Number three of my 30 Artists in 30 Days is perfect for a melancholic Sunday night. Cyra Morgan describes her music as intimate acoustic folk, and there’s a raw, vulnerable beauty that comes through her music. She’s quite new on Patreon, and writes that up to this point she’s been recording all of her music… Continue reading 30 Artists in 30 Days #3 – Cyra Morgan
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30 Artists in 30 Days #2 – Amanda Palmer
The second of my 30 Artists in 30 Days will probably be the last one that I had heard about outside of Patreon and is the one and only Amanda Fucking Palmer. She’s an inspiring person and creative in so many ways. Her famous TED Talk on the Art of Asking (if you haven’t seen… Continue reading 30 Artists in 30 Days #2 – Amanda Palmer
30 Artists in 30 Days #1 – Nate Maingard
The first of my 30 Artists in 30 Days is the artist who introduced me to Patreon, Nate Maingard. He was one of their earlier adopters, getting involved in April 2014, and is currently one of their most well-supported, ranked 30th. I checked to see if he’s 30 years old as well, but I’m a… Continue reading 30 Artists in 30 Days #1 – Nate Maingard
30 Artists in 30 Days
Last night I was roaming the internet again, discovering new music. We live in a wonderful time where exposure to new music is not limited to the physical media that our friends or relatives own, or what the local record store stocks. But it’s a time of adjustment for artists, where the old model of… Continue reading 30 Artists in 30 Days
October 2014 African language Wikipedia and Wiktionary update
It’s only been a few months since my last update on the state of the Wikimedia projects in Africa, but seeing as the Wiki Indaba was held since then, and this weekend is Wikimedia South Africa’s AGM, it’s a good excuse to take another look. First, the Wiktionaries. Wiktionary is a much less well-known set… Continue reading October 2014 African language Wikipedia and Wiktionary update
Modern American Cryptographic Poetry
Having a little bit more free time these days, and suffering from an extreme compulsion to spend all this free time, I signed up for two Coursera courses at the same time. Both of them are lots of fun, but both are also a little more time-consuming than the ones I’ve done before, so I’ll… Continue reading Modern American Cryptographic Poetry
The Song of The Golden Dragon – Estas Tonne
I have a large collection of music that would probably take me many months to listen to from start to finish, but I find myself listening to it less and less, and discovering so much amazing new music. Today’s find, now on repeat, is the beautifully named Song of the Golden Dragon, by Estas Tonne.
“As I went out one morning”, better known as “OOH AH”
Many years ago, it wouldn’t have been uncommon to find me screeching in my bedroom. If you could stand the racket, you may have made out some of the words. “Ayee yeaaah ah, OOH AH”. It’s not really surprising that, given what I remembered, even in the age of Google, I couldn’t track down the… Continue reading “As I went out one morning”, better known as “OOH AH”
June 2014 African Wikipedia and Wiktionary update
This weekend sees the first Wiki Indaba, a gathering of African Wikimedians. Since my last look at the state of African language Wikimedia projects was in May 2013, and my last look at Wiktionary (the dictionary project, not as widely-known as its more popular sister, Wikipedia) was way back in 2011, it’s time for an… Continue reading June 2014 African Wikipedia and Wiktionary update
The Bloody Miracle
I’ve just come back from watching the premiere of “The Bloody Miracle”, a documentary on the leadup to the 1994 elections. Directed by Meg Rickards and Bert Haitsma, and produced by Paul Egan, it looks at the pivotal year from Chris Hani’s assasination in April 1993 to the elections in April 1994. It’s a very… Continue reading The Bloody Miracle