Julian Simpson

Audio

A rare radio appearance…

I was a guest on Dave Nemo Weekends [https://www.radionemo.com/weekends] this morning (Sunday 31 October). I showed up a little late because I was scheduled for 1pm UK time but, of course, the clocks went back last night and I didn’t account for that, so I

Photography

The path to Pleasant Green

Not sure who the person in the distance is...

Photography

A lucky shot

This was too big a file to include with the newsletter, but I made it down to the River Ore last night just before the sun set (and before the rain hit) and managed to grab this shot.

Newsletter

Cartoon Gravity No.1

NEWSLETTER: High tide, “Who Is Aldrich Kemp?”, Arc Studio, writing apps, “Temporal”

Stuff

Welcome to Cartoon Gravity

An announcement of sorts.

Stuff

Health and Safety in Japan

Just came across this in my email feed. Why Japan’s Rail Workers Can’t Stop Pointing at ThingsA seemingly silly gesture is done for the sake of safety.Atlas ObscuraAllan Richarz [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=67f8846499-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_

Stuff

The Oura Ring

The Oura Ring is a really great alternative to Fitbits and smart watches.

Inspiration

Americans In Paris

This American Life has released some episodes from its archives and made them available as podcasts. Americans In Paris apparently features David Sedaris. I have bookmarked and am excited to listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/americans-in-paris/id201671138?i=1000444994669

Audio

Catching up...

All the links you need for The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

Inspiration

Strange times...

In which I ponder what to do about my social media feeds...

Writing

And so it begins...

The Shadow Over Innsmouth is go!

Inspiration

The Strange Tale of the Oldest Science Fiction Novel

The Strange Tale of the Oldest Science Fiction Novel | Mysterious UniverseA text from way back in the 2nd century has become regarded as perhaps the fist science fiction novel ever made.Mysterious UniverseBrent Swancer [https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/08/the-strange-tale-of-the-oldest-science-fiction-novel/]

Inspiration

The Fayum Portraits

Funery painting of ancient Roman Egypt - a Met Museum film

Creativity

The Newsletter

The newsletter makes a return...

Writing

The Shadow Over Innsmouth - UPDATE

A progress update on The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Creativity

A really useful Ulysses course

A really great course that finally persuaded me to make Ulysses part of my toolkit.

Inspiration

Time Lapse: The sun over ten years

This is mesmerising; NASA has made a high-res video of the sun, wherein each second represents one day.

Inspiration

QAnon

A really fascinating long read from this month's Atlantic

Creativity

Back to basics, again...

I've realised that digital tools have started to destroy my creativity during lockdown.

Inspiration

The Lovecraftian Bundle

Dark ambient music with a Lovecraft theme.

Inspiration

This Is Not A Conspiracy Theory

Kirby Ferguson’s latest film is now available in its final cut.

Stuff

Nero’s Notes

A new place to get your pads and pens.

Audio

Infodump Podcast Episode Zero

This is an experiment. I’ve been wanting to try out podcasting myself (as a hands-on exercise) for a while now. I’ve had a few goes but never been happy enough with the results to make them public. Latterly, I’ve realised that the “fuck it, send” mentality of

Inspiration

Fabio Viale inked sculptures

Some eye candy for a rainy day.

Writing

Concepts and Milanote

A couple of new (to me) apps that have freshened up my working methods.