Found a charming documentary on BBC iPlayer. Naturalist Joe Hutto imprints himself on to a brood of wild turkeys and spends eighteen months as a turkey parent. Beautifully shot, key moments from Joe’s experiences with the turkeys are meticulously recreated, deep within Florida’s Everglades forest. Joe’s gentle narrative and thoughtful, occasionally philosophical observations, combined with a … Read more
Three Final Cut X videos for you. Firstly, the classic “Hitler finds out about..” TeeHee. Also, who’d have thought FCP would have made a segment in Conan O’Brien? Finally, a long, positive run through of some new features, and how it’s not all so terrible, by Evan Schechtman of Radical Media at the NYC Apple … Read more
My mind isn’t what it used to be. I’ve never felt the tickle of genius but in my thirties I do find my attention lacks what it used to, as does my ability to learn new things, and retain that information. In fact, my short term memory is occasionally so unreliable that I sometimes chant … Read more
I discovered a video series of thoughtful sermons on Vimeo by a small London organisation The School of Life. They specialise in providing “ideas for life” or classes and lectures from inspiring thinkers and artists for the common person to enjoy. Founded by all round good chap and champion of philosophy for all, Alain De … Read more
I very much enjoy my minimalist theme made by the lovely people at iA3, and have recently discovered that I share it with none other than Slyvester Stallone. I’m in good company, I think you’ll agree.
iA3 sell the theme with the proviso that it’s priced reasonably because they aren’t going to hand hold non-technical WordPress users. It’s not what they love to do. This post is some hacks I’ve added to get it the way I like it.