var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-19506756-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Alexander Light’s blog is a thing made out of words, pictures and digital stuffs. It is not a thing specifically about Alexander Light. However, by virtue of acting as a receptacle for things Alexander Light regards as interesting or of value, it therefore must be a representative artifact of Alexander Light’s current interests or state of mind. alexanderlight used to be a blog at http://alexanderlight.blogspot.com/ which is still there, should you feel the need to go deep. (p.s. I’ve not started routinely talking about myself in the 3rd person, I’m just trying to sort out my SEO rankings). Still here? Here’s a list of people who I like and that I occasionally steal things from: Random Vinyl The Lobster Humidor Iain Gor Meat Asi Nick Mr Lomo rupolarise Nunz Nathan Niles Nick Ryan Cookie Diffraction Lomo-blog Candles Mr MacLynn Esq. Poke London Poke NYC Tumblr (3.0; @alexanderlight)http://alexanderlight.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liv6o6JPED1qg6koto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The briefs are already in…</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/16826628474http://alexanderlight.com/post/16826628474Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:32:56 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyltl7tSR71qa4e8zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I had a dream last night and it looked like this. There were 3 types of shark: Tiger, Bull and Great White. You had to swim near shore.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/16754027890http://alexanderlight.com/post/16754027890Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:12:43 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly93f9EUWD1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thanks Matthias.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/16345626558http://alexanderlight.com/post/16345626558Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:16:21 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0qoafO1A1qghk7bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><br/>Sonia Delaunay, <em>Market At Minho, </em>1915</p> </blockquote>http://alexanderlight.com/post/16122648594http://alexanderlight.com/post/16122648594Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:09:35 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0rsiYju61qz5278o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em><br/>“View of the stricken cruise ship which ran aground and capsized near the island of Giglio in Italy on 13 January. The image was taken on 17 January.”</em></p> <p><strong>BBC News</strong></p> </blockquote>http://alexanderlight.com/post/16110640284http://alexanderlight.com/post/16110640284Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:40:03 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxqr1t4nHk1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Arrakis, Dune, desert planet…<a href="http://talonabraxas.deviantart.com/favourites/#/d4jg87b">by.</a></p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/15774921470http://alexanderlight.com/post/15774921470Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:32:17 +0000<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33402886" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Considering how rubbish Siri is, it’s a source of constant confusion why I can’t get enough Siri hacks. I wonder if this could be set to work with any song where the track and lyrics are available online?</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/15619386585http://alexanderlight.com/post/15619386585Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:47:37 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdwf9MGaR1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What a donkey.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/15401032910http://alexanderlight.com/post/15401032910Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:59:33 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdl4v4Irl1qa4e8zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.therestartpage.com/">This has made me genuinely emotional.</a> Computers were clearly my childhood! <a href="http://www.therestartpage.com/"><a href="http://www.therestartpage.com">http://www.therestartpage.com</a></a> If only they’d add the Amstrad 6128…</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/15395291258http://alexanderlight.com/post/15395291258Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:55:43 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2rs4jRX41r2qbhlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alexanderlight.com/post/15239390168http://alexanderlight.com/post/15239390168Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:28:43 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvtxknkqeC1qa4e8zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Anyone who struggles to “get” the web can now watch this until it all clicks: <a href="http://procatinator.com/?cat=43">Sabotage Kitty</a> (made with <a href="http://procatinator.com">The Procatinator</a>).</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/13868584860http://alexanderlight.com/post/13868584860Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:38:47 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu3fr08rHQ1qkhr1uo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://alexanderlight.com/post/13868547778http://alexanderlight.com/post/13868547778Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:36:09 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvhht43G9J1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I like this website: http://uglyrenaissancebabies.tumblr.com/</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/13550500322http://alexanderlight.com/post/13550500322Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:27:04 +0000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu4wlhyjXe1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alexanderlight.com/post/12323030126http://alexanderlight.com/post/12323030126Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:44:05 +0000<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aTg00wIijNY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is a genuine request: PLEASE can Valve and Apple get together to create the GlaDOS version of Siri. Seriously. I’d pay $30 for an app. which tried to kill me on a daily basis.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/11390676235http://alexanderlight.com/post/11390676235Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:38:32 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsujr0vGot1qa4e8zo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Superlative and highly relevant now I have to plan the storage in a nursery. <a href="http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/2011/08/29/the-art-of-clean-up-sorting-and-stacking-everyday-objects/#"><a href="http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/2011/08/29/the-art-of-clean-up-sorting-and-stacking-everyday-objects">http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/2011/08/29/the-art-of-clean-up-sorting-and-stacking-everyday-objects</a></a></p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/11269281622http://alexanderlight.com/post/11269281622Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:57:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lshji7bXYA1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>How YouTube works.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/10976140370http://alexanderlight.com/post/10976140370Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:22:55 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28962540?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Aaaaaaaaaaaargh it’s SIGGRAPH 2011 which means my brain will be exploding ALL WEEK. This is amazeballs.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/10803174715http://alexanderlight.com/post/10803174715Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:20:28 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrj3mi9mkj1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Are these 3 somehow linked? #Preston #nthb (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at Buka Lounge)</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/10210456549http://alexanderlight.com/post/10210456549Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:01:29 +0100nthbpreston<iframe width="400" height="328" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/szWSLwkYa6k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Dear human, I love this video for the following reasons:</p> <p>- amazing song</p> <p>- amazingly bad miming</p> <p>- amazingly bad fake applause throughout</p> <p>- he looks like Keith Lemon (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ieMXSjMUg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ieMXSjMUg</a>)</p> <p>- he suddenly seems to be playing in a school gym later on? WTF.</p> <p>- there is a dude with a sick Afro and white suit watching from 3:35.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/9628451007http://alexanderlight.com/post/9628451007Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:40:30 +0100