Archive for October, 2006

A simple library error has rocketed Tesco to the top of the Corrupters Of The Nation’s Children league. In short, they classified an adult pole-dancing kit under “Games” on their site – meaning that it would appear under certain searches for toys. This despicable crime was picked up by, who else, the Daily Mail. Predictably, [...]

Me + capoeira.Think about it.Picture it in your mind. Get a good visual image.Imagine me at a capoeira event.Now imagine me, Cennydd Bowles, doing capoeira. Now imagine me waterskiing.Imagine me waterskiing, being chased by sharks.Imagine me waterskiing over a rivine, being chased by sharks.Malfunctioning robot sharks with bombs in their mouths. Which is more likely? [...]

All this talk of how the internet is revolutionising mankind gets a bit much sometimes. So recently I’ve been: – playing with Line Rider- finding out celebrity bra sizes- doing cube roots of 9 digit numbers in my head- looking at the largest insect in the world- admiring the Suspicious Looking Device. It’s a pleasant [...]

Reuters, 11 October 2006 In a landmark legal case, a 7 year old Aberystwyth boy won his challenge to a court ruling over his custody. The boy, with a history of being beaten by his parents was originally told he could stay with his sole surviving Grandfather in keeping with child custody law and regulations [...]

I wrote something for National Poetry Day last Thursday, based on the idea of “ekphrasis”, as covered by Amy Newman. Some Google detective work will help you find the original inspiration. Love Lasts Forever This cruel negativeIs the taxidermist’s brutal revenge:Your bonesOffering symbiosis in deathTo refute our plain mortality. Rendered inside out but   (so as not [...]

I don’t like the word seminal. Besides its dual meaning, it’s a lazy, overused shorthand. But I would grudgingly apply it to Scott McCloud’s ‘Understanding Comics‘, which I’m currently reading after many months on my ought-to list. It’s as excellent as I’d heard, with some fascinating concepts on abstraction, graphical representation of time and motion, [...]