Eno: the film that is never the same twice
The Brain One software edits a different documentary from 500 hours of archive at every screening. Not seen yet; hereby officially on the list.
See the film →Bloom and Scape: music as loose, thinking elements
Generative apps in which audio is built from blocks that respond to each other, from the Koan era until now.
To the apps →How one documentary could change filmmaking itself
Not about Eno, but about what his generative way of working sets loose in another craft.
Read the essay →Live Laugh Love: Earl sounds rested, and that is new
Twenty-four minutes on fatherhood and domestic life, with soul samples and quiet beats; production largely by Theravada.
About the album →Three listens in: the review that reads along best
Calm, domestic, discipline instead of anger. The starting point for a note of my own.
Read the review →What pastel actually is, and why it calms
Colour plus a lot of white: low saturation, soft response. The theory behind what this site has shown all along.
Read the piece →My palettes: which pastels are mine?
The start of a colour archive: one palette per edition, from a photo, a museum room or a walk.
Note to follow →Ten years of obsession: the film Skinner simply made himself
A neo-noir about a struggling DJ: written, directed, shot, edited and played by Skinner, with the first Streets album since 2011 as its voice-over.
Read the interview →What Skinner does now: club night, podcast, label
Beyond the film and album: the bassline night Tonga, the Peak Times podcast and his own record label.
Read the interview →Why everyone suddenly wants that one Fujifilm
The X100VI: a fixed lens that makes you move instead of zoom, and barely in stock for two years.
Read the review →The Z5 from Vinted: photos through the children's eyes
A second-hand camera so the children learn to photograph, and the family archive gains their view.
Note to follow →Paper as thinking infrastructure
Bounded space, friction that demands attention, writing that imprints deeper than typing. And still the work here stays digital.
Read the essay →The rabbit hole of notebooks
An entire blog on paper, pens and notebooks. Looking without buying; the purchases stay parked.
To the blog →How a roller coaster works: one hill of energy, then trading
The lift hill builds potential energy; the rest of the ride converts it to speed and back. A two-minute kitchen-table lecture.
Read the explainer →Europe's best roller coasters, according to the experts
Helix in Gothenburg, Shambhala in Spain, Hyperia in England and the classic Nemesis. A ready-made list for a day out.
See the top 20 →The ranking that riders keep themselves
Thousands of enthusiasts rate roller coasters in a database whose ranking never sits still.
To the ranking →| No | Title | Type | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y–007 | Hokusai's wave, for the thousandth time | Image | E11 |
| Y–006 | A November afternoon in a Japanese garden, as a colour palette | Colour | E11 |
| Y–005 | Dunes, early, no one: 9.4 km | Walk | E10 |
| Y–004 | Curation is a form of making too | Note | E10 |