The Things Delkaetre Warns Us Against

Hmm. Fingers crossed that they've stopped all that dreadful banging and crashing from next door. I assume it's DIY or ripping units out and putting others in, but when you  don't know, what they're doing, it gets really erksome, and you wonder if they're doing it just to do people's head in.


( More Psychic Occurrence )

Here in this dreamworld

I wait for the real world..

A cloud of strawberries: the vibrant sculpture of Claire Morgan...

On art machines: the interactive work of Tom Foulsham...

Blue wall: Will Wiles' East London Olympic barrier ramble...

Night watch: Kate Bernauer's sinister figure photography...

Fourth Plinth: Antony Gormley's democratisation of public art...

Work is becoming an amusing list of "things to do", mainly system installs although I have to turn out a procedure document for closing down mailing lists. They run about 30 at work, for all different departments and interest groups. Apparently, lepidopterists are too busy chasing butterflies to actually use their computers and as such one of the lists has had no traffic since it was started and the 'owner' wanted it closed. Delete the list and dispose off the bodiesmail aliases. Think I'll need to check through on a load of the list aliases as some of them may be missing. Oops!

Along with those there's the "amusing" task of geting an open-sourced apache webserver running with open-sourced PHP and coolstack MySQL. Damn thing keeps trying to use the wrong compression libraries. -L's, -l's, -R's, LD_LIBRARY_PATH's, LDPATH's, CC_OPTS', --with-zlib's, --with-zlib-dir's.. none of them seem to make a difference. Check the pcre/crle path, the library path.. nothing! Frus.. frus.. frus... frustration!

I'll get it sorted. Oh yes I will! :)

Anyway, EoD, jump on the toob, get back to base, have a quick spritz in the shower to wash the travel sweat off and then just recline. Now, there had been an inkling of an idea to sample Departure but subsequent to the shower/recline my energies started to desert me. I posted a comment to attest to the same on FB and prepared for a QNI. Shortly after that posting La Saucia messages me about being trapped in a vortex of suck watching a load of pigs intestines rotting on the TV. So together, we hatched a plan, a cunning plan, a cunning plan as cunning as a cunningly cunning fox that has just graduated from cunning school. Ok, we decided to go to Departure.

So, off to Mornington Crescent tube, meet up with La Saucia and take the short hop, skip and a jump down to the Elixir Bar. LS was surprised when I told her it was free in as she'd reckoned that it'd probably be charging door tax. No, free in so we could go, see what it was like and if it wasn't "what was expected" could leave with no real cost. Got there, got in and hear a nice mixture of stompy old school industrial and the bouncy school of EBM (the stuff that came out before EBM just became a cause of repetitive headaches). Exchange 'howdy's with a few (No Psyche. You're hair isn't really "pink". It was probably just the colour wash of 'that' photo, mm'kay? :) ). Self and LS found a place to sit, chat and imbibe alcoholic unctions.

During the course of the evening, various people came and went. It was nice to see Clive again as I haven't seen him in a while. Saucia brought up the subject of militaristic world domination a few projects that may be in the pipeline and also raised the idea of a trip out to Berlin at the start of September. She's thinking about making a group thing out of it so if anybody's interested just holler OK?

Now a real plus point (for me) about the staff at the Elixir Bar was when I asked them what bourbons they served. Expecting the rote answer of "Jack Daniels"[1] imagine my pleasure when the person serving pointed out that they had Maker's Mark and Woodford Reserve. Result! \O/ It is becoming an exceptionally rare event to find people who don't reply 'JD' when you ask for 'bourbon'. Big plus point.

Musically I think Departure was a pleasant veering away from the stock oompa-oompa "breakbeat/beat matching" pool of suck that a lot of the "electronic" nights seem to be. It also worked out as quite a busy night. Well done to the Departure team for scoring the venue and putting it all together.

So, after beer, champagne cocktails and a few bourbons the night wound down to end and we quit out. I left Saucia catching up with a friend of hers and joined elijahtc, combat_kitten and others (probably from the 'Holloway Massive') for the hike up the street to central sCamden wher we all went our separate ways, or rather I jumped on a bus while they just dithered. *grin*

ION, regardless of what certain sources may say... Happy birthday to Big Ben, who first made themselves heard to the world 150 years ago.

[1] Please note: Jack Daniels is NOT a bourbon. It is a charcoal filtered sour-mash whiskey ( American spelling, though not the official spelling. Go figure!). They even say that JD is NOT abourbon on some of their promotional material.

( Read more... )

Model: Aliros & Mitara
Dedicated to Snakeskin

Snakeskin Waking a Lie
Snakeskin Stone Cold Hand

1. I will not take tonight as a Could've Would've Should've moment.
2. I will instead remember it and think Next Time.
3. I will continue reminding myself that I Am Nothing and that there will always be something more pure than I am.

( Read more... )

LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED RIGHT NOW TBH LOL!



YOU MUST BE ON THE TEXT LIST TO RECEIVE AN INVITE
To get on the list just text: “VIBE”
to: 07624 809653

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Host:
VIBE clubbing & events
Type:
Party - Night of Mayhem
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Saturday, 11 July 2009 at 22:00
End Time:
Sunday, 12 July 2009 at 05:00
Location:
Secret City Centre Location
Street:
1min from Royal Avenue
Town/City:
Belfast, United Kingdom

Private party to get you through the mayhem!!!

SAT 11TH JULY
VIBE SOUND SYSTEM

JONNY TIERNAN (AU MAG)
TINA HART (WIRED)
NAKATOMI TOWERS (DJ SET)
TEENA (ARCOPLANE)
COOKIIE (KALEIDA)

----------------------------------------

SECRET LOCATION PARTY
IN A NEVER-USED-BEFORE CITY CENTRE LOCATION
(1min from Royal Avenue)
GROUND FLOOR . TOLIETS
*ENCLOSED COURTYARD*


***BRING YER OWN!***

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

YOU MUST BE ON THE TEXT LIST TO RECEIVE AN INVITE

Just text: “VIBE”
to: 07624 809653

Just text: “VIBE”
to: 07624 809653

Just text: “VIBE”
to: 07624 809653

Just text: “VIBE”
to: 07624 809653

Just text: “VIBE”
to: 07624 809653

(normal text fee applies - you will receive a text on day of event with further details)

***IMPORTANT***
Keep it special - only share this information
with people you would like to party with. You
will receive a text on the day of the event.
Text invite required for admission. R.O.A.R

Thank you for the prompt responce ;D the term 'paramour' has been approved by said paramour.

In other news, I have a lava lamp. I have wanted one for ages and now I have it. It is yelow and blue, and the blobs are translucent and faintly green. It's like having jellyfish in a tube. And I like jellyfish.

Some links from The Register:

Robot land-steamers to consume all life on Earth as fuel

Autonom-nom-nom-nomous technology.

Met warns officers off photographers

The return of some of our rights?

OpenSSH exploit rumours swarm

One hell of a potential threat.

So, let's get this straight. By supporting an Energy from Waste incinerator at Belfast Lough North Foreshore, Environment minister Edin Poots is "flying in the face of the democratic process" according to one of our esteemed councillors.

This is despite the Council's vote against such an incinerator flying in the face of the wishes of 88% of respondents who supported the idea in a public consultation.

*sigh*

Such is the logic behind all of this glorious country's politics.

---

In brief...

GM is dead, long live GM.

They're so cute when they've just opened their eyes for the first time...

A carbon sink? In Africa?
Amusingly, they call 24 million trees "ambitious". I call that "the beginnings of a pilot scheme". Replace the M with a B, that's ambitious.

The G8 have told the Climate not to rise any more than 2ºC above 1900AD levels. The climate has not responded yet, but President Obama has threatened to take away the Climate’s Playstation and internet access and send it to bed with no cookie if it doesn’t do as it’s told.

Too extreme for the BNP, too extreme for the USA, just right for prison.
Part of me questions if it’s right to jail them for expressing their opinion (however abhorrent it may be), y’know, free speech and all that. Then the rest of me jumps that part, kicks the living bejayzus out of it, reads the article again and goes “A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha”

Swine Flu sufferers urged to pick a “flu buddy”. Should I get a swine flu, I choose Jewel Staite. :)

And finally, SHINY!SHINY!SHINY! ME WANT!!! :D

 Gosh, I never did write up Scarborough Morris Fair. It was pretty good, and I'd go again, and we'd have to go back anyway, to present the Morris staff to the next morris side!

It was a mix of weather and happenings, and trying to recall now is hard,  But the old brain juices are creaking into work.  Drove down with Liz, who I navigated for. It was quite surreal driving thorough one kind of weather on one side of the car, and another on the other.  Gloom and thunderclouds on left and sunshine on right - luckily, it looked as if we ended up with the sun - the rain is not fun when you're camping!

Friday night saw me hanging out with the other Boggarts and catching up with old friends from festivals. It was a lovely pub, but with too many narrow bits fore accomdating the usual locals plus an enormous number of morris sides.  Mix of getting the best home cooked food - ever. I'm not joking, superb cook, in that pub, and chilling out and playing in the sessions.  Always torn between food and playing - usually the second wins!

Saturday saw us hauling early - argh - all over town with other morris sides, on a couple of double decker buses.  Eynsham Morris from Oxfordshire are stunning. Seriously, keep your eye out for them and their energetic tradition.  Pleasure to dance with you guys. :)

Having a blank on most of the other teams, that'll teach me to write up later, though it was nice seeing Glenise from Miltown Cloggies ( Long time Sidmouth friend).

We were late for the ceilidh due to grabbing a curry - which was pretty good - and walked in as Sid Kipper was doing the break  - doing his Morris dancing song - love it.  www.spineless.idps.co.uk/songs/hay_do_the.htm


And more dancing sunday, travelling back with Alec, but before we did, I bought amzing fish and chips from the clocktower cafe, for me and Alec.

Lots of talking and thinking happened. Shouldn't surprise me if I go hurtling feet first ina bit - in the words of Rincewind, the Nac Mac Feegles and the Librarian "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!". "OOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKK!!!".   ;)

Okay. I know I haven't posted about it in this journal,  but it's a bit hard to narrow down when it happened and well, this journal tends to be more for fic and stree-relieving than RL. Anyway, to the point - I have met someone. He in lovely, kind, friendly and funny, we like a lot of the same things and he doesn't mind dressing as an SS officer in order to flog me (or me dressing as an SS officer and him as a Mossad agent for the same).

Anywho, we've known each other for over seven months now (actually getting together was a more fluid process that's harder to pin down), and I think I really ought to find some way of introducing him to aquintances.

Boyfriend? Ick. No. Apart fromt he fact that he is largely older than me, the word was spoilt to me forever since secondary school.

Partner? Makes me sound like a lesbian, which would be misleading.

Friend? Works for Past Tense, not for this. Unlike my characters, Iactually talk to people.

Significal other? Close, but a bit of a mouthful.

So, help. Anyone got any ideas? Everything sounds contrived or overlong. Any advice?

cmake, gmake and then make?

You'r'avin' a laff, ain'cha?!?

(In case you're wondering, I'm trying to build open source PHP with open source apache with (reasonably proprietary CoolStack MySql.. It's hell!)

I have been ill this week, I have been at work on Tuesday and today.
I have had aching joints, sore throat and been very tired. These symptoms mean I don't know what is wrong with me. Because they are flu like symptoms the doctor would not let me make an appointment and made me call NHS direct. They in turn would not rule out Piggy death Flu because you can not diagnose that over the phone. Can you see where this is going?
So, of course I have had to tell work this. Cue more flapping.
*Sigh*
I am now my own doctor because swine flu seems to have driven everyone mad in the medical profession. The fact we have a women here at work with a dodgy immune system sends all the people here mad. I possibly could have gone to work yesterday but did not because of this. What ever virus I have is not pleasant but it is not Piggy death Flu. I am starting to think it maybe a reaction to stress and possibly a glandular fever flare up although I have not had one of those for years. Either that or some little sleepy virus, maybe a new strain, Mort flu with no mort, just sleeping like you are mort.

So, in short, we have invites for three parties on Saturday. We may get to one. Possibly the one with the least fuss with food as I would like some meat and Frog would like to eat without drama. Or I may just sleep the day away. I know Frog is getting cabin fever and it is interesting to see the reversal in roles on that point.

Apologies to any one that I am meant to be seeing but frankly, I am so tired I am no fun any way.

Frog is still looking for work, it is stressful and confusing for him, I have no idea if I am helping or hindering at times. Just trying to keep my head down low.

FREE live experimental industrial music recorded by XYKOGEN.



(Apologies for X-posting)

Because I am a chowderhead, I completely forgot that we never made any kind of official announcement concerning Rah going away. Sorry if I scared you, she's not dead and she doesn't hate us. ;p

What's happening is that she's going to Portland to go to art school. This is a Good Thing, and she should get lots of love and congratulations.

She won't be drawing Metanoia while she's at school. There's just no way she could handle the workload. She was going to try, but since I don't like the idea of her having an aneurysm or something, I put my foot down. Otherwise she would be ded of stress.

This means that I'll be drawing the comic henceforth. I know it'll be something of a letdown after having Rah's professional illustrations for so long, but please put up with it. I'll do my best not to leave any enormously long pauses, at least.

Anyway, yeah, that's what's up. No rocks fell, ninjas did not attack, and nothing is on fire. :D

One from earlier this week:

Sometimes you have a shoot where everything just falls into place and my "Newborn" shoot with Aimee L'amour was one of those days.  These images were lit with my new Interfit beauty dish, so while it was a little trial and error playing with the light, the images turned out just how I envisioned them in the end.  I'd tried to create a very "high key" portrait with another model last year but my gear and technical skill wasn't quite up to the task.  Getting my new camera and Strobie's kit, prompted me to give it another go, this time with the lovely Aimee L'amour.  

For those interested in the strobist information, I used the beauty dish very close at about three foot and slightly to the right of Aimee and a second higher up strobe diffused with a soft box, further back and to the left to soften the shadows a little.  I took the shots against a white background and pushed the highlights as far as I could without blowing.  The skin whitening and dodging of Aimee's wig was done later in photoshop, as I wanted to get as good an exposure as possible in camera.



( Read more... )

ICONS OF DIESELPUNK interview on Dieselpunks.org

ixlrlxi - Master artist of the Streamline style

Digital illustrator ixlrlxi emerged from Soviet Russia to become one of the most beloved artists in the world of dieselpunk. His eye for the streamlined designs of the 1950's has lead to an impressive body of work, and yet he remains very humble. From his roots in art school to his service in the military, we got ixlrlxi to take some time out to explain what makes him tick.

Click here to see...