Non-art-geeks may not already know about this, but every year around this time the major colour companies declare a ‘colour of the year’ (ie, Pantone has declared 2010 to be a Turquoise year.) Of course, experts can’t even discuss straight data without arguments cropping up over interpretation of said data. Experts announcing a colour naturally… Read More
My hair is too dark to just dye. I know this. My last blue-hair attempt ended up black because of this. Forgot how long it takes to bleach my hair, though (first reminder: ‘why didn’t i bleach it before i dyed it last time again?’) Fine hair + dense hair + dark hair = it… Read More
It’s weird, but spending a week reading about neo-pagan beliefs and holidays seems to have given me a greater appreciation for the Christian holiday of Christmas. In most pagan religions, Yule is a celebration that the shortest day of the year is over and done with and the days will begin to grow longer. Sometimes… Read More
An exoself, as defined in Mind Performance Hacks (which itself bases the idea on some novels by Greg Egan) is basically a little stack of notecards and a timer reminding you to look at the top card every so often, with the intention of training yourself in certain ways (like little mental exercises). I’m going… Read More