Writing

I'm off to the final UK holiday camp weekender organised by All Tomorrow's Parties next weekend. In my 5 or so years attending these events I've never yet participated in is the mixtape swap. I decided to give it a bash, and dug through the virtual crates to come up with a fitting send off for a venerable institution. Hope you enjoy my picks...

All your feelings are beautiful. Graffiti, Hebden Bridge

I listen to a lot of podcasts during my morning commute, including Radiolab. I was delighted when they published Italo Calvino's short story The Distance of the Moon. Such a wonderful story, and great to hear someone tackling the frankly ludicrous names!

I was recently reminded of, and re-watched, this presentation by friend and colleague Ian Smith (follow him on twitter, or visit his homepage). What struck me was

1. how good a presentation it is;
   
2. how bad most of the other presentations I'm subjected to are

Took a while to get this, but it's a new favourite xkcd comic. With apologies to all non-geeks reading.