diff --git a/content/curiosities.md b/content/curiosities.md index f0321846..f17f0c24 100644 --- a/content/curiosities.md +++ b/content/curiosities.md @@ -7,30 +7,35 @@ type: timeless I'm a thoroughly [miriscient](https://www.miriscient.org) chap, and this often ends up in me creating toys, trinkets, projects and other artistic things. I've listed some out below. - +## It's all here + +I'm getting older, and sites I've been creative on are dying or becoming marketing platforms, so I'm gradually moving all my historical posts on other platforms to this blog. + +* I'm [no fan of instagram](/posts/goodbye-big-social) these days, but all my 📸 [archived insta posts](/instagram-posts) are right here. +* For a good few years I wrote 📝 [poetry](/poetry) and kept it online — now stored here for your giggles and my cringe. ## Words and writing -* I created a word to fill a hole in the vocabulary I had to describe my _miriscient_ friends. Read or listen to 📖[the story right here](/posts/miriscience). -* During the pandemic I built 🐌[slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi) so I could write to friends old and new without pressuring them to reply or be rude. -* I published a book, 📔[A lighter side of Africa](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lighter-Side-Africa-Paintings-Michael/dp/0993324908/), with my brother and Dad which showcases the artwork of a now sadly deceased Zimbabwean family friend, Michael J. Allard. +* I created a word to fill a hole in the vocabulary I had to describe my _miriscient_ friends. Read or listen to 📖 [the story right here](/posts/miriscience). +* During the pandemic I built 🐌 [slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi) so I could write to friends old and new without pressuring them to reply or be rude. +* I published a book, 📔 [A lighter side of Africa](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lighter-Side-Africa-Paintings-Michael/dp/0993324908/), with my brother and Dad which showcases the artwork of a now sadly deceased Zimbabwean family friend, Michael J. Allard. ## Art and Creativity -* As I travel I like to take 30 second video clips of the peaceful places. I visit the 🧘‍♂️[site I made for them](http://30s.byjp.me/) when I want to relax for a moment. -* My friend created a beautiful alphabet, I turned it into a font and 👨‍🎤[performance microsite](https://caspian.byjp.me). Read or listen to 📖[the story right here](/posts/the-beauty-of-type). -* I once studied biomedical physics, so when I had an MRI of my head I jumped at the opportunity to extract a 3D model of my brain and 🧠[render it in WebGL online](https://brain.byjp.me/). -* I built a clockface that counts 🕰[the seconds since I was born](https://tictoc.byjp.me/). In binary. -* I helped by friend learn about website infrastructure by building a microsite of her favourite moment in film… 🐶[wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?](https://wannahearthemostannoyingsoundintheworld.byjp.me). -* Maybe you'll like this little guy 🐙[called tako](https://tako.byjp.me). +* As I travel I like to take 30 second video clips of the peaceful places. I visit the 🧘‍♂️ [site I made for them](http://30s.byjp.me/) when I want to relax for a moment. +* My friend created a beautiful alphabet, I turned it into a font and 👨‍🎤 [performance microsite](https://caspian.byjp.me). Read or listen to 📖 [the story right here](/posts/the-beauty-of-type). +* I once studied biomedical physics, so when I had an MRI of my head I jumped at the opportunity to extract a 3D model of my brain and 🧠 [render it in WebGL online](https://brain.byjp.me/). +* I built a clockface that counts 🕰 [the seconds since I was born](https://tictoc.byjp.me/). In binary. +* I helped by friend learn about website infrastructure by building a microsite of her favourite moment in film… 🐶 [wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?](https://wannahearthemostannoyingsoundintheworld.byjp.me). +* Maybe you'll like this little guy 🐙 [called tako](https://tako.byjp.me). ## Postcards -* I write short fiction on postcards my Grandmother collected as she travelled Europe. You can 📮[read them on their site](http://lucy.byjp.me/) or 🌍[as an artsy animated thingie](http://lucy.byjp.me/globe#diving), if you're in a fancy browser. -* My friend likes telling me to 🤫[shut up by post](https://www.instagram.com/p/BqZR3qjAkMC/). If I need it I have a 😏[speedier retort to hand](http://shutupclaire.byjp.me/). -* I once left 15 self-addressed postcards dotted around London, suggesting that people doodle on them and send them back. 🐪[Only one returned](http://postcarddoodles.byjp.me/), but I like that I'll never know who sent it to me, or drew it. -* In 2013 I tried to send a postcard every day for the whole year. I sent about 200, and 📫[uploaded 92 of them](http://postcards.byjp.me/) to an odd site that never really knew what it was. -* Have you noticed that I really like postcards? See some favourites on 📸[postcards.jpg](https://instagram.com/postcards.jpg). +* I write short fiction on postcards my Grandmother collected as she travelled Europe. You can 📮 [read them on their site](http://lucy.byjp.me/) or 🌍 [as an artsy animated thingie](http://lucy.byjp.me/globe#diving), if you're in a fancy browser. +* My friend likes telling me to 🤫 [shut up by post](https://www.instagram.com/p/BqZR3qjAkMC/). If I need it I have a 😏 [speedier retort to hand](http://shutupclaire.byjp.me/). +* I once left 15 self-addressed postcards dotted around London, suggesting that people doodle on them and send them back. 🐪 [Only one returned](http://postcarddoodles.byjp.me/), but I like that I'll never know who sent it to me, or drew it. +* In 2013 I tried to send a postcard every day for the whole year. I sent about 200, and 📫 [uploaded 92 of them](http://postcards.byjp.me/) to an odd site that never really knew what it was. +* Have you noticed that I really like postcards? See some favourites on 📸 [postcards.jpg](https://instagram.com/postcards.jpg). ---