I think I first mentioned Kathleen Herbert’s Stable back in mid August when I posted the video for Melanie Manchot’s Cornered Star.
Getting a Random Post at Compile Time in Jekyll
While pure Jekyll cannot do true random links to posts at page access, it is possible to insert a link to a random post at site compile time.
At it’s most basic, this can be done with the following liquid snippet which will select a random post from the ‘site.posts‘ collection and then insert that post’s title into the page. This can be expanded to extract other pieces of data from within the ‘post‘ object as you desire.
Continue reading “Getting a Random Post at Compile Time in Jekyll”Retro Computer Adverts – End of Month One
It’s now been a month since I first (quietly) launched ‘Retro Computer Adverts | Your daily dose of retro computing adverts!‘ and, so far, it’s remained a fun little project.
Continue reading “Retro Computer Adverts – End of Month One”Xibalba / Clint Mansell with the Kronos Quartet (2006)
Clint Mansell’s really rather delightful ‘Xibalba’ from the soundtrack to 2006’s The Fountain. I remember really enjoying The Fountain at the time and I should probably go back and give it another watch.
The Middlecave Yard Demolition and Rebuild – Mid September 2025
See more of the Middlecave work here!
Time for another round of photographs from the Middlecave Yard demolition and rebuild.
I’ve also managed to dig out a target site plan, something that should help contextualise some of the pictures below. As always, bigger images are just a click away.
Continue reading “The Middlecave Yard Demolition and Rebuild – Mid September 2025”HM Treasury Web Server Statistics (1994 – 1997)
Period Sites in Period Browsers has just thrown up another interesting little oddity – very early server stats from HM Treasury’s web server.
Continue reading “HM Treasury Web Server Statistics (1994 – 1997)”Minitrue
The Ministry of Truth building as represented in the 1954 Nigel Kneale adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
It’s a lovely bit of matt painting that really emphasises the scale of the Ministry of Truth when compared to the wreckage of the Houses of Parliament.
It also feels like a useful image to have kicking around.
Cover art from a UK release of Neil Stephenson’s Quicksilver
Another one that (currently) doesn’t seem that easy to Google (even though it should be!)
The Canal and River Trust’s workboat ‘Gawburn’
Some photos of the Canal and River Trust’s workboat ‘Gawburn’ moored at Naburn Locks. These were taken at the end of August…
The Kemps Expansion
The hoardings for the Kemps Stores expansion from 11 to 13 have gone up!
