Again (past)

Swell 22 April

The SWELL. The next day to (23/04/2017).

NOEL ST

19 March 2016 (Finished their)

23 April 2016 (Off)

Red

Last Metcard-device related post

Metcard device, 'Not in use' adhesive label, packing tape, second 'Not in use' adhesive label, grey Gaffa tape wrapped-around device.

Perhaps in the future old Metcard machines will form the core of layered tape and label juggernauts.

The instant when text goes from roman to bold

A.K.A 'My year of near-complete inactivity'

A.K.A 'Es tanzt das DNS'

'mediumtedium.net' website,
circa August-September, 2012.

So much time, sitting motionless at my desk, fingers poised mere millimetres from the keyboard twitching with unfulfilled potential. Illusionary Wolpertingers snap at calf muscles slowly atrophying from years of neglect. Internet websites enjoy an unintentional half-life bought upon them through inattention and behind-the-scenes hosting shifts.

But I digress.

You know when you run into an old friend and it's been years since you last saw them and they ask you what you've been doing with yourself for the last 11 or so years? On some occasions when this has happened I am so overwhelmed by the prospect of summarising the vast gulf of activity that my mind short circuits and initiates some kind of basic platitude such as 'The usual', 'This and that', 'Various things' and so forth. Under no circumstances would I use the phrase 'Same old, same old' (rumour has it that a pattern of slight discolouration on the belly of Ouroboros spells out these very words in Cuneiform text).

'Oroboros' enemy from 'Ni No Kuni' video game, PS3 2012

Under the surface of this near detail-free summary lies the primeval magma of significance, oozing and straining, perpetual and eternal. The universe yawns in it's massiveness and in the meantime, blogging.

As of December 2012 I have chosen the following excuses for not posting to this website:

• Inability to edit CSS to a satisfying level
• Discomfort with the term 'Blog'
• The pursuit of dreams, etc.
• Watching Youtube fail compilations (or just listening to their audio while working)
• Trying to get non-English computer voices to read English aloud
• Celestial bodies (2013 also looks to be a good year for these)
• Seeking out Pavlova flavoured Slurpees
• Miscellaneous

 And most recently:

• Wrestling with the new iTunes interface (while I understand the philosophy of a column-based interface, arrow-key mapping should be more intuitive).

So the dust has settled and I will now try to resume semi-regular programming. Attempting to create work where the work is generated by the work itself has failed and it seems a more direct approach is required.

Historical Arc

Point a)

From 'A Second Childhood' by G.K Chesterton.

Point b)
 

Eye Guy from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode 'I, Eye Guy'.

"You either get it or you don't" Department

Uroboros is a close personal friend of mine

And thus, my mind cracked open like an egg, The World following shortly after. My computer screen spewed forward tree-falling-in-the-woods moment, contained in the bordered context on a window. What is a window, really - A view, or a view-point?

Potato vs Potato

I'm posting this so that a flashing .gif isn't at the top of the page until I post next.

Good day!

Anthropomorphiceology

I know it seems of late that Medium Tedium is turning into "Scott's Ye Olde iPhonee Image Blogue Emporium", but that's just the way things have been of late. I see a future where images won't have jpeg artefacts and bulky coloured noise as an integral part of them, but at this moment in time, here we are.

In the meantime, this:

I only noticed this recently, but it's been on YouTube for a couple of years. It's from a Japanese TV show called 'Ugo Ugo Ru-Ga'. Worthy.

Cultural artifact

At the second-hand market I bought myself of a copy of Mortal Kombat for the Sega Megadrive for two Australian dollars. I found this duo-toned flyer behind the paper sleeve insert.

It hearkens back to another age: the latter decades of the previous millennia. Searching for 'Mister Gees Video' came up with nothing. Chances are, all that is left of it today (apart from the odd flyer) are desiccated VHS remnants encased in the mire a few feet below the floor of what's now a Blockbuster Video store. Remember, people once looked like this. Vampires once looked like this. Typefaces once looked like this, and chances are they will again.

Accidental Live-Trace Face

First the surface of Mars, then this. PURELY UNINTENTIONAL.

So does anyone else "Tweet"? See my input into the current ornithologically-based social phenomenon here.

Do not adjust your blog

Ach. Things. Sorry. I've been meaning to post for a while but my flow got interrupted for a while there.

In an attempt to re-establish things, this:


An incredibly bad clock I bought for a friend's birthday present. The shop I purchased it from considered it a 'Statue'.

I'll do what I can!

Tastelessness

Computer parts and body parts

Emulate the extremities of your idols

David Byrne's interlaced hand.

Fortunately Gone II

Ten ideas for Fortune Cookie texts:

• 'You will receive a fortune intended for someone else. This is that fortune'.


• 'You will understand how Galileo felt. You poor sap.'


• 'By the time you have ducked, it will be too late'.


• 'Something will happen on Sunday. If you're reading this on Sunday it won't be today it'll be, like, next Sunday'.


• 'Your significant other will ask you to bring home a grocery item and you will write it on your hand as a reminder. Later it will smudge, but allow you to enter a night-club for free.'


• 'You will be compelled to scratch it. Don't.'


• 'A seemingly minor and innocuous discussion will have a significant impact on every aspect of the rest of your life.'


• 'You will be presented with an opportunity to use the word "Gadzooks." Embrace it.'


• 'Avoid.'


• 'You will eventually comprehend the chilling significance of the following words: "Elevator", "Styrofoam" and "Telegraph."'