My friend and mentor Alan Scott died on Thursday 16th October 2008. This came on compounded sadness as his long time partner Gail Braybon had also departed this earthly life after a long battle with cancer back in August. read more...

I have thought of Samscam as the window through which I manage my online identity right from the early days. From a few static webpages to the online CV that got me my job in Sheffield through various generations of this crufty home-grown blogging tool and photo gallery stuff. read more...

As promised we went to see Star Wars again, this time at the UGC in Bolton. The atmosphere was very different what with petrified children and a rather distressing old woman who kept getting up and shuffling around the cinema to talk to people at crucial moments. read more...

Radio Show - Thursday 15th July 2004 - 2-3pm<br/>Crazy anti-music and experimental noises. This show celebrates the 10th anniversary of unsung lanky-krautrock heroes The Bellerophon with an airing of some special new recordings. read more...

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A little photoshoppery later and here is the finished product. Excellent work Jim. read more...

We needed some photographs of an angry farmer for a project at work. As ever, muggins here was only too happy to oblige. read more...

While looking through some old files I found and resurrected: My CV (not updated since I got the job at Can) Erica the floating pig Pictures of Cambridge (and some other places) I also came across a few early layouts for samscam which I haven't bothered to resurrect. read more...

The Bellerophon is ten this year. I've updated the website a little - and put some more album covers on there. read more...

Oh yes - I forgot to mention on the blog that the CANVAS LEARNING WEBSITE is finished and you can all go and buy my software. <br/> <br/><br/>And Return of the King is out (not like anyone didn't know that) and we are going to see it on Thursday. read more...

Weekend exploits included adding even more bits of gallery. Hmmm. read more...

I've put some pictures of the flats (which were floating around on my machine at work) on the gallery:<br/> . read more...

I took lots of pictures while we were away and thought it might be worth putting some of them online. So I've made a gallery thing - while we're waiting for the prints to be developed (analogue is the way) you can enjoy some pictures of the Tate Modern I took about a year and a half ago, some dingy ones of Stonehenge from last summer and the old photos of Gen from Leeds years ago. read more...

Quick. Before it's over. read more...

I've sorted out the Missmyheartbeats website which has been lacking attention for a few months. You will find musical offerings such as Crazy Horses and Casablanki Minnie Ripper in live dan-party-style. read more...

Monia phoned me up last night revealing that I'd made a little mistake with the database for Sheffield Live. (which I fixed) and that she wants me to do a show TONIGHT between six and seven. read more...

Danny asked me to describe my music: <br/> I've been sticking to vauge mutterings of "surrealsoundscapes populated by loopy goodness and diverse electronic malarky";i. e. read more...

I forgot to mention properly but between myself and Alan Gregory, we managed to get the Sheffield Live. website live and working last Friday evening. read more...

Oh no. I must be bored shitless. read more...

My shoulder hurts this morning - I think must have been sleeping at a funny angle. However a package arrived to cheer me up. read more...

I managed to slip a classy bug into my software the other day. A room full of South Korean businessmen saw the message hello carabanga appear whenever Patrick (the irishman) typed a lowercase p. read more...

Last couple of days have involved staying up late to try and finish off the update of the Sheffield Live. website. read more...

I noticed that Tom has located a fabulous thing to flog blob related merchandise. So in a me too kind of way and because I didn't quite believe that such a service should be allowed to exist I have created the Bellerothong. read more...

My mate Jim who is a very fabulous illustrator and creator of graphical things has asked me to give him a hand with putting his portfolio online. So I have. read more...

Great things are afoot. Billyruffian has been re-vamped somewhat and Dan has set the payment bits up to work with paypal. read more...

For my friend Dan's birthday party there was music and laughter and really wild things at Jacksons Lane Community Centre on Saturday night. Aside from some unfortunate domestic shenanigans it really went very well. read more...

The Billyruffian and Bellerophon sites are back up, though not thoroughly checked for workingness. Chat is still broken and there are probably lots of other dead links. read more...

It looks like it's about time for me to move billyruffian, missmyheartbeats and all that to yet another new home. A sensible one this time. read more...

While trawling around in my computer today I found the infamous Green Cider video which I shot a few years ago in Lucy's parents kitchen. Featuring Gen, Dylan, Lucy and Dan. read more...