January 31, 2007
Update
Bit quiet on the blog front because I have been working hard to get a release of our product out, followed by illness. Today I am watching things run (a lot of web archiving involves watching processes run across large amounts of data) to make sure they are working so here is a quick update.
The picture above is the pile of books next to my bed. The ones that are visible are mostly 'to be read', underneath lurk books that have already been read. Of particular note is 'light' by M. John Harrison, one of the best SciFi books I have read in quite some time.
Work wise I have been doing lots of Javascript and ajax - for the non technical reader - this is what makes things like google mail work. It is messy, complex and non-standard from browser to browser. The best description I can think of is imagine trying to build a house and live in it at the same time - painful and inconvenient. Still it is getting there.
Music wise I have just discovered the Sustain-Release label. I guess you would best describe the music as acoustic drone - beautiful and powerful. The CD's come in gorgeous packaging - complete with 4 sycamore seeds as well. Richard Skelton is based in Wigan - not a million miles from here. There seems to be a decent music scene in Lancashire - what with Colin Potter and Paul Bradley being based in Preston. All of which has spurred me onto starting to make some music again. No tracks recorded yet but I have been assembling sounds and background material.