Self Portrait Collage
My friends and I cut a sunday newspaper to bits, combined the clippings with some ripped up old books and embellished the resulting mess with a few dabs of paint.
A feast for the eyes…
Release Animals
A couple of days ago I had to do a presentation about a few different release options in relation to a case study we were working on.
It seemed a good idea to liken the releases to various animals/creatures. No one found this particularly funny or amusing and I died a bit of a death in front of the group.
It beat bullet points though.
100 Mile Journey
Was subjected to some slightly dubious psycho-theory in some training this week. Had to do a skit to “teach-back” to the rest of the group and ended up making this huge alignment block which explains some of the terminology Continue Reading →
Boni from Trap Door Costume
I recently made a costume based on the character “Boni” from 80′s cartoon series Trap Door.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 Costume
The theme of the party was “What you wanted to be when you grew up”. Continue Reading →
Super Chocolate Cake
This is the rather dubious looking cake I baked for Clarkson’s birthday recently. Continue Reading →
Adler Tippa S Typewriter
I got this typewriter for Clarkson for her birthday. It is a quite fantastic device. Continue Reading →
Imbimp Pie
This weekend Clarkson made me an Imbimp Pie, with real, or at least elephant shaped bits of pastry walking round the edge. Continue Reading →
How to temporarily increase traffic to your website
So your blog is ticking along nicely at 2-3 visitors each day. People don’t stay long. Continue Reading →
Google Analytics Dashboard Cake
This weekend Clarkson and I decided to build a cake based on the Google Analytics dashboard. Continue Reading →
Content Management System Cake
In trying to document here all the various technology/craft related nuggets of productivity i have been responsible for over the years I have decided to release the Content Management System cake based on a custom build I was involved with at AOL. Continue Reading →
Cake Competition Part 1
Last year, Clarkson and I embarked on a cake making competition. Needless to say, she won, but here are our two entries: a cake version of my cardboard car made by Clarkson and the Millennium Dome/Canary Wharf at night made by me.
Cardboard Woodburner
Its Valentines day, and time for a strange construction for Clarkson. This time I tried to think of the things that are important to her. Continue Reading →
Cardboard Teacup
It was a complicated project, much like all of these sort of constructions. Continue Reading →
Cardboard Car
Inspired by “The Science of Sleep”, we convered my car in cardboard, drew odd slogans and ventured into the city to catch the sights. Continue Reading →
Snout or Escalator
As a precursor to my London-based craft afternoon, I played a game of snout or escalator. Continue Reading →
Cardboard Website
While working on a big media portal, I redesigned and added functionality to their content management system. This was a big achievement that really transformed the way the editors were able to publish content and so I was inspired to show the client what I had been built in a special presentation where built the whole system out of cardboard. The highlights of this are above, and the whole presentation is at the end of this post.
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My Crafty Acceptance Speech
Last year was a busy one creatively and so I was pleased to be recognised at the end of year Christmas bash with an award for “Most Creative Consultant”
Craft Afternoon
Although the priority of my trip to India was to train the team, the secondary priority was to get to know all of them and get them working together as best I could. Half my suitcase was filled with scissors, paint, pens, brushes, sellotape and anything crafty I could get my hands on really so that they could all create websites without a computer in site. I even flat packed my own cardboard website so that it would fit in my case!