Bits & Pieces

December2024

On a Year of Transformation (31Dec2024)
In which I am torn apart and rebuilt

November2024

On A Name (15Nov2024)

On Getting Here (12Nov2024)
In which an election surprised us, again

March2024

Feelings at the Door (23Mar2024)
In which an old friend comes knocking...

January2024

On Unfinished Thoughts (28Jan2024)
In which something...

Superpowers, or Empires? (08Jan2024)
In which I wonder how we describe hegemony now, and for the next few decades, and how Australia fits amongst global players

December2023

Rebirth, or Reinvention (11Dec2023)
In which I enter a new decade, and invent a new me

October2023

Sucking it Up (23Oct2023)
In which white dudes...

September2022

Untitled Dispatch (22Sep2022)
In which a message is received, from a distant planet

March2015

They cannot go back (22Mar2015)
In which a dreamer wakes, a world emerging

April2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (06Apr2014)
The best of the Marvel movies yet

February2014

Ten Years (24Feb2014)

January2014

My Sydney Festival 2014 (27Jan2014)
This Is My City In Summer

2014 Gates Annual Letter: Myths About Foreign Aid (25Jan2014)

30 and Excited About (11Jan2014)
In which getting old is opportunity

30 and Tired Of (08Jan2014)
In which I’m getting old

December2013

Four Cities (26Dec2013)
In which I photograph Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Sydney Harbour

October2013

Jungle City (04Oct2013)
In which the City reveals Herself to me, with a beautiful and terrifying vision

July2013

Take Care, x3 (15Jul2013)

April2013

An Australian Faerie Tale (08Apr2013)
In which the Dreaming is being undone, and remade

January2013

A Scifi Prologue (28Jan2013)

December2012

Falling (26Dec2012)
On a kind-of love, and falling into their eyes: a kind-of fiction.

October2012

Looper (03Oct2012)

July2012

On Writing, When I’m Not (22Jul2012)
In which I write about not writing, just to get the rusty wheels turning

February2012

The Unseen City (11Feb2012)

November2011

11September-5November2011 :: These (Riding) Weeks (05Nov2011)

October2011

Nas — Nasty (17Oct2011)

September2011

21August-10September2011 :: These (Running) Weeks (17Sep2011)

August2011

7-20August2011 :: These (Winter, Returned) Weeks (21Aug2011)

The Last Ten Thousand (13Aug2011)
In which the final chapters seem larger than those that came before

24July-6August2011 :: These (Early Spring) Weeks (13Aug2011)

Critiquing Reality TV (13Aug2011)

July2011

3-23July2011 :: These (Hong Kong) Weeks (31Jul2011)

26June-2July2011 :: This (Cordless) Week (04Jul2011)

June2011

12-18June2011 :: This (SydFilmFest) Week (26Jun2011)

19-25June2011 :: This (Canberra) Week (26Jun2011)

5-11June2011 :: This (Last) Week (16Jun2011)

Sleeping Beauty (12Jun2011)

Raphaël — 19thC Book II Chapter I (09Jun2011)

29May-4June2011 :: This Week (06Jun2011)

May2011

22-28May2011 :: This Week (29May2011)

15-21May2011 :: This Week (22May2011)

8-14May2011 :: This Week (15May2011)

On the PlayBook (09May2011)
In which no-one knows how to sell a future-device

1-7May2011 :: This Week (08May2011)

24-31April2011 :: This Week (01May2011)

April2011

17-23April2011 :: This Week (24Apr2011)

Not Too Big; Not Too Little; The Goldilocks Device (22Apr2011)

10-16April2011 :: This Week (17Apr2011)

3-9April2011 :: This Week (10Apr2011)
In which I read and watch and listen, and wonder about genre

Le Flâneur (03Apr2011)

27March-2April2011 :: This Week (03Apr2011)

March2011

On Chatter and What Matters (30Mar2011)
In which I wish to discover the information that matters most to me

‘Sucker Punch’ and the Decline of Strong Woman Action Heroines (29Mar2011)

20-26March2011 :: This Week (28Mar2011)

Big K.R.I.T. — Dreamin’ (26Mar2011)

10-19March2011 :: This Week (and a bit) (20Mar2011)

Travel Log VIII (12Mar2011)

Travel Log VII (01Mar2011)

February2011

Travel Log VI (06Feb2011)

January2011

Travel Log V (31Jan2011)

Travel Log IV (24Jan2011)

Travel Log III (19Jan2011)

Raphaël — Outline I of VI (07Jan2011)

Travel Log II (05Jan2011)

Travel Log I (04Jan2011)

December2010

On Anonymity as Trolling (01Dec2010)

November2010

On Facebook and Messaging (19Nov2010)

Geek Luddites and the New Computing (01Nov2010)

On the Failure of Microbudgets (01Nov2010)

October2010

On Music (06Oct2010)
In which I explore music, memory, the physical, the performative

September2010

Neil Young’s Love and War (26Sep2010)

Women in Rock and popular media (18Sep2010)

August2010

Five Things (30Aug2010)
In which five things are on my mind: Location, The City, Sex & Death, Teams Edward & Jacob, Creative Whitespace

Horrorshow — Aussie Hip Hop (16Aug2010)
In which Aussie describes the hip hop, not its quality

My SydFilmFest Ten (12Aug2010)

In Defense of Having Children (11Aug2010)

Raphaël — Teaser (10Aug2010)
In which a young man returns to protect the City he loves, and cannot escape his past

Kanye West’s Power (07Aug2010)

May2010

None of these seem to get in the way (17May2010)

April2010

Green Zone (05Apr2010)
In which a war is sold with lies

Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft Big Boi (04Apr2010)

Cutover (03Apr2010)
In which I abandon shared hosting for a (virtual) home of my own

March2010

We’re just part of the world, breaking down, or being torn down (20Mar2010)

Six Days Remix - DJ Shadow ft Mos Def (15Mar2010)

January2010

The Road (29Jan2010)
In which a Man and a Boy carry the fire

November2009

On Work (22Nov2009)
In which one defines oneself through one’s work

September2009

Fighting (07Sep2009)
In which the struggle is made manifest, in a deceptively and beautifully simple film

August2009

Inglourious Basterds (30Aug2009)
In which a film rewrites history, and Tarantino gets his masterpiece

Coco avant Chanel (09Aug2009)
In which an orphan constructs herself a new identity, finding her independence in ‘Coco’

May2009

The Space Race (28May2009)
In which a city needs to make space for its artists

On Chatter (20May2009)
In which I stumble into the æther and explore Twitter, Facebook, and the always-on, always chattering future

Still Star Trek (10May2009)
In which even after a reboot, Star Trek is still Star Trek, and the future is full of white people

On Literature (07May2009)
In which I discover that maybe Literature isn’t so bad after all, and might even be a new addiction

April2009

Dream City (30Apr2009)
In which I find a city that isn’t a City, and only really exists in a dream of itself

A New Look (17Apr2009)
In which I pull together a long-overdue upgrade and redesign in the space of a couple of weeks

January2009

Doubt (23Jan2009)
In which doubt turns to suspicion

Wangaratta 2009 (07Jan2009)
In which I snap family, and play with light

November2008

Wall-E (08Nov2008)
In which a child-like innocent opens the eyes of humanity

September2008

IE6 and 7 on OSX (20Sep2008)
In which I run IE 6 and 7 on OSX; the entire process using free software

July2008

WYD 2008 (23Jul2008)
In which I photograph a crowd, but can’t bring myself to join it

Not The Mobile Web, just A mobile web (13Jul2008)
In which I’d prefer the web on my mobile to the mobile web

April2008

Nostalgia (29Apr2008)
In which all that lingers is her scent

Getting Lost in Victoria (14Apr2008)
In which I explore Torquay and Melbourne, and attempt to capture some of Victoria with light and glass

March2008

Recent Media Consumption — February and March (29Mar2008)
In which I consume hours of media in a short amount of time, and rediscover television

Chinese New Year 2008 (24Mar2008)

Rendition (14Mar2008)

Melbourne, Je t’aime (13Mar2008)
In which I fall in love with another city

January2008

The City Reborn (28Jan2008)
In which I sense Her imminent return, and their downfall, and the truth of the tale outside of time

The Night Before Christmas, or, Why I’m Buying a MacBook Air (21Jan2008)
In which there’s something in the aether.

7-13January2008 :: This Week (15Jan2008)

1-6January2008 :: This Week (06Jan2008)

Sydney, NYE 2008 (03Jan2008)
In which the pretty colours make the fireworks worthwhile, and in which I shoot in near darkness

Slouching Towards Bedlam (02Jan2008)
In which first they come for the communists

December2007

Soominch Fashion Shoot (30Dec2007)
In which I am a fashion photographer

Recent Media Consumption (30Dec2007)
In which I consume, to varying degrees, various media

November2007

Raphaël — Origins (12Nov2007)
In which a dreamed legend is born, in that realm between sacred and profane

Broken Cinema (11Nov2007)
In which a rogue computer spoils the movie going experience

October2007

War & Politics (10Oct2007)
In which I despair of politicians

September2007

Cat Blogging (22Sep2007)
In which I photograph much smaller subjects

The City In Lockdown (08Sep2007)
In which I walk the long way around protesters, police lines, and labyrinthine wire fences, snapping images as I go

August2007

A Day in the Life of the City (27Aug2007)
In which I break in the new dSLR

Crises of faith (16Aug2007)
In which I put an end to the crises of small-f faith, and realise that, being in the right environment, my Faith doesn’t waver anymore

July2007

Try Before You Buy (16Jul2007)
In which my music piracy is justified

Green is a Status Symbol (13Jul2007)
In which I refuse to be distracted by the dallyings of the idle rich.

Phi (Jade Cut) now online (11Jul2007)
In which I finally release the five episodes of Φ, collected from around the internet of 2008 and made available at hackfilm.com