Yellow Gears

we have moved...

2006-05-15T09:32:00.000+10:00

What are you doing here?!!!
My blog is now at: http://jasperstreit.com/blog

Rearview mirror

2006-04-30T09:41:00.000+10:00

So I was driving down to play a set at 1/4 inch yesterday when we passed a little man with not one but TWO rearview mirrors.... and look at the size of the middle one!

He's this tiny little man, driving a tiny little car with this huge array of mirrors!!!!

(and no, I didn't photoshop this image)

Anyway, this blog will move soon... I've setup wordpress on my server at:
jasperstreit.com/blog

I don't have the will power or the time to make the fancy backgrounds etc... so It'll be fairly minimal for the next 4 months or so.

Over and out!

Today

2006-04-28T19:14:00.000+10:00

I sold me soul to a corporate entity,

Took a picture of myself before I signed on the dotted line.

::Listening to - wankers playiong funk downstairs::

Ewwwww, Yellow Gears

2006-04-25T21:19:00.000+10:00

I decided to Google "yellow gears" to see what else uses that name (I originally found the name on a chinese toy box - with lots of great other poor english moments).

To my amusement and utter horror I found someone has registered yellow gears as their name on an online forum.... take a look at the screen snap.

*shudder*

Computers and ebay

2006-04-07T17:39:00.000+10:00

Right! I've decided that eBay sucks for buying computers of any kind!
I'm looking for a dirt cheap PC which I can stuff full of HDs and maybe hang some off in external enclosures (usb2 ports required).
I suspect there is an army of moron zombie eBay drones that bid WAY too much on items because they ate their own brains for breakfast.

I just need to setup a file server and my current beige box is splat (plus I needed to steal its ram).
Anybody got an old machine kicking around that they want to get rid of?

Another option is to grab one of those external HD cases with usb & ethernet... they look WAY cool, though are not cost effective enought or widely available at this point.

::Listening to - pop; I'm not telling::

Boot Camp???

2006-04-06T08:16:00.000+10:00

Found this on the net today.
Basically Apple will allow you to dual boot windows XP and the new mac os on the same system (although you'd need an intel based mac - duh!).
I probably wouldn't do it, but I can see it happening for others.

Apple II Forever

2006-03-31T00:15:00.000+11:00

Well if you weren't convinced about switching to the mac platform... why not take a listen to this track from the 80's hailing the Apple II:
http://anthems.zdnet.co.uk/anthems/apple2forever.mp3

Its RAD!

site of the day

2006-03-29T09:18:00.000+11:00

NO fucking idea what it means or says or does or resembles or how i got to it or anything.
but check THIS out.

The missing athletes

2006-03-28T19:07:00.000+11:00

Does anybody else find the story of all the missing athletes (14 from Sierra Leone, 9 Cameroon, a Tanzanian boxer and a Bangladeshi runner) really funny???

I say good on 'em... anybody willing to go to the trouble of becoming an international athlete to escape their country/illegally migrate to Australia should be awarded visas, no questions asked! (if only I ruled the world, or at least Australia).

It just makes me smile, I don't know what the PC police would think of me laughing at the situation, but hey.

Just a bit more spam

2006-03-25T12:17:00.000+11:00

Just a couple of project going down which we need some free labour for:

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

1. AMERIKA by Mike Parr

120 HOUR ENDURANCE PERFORMANCE
9-13 MAY, 2006
2 SITES: Performance Space and Art Gallery of NSW

2. INTIMATE TRANSACTIONS by Transmute Collective

IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION FOR TWO REMOTE PLAYERS
19-27 MAY, 2006
2 SITES: Performance Space and Artspace

PLEASE SEE INFORMATION ON BOTH THE PROJECTS BELOW.
Please contact Tallulah Kerr for DETAILS ON HOW TO VOLUNTEER.
For further information contact: Tallulah Kerr: e:
admin@performancespace.com.au , t: 02 9698 7235

AMERIKA by Mike Parr
ABOUT THE PROJECT

In 1979 as part of the Biennale of Sydney, Director Renï¿½ Block planted a
tree on behalf of Joseph Beuys at the front of the Art Gallery of New
South Wales. A commemorative stone was laid which has since disappeared
and the significance of the site has become lost to the memory of the
city.

At the base of this art-historical tree, Mike Parr enacts his next Bride
performance. Parr will have the stump of his left arm ï¿½gildedï¿½ in gold
leaf. Over five days, he will sit and rest this golden arm upon the tree
for as long as possible while a live feed is broadcast into the theatre
at Performance Space.

This one-off event by Australiaï¿½s pioneer performance artist is open to
the public continuously at both sites, 24 hours a day.

12 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 9 - 13 MAY, 2006

Both sites need to be staffed 24 hours per day for the five-day event
period. We are looking for two sets of volunteers - one group for
Performance Space and the other for the Art Gallery of NSW.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

General

- Fielding queries from members of the public regarding the project;
- Monitoring camera, video stream and modem reception;
- Liaison with staff and security in case of emergency;

Performance Space

- Maintaining tea/coffee table for visitors;
- Ensuring general cleanliness of exhibition space;

Art Gallery of NSW

- Attending to Mike's needs, eg. replenishing his supply of water;

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

INTIMATE TRANSACTIONS by Transmute Collective

Two players in distant locations experience an intense physical
connection... The Transmute Collective's groundbreaking interactive
installation invites players into a dark void to meet other players. Step
onto the BodyShelf, play and witness the flow of vision and text produced
by your remote relationship. Physical gestures create spectral, coloured
images, sound and text as each player gains a sensory awareness of the
web connecting them to another.

The Transmute Collective's interest in ecological science, philosophy,
dance and new technologies has generated this immersive installation.
Intimate Transactions has toured to Ars Electronica Festival, Austria,
the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and BIOS, Athens Greece. This
work is a collaboration between new media artist Keith Armstrong,
choreographer/performer Lisa Oï¿½Neill and sound artist Guy Webster.
www.intimatetransactions.com

10 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 19 - 27 MAY, 2006

Both sites need to be staffed by two volunteers between 11.30am and
8.30pm daily.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

- Fielding queries from members of the public regarding the project;
- Explaining what the work is about;
- Demonstrating how to interface and play with the work;
- Assisting the audience in their play and interaction with the work;
- Manage bookings for audiences (Intimate Transactions accommodates
- only one person at a time at each site);

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IF

- You are responsible, personable and punctual
- Have an interest in technology and performance plus basic computer
skills
- ï¿½ (please note some training will be provided)
- Have previous performance or event experience (not compulsory)
- Can commit to several sessions and attend the induction sessions -
- Amerika - On-site training and meet-the-artist sessions -
Tuesday 2 May,5-7pm
- Intimate Transactions - On-site training and meet-the-artist
sessions - Thursday 18 May, 12-6pm

WE'LL PROVIDE
Complimentary membership to Performance Space for a year
Coffee, tea and snacks during your shifts
Camp bed for the 12pm-8am Amerika Shifts

INTERESTED?
You will need to complete an application form and email it back to us
(please contact Tallulah Kerr for form). Don't forget
to include your name, contact details, a short statement of interest and
complete the attached timetable outlining your availability.
For enquiries please contact Tallulah Kerr on t: 02 9698 7235, e:
admin@performancespace.com.au

::Listening to - Damien Jurado::

Programming

2006-03-24T14:54:00.000+11:00

I've decided that I need to get serious about programming.
Its funny when you think about picking your language- its a bit like shopping for computers/applications/OS's... there are all kinds of emotional reason why one would choose a certain language over another.

I used to use pico and code C in linux because I figured it was hardcore and it would give me a good grounding. I don't know how true that is... but I guess it helped when I needed to build complicated expressions in max (which uses C-like syntax for its expressions). But all in all I get too bored with C- mainly cause I'm crap at keeping track of it all when the project blows out beyond one source file... but mostly its just too hard for me.

I have also been playing with SH scripts to automate my installations, got the shits with applescript -> its a beautiful thing when you tell a gallery assistant that all they need to do to turn your work on is to flick the switch on the wall. Soooo, i thought i might move into python (also the XBMC is completely based on python scripts) or something.
But;
Not entierly decided which way I'll turn.
I've grown a certian fondness for the Xcode text editor... its actually VERY nice.
Played a bit with Java on there and I'm liking what I see!
Its SOOOOO much easier... plus Max/MSP now allows for embedding of Java applets in your patches, might stick with it a bit.

Advice is naturally welcome.

xbmc

2006-03-24T08:39:00.000+11:00

I was going to write about my trip away and all that Jazz, but I got distracted by upgrading my xbox's dashboard to the latest version of XBMC (xbox media centre)... once more I am blown away by what that box does now.

There was a beautiful moment where I was on alison's laptop browsing and playing clips from my laptop's itunes library through the xbox. A bit of unnecesary complication- but the ability to control music and video remotely and stream through various protocols.

And this is from a machine I bought for under $200 including a remote control from chinatown, well add $80 for modchip and $180 for 200gb HD.

::Listening to - Artist | Track::

Well I'm Back

2006-03-19T22:26:00.000+11:00

And I have some kool pictures to show from my time away- just have to find the usb adapter to my digital camera...

Cute?

2006-03-09T09:04:00.000+11:00

Found a site that is dedicated to cute pictures... so if you are feeling down, just go and peer at some fluffy Bunnies for a while.

::Listening to - Elliot Smith | Kill All Rockstars::

In recent times

2006-03-08T13:23:00.000+11:00

I'm a bit all over the place at the moment, too many projects and not enough brain power/memory - can we upgrade that? We can?

Next week I will be up north (yay for getting out of sydney) to install that work. Am still programing the souund engine - and just crossing my fingers that the Video tracking engine I built a while ago still works...

Been doing some volunteer work for SliceTV, which as far as I can tell is an ingestion system for TVS (Channel 31). I'm supposed to setup their IT infastructure.

Was accepted into a show called safari which is run in the lead up to the Sydney Biennale... don't know if it has an official connection to this or not - but the good news is that its funded, well at least I don't have to pay for the space.

Attempting to do the whole freelance life again... I forgot how much crap there is to remember on a daily basis. I'm pretty much completely dependant on iCal to keep things in order, as I generally don't know what is going on from one minute to the next.

Incidentally I'm listening to the Bloc Party (don't cringe, wait till I finnish) Silent Alarm Remixed... and its actually VERY good, I know, I know - the Silent Alarm Album was a pile of shit so how can the remix album be so good? Well it seems that the things people did to the songs on the remix album is what they should have done in the first place... its really diverse and interesting with alot of freedom to explore left of centre aesthetics - if only they had been willing to take that risk, it would have been such a better album.
This said, the remix of Banquet is a pile of shit (disco crap), while I quite liked the original.

::Listening to - Bloc Party | Silent Alarm Remixed::

Music Stats

2006-03-02T09:31:00.000+11:00

As per a post on Shannon's blog I tried out Last.fm.
I wasn't really sure what to think about it at the time so I just signed up to give it a go.
Essentially I think the radio driven by a community is an interesting concept- though I have never been able use the net as a radio station, don't know why, just feels wrong. Thus I am dismissing the last.fm player as completely uninteresting to me...
The part I do like it the statistics it builds, which is probably what most people object to, and I'm sure iTunes or whatever does also statistics but the last.fm page showing your top weekly artists and overall most listened to tracks/artists was a real eye opener.
A BIG flaw is that if you play some tracks that haven't been named just right- the iscrobbler app throws them out, making the stats a bit less than accurate - i.e. the stuff that doesn't have auto-online naming will not show up at all (sorry to the independant releases).

With that in mind my top artists are (and the number of times I played them):

1	Fennesz	69
2	Elliott Smith	50
3	The Microphones	38
4	The Notwist	28
4	Grand Salvo	28
6	Smog	27
6	Cat Power	27
8	Sigur Rós	23
9	Hood	22
10	TV on the Radio	21

Anyways I was surprised to find that I like Fennesz as much as I do!

::Listening to - take a look for yourselves::

Fat Thursday

2006-02-23T15:01:00.000+11:00

Today is FAT THURSDAY!!! I'm gonna go and buy a Jam Doughnut.

Fat Thursday

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Fat Thursday (German Schmutziger Donnerstag, Polish Tłusty czwartek) is a traditional German and Polish feast marking the last Thursday before Lent. It is similar to, but should not be confused with, the French festival of Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday"). Traditionally it is a day of gluttony and belly-worship, when people meet in their homes or cafés with their friends and relatives and eat large quantities of sweets, cakes and other meals forbidden during the lent. Among the most popular all-national dishes served on that day are berliner or pączki, fist-sized donuts filled with rose marmalade, and faworki, French dough fingers served with lots of powdered sugar.

In 2006, Fat Thursday is on February 23.

Its my party and I can cry if I want to

2006-02-22T22:53:00.000+11:00

Going to have birthday drink this friday (24/02/06) night upstairs at bar Cleveland (corner of Cleveland and Bourke St) after 7.30.
Not the greatest venue, though I left it to the last moment (wanting to avoid the subject) to book somewhere.

Everybody is most welcome to come along - hopefully it will be very informal.
Also bring whoever as long as they don't destroy the furniture or anything.

::Listening to - ? ::

And while I'm tooting my own horn....

2006-02-22T14:34:00.000+11:00

This is from the catalogue for the Taree regional gallery-> I hate bios, and that pic of me is weird, I think I look like a junky.

P.S. There is a fucking drummer blasting away downstairs, has been doing so for the last two days.... kill, kill, kill.

::Listening to - Alphaville | Forever Young::

::HAD TO LISTEN TO THIS TRACK AGAIN::

::AFTER THE OC, IT GOT STUCK IN MY HEAD::

The Listening Glass

2006-02-22T12:51:00.000+11:00

Does anybody want to pay for me to fly to Buffalo NY for the Opening Reception on April 14th?

Pretty Please??

::Listening to - nuffing, fuck off::

Dysfunctional Website

2006-02-19T13:03:00.000+11:00

Dyfeed's website has been updated to include EF pictures... including images of the crew playing sets on the saturday night gig.

I can't say that pictures of my live sets are really exciting in the slightest, or ever different. Though this time I have a violinist to take the focus!

::Listening to - Kit Clayton | remixes::

The O.C anyone?

2006-02-13T21:47:00.000+11:00

How could you resist?

::Listening to - Beck | Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes::

Politically er, slow

2006-02-10T20:12:00.000+11:00

The dictator surveys his domain...

I want to be a dictator.
I would base my ruling party on the work-less party, anybody who disagrees with me would be put on manditory sloth activities.

::Listening to - Gran Salvo | River Road::

Just don't look up

2006-02-08T16:36:00.000+11:00

When you enter the goods lift!

What are you all talking about?

2006-02-08T15:12:00.000+11:00

I can't speak english anymore... I hate it when that happens!

::Listening to - a bit of Sigur Rós::

Well I guess ben did it...

2006-02-06T12:21:00.000+11:00

Photo by Mr.Snow

Yeah the vanity.

::Listening to - Coupling season 2::

In a world full of morons

2006-02-03T00:00:00.000+11:00

"I disagree with everything you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it"

-François-Marie Arouet a.k.a Voltaire (1694-1778)

SeaMonkey???

2006-02-02T20:56:00.000+11:00

I'm tempted to give SeaMonkey a go but am terrified that it will destroy my digital life - anybody keen?

::Listening to - bzzz::

Daddy, can we keep him?

2006-01-24T14:54:00.000+11:00

All he does is sit on my laptop and wreak havoc to my emails!

Still damn cute look though... look at the last email he made:

dujj..o-nnnn==========================='''''''''''''''''''''''-===========================================================================================================================================================================mmmmmmm===============================================================================}\||||||||
":>

Oh, and he's deaf - so I can play my music as loud as I want.

::Listening to - Joy Division | Atmosphere::

I may seem boring

2006-01-15T20:58:00.000+11:00

I may seem boring... but I think I have some interesting projects that I'm working on.

Wikipedia

2006-01-11T12:00:00.000+11:00

I've been looking at Wikipedia articles for ages but have finally decided to join in the fun and create an account.
As a long time believer in the Open Source Software model, I think the wiki paradigm is quite cool because you don't need to be a programmer to make a contribution. I know that non-programmers are always welcome in bug-testing for OSS projects but its usually a bit intimidating for your average joe.
Not that Wikipedia isn't proving to be a little time-consuming to get started (all those documents to read).

Editing is fun though- I've been writing and slicing articles all morning.
I've really been tempted to put up certain articles up there but have taken the moral high ground in avoiding dabbling in anything that I am too wrapped up in.

::Listening to - GTA-SA::

cleanliness is next to linux(ness)

2006-01-10T19:09:00.000+11:00

Aparently linux is the name of a Swiss detergent.

::Listening to - Artist | Track::

Running amok

2006-01-06T18:18:00.000+11:00

I was playing Project Gotham Racing 2 last night on my Xbox and I heard an On Inc song that I swear that I had remixed with anthony under our duo 'runamok'... Anyway it was hard to be sure if it was our track- it was like half a decade ago and I was listening to it over the roar of a Lancia Stratos Engine.
Anyway the track we remixed was called 'Silver Girl Shuffle' but I have lost my copy of the CD they released... I googled it and you can still buy it but I can't be fucked paying for a CD just to listen to an old project of mine. I'll have to grab a copy off someone, anyone?

It looks like these days the name 'runamok' is being used by a scandanavian metal band (see image).

::Listening to - Thomas Fehlman | Streets Of Blah::

And along comes a Pirate Ship

2005-12-29T15:27:00.000+11:00

Okay - I'm getting a little carried away with this Flying Spaghetti Monster religion but here is an interview with its creator (the Religion not the Spaghetti Monster)

Excerpt:

WN: I understand that all proceeds from the book will go toward a pirate ship?

Henderson: Yeah. Seriously. As well as all proceeds from the other FSM merchandise.

WN: What's your plan for this pirate ship?

Henderson: It will be for missionary work mainly; also occasional scientific use related to pirates and global weather, etc.

WN: Do you plan for this to be a land-going pirate ship? Or a floating pirate ship?

Henderson: Ha! Floating. As huge and bad-ass as we can afford. The fund exceeds $100K at this point. Pirate ships are expensive though. Plus cannons, etc. The first several months will be cruising around, spreading the Word to others. Probably in a tropical locale, where they need converting, I assume.

::Listening to - FBI radio::

Flying Spaghetti Monster and Pirates demise

2005-12-29T11:47:00.000+11:00

and

From: http://www.venganza.org/

A beautiful counter-weight to (I)diotic(D)esign.
Need I say more?

::Listening to - Gypsy Music on the Radio::

Old Komikz

2005-12-20T21:44:00.000+11:00

Found this series of comics that I made some years back, made me chuckle...

::Listening to - ikara colt | sink venice::

Walking Walking

2005-12-20T21:34:00.000+11:00

Walking
Walking
Walking over the Fluro Colored Vomit

Walking
Walking
Walking over the Blood on the Street

Keep Walking

::Listening to - Faith No More | K4ADFFALT (album)::

Hunter in the Valley

2005-12-20T20:12:00.000+11:00

Went to the Hunter Valley for Anthony's birthday over last weekend which was really great.
All of the pictures that came out of it make us look like morons... I was sure that I was quite sane in mind while I was there, except that I probably drank heaps of wine (as you do in wine country).

Incidentally there is an interesting article in realtime mag which 'challenges laptop sound art'. Same old argument really, though with interesting as it parallels the laptop's ubiquity with the brownie box or the singer sewing machine.

::Listening to - Elliot Smith | Baby Britain::

I woke up like this... and I realised I needed help

2005-12-20T15:00:00.000+11:00

I am at my parent's house for the next couple of days.
Its good.
They have food in the fridge.
Their house is quiet and comfortable.
The spare bed is awesome.
They have a working net connection.

::Listening to - Eddie Marcon | Tama No Uta::

I and I

2005-12-09T15:11:00.000+11:00

Lost the free wireless net connection at my warehouse on monday- I never realised how completely addicted to the net I am.
Ack!

Streaming servers (and geekspeek)

2005-11-28T18:54:00.000+11:00

I spent today setting up a video streaming server for the e-Performance conference.

The software I used was a combination of Quicktime Broadcaster and Darwin Streaming Server. Broadcaster makes the video stream while Dawin Streaming Server, well, Serves it.
I don't want to sound like an ad for Apple- but I'm particularily impressed with Darwin Streaming Server.
It's one of the golden things that have come out of Apple's Darwin project which is the open source underbelly of OSX. Its interesting to see that Apple turned around at the point when M$ was waging war against linux and the open source community, and decided to test the waters of open source.

I've noticed that Darwin Streaming Server has been compiled for Linux and Windows too. Which excites me because I'm going to setup a linux box here and keep some video on it to stream to the xbox cause I've filled up the 200 gigs with videos and games.

Unless there is a better streaming service that anybody knows about for Linux???

I particularily like Dawin Streaming Servers web interface- I really think that using browsers for maintenance is cool. But then again I've always liked CUPS and ofcourse I've always been a big fan of Webmin.

Incidentally I'm starting to use Quicksilver more and more since Tali hassled me to use it the other day. Its basically like spotlight just a million times better. In other words- if you are using OSX and aren't using Quicksilver: DOWNLOAD IT NOW.

Did you know that if you write a bunch of words in Firefox's url bar (i.e. don't type in a valid url) - it uses google's "I'm feeling lucky" function and takes you to what it thinks is the best match with those words??

The things you find out when you are playing with your computer...

CHEAPEST WAY THAT WORKS TO BIGGER YOUR D!CK he

2005-11-15T13:07:00.000+11:00

Okay, Sometimes I find spam just plain confusing... Like this email I received this morning. It is complete garbage but not even trying to sell me anything- although the subject line would appear to be so (title of this post). Its almost a haiku:

tying immediate money carefully light, she you music make.
mischievous fly teach? here wife money news fascinate turning. fire sandwich off disappoint he sugar?
mischievous window find end am. or letters you again?
sugar turning nothing appearance did, nothing appearance you fire anything.
disappoint my make gym suddenly nothing? principle or fire again. respect drew not?

::Listening to - alison::

crashing computers

2005-11-14T21:20:00.000+11:00

I'm not very good at making my computer crash but I did manage a beauty with a humble PDF.
I've perhaps crashed my iBook three times in three years of owning it.

::Listening to - TV::

I am now the moderator

2005-11-14T20:39:00.000+11:00

I've turned off that stupid word validation system and replaced it with comment moderation:

::Listening to - Vladislav Delay | Kohde::

Impermanence

2005-11-14T18:26:00.000+11:00

Unlike Ivar I quite liked castings last night- also unlike Ivar, I quite disliked my set.
I kinda felt it (my set) was pretty weak- both in structure and material.
People seemed to give some fairly positive feedback, but I can never tell these days what is genuine and what is obligatory comment... no offence to anybody!

I think that castings always shows so much potential (although its rarely reached) producing absolutely beautiful sonic moments. Enjoyable.

Matt and Inge were fairly painful in most senses of the word. They take minimalism very seriously - which I can respect. Although I wonder sometimes wether they are trying to bore us to death with an unbelievably sparse and long set.

Just tellin' it like it is.

::Listening to - Stupid Television Shows::

Kirsch

2005-11-07T17:30:00.000+11:00

I've posted a copy of my track 'Kirsch' online for general download here.

It originally surfaced at the Pelt Gallery opening a couple of months ago. Now you can all take a copy home via the wonder of www! High art is reduced to music?

::Listening to - Jasper Streit | Kirsch::

P.A were awesome

2005-11-07T16:45:00.000+11:00

Image of P.A's projection taken on my phone camera

Went to Blacktown perfomance of AV Out with John Hunter, Emily Morandini and P.A. (phil and andrew) a couple of days ago.
Although John Hunter's set showed an amazing amount of potential... it seemed that technical glitches got the better of him in the end. Some beautiful sounds were happening though- I really like John's aesthetics.

Emily's set was disapointing... to be brutally honest.

P.A were amazing though... some great sounds and fantastic visual accompaniment. I took a happy snap of their projections. Not feeling too verbose about it today, just felt like dishing out the kudos. Nice one.

::Listening to - Black Dice | Ball::

New (ware)House

2005-11-07T08:10:00.000+11:00

Okay... been a while since I've put something up here I know.
But I was sure that you all would want to see the warehouse that Alison and I put down one month's rent on.
Due to get the place by the 14th which we will fix it up for a couple of days then move in.
This one is of the back of the space- toilet on the right, alison and real estate agent on the left.
Windows facing Kippax St.

And more windows facing Kippax st. Question is, where should we put the loft? (always wanted to sleep up high.

Which reminds me- 25th of November will be a party at 67a Abercrombie st to say sayonara to Jasper being there. I believe its called a house cooling party...

::Listening to - nothing::

Kill the Tiger's Widget

2005-10-28T10:19:00.000+10:00

I hate the dashboard in Apple OS 10.4 (tiger)
Apart from having just outright crap widgets, it chews memory and cpu cycles that my old iBook just doesn't have enough to spare (yes, i'll start a get Jasper a dual 2.7 Ghz G5 fund soon.... let's call it a charity)

Anyways, I've just found out how to disable the dashboard from:
http://face.centosprime.com/macosxw/?p=201

Makes me very happy!

::Listening to - Venetian Snares | Dad::

Stupid people are stupid bankers

2005-10-25T12:22:00.000+10:00

http://www.stgeorge.com.au/int_bank/security/default.asp?orc=personal

::Listening to - CocoRosie | Noah's Ark::

The Organs of a Dragon

2005-10-16T10:58:00.000+10:00

New art project idea (see example above).

Concept: collect pipes that people have been smoking drugs through... if they are all as beautiful as the one pictured- then it could make a great show. Note that the piece of cardboard pictured above is only about 7cm long.

Sooooo, all of you hard drug smokers... please keep your tubes/pipes after chasing the dragon. I want 'em.

I heard of an artist who collected used needles off the street for an art project which I thought was pretty interesting.
I guess this is in that same vein.... I'm sorry, couldn't help myself- puns are pathetic I know.

::Listening to - Hood | Boer Farmstead::

It was a beautiful night

2005-10-11T22:58:00.000+10:00

So we sat on my roof taking long exposure photographs of ourselves.

::Listening to - Mogwai | Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home::

I cannot get through september

2005-10-07T14:40:00.000+10:00

my blooooooooooooood flows harshly
my heeeeeeeeeaaaaaaart beats loudly
my cheast still draws breath
there is no end

Yes- I return from Electrofringe festival, though I have left a little piece of my innocence in Newcastle.

::Listening to and badly quoting - The Microphones | The Glow Pt. 2::

Electrofringe

2005-09-27T19:09:00.000+10:00

EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF EF
is here.

::Listening to - Elliott Smith | Waltz #2 (Xo)::

I'm really really sick now

2005-09-23T07:21:00.000+10:00

I'm really sick.
The kind that means you can't sleep but feel deadly tired. The world is spinning and i'm supposed to go to penrith to install software. fuck.

::Listening to - TV on the Radio | On a Train::

My wonderful new Medicine

2005-09-22T12:21:00.000+10:00

Side Effects:

More common

Blisters on skin; body aches or pain; chills; cough; difficulty in breathing; ear congestion; itching in genital or other skin areas; loss of voice; nasal congestion; open sores or scabs on skin; pain or tenderness around eyes and cheekbones; redness of skin (severe); scaling; shortness of breath or troubled breathing; skin rash; sneezing; sore throat; stuffy or runny nose; tightness of chest or wheezing; unusual tiredness or weakness

Less common

Abdominal pain; ankle, knee, or great toe joint pain; blurred vision; chest pain; dizziness; bladder pain; bloody or cloudy urine; cold flu-like symptoms; difficult, burning, or painful urination; fainting; fast or irregular heartbeat; frequent urge to urinate; joint stiffness or swelling; high amount of cholesterol in the blood; hoarseness; lower back or side pain; lump in abdomen; nervousness; persistent non-healing sore; pink growth on skin; pounding in the ears; reddish patch or irritated area; severe headache; shiny bump on skin; slow or fast heartbeat; swollen, painful, or tender lymph glands in neck, armpit, or groin; white, yellow or waxy scar-like area

::Listening to - Aphex Twin | 4::

I leave the room for 5 minutes

2005-09-20T09:03:00.000+10:00

Halfway through writing an email to the tech at work to get a new password for the studio booking system I walk out of the room for 5 minutes. When I come back in and my email now looks like this:

"Sorry to be a pain, but i've completely lost my mind and balls and chin to holiness and lonliness next to my bedliness. i am now a lady named sadie. sadie sadie the cleaning lady, cleaned my clothes and my woes and everything lefty between ma toes. purple and pink think i stimk of towels and fowls und foulnness caught underneath my nose thanks for the prose ya dirty hose"

Alison sits on the bed looking smug.

::Listening to - Tv On The Radio | New Health Rock::

Jilli's Birthday

2005-09-19T18:52:00.000+10:00

It's my Mum's birthday today. She's in Adelaide at the moment, sounded happy to hear from me. Said that she bought some cowboy boots from a cowboy for which I told her she was insane.

Still, Happy Birthday Jilli.

I've edited out my trip to Hospital today - maybe when I'm feeling better will I publish that one. Needles to say, it was bad.

::Listening to - Elliot Smith | Needle in the Hay::

New work underway...

2005-09-19T10:50:00.000+10:00

I've been shooting some video (really LoFi - 10 fps) which I'm thinking about using to make some new work.
I'm quite into it - but I'm not entierly sure if I'll ever unleash it into the public domain.

Question is: looking at the still- is this too same-y or is it worth trooping on?

::Listening to - Pan Sonic | Rahina 1/ Mayhem 1::

Friday

2005-09-18T12:27:00.000+10:00

Welcoming Rene to the blogsphere - a close friend who shot off to the states last year that is no doubt becoming the artstar that he deserves to be!

Friday night was spent at Campbelltown regional arts gallery for Emily Morandini's Opening where I did a duo with Alex (pictured above). Not a huge turn out- but then again, it is Campbelltown. The guy doing the P.A had the foldbacks blasting us away while front-of-house was next to inaudible. I quite liked some of the sounds that we had going in the piece- however anybody present must have noticed that I finished alot earlier then alex, maybe about 5-10 minutes earlier. Though he did manage restrain himself through most of the piece - proud of you alex!

After the opening on friday night we got put up in some dodgy (they claimed 3 star) motel. Had to run away (and be chased) from a psychotic old man carrying plastic bags and asking to rent Alison and my motel room.

Saturday we had to give a 'master class' at the gallery which was somewhat under attended. I should have just headed home friday night really, but I guess I would have missed all the fun of running away from mad old men with plastic bags.

Blah Blah 'dear diary' blah... I'm bored, blah.
Hmmm, stitches come out tomorow... I'll have my test results back then too. Its as much fun as one can have with pants on.

Thinking about it- I'm going to declare it 'pants optional day' today.
Go on.

::Listening to - The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle | T.Raumschmiere::

I used to make video-art

2005-09-15T20:15:00.000+10:00

(Life at a different speed - 2002)

Whatever happened to that??

I think that I pretty much sucked hard at it - I like the still though.

::Listening to - Elliot Smith | Kill Rock Stars::

Listening Glass in NY

2005-09-15T10:53:00.000+10:00

A work (Listening Glass) which I collaborated with my friend rene is being exhibited in New York in November!
I got an email confirming it two days ago - sorry for keeping it under rapps.

Its a interactive installation with realtime sound video generated by the audio input of a microphone (the one that's being used in NY will be a pre-natal heartbeat monitor). The work is designed to utilise a shop-front window as both the speaker and rear-projection screen. We are using stick-on resonators and drafting film on the glass with a projector situated further behind in the space.

The sound material is granulated audio that is fed in from the mic, while the video (pictured above) is cellular automata which increases in cells/intensity with sound increases (i.e. people walk by etc). I won't go into all the conceptual side here primarily due to lazyness- just think about notions of machine translation of an ordinary street scene, happening in the now.
Blerg! I hate to summarise.

Anyway - its a nice work.

::Listening to - Mogwai | Moses? I Amn't::

It must be love

2005-09-12T18:31:00.000+10:00

(These little babies got a bit attached... they stayed together forever, even as I looked at the in them supermarket they were still in that eternal embrace. I hate the fact that I will be the one to seperate them in the end.)

love, love, love.

::Listening to - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Another Day Full of Dread::

Pain kills killers pain

2005-09-12T13:11:00.000+10:00

Okay, the pain killers have completely worn off now.
Goddamn they cut a chunk out and I can really feel it. The stitches also feel like they are pulling too much skin. I guess that would be because the skin is hard in the area therefore less flexible.

Discovered a 'macro' option for my new camera. Naturally this means that I will take close ups of gory stuff. It's great how its really hard to see the difference between the stitches and my beard hairs! Incognito.

::Listening to - Mogwai | Stop Comming To My House::

3 Stitches later

2005-09-12T10:55:00.000+10:00

They took me into an operating room and punched out several chunks of my afflicted area for biopsy. I have 3 stitches there now. The local anasthetic did not go deep enough - it fucking hurt. I'm glad there wasn't any scalpels though.

I've just walked home with a bloody dripping wound.

Results are due in next monday.

::Listening to - Emotional Joystick | Eight::

Pelt in the SMH

2005-09-11T13:02:00.000+10:00

Someone told me that the exhibition at pelt was in the Sydney Morning Herald on saturday.

I haven't seen it, so if anybody has a copy - I'd love to have a look.

Yes, I'll admit it is a bit narcissistic...

::Listening to - errrr, um, watching Futurama::

Yes I'm happy for you...

2005-09-10T11:32:00.000+10:00

I just wish you didn't have to be so caustic about it.

::Listening to - nothing... I'm sick and deaf::

Bad moods make Jasper rude

2005-09-09T10:42:00.000+10:00

Yes, I'm sorry for my frequent use of the phrase 'fuck you' on this blog.
Its a simple enough formula: bad mood + Jasper= rude bastard.

Incidentally, I'm just cruzing through tracks to include on the listening CD for my students and I'm finding myself pretty drawn to BIOsphere really cheesy but warm soundscapes. nice.

::Listening to - BIOsphere | Rachel's Dance::

I'm okay, you're okay

2005-09-08T21:23:00.000+10:00

Yes, I'm okay... I wish you would leave a name or at least an alias.

Going for a biopsy on Monday morning (8:30am you motherfuckers) - which is basically where they cut a segment out of my chin out and run tests on it.

You know, I never imagined that I would have spent so much time in hospital over 2004/5... Its strange how one minute you are immortal and reckless - then suddenly you have to sit endlessly in white corridors illuminated by neon waiting for the pain. Really bored of it now.

Fuck you all... good night.

::Listening to - +/- | Trapped Under Ice Floes(Redux)::

15 doctors

2005-09-06T19:00:00.000+10:00

Would you believe that I have seen 15 doctors today???
My disease is so rare that they lined up a bunch of doctors to look at my symptoms and discuss what is the best course of action for this affliction. There is talk of experimental drugs and light therapy. They will contact me when they finish their mini-conference. I have never felt like such a freak show before - and this is coming from a man who used to be heavily pierced.

I was going to include another picture of hospital, instead I decided to go with one that better reflects my current mood...

::Listening to - Arcade Fire | Funeral::

The parents return

2005-09-05T14:19:00.000+10:00

My parents are returning to Australia after living in Bangkok and Singapore for years. Taify (dad) flew in last Friday and I went to dinner with him on Saturday night to catch up. I'm not exactly sure when Jilli (mum) is returning but it should be in the next couple of days.
What does one do with parents living in the same country? will it be sunday roasts and using their washing machine?
The whole thing is weirding me out a bit. I was so used to being the only member of my family in Sydney...

::Listening to - Huren + Kareem | Compiled::

Edge of the abyss

2005-09-04T19:44:00.000+10:00

" The episode illustrates that when the normal day-to-day activity of society disintegrates, the collapse of civilisation is only a few paces behind. We all walk on the edge of the abyss. "

-Saudi Arabia's Saudi Gazette

Google maps now includes satellite imagery of the destruction (click the katrina button):
http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=New+Orleans,+LA

::Listening to - Röyksopp | Dead To The World::

Lets pretend to be retartded for a day

2005-09-01T17:09:00.000+10:00

::Listening::

Hood

2005-08-28T13:54:00.000+10:00

I've just discovered the band Hood... fucken amazing music.
Gotta credit Alan with exposing me to this, hes also responsible for getting me into the notwist. Three cheers for lofi, indy meets idm!

::Listening to - Hood (duh!)::

Patch Gallery?

2005-08-23T19:53:00.000+10:00

A couple of months ago I was talking to Scott Sinclair about the idea of having an exhibition of artist's patches. I really like the idea. I think that the layout of patches can say alot about the programmer. It would be an exhibition of systems.

::Listening to - Liars | Nothing Is Ever Lost Or Can Be Lost My Science Friend::

not all is fucked

2005-08-23T18:38:00.000+10:00

Like sunsets. They are okay.
Yes, we can live on sunsets - they make a delicious treat.

Aw god I'm hungry... haven't been paid in about 5 weeks. I did a job on the weekend, but that was paid for with a cheque- so I have to wait another couple of days before I get to eat properly. A big thank you to Ben and Alison for feeding me over the last couple of days. I wish I could say I'm getting used to being poor and not eating.

Wanted to get high to take my mind off things- but that seemed a bit desperate. Just a few spots would be nice though. Sometimes I wish drugs were free, and not addictive, but thats a bit like wishing for world peace.

I had a really interesting conversation with Alison the other day about my drug use from last year. Until I had actually said it out loud, I had no idea just how far off the planet I really was. I seemed to have a very cosy relationship with speed to help my studies; about an 8ball or two a week. I went a fairly psychotic and I strongly suspect that I had quite an addiction going there.
When I stopped studying, I also lay off the speed for a little while... I then went nuts, totally unhinged. I thought this was just a nervous breakdown (as did the doctors)... but now I wonder if it was a symptom of stopping a habit so abruptly.
I do think I had alot on my plate: Honours, Break-up, Linear Morphea, EF amongst others - but that is really no excuse really.

I should really apologise here for anybody that I offended, burnt or just harrased over that stage of my life. I also feel very sorry for all of those people that I used and abused, those that I broke their hearts with my erratic behaviour. I know I left a bit of a trail of destruction. Sorry.

And a big fuck you to those people that fucked me over while I was vunerable. Some of that stuff was totally cold. And for those who thought you could buy me- fuck you too... you'll never get your money back anyway.

Better?
Yes, Better.

Getting it back together, slowly.

::Listening to - Smog | I was a stranger::

Musical musings

2005-08-19T15:20:00.000+10:00

I've been playing around with the violin recordings from the other day. Basically I am working on a new and strange track, pretty much unlike anything I have done before.
Now I neeeeed some feedback/suggestions. I have temporarily dumped a fairly high quality mp3 online for your listening pleasure:

http://users.bigpond.net.au/jasperstreit/images/proggy128kbps.mp3

I know the intro sucks a bit - I'm going to clean it up next.

::Listening to - N/A::

The sound of violins

2005-08-18T23:24:00.000+10:00

Cutting up some of the violin recordings I did with Alison this week. I think there is some gold in there, I'm having alot of fun hacking the sound into abstraction. At the moment it is sounding very filmic, lots of emotive cues, very nice.

I think she is a keeper....

::Listening to - well, my recordings::

Lost Memory

2005-08-18T14:21:00.000+10:00

Do you remember this day?? When I dragged you into our studio and make you sing one of the worst songs we have ever written? I remember that we didn't use your vocals anyway, for which you were a mixture of relieved and offended. Who took this photo? I don't really know anymore.
You were always the one holding the camera... I was always the one holding the microphone, we must have swapped on this day.

I found this picture of you by accident - its a nice photo, I hope you are doing okay these days.

::Listening to - Traffic on Abercrombie St::

Pissin' in the wind

2005-08-16T01:32:00.000+10:00

This is one of those moments that you see something that really ought to be unsightly transcend its form into something beautiful. I took these happy snaps in the toilet of a pub.

I think there is a nice little philosophical edge to this.

Thank goodness that we live in such a media tech focused world where we have such easy access to cameras, even when pissing.

::Listening to - The Microphones | Headless Horseman::

Ever been called a CamSlut?

2005-08-15T09:55:00.000+10:00

This one is for you.

::Listening to - Tv On The Radio | New Health Rock::

Call me...

2005-08-12T14:37:00.000+10:00

Call me. I just can't seem to get this soundtrack off the ground. Call me. I think I need to record you- even if it's just for inspiration. Call me. See? You have become both my muse and my distraction. Call me. I can't remember how to book the studio. Call me. I think I've lost my password, but I still have my ID, so fuck it. Call me. We'll get a bottle of wine and some drugs and spend the night in there. Call me. I hate this project. Call me. I hate myself. Call me. I want to move to Japan Call me. Pick me up and we'll go there now.

::Listening to - The Microphones | I'll Be in the Air::

I think you're crazy... maybe

2005-08-12T11:39:00.000+10:00

(In Hospital again)

Red wine and sleeping pills
Help me get back to your arms
Cheap sex and sad films
Help me get where I belong
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
Stop sending letters
Letters always get burned
It's not like the movies
They fed us on little white lies
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I will see you in the next life
Beautiful angel
Pulled apart at birth
Limbless and helpless
I can't even recognize you
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I will see you in the next life

::Listening to - Radiohead | Motion Picture Soundtrack::

$12 is a good price

2005-08-11T23:20:00.000+10:00

Bought some new shoes which cost me a whole $12. I think they are fucking ugly and I am pretty certain that they might not be considered the height of fashion- but hey, at that price; i don't care.

::Listening to - humm of tech::

Ouch

2005-08-11T14:03:00.000+10:00

Fuck you Doctors for sticking eight needles in my chin!

::Listening to - Queens of the Stone Age | If Only::

Or so they say...

2005-08-08T23:29:00.000+10:00

I think I need a new lamp this one is ugly (photo by me)

I was a strange kid at school. Always very shy, always that bit different.
My earliest memory of it are from Illinois; lunch time, they serve us carrots and dip. Each bowl of dip is shared between about 8 children. We are eating when I 'double dip' one of my carrots. My American peers start to screech 'he double dipped!!! He double dipped!!!' - at which point the teacher storms over, grabs the bowl of dip and dumps the whole thing in the bin. Apparently it was 'contaminated' and we could not possibly risk those childeren eating my germs. I sat at the table, a confused swiss boy, surrounded by a pack of brash noisy monsters.

I could not stay at any one school in Illinois, although I always was softly spoken and polite, I just could not handle any of my peers. I don't think I made any friends in America. I basically moved schools on a regular basis until I moved back to Switzerland.

I was never lonely though.
My imagination seems somewhat inherently linked to my feet. When I walk, my mind walks with me. It journeys through a landscape of fiction and fantasy. Because of the paranoia of things like stranger-danger, I would not walk out of our properties perimiters. Rather I would walk around, like a caged tiger, in circles in our 'safe' backyard.
I dreamt great stories during my walks, often speaking the dialogue of the characters out loud (which resulted in many embarassing moments when we had visitors).

It sounds really insane, but it was a fantastic and creative way for a feral vegetarian kid who had neither the luxury of television or friends to make some entertainment. I still go for a long walk when I'm feeling uninventive.

I remember that the only thing (apart from art & music) that I was ever really good at in school was when we had creative writing tasks. When they asked for a page-long story, I would give them six. Man, I blitzed those tasks, getting more star stickers on that one assignment than I had for all my other subjects over a year.

Somewhere along the way I forgot my dream.

I am now trying to get back into the art of writing stories. I have been writing stories in secret for a couple years now. Most of these end up being deleted, having never been seen by other people's eyes. My stories are now alot more dark and well, jaded. I am writing a story that I feel really into that I have for the first time, extracted real life people into characters for. I have thusfar refused to give out the plot to anybody really. Though I'm daring to say that I feel this might make it to something resembling a novel.

One of my great dreams when I was young was to become a writer. The say that there is a book inside of us all.

::Listening to - The Pixies | Debaser::

Spinner

2005-08-08T11:54:00.000+10:00

Now this is cool.
Look at the right hand side project 'spinner'. Its basically a spinning top with a row of LEDs that react to sound. As the top spins, the LEDs make pretty patterns. (yay)

Two movies of it in action:
http://www.mr-jones.org/ekit/movs/spinner-final-1.mov
http://www.mr-jones.org/ekit/movs/spinner-final-2.mov

I can't help but think of how much more interesting sports like hockey would be if they would only use pucks with LEDs on them. Hell, they could put in the kinetic system to power the batteries as the players whacked it across the field.

::Listening to - Postal Service | Give Up (album)::

En Coupe De Sabre

2005-08-07T21:49:00.000+10:00

Going to RPA this coming tuesday for another round of sub-dermal corticosteroids.

Wooohooo!

Basically what happens is that they put me in something that resembles a dentist's chair and stick about 9 needles into my chin, pumping this goop in there that will sit there for the next 4 weeks. Process is repeated every 4-6 weeks. The injections dont really hurt that much - not many nerves in the area I guess. Though afterwards, the left hand side of my face swells and I feel like I have been kicked in the face by a mule.
The upside is that my sister works at RPA hospital, so I'll go and have some coffee with when I have a watermelon face.

I tried to photograph the affected area, a bit awkward really. I'm a bit hairy at the moment- mostly because I am completely lazy, but also because I want to see if this new treatment is helping at all. After all, the biggest sign of my Linear Morphea is the hair loss that occurs before it scars. Basically the affected bit is where you see a patch of my beard missing. What doesn't show in the photo is the strange lines which look like long razor cuts that sweep across the face.

I like the way the French call this condition 'en coupe de sabre' which translates to 'a cut of the sword'... nice.

::Listening to - Venetian Snares | Winter In The Belly Of A Snake (yes, the whole album)::

Little Boy

2005-08-06T13:16:00.000+10:00

Image from 'Remembering Nagasaki'

A moment to remember those from the only country in the world to be the victim of a nuclear strike.

"I ran back home crying my mother's name. Wandering around, I heard the voice of my elder sister calling my name. I was astonished to see her standing covered with blood. I looked at myself, and saw the skin of my hands and legs peeled and hanging down. I started crying again in fear."

-Mr. Masatada Asaeda (at 15 - 6 years after 'Little Boy')

Inspecting the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is utterly harrowing. 60 years on (Hiroshima was today, Nagasaki is on the 9th) we still have nuclear weapons pointed at each other.

::Listening to - Fennez | Endless Summer::

A cross to bear

2005-08-05T17:37:00.000+10:00

I'm not actually christian, I've just crossed myself out!

::Listening to - Rachel's | cuts the metal cold::

Pan and Loathing

2005-08-04T22:50:00.000+10:00

Took this picture of a pan I was cleaning out... it looked kinda cool as I scraped patterns into it. Photo is blurry, I know. (really wish I had a good eye for photography)

Had an intense conversation with Ben as I was washing up the kitchen. There was a point where he suggested that I don't actually have anything in my life I really care about at the moment. In a way I think he's right, which really destroys me. This year I have had no real artistic drive or desire. It seems like I have fallen into this hole that I can no longer haul myself out easily.
Blah. Its just a low point I suppose - I'll call it post-degree burnout, eh?

On another tangent, went to an auction warehouse today with Alison. She was in one of her sparky manic moods, which I really enjoyed. It kind of reminded me of the reasons why Joel from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was so infatuated with Clementine - she was that extroverted side that Joel did not really posess in himself. I really respect and like Alison for being so vibrant and creative.

::Listening to - Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Modern Romance::

8am Werrington

2005-08-04T22:00:00.000+10:00

Went out to UWS today to sign my contract. I was there at 8am beacuse of who I was carpooling with. This picture is of me looking at the fields behind the library, blue mountains in the background. Such a desolate campus, though like the desert - strangely inspirational.

::Listening to - Felix Da House Cat | Madame Hollywood::

Hmmm, just weird I guess.

2005-08-03T19:40:00.000+10:00

Sometimes I just think that the world is just a really strange place.

::Listening to - the fan of my cpu, the cycles of my harddisk, the tapping of my keyboard::

Blue Sparks

2005-08-02T18:32:00.000+10:00

This is a drawing I found recently done by a girl that I was in a relationship with for just under seven years. I met her when I was sixteen or seventeen - I was still in high-school. We were a couple that everyone assumed would last forever, as did we.
Throughout last year we completely broke each other's hearts and lives. I was diagnosed with linear morphea and was doing honours, writing and teaching the first year music technology course - not a good time for divorce.
I think the biggest reason why this picture resonates with me is that you'll notice I have these blue sparks emanating from my chin- in the exact position where four years later I would show the first signs of an incurable disease, i.e. I now have the linear morphea scars there.

Incredible insight or serendipity?

::Listening to - Grand Salvo | Bend In The River::

I like 2D

2005-08-02T16:13:00.000+10:00

The world should be flat not round.

::Listening to - The Microphones | I Felt Your Shape::

Interpol

2005-08-01T12:33:00.000+10:00

Went to see Interpol for free last night with Alana. Was very drunk. Don't remember much of it at all. Woke up with a bunch of random pictures, including one of me spinning a wheel of fortune... I'd love to know where on earth I found that.

::Listening to - Joanna Newsom | Swansea::

Smashing Windows

2005-07-31T12:23:00.000+10:00

Look at what happened last night. All windows completely smashed in. View from my flat. Not my car but my street.

::Listening to - Sigur Rós | Fyrsta::

Unencrypted Wireless Anyone?

2005-07-30T23:54:00.000+10:00

I took this log with Kismac on my iBook as I sat in the car to Epping from the City - I just ran the program to scan for wireless networks. Seems like very few people bother to encrypt their networks - most of the unencrypted ones i connected to were happy to serve me the net too.
Alot of previously unencrypted networks around my house in Chippendale seem to be getting clued on and applying some security to their networks - so alas it would seem that the halcion days of plentiful free internet are soon to be over. Not that WEP encrypting your access point isn't easily crackable with the right tools. (think filtering, injecting packets and brute force attack method)
I don't know what I'm on about now... think I need sleep.

I wonder what the legal stance is for jumping on random unecrypted networks and surfing the net???

::Listening to - Interpol | Take You On A Cruise::

Tennis

2005-07-29T14:17:00.000+10:00

Played tennis yesterday night with Anthony, Tessa and Stevie D. Had heaps of fun so we played again today (sans Anthony) for about two hours. Man am I sore, I tried to stretch but I completely suck at it. The court we use is on the roof of the Ultimo community centre which has an awesome view of the city-scape. Thought i'd shoot it on ye olde phone camera... this is me serving to Mr.Dobson.
It's really weird how much sport I'm playing at the moment, I'm intending to take up Tai Chi with Ben - though we really haven't figured out where is a good place (cheap) to do it. Suggestions???
Just to make me look like a complete health nut; soccer is on tomorow at 3pm at Jubilee Park (glebe point). I think I need a really hot bath before that though.

::Listening to - Tv on the Radio | Ambulance::

Couldn't help myself

2005-07-28T23:33:00.000+10:00

Yeah I'm sorry- Just took this one tonight after excessive drinking. Feeling a little narcissistic I suppose.

::Listening to - Wolf & Cub | Thousand Cuts::