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9 September 2004 It's
been quite a while since the last update. Since then I went to the V Festival
in Staffordshire to see my heroes The Pixies. The crowd was full of people my
age
just
staring
at
the stage in wonder and awe, barely believing that we were around to witness
it.
Site news: Since being listed on Luc's font
pages, arguably THE resource for font links on the internet, and
by popular demand, I hope
to release
some
of my typefaces for download. I've updated some
of
the pdf
files
in
readiness
for
a
release during
the next few weeks, so watch this space!
3 August 2004 Been on
holiday of late, having spent a fantastic few days in Northern
Ireland
and also a couple of days in London. You can find lots of pictures
and a (smallish) write-up of the Northern Ireland trip here,
and some London pics here.
The purpose of the London trip was to go on the London Eye and
to see We Will Rock You, the Queen musical. I can highly
recommend both. We Will Rock You was technically superb
and of course with Queen songs it's difficult to put a foot wrong.
In
fact the
only
slightly jarring note was the somewhat ridiculous plot.
It would've been easy to guess Ben
Elton was the writer as the
script bore all the Elton trademarks of global warming, feminism
and nob
gags.
In
fact
so
Elton-esque
was
the
script that,
when
our heroes motorcycled
their
way to Wembley
Stadium,
I was
really
surprised
that they
didn't take a train instead, singing
"double seat,
double
seat,
got to
get
a
double
seat". Nevertheless it's well worth going to see, particularly
if you haven't been to a West End show before.
Perhaps the best find of our trip was the V&A museum - extremely
compelling and highly recommended. Give Harrods a miss and go here
instead - it's only a few minutes walk away.
4 July 2004 Just finished
reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by
Mark Haddon. An extremely inventive novel, told through the emotionless,
logical eyes of Christopher, who
is fifteen
and
has Asperger's
syndrome.
He loves maths problems (including the Monty
Hall problem, which
is covered in the book) but hates yellow and brown things. In his
neighbour's garden one night he discovers a dead dog, murdered
with a garden
fork,
and
he sets
out to discover the culprit
in
the
style of his hero Sherlock Holmes. The writing is at first glance
matter-of-fact and logical
yet
awash
with subtlety
and nuance - an extremely moving book which everyone should read.
I've also had time to do some maintenance to the site.
Techies will be pleased to note that it is now CSS-based, which
should
hopefully mean a more efficient browsing experience.
And I've expanded the typeface section of the site - it is now
possible to download PDF samples of some of the fonts I have created,
including a new one, Sooker.
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