tells. These entries are about religion, politics, the media -- our modern myths.

  • Slouching Towards Bedlam (02January2008)
  • Rehearsing for Fourty Thousand Years; On Cultural Curiosity (10April2006)
  • Rethinking Judas (03February2006)
  • Public Schooling, Religion, A Manifesto (17December2005)
  • Computing isn't meant to be Easy (15October2005)
  • So what are your politics? (17March2005)

• /bits/personal/

  Personal notes, where I've treated this as my diary. Many of the entries here are just updates, short bullet-lists to keep friends and family up-to-date.

  • Dreams of a Place That Never Was (31May2006)
  • Why I Do This; Some Justifications (18March2006)
  • Appreciations in Two Parts; or, Things I Miss, Or Don't (28January2006)
  • My Snow Coloured Dreams (15December2005)

• /bits/photography/

  On photography: notes on the art, and mine own.

  • Soominch Fashion Shoot (30December2007)

• /bits/search/

  Now and again I check my referrer logs and list some of the stranger search terms people have used to find my site.

  • Search Term Spam (17December2005)

• /bits/webprog/

  Various notes on web design and programming. Some comments on other sites, some hints and hacks I've come across in my own programming.

  • Drop that double-u-double-u-double-u-dot (08November2005)
  • The Altar Of Reason (10June2004)

• /bits/weekly/

  Weekly summaries of what I've been reading, watching, &c; where applicable I link to longer comments

• /bits/wishlist/

  It's a wishlist.

  • White vs Beige, Round 4 (06March2006)
  • What I Want From the Future (08December2005)

article categories

• /film/

  Some of my own film work, particularly concept development

  • Untitled Vampire Short :: Treatment (30August2006)

• /myth/

  Longer articles, but still about looking at society through the myths we tell. A lot of these articles are from projects I've done at uni.

  • First Impressions Redux: Foreign- and Local-ness in French film and culture (28November2005)
  • Undoing Introversion
    or "Hi! I'm an introvert" (12November2004)