I should just accept that I’m nocturnal. I keep trying to get myself into a decent sleeping pattern but it never lasts. And I rarely succeed in getting myself into a decent pattern anyway. I like mornings, just when I’ve stayed awake all night, not when I’ve woken up. During the day I also end [...]
I’ve now learnt over five hundred kanji (I’ve now learnt 510) so I decided to treat myself to this pretty cake. I’m bribing my brain into learning with sugary treats. At the end of it I’ll either have a Japanese vocabulary or diabetes. Or maybe even both. Instead of thinking “Srsly end naow” my brain [...]
Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been making much as of late, which in itself is rather sucky, but I am now going to explain why. I was having on of those “Why don’t I have a job?” moments, thinking through my abilities, thinking of things to work on when I realized [...]
My imac may be damaged, but god dammit he’s still swarve. January started off well, my lovely, lovely friends made my imac of some use once more and don’t mind reminding me of that fact. And I entered the month with a “Yay it’s a new year” attitude, eager to make use of new materials [...]
There’s been an awful lot of inspirational workspaces on craft websites recently, which make me hate my workspace more. I’m useless at keeping it tidy, there’s always scraps of paper and thread all over my desk, and abandoned ideas and letters pile up wanting attention but rarely getting any. One of the ideas I’ve liked [...]
I can’t stand not doing something for a long period of time. I get all twitchy and snappy, and end up in a bit of a funk and end up not wanting to do anything. So I was a little bit worried this weekend when I decided to stop making things for a couple of [...]
I am sad today. But it’s not about the recent “Crunchy Underfoot Snow Happy Joy Explosion!!!” Today was Sparkfuns free day, which I missed out on despite me spending 2 hours pushing the refresh button. I was really looking forward to it too! It was going to be Christmas 2. I was looking forward to [...]
I don’t really ever make new year resolutions. I don’t ever feel the need to eat ridiculously healthily or detox and I haven’t really got any bad habits I should give up to make myself healthier (apart from maybe my raving sugar addiction, but I ain’t giving that up.) but I am making some plans [...]
Little article on Eye, about how googling has replaced our need to remember things, and does it open up opportunities for our minds to evolve in different ways? Or does it just make us a little stupid? I personally have already come to terms with the fact that while I consider myself to be pretty [...]
The past couple of days I have spent in the lovely geeky bosom of Eurogamer Expo here in Leeds, over coming horrible throat cooties to spend my time staring at very big screens, going “ooh that’s what a black wii looks like”, and doing strange dances as my feet were hurting from all the standing [...]
