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:: Friday, May 16, 2008 ::

Kommissar

Kommissar
Originally uploaded by gusset.


I decided to pop into the Cold War Exhibition at the RAF Museum Cosford when I drove past it the other day. Although some of the aircraft are interesting and seeing them in the flesh is much more impressive than I expected, that wasn't really what interested me. I liked the display cases they had put together to demonstrate differences between West and East during the Cold War. Differences in sporting achievement, arts, etc. It reminded me of the Russian propaganda display at Tate Modern I saw last year, the graphic design in those magazines was way ahead of its time. In the life style section I spotted the Kommissar board game from 1966, above. It's effectively US anti-commie propaganda for kids, based on a Monopoly like board where you try to collect enough of “the peoples money” to get to “the peoples airport” to escape Serbia to retirement somewhere warm. The idea seem to be that everyone is a capitalist at heart and is just trying to escape from tyranny. Hmm.

Labels: Flickr, Gaming, History, Politics

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New Urban Exploring shots from a disused kennel on Flickr


Disused Kennels 11 Dogs Eye View
Originally uploaded by gusset.



Disused Kennels 02
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Labels: Flickr, Urban Decay, Urban Exploring

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Three Shades of Red
Originally uploaded by [Zakkaliciousness].

"If you can't ride a cargo bike in a short skirt and smashing red heels, you aren't in Copenhagen."

Awesome.

Labels: Bikes, Fetish, Flickr

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Not A Penny 06
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Motorboy - 'Abandon Your Soul to Hades'
From the 'Not A Penny Off The Pay, Not A Second On The Day' show at the Old Motorcycle Workshop, Stokes Croft, Bristol
www.stealfromwork.org

More added to my Steal From Work flickr set, which also includes the 12 Days of Xmas show from last year.

Labels: Art, Flickr, graffiti

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Compost Fungus
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Today is the start of "Compost Awareness Week," or CAW as it has been unnecessarily abbreviated. (We prefer to simply refer to it as The 'Post in our house.)

The awareness week "is an initiative of WRAP and The Composting Association, and together they will be encouraging everyone to 'Green up their Environment' this Sunday 4th May to Saturday 10th May.

"The initiative began in Canada in 1995 and was brought to the UK for the first time in 2001 by The Composting Association. Since then, it has gradually been adopted by other stakeholders including community composting groups and local authority waste departments as a week in which to concentrate composting promotional efforts.

"If you’re new to home composting, you may need some help so visit the consumer pages on the CAW website for lots of tips on how to make and use compost, as well as where to buy peat-free compost that contains recycled materials. There are downloadable leaflets which include information on how to be greener in the garden, as well as an events locator which will help you find your nearest compost event. Another site worth visiting is homecomposting.org.uk

"Reduced cost compost bins are also being offered in partnership with some councils so if you need one, enter your postcode here to find out about offers in your region.

"And for the ultimate in composting accessories – de rigeur, you know – click here."

PS If anyone can identify my fungus I'd be interested. The one pictured above that is. The other one is a whole other blog. ;-]

Labels: Environment, Flickr, Garden, Recycling

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The Arts Council are investing public money in a ridiculous online vote to find that people think that London is Britain's most musical city. Obviously they will go through a pointless public voting system before declaring the winner to be the place where the largest population lives as everyone just votes for their home town, but its all gone fun along the way isn't it?

"Ten cities from across the country have been short-listed at www.mostmusicalcity.co.uk by the Arts Council's 'Take it away' scheme. Celebrity ambassadors for each city, including Sting, Jamelia, Richard Hawley and Engelbert Humperdinck, lead the debate for the Most Musical City until voting closes on 30 May 2008.

"The ten cities competing to win are: Birmingham; Brighton; Bristol; Colchester; Leicester; Liverpool; London; Manchester; Newcastle; and Sheffield. (The arts council are happy to comment on the reasons why a particular city has not been shortlisted)."

The celebrity ambassador for Bristol is DJ Krust. I presume the list of people they asked looked like this:


celeb ambassador
Originally uploaded by gusset.


Somehow I couldn't help myself from getting involved in the "debate." I wrote the following on the site:

This article seems to be a fairly typical under-researched effort at dropping in the names of all of the Bristol artists who have become known across the UK, but says little of how imaginative and vibrant up-and-coming artists from the city still are. I was pleased to see references in the comments to Big Joan, Kid Carpet, Gravenhurst, Angel Tech, Rose Kemp, The Heads, Joe Volk etc. I’d add Geisha to the list too. I was also pleased someone mentioned the criminally under-rated “King of Totterdown” (to quote PJ Harvey), John Parish.

From a personal perspective, when Breakcore hit its stride a few years ago it was Bristol that was the mecca for the whole of the UK, thanks in a large part to the legendary Toxic Dancehall parties and labels like Death$ucker Records, Cleancut and 1manarmy, who continue to push the boundaries of electronica whilst maintaining a crowd friendly danceability.

Now Dub-Step is in the same position, with some of the genre's most exciting names (eg Pinch, Appleblim, Shackleton, Atki2 etc) quietly beavering away, producing solid release after solid release and cross pollinating with the other scenes that all sit together so happily here.

As an example of the open mindedness that can be found, at the most recent Goatlab party (I have to hold my hand up here and say I promote it) General Disarray has just finished a hard as nails breakcore set and Syntheme was next up with her acid techno twiddlings. Before she started she felt the need to point out she’d be playing something different. A heckler from the crowd shouted back, "It's OK, we like everything!", which was followed by a small cheer from the rest of the crowd and another loan shout of "..except house!" and a laugh from everyone else.

We may have lost our ‘community festival’ last year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_Court_festival) but look at the support that has risen up to make sure something replaces it (http://www.thebristolfestival.org/), with local musicians, promoters and venues all pulling together to put on fund raisers.

Independent music is alive and well in Bristol and award or not we're quite happy about it here.

Labels: Bristol, Flickr, Humour, Music

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Drinks with Chunks...


DwC 129
Originally uploaded by gusset.


...they're back and they're on form!

Labels: Drinks with Chunks, Flickr, Food

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radio for back up
Originally uploaded by i didn't mean to go to Stoke.

"My friend and I were photographing in the town. I spotted a man being detained by this security guard and a policeman, some kind of altercation was going on, i looked through my zoom lens to see what was happening and then moved on.

"Moments later as i walked away this goon jumped in front of me and demanded to know what i was doing. i explained that i was taking photos and it was my legal right to do so, he tried to stop me by shoulder charging me, my friend started taking photos of this, he then tried to detain us both. I refused to stand still so he grabbed my jacket and said i was breaking the law. Quickly a woman and a guy wearing BARGAIN MADNESS shirts joined in the melee and forcibly grabbed my friend and held him against his will. We were both informed that street photography was illegal in the town.
Two security guards from the nearby shopping center THE MALL came running over, we were surrounded by six hostile and aggressive security guards. They then said photographing shops was illegal and this was private land. I was angry at being grabbed by this man so i pushed him away, one of the men wearing a BARGAIN MADNESS shirt twisted my arm violently behind my back, i winced in pain and could hardly breathe in agony.
A policewomen was radioed and came over to question the two suspects ( the total detaining us had risen to seven, a large crowd had now gathered)
The detaining guard released me, i asked the policewoman if my friend and i could be taken away from the six guards, she motioned us to a nearby seat and told all the security people to go. She took our details, name, address, date of birth etc. She wanted to check my camera saying it was unlawful to photograph people in public, i told her this was rubbish. we agreed to come with her and we sat in the back of a police car, she radioed back to the station to check our details, i explained to her the law regarding photography and handed over a MOO card, i asked to take her picture and she said no. We were free to go with no charge. I may press charges for unlawful detention and physical assault by the security guards, watch this space.

"luckily my friend videoed some of this so it can be used in evidence.

"Here it is"

Labels: Flickr, ID, Photography, Secuirty

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Flogo
Originally uploaded by RLabay.

Over on LiveScience we learn that a new company has started using "a mixture of soap-based foams and lighter-than-air gases such as helium" to create "floating ads and messages" in the sky.
Unfortunately dubbed Flogos, these floating logos can be made – or printed, really – every 15 seconds by "re-purposed snow machines," thus "flooding the air with foamy peace signs or whatever shape a client desires. Renting the machine for a day starts out at a cost of about $2,500."
[via bldg blog]

Labels: Environment, Flickr, Typography

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TV Turnoff Week
Originally uploaded by gusset.


TV Turnoff Week 2008 April 21th - 27th
Trash Your TV
White Dot

Labels: Flickr, Media, TV

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Rhapsody's Verdict
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Parasite and Ana Kissed's 6(?) year old daughter, Rhapsody, is helped a little by Anarchist606 to write this little summary of Friday's Goatlab gig for me. The phonetic spelling is beautiful, but I've provided some explanatory notes in case you have any trouble. (Click to zoom in and see notes.)

Labels: Art, Flickr, Review

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Photos from Friday's Goatlab here

I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a gig so much. Thanks to everyone who came down.


Toecutter's Dick Joke
Originally uploaded by gusset.

I particularly like the above shot as it caught Lou (Syntheme)'s reaction to Dave (Toecutter)'s dick joke and she looks like she's about to spit beer everywhere.

Labels: Flickr, Gigs, GoatLab

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Feed me x4
Originally uploaded by _saturnine.

They say that if someone dies in their house and isn't found for some time, their dog would stay with them and die itself, whilst the cat would just eat them. I always took this is a sign that cats are more intelligent than dogs. They still have survival skills that dogs have forgotten. But when Natali posted this picture I began to suspect that it's nothing to do with survival, they're just biding their time.

Labels: Cats, Flickr

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Crusher
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Look who's out of hibernation!

Labels: Flickr, Tortoise

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Nutritionally Balanced
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Doesn't it seem strange that something for which it's main selling point is it's nutritional balance, it contains eight things you might be allergic to?

Labels: Flickr, Food

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the GateWay
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Top: Sign for "the GateWay" – Alpha Course Centre, Yeovil. Font: Baker Signet
Bottom: Sign for "the GateWay" using an Albertus derivative font, as used in "The Village" in "The Prisoner"

Labels: Flickr, Fonts, Religion, Sci-Fi, Typography

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as simple as 1 2 3
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Noodle instructions. The guy flicking the Vs in the centre makes it all the more amusing by looking a little bit like "the actor Kevin Eldon."

Thanks Jules

Labels: Flickr, Food

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Cafe Culture – UK Style 2
Originally uploaded by gusset.

This shot typifies the UKs attempts at implementing European café culture into our drinking laws. Outside the Bay Horse, Bristol, on a Friday lunchtime, the seating is filled with builders in hi-vis jackets, hard-hats on the floor behind them, drinking Stella. How cosmopolitan. ;-]

Overheard conversation as I was taking the photo:
Two teenage girls pass pushing pushchairs. In a broad Bristolian accent one says, "...and 'e beat the shit out of 'im with a hammer..."
That's all of the conversation that was heard I'm afraid. I can't report on whether this was a reference to real life or a retelling of fiction or whether it was seen as a good thing or a bad thing. I'll let you make the rest up for yourself.

Labels: Bristol, Flickr

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Rubiks Revenge
Originally uploaded by gusset.


I picked up this little 4x4x4 beauty, in original packaging, in retro antiques boutique Cream and Chrome in St Nickolas Market, Bristol, this week. Shown with my original childhood 3x3x3 cube for comparison. The stickers on my old one are slightly wonky in places from an early attempt at solving it, before I leant how to take it apart, and before I lean t to do it properly.

I leant the skill from a copy of James Nourse's brilliant book The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube, found in a jumble sale in St Aldhelm's church on Chessel St, Bedminster as I remember. I probably only paid 10p for it. It's 25 quid on Amazon now. That's a better investment than finding a copy of the first ever Doctor Who annual for 10p at a similar sale. I doubt you'd find bargains like that these days. It seems Car Boot sales made profiteers out of many people and now eBay has taken care of the rest of us.
[None of these items are for sale.]


Rubiks Revenge (mix)
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Labels: Flickr, Puzzles, Rubik

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Clockwork - Stokes Croft
Originally uploaded by Kristie....

Bristol's most fabulously orange venue is to close in May. =[

Labels: Bristol, Clubs, Flickr, News

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After over five years of this blogging malarkey, message board contributions that I dare not calculate the time spent on, creating pages dedicated to the strange combinations of things I find interesting (Cybergoth Gymnastics, Drinks with Chunks etc), and publishing all of my photography for all to see, I somehow still never quite felt I was doing everything I could for the internet. Until now! I has cat. Meet Isis:


Isis
Originally uploaded by gusset.


Isis – Egyptian goddess of fertility, among other things (ironically she's just been neutered)
Bob Dylan - Isis lyrics

She's a rescue cat from Avon Dogs and Cats home. She was a stray. Is somewhere between 1 and 3 years old. And has a flea allergy (which I think is quite sensible for a cat). Expect to see her popping up here now and again, and maybe even in lolcat form if it's appropriate.

In homage to Isis and the internet's deep rooted history of cat based image content, why not pop over to Cat Town and catch up on the story so far. El Guapo is my hero.

Labels: Cats, Flickr

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Inspired by the Hijack "Whats in your pockets?" thread.


Personal Artefacts
Originally uploaded by gusset.


Click image for mouseovers.

List format:

Trouser pockets:

Wallet
Personal mobile
Tartan handkerchief

Jacket pockets:

Work mobile
Lose change
Sugar-free chewing gum
Sugar-free Strepsils
A note with someone’s address on it and a lump of Blu-tac inside it for postering
Business cards (in holder)
Space Pen
Bus ticket (now recycled)
That pointless extra piece of paper and coloured tape you always get stuck to your purchase in Argos (ditto)
Paper bag (ditto)
Prescription
Cough Suppressant (had this bloody cough for three weeks now, just made second visit to the Drs after work today)
Spoon (see above)

Missing in action:

House keys and Swiss Army Knife (not shown as are hanging inside the front door)

Artistic Licence:

Watch
Two rings
Glasses
(I take my watch and two rings off when I get into the house, but keep my wedding ring on. Glasses are only there as you can't have a personal artefacts still life without them in my opinion.)

Labels: Flickr, Personal

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banksy
Originally uploaded by gusset.


This Banksy, his largest work in the UK, in Liverpool's China Town, is in the news again today as it is planned to cover (the lower half of) it up for the European Capital of Culture celebrations, due to the state the building is in.

The thing that really bugged me about this was The Metro reporting, "The image of a rat toting a machine gun, painted before the artist was famous, had faded and the Liverpool Culture Company plans to conceal it with a hoarding before the culture capital year opens tomorrow."

At what stretch of the imagination does that look like a machine gun? It’s a marker pen. At least they’ve had the sense not to repeat the error online.

Labels: Art, Flickr, graffiti

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Thanks to hardoff for these instructions for this fantastic origami X-Wing.


Origami X-Wing
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Labels: Flickr, Origami, Star Wars

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Happy New Year to all our readers!

The Christmas madness is nearly behind us. I’ve already played the first Gusset gig of 2008, at 2:30 this morning. It sounded good and I think I played quite well, but attendance at the Hijack NYW party was disappointing and lower still by the time I played. Never mind. I had a wicked night nonetheless. Really enjoyed the sets from Wascal & Superisk, Phaeleh, and Cheeba’s midnight set, great way to welcome in the New Year! Chime just before midnight, auld lang sign with breaks, then Killing In The Name. Inspired!

Thanks to Weasel for this picture of us enjoying the night:


Weasel & Gusset @ Hijack NYE Party
Originally uploaded by gusset.


God bless you on your quest!

The next gig is on Thursday, when I'll be selecting my Desert Island Disks at the Hillgrove from 8pm. Then I'm taking a break until the Valentine Goatlab in Feb.


Dan Gusset's Desert Island Disks
Originally uploaded by gusset.


Here's to the New Year! Cheers.

Labels: Flickr, Flyers, Gusset, Hijack

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night rider
Originally uploaded by LostSouls.


Great shot from Lost Souls for the bikes and heels (shouldn't really work, but it does) collection. And should you ever want for more, there is always Zakkaliciousness' Cycle Chic - Copenhagen Girls on Bikes set. Purvey fascination that puts me to shame.

Labels: Bikes, Fetish, Flickr

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Steve the Stove....
Originally uploaded by ChewerDub.

says: happy holygays!

Labels: Flickr, Humour

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12 Days of Xmas - Coppers
Originally uploaded by gusset.


My photos from the 12 Days of Christmas group show at The Old Bridewell Police Station in Bristol are online (at last) now.

Labels: Art, Bristol, Flickr, graffiti

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goatlab - goat xing
Originally uploaded by gusset.


Photos from the Goatlab party at the Croft on Friday now online.
Mine here and Em's here.

Labels: Flickr, GoatLab

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We've been talking about ants in the office recently. A slightly esoteric subject but when you share an office with ecologists stuff like this crops up. It prompted me to dig out my copy of Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software by Steven Johnson It's a fascinating look at many seemingly complex processes in nature and their applications in programming.


swarm
Originally uploaded by gusset.


Wandering around Broadmead during lunch time the same day, I spotted this dude. Trying to sell some silly pillow things to the swarms of Christmas shoppers. He would wheel his trolley towards the largest conglomeration, and they in turn would disperse like a school of fish or pack of birds avoiding a larger predator. A perfect example of swam theory in action in human behaviour.

It got me thinking again about the use of cellular automata in generative music and I wondered how much had been done in the field. And low, g3rm pops up a couple of days later with a link to this paper: Cellular Automata in Generative Electronic Music and Sonic Art : Historical and Technical Review [PDF]

That'll keep me busy for a while.

Labels: Computing, Flickr, Programming

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Climax Deep Well Pump
Originally uploaded by gusset.

I love it when documents like this pop up in the office. This was some form of well investigation from 1961. Obviously no-one had any qualms about naming a piece of equipment a 'Climax Deep Well Pump' back then. Ah, innocent times.

Labels: Flickr, Humour

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testing new camera phone - lloyd st, manchester 2
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Lloyd St, Manchester taken with Sony Ericsson K810i

Labels: Cameraphone, Flickr, Photography

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glasgow00291
Originally uploaded by gusset.

On Nov 29, 2007 7:27 AM, Ville Takanen wrote:

"Hi

I just wanted to thank you for sharing your images with a CC/SA lisence.

I'm using a picture from your flickr collection for my art roleplaying
project here (in Finnish)
and I tought I should let you know about it.
--
Ville Takanen"

Hi Ville.
Thanks for letting me know.
Glad you appreciate it.
Cheers,
Dan

[via that link...]

Underground ‘terrorists’ with a mission to save city’s neglected heritage

Last year the Untergunther spent months hidden in the Panthéon, the Parisian mausoleum that holds France’s greatest citizens, where they repaired a clock that had been left to rust. … When the clock began working again, officials were horrified. The Centre for National Monuments confirmed that the clock had been repaired but said that the authority had begun legal action against the Untergunther. Under official investigation for breaking and entry, its members face a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a €15,000 (£10,500) fine. “We could go down in legal history as the first people ever to be prosecuted for repairing a clock,” said Mr Kunstmann.

Labels: Art, Flickr, Underground, Urban Exploring

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They're here
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Gusset's Ask Dr Kim remix album finally physically exists for people who want to buy it!

Labels: CD, Death$ucker, Electronic Music, Flickr, Gusset

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Vacation photos create 3D models of world landmarks

"The big breakthrough here is being able to compute very accurate 3D models from people's vacation photos," said co-author Steve Seitz, a UW associate professor of computer science and engineering. "The long-term vision is to be able to reconstruct the detailed geometry of all the structures on the surface of the Earth. Many people are working toward that goal, but by using online collections this work brings in a whole new source of imagery and level of detail."

Online photo-sharing Web sites such as Flickr and Google are popular because they offer a free, easy way to share photos. Flickr now holds more than 1 billion photos; a search for "Notre Dame Paris" finds more than 80,000 files. The study authors, experts in computer vision, believe this is the world's most diverse, and largely untapped, source of digital imagery.

[via dev.null]

Labels: 3D, Computing, Flickr, Modelling, Photography, Visuals

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Plymouth34
Originally uploaded by gusset.


I've popped up on Schmapp! again, this time in Plymouth. Not a great picture, there are some much better ones in the rest of my Plymouth set, but those are of less touristy areas.

Labels: Flickr, Maps

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free krek.
Originally uploaded by night_photographer.


The campaign to overturn, or at least reduce, the jail sentences handed out to Krek and Mers has been making national headline news today.

Natali summarised the problems with the sentence last Friday (see quote below) and Night Photographer (a friend of Krek and one of the best young photographers I have come across) is leading the online campaign on Flickr.

"They didn't drink and drive, didn't sexually abuse someone, they didn't deal drugs, commit any kind of violence, didn't steal anything, break anything - just painted something, an act that can be easily reversed. But the courts have jailed two young adults, stuck them into jails full of rapists, thieves and drug addicts, instead of making them clean up the "mess" they made and contribute their talents to society in a more productive manner."

The Guardian news blog tries to pull the various opinions together and Manchester Evening News reports on the campaign. Some of the comments following that M.E.N. article are quiet astonishing. People who take the side of the financial hit corporation over the talented young artists brightening up and protesting against a bland, conformist, branded landscape, amaze me.

It's clear that both guys have changed their ways and are making further efforts to use their skills to better society by offering to teach other prisoners while they are in prison.

Lots of people are coming down on the "well, the law is the law" side on this. Bollocks to that. There is an injustice here and the law is wrong. Do something about it.

Labels: Art, Flickr, graffiti, Law

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Björk's gusset
Originally uploaded by gusset.

STOP PRESS: Björk’s gusset appears in the current issue of Q magazine! And yes, I did have to buy it especially.

Labels: Flickr

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Bacon dates redux
Originally uploaded by mollyali.

The Bacon flickr pool is making me salivate.

Labels: Flickr, Food

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flikr2175
Originally uploaded by flikr.

"made with Agony - a program that I wrote."
>>>>>>DOWNLOAD AGONY HERE<<<<<<

Labels: Art, Flickr, graphics

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Bristol Kite Festival 05
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Computers to fly kites and produce energy | The News is NowPublic.com
A cunning idea for getting the most out of wind energy, anyone who flies a kite knows how you can keep it up even in very low winds by flying a figure of eight pattern, and the idea of controlling that effectively robotically is fascinating. Unfortunately the article is very slim on details of how the power is generated from doing this, except to say that "when the kites tug on the lines this turns the turbine." I'd like to see more detail there, and know if it generates enough energy to power the computer that's controlling it for a start.

A couple of my Bristol Kite Festival photos from last week appear alongside the article, but everyone else's are much better, have a look at those.

Labels: Environment, Flickr, Kites, Robots

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The Islamic militants beard dye of choice. Watch as your grey hairs die like infidels. Not for use by women.


Osama Bin Laden - Just For Men
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Labels: Flickr, Humour

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liverpool
Originally uploaded by gusset.


I've popped up on Schmapp again. This time in Liverpool. My shot of Chinatown, above, has been included. Odd, as I was never happy with it, I couldn't find a chance to get that arch without cars in front of it. My complete Liverpool set is here. Schmapplet below. Seems to be working now, and the Bath one has sorted itself out too. Fingers crossed.

Labels: Flickr, Maps, Travel

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