BLOG 10/2002

31 OCTOBER
Got linked by metafilter.org, via lightcycle.org,
which caused a surge in interest to the site, to 3 whole page hits a day!

This image came from a web page about Microsoft's Palladium anti-hackery
technology. Some boring old rubbish like that. Nice glitch though.


INTRANE

26 OCTOBER

0. Strange. It appears this site has just had a 2000% spurt in visitors.
   And now I can't upload files. And the site is down. So that's good.
1. Today's glitch is from a screenshot of a web page, loading badly.
2. I'm busy progging away for the live visuals, so updates here are currently infrequent.
3. I think my site has the World's Best Guestbook! Really. Check it out.
   Good isn't it? 'Surreal' isn't the word. 'Autistic' might be the word.. (no offence!)
4. I'm downloading the Opera web browser. This site looks especially crap in it,
   so I'll try and fix it, for all 1.67% of you accessing my bits with that browser.
5. [Update] I've now fixed the site so it looks OK in Opera. The problem was that Opera
   doesn't like H1 or TABLE tags inside PRE tags. I know, it's my fault, but IMHO that behaviour
   is a bit finnicky!


DOV/NAIL

19 OCTOBER
I rarely put links in my blog entries, I guess mostly because
I'm on a pay-as-you-go, slow dialup connection, so I don't have
time to indulge sites which have lots of interesting Flash bits,
or sites where the meat isn't right there in your face,
from the first page. But the Suppose Research Dialogue
consistently delivers dead interesting stuff and links, quite a few
in a loose category of "technical visualization". Which is nice.
And it's Nottinghamish.

This glitch occurred on a web page with thin horizontal lines
for the background pattern. When scrolling, regular little blocks
got confused, and the lines didn't join up properly. Simple, but I
quite like this. Needless to say, I've edited the colours to make your
eyes swim a bit. I like doing that. There's probably some clever theory
about pairs of colours that go together and make your eyes go funny.


FDDI-*

16 OCTOBER
Moving down to a one-bit dissection of my Windows swap file,
this sector reminds me of Frogger. 
Sure, you can't see a frog or logs or trucks or diving
turtles or crocodiles, but it's still unmistakeably Frogger.

On an unrelated note, it is now apparent that this web real-estate
didn't win the Guardian newspaper's Best British Weblog Competition.
Not suprising, seeing as it's not really a blog, more a big
mess of shivering pixels trying to form short German werbs in FORTRAN.
Anyhow, I wonder which one of the minor celebrity judges got to review
this site... I hope it was that total loon Janet Street-Porter.


REDRADIUM

15 OCTOBER
Phew. Just got back from sunny Bournemouth. I've opened
my eyes to the world, mais ne t'en fait pas, I'm
still in control. It all comes into my hand-held 
commodore64/game-and-watch/zx81 device, where the database uses
bayesian methods of clustering AI to keep the cogs (humans)
running smoothly. Today's exhibit, entitled MOONMOUSE for some
strange reason, is due to Achim. Well, he supplied the raw material,
in the form of a screenshot from his Apple Macintosh systeme,
uh, I think it was some video-editing thing that spilled
its guts. I merely wanged the colour levels around a bit
and stole the best rectangular subregion, throwing the
rest into the bit bucket behind my computer. PLUG: You can
find Achim's website, in the original German-language edition,
in the EXT LINK (blue blocks) page. I have no idea what most
of it's about, but that's foreign languages for you.

PS. Nearly forgot! Thanks for voting. 80% indicated you'd
be interested in buying some glitch prints/posters, so
I'll get some stuff going. Hmmm...might even be able to
produce something in time for the December holidays. Stay
tuned folks.


MOONMOUSE

10 OCTOBER
Loose toner particulates MUST be vacuumed-up
to avoid accumulation on receptive bits, which could
lead to the unfortunate scenario where the
average value of a byte increases beyond 8.3 bits
from its nominal operating value of 8.01 bits.


REL

06 OCTOBER
Got a book about nuclear disasters and near-misses.
Published in 1980, so it doesn't include Chernobyl though.
It's amazing how just one tiny event such as a stuck
valve, or tiny burning bit of paper could lead to
potential core meltdown. [Note to self: investigate
prices of Geiger counters for personal peace of mind. Try ebay.]


ECEICC

02 OCTOBER
I've been thinking about selling prints
of some of my best glitch art on this site. But I wouldn't
want my visitors to think I've 'sold out'! So I thought
I'd go for the direct approach and ask what you think.
There's a tiny questionnaire near the top of this
page. Cheers!


BOURV