On the treble-O one service of desperation, with the rest of the drunks and rapscallions, it stinks of cheap frozen chips, onions, and is filled with babble in a dozen languages. I’m only here because my depression has hit such a peak that I was able to leave the pub before I was properly drunk…

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Media: Artzybasheff’s Machinalia: “In his introduction to the section titled ‘Machinalia’ in his book As I See, Boris Artzybasheff says, ‘I am thrilled by machinery’s force, precision and willingness to work at any task, no matter how arduous or monotonous it may be. I would rather watch a thousand ton…

Passed from Chiarina Four jobs I’ve had: Waiter/barman/kitchen porter, MP’s dogsbody, wine vendor, games writer.Four places I’ve lived: Didsbury, Bath Spa, Oxford, London; in fact, that’s your lot. Four places I’d like to be right now: Hmph; a boat on a lake, a snowed-in cottage with a roaring stove, an ancient library packed with bestiaries…

Atomic Blast Photos “Edgerton built a special lens 10 feet long for his camera which was set up in a bunker 7 miles from the source of the blast – the bomb placed atop a steel gantry anchored to the desert floor by guide wires. The exposures are at 1/100,000,000ths of a second.”