mac

before and after

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:03:32 GMT

I went to murdock ( http://www.murdocklondon.com ) for beard trim
hot towel and sissors mean I'm now smart not ready for the hobos.

ho ho ho hat

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:44:46 GMT

ho ho ho hat
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

happy xmas

gary numan / indigO2

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:04:08 GMT

gary numan / O2
Originally uploaded by mac morrison

I went to see gary numan last night, it was a 30th anniversary of 'the pleasure principle' which made me feel old, though not to fear when i saw the crowd i felt younger ;)

I guess 'the pleasure principle' was the first proper LP I ever bought. Grease being the first, as a gift. It sounded great again, and was reproduced pretty faithfully. Then they ditched some of the synths and brought on the guitars for his newer stuff, and FUCKING NOISE! it was bloddy brilliant, and to my surprise the crowd really loved the new stuff too. Mostly hard core fans I guess. If you haven't heard the newer numan stuff, do. I suggest you start with his remix album 'hybrid'.

All the photos/vids were taken with a nokia N900.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmmorrison/sets/72157622932722242/

Patrick Wolf at London Palladium

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:40:41 GMT

Patrick Wolf at London Palladium
Originally uploaded by crazybobbles.

WOW, I went to see Patrick Wolf last night at the London palladium, It was possibly the best gig I've been to in years/ever. I hadn't seen Patrick Wolf live, but the magic position is one of my favourite albums of the decade. I was a little concerned, the vocals are extremely challenging, he fuckin nailed it - and blew the audience away, he technical skill in singing and playing (ukulele, viola, piano, and erm pilinky on your knee thing) there were guest apperances by Florence Walsh (of the machine) and Alex Empire. stunning.

(photo by crazybobbles on flickr)

self portrait / well snap shot really

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:10:26 GMT

Just nearly got run over here

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:18:36 GMT

Just nearly got run over here
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

Stupid shared space thing this is a road, i wandered out of the tube, was obviously fiddling with my iPhone then out of the corner of my eye saw something big and fast, looked up and a car sped past me a foot away, had i of not stopped it would of hit me. three more went past equally fast, you would think drivers would go though slowly, but NOPE.

There is a mini sign you don't notice one bit, it looks like a parking restriction notice, as it's not in the visual language of pedestrians to pay attention to such street furniture, we look for patterns on the road and flashing lights.

Jed Yourself - fictional iPhone apps

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:58:32 GMT

Jed Yourself
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

this will mean nothing to most of you! :)

hoxton butler for iPhone

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:44:36 GMT

hoxton butler for iPhone
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

fictional iPhone game I'm not making right now.

enjoying the dail getting a twitterstorm

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:49:17 GMT

i have to say in my own dreams
the daily mail will be brought down

sadly millions of fuckwits still buy it and agree with ms moir

who will paint herself as a victim tomorrow.

vote for my t-shirt!

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:12:42 GMT

It's for the tate/threadless love in competition.

120 bricks, arranged for exuberant effect.

ah go on...clicky herey

http://www.threadless.com/submission/235681/exuber8

love is

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:42:04 GMT

love is
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

not blackberry

I can't explain how much i HATE the blackberry 'love' campaign - so i drew a picture.

Miroslaw Balka - turbine hall installation

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:24:48 GMT

Miroslaw Balka - turbine hall installation
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

I love this accidental photo of it. It's a better photo than a real picture of it, as its an experience that cant be captured. though this by chance give a feel of the disorientation it creates. Its hard to explain how awesome it was - i was in as it opened and there was no one in front of me - you get enveloped in darkness. then when you hit the velvet wall i let out a screech of 'FUCK!' - then the oddness of when you turn around its suddenly light - and you can clearly see everyone behind you fumbling in the dark - scary and joyful. Though reading about the artist its more about fear.

so i did my talk at reboot

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:09:11 GMT

was a bit of a panic - as the previous speaker over ran by almost 30 mins
then we couldnt hook up my new mac book pro to the projector (i only had a dvi adapter and it was vga only)

lessons learnt

plus i wasn't used to keynote on two screens

but i over came and did a massively abridged version in 20 mins ( the previous nights run though was hitting 50 - and i had 40 mins.)

so it kinda went tits up - but i just summarised heavily - it may appear online at the reboot site
im kinda hoping it doesn't - though from a learning to present aspect its useful to see what i did wrong.

you can see the slides and random notes here

http://www.slideshare.net/maclondon/living-in-a-money-free-world

next time ill get the story telling aspect and coherent narrative bit right.

Leather Band-Aids - no REALLY

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:03:47 GMT

For post S&M sessions? The leather band-aid. Actually makes some sence - though not very cost effective.
http://www.amronexperimental.com/Leather-Bandage.html

Chocolate 'cheese' and pineapple cubes on sticks

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:14:41 GMT

Chocolate 'cheese' and pineapple cubes on sticks
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

Fake cheese ‘n’ pineapple: Today I decided to make fake cheese ‘n’ pineapple using coloured white chocolate filled with pineapple chocolate ganache. The idea being to fool people that its cheese, a-la heston B. It was a bit heath robinson, making it up as i went along, and without the proper tools/techniques. No tempering here, in fact the coloured white chocolate outer coating was decidedly buttery in texture.

Ingredience

I bar of green and blacks white chocolate.

a table spoon or so of double cream.

Some dried pineapple, some chopped very finely.

a knob of butter.

Yellow food colouring.

Cocktail sticks.

I heated the cream and added roughly twice as much chocolate, a knob of butter, finely chopped pineapple and some food colouring. mixing it together to make the ganache.

Then i melted some more chocolate with food colouring and lined a silicon ice tray with the putty like chocolate, and placed it in the freezer to set. Once solid i filled it with ganache then back in the freezer for a bit. Then topped off with more melted chocolate. Back to the freezer to set.

A little later I popped it out and chopped into ‘cubes’ putting each one on a cocktail stick with a bit of dried pineapple.

The effect worked surprisingly well. Not perfect but enough to fool anyone that didn’t pick one up. The taste was pretty good too, the ganache was more chocolately than pineapple tasting - but the dried pineapple made up for that - and prevented it being overpoweing.

If I had silicon cubes I would fill them with a dark chocolate more fruity ganache.

Still not a bad start at confectionary, I don’t think Paul A Young will loose any sleep though.

G20 Protest

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:36:32 GMT

G20 Protest
Originally uploaded by mac morrison

having fun at G20 protests, managed to get into the thick of things only for people to try and kick in the RBS, why wasn't this boarded up?
I left after taking this, and the horses charges in blockin it off, so a narrow escape for me!

Blue Steel

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:49:11 GMT

IMG_3857
Originally uploaded by tolks.

Le Tigre?
Ferrari?
Magnum?

kids!

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:17:54 GMT

ok that last post was by my 3 year old playing with my ipod!!

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:53:43 GMT

Hwpkwkkwkekslall

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black celebration

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:01:38 GMT

Depeche Mode - "Wrong" (official music video)

FUCKIN HELL!!

new dm track and video are the awesome

Utilikilts In London

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:52:07 GMT

Utilikilts Stall
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

The founder of Utilikilts and his partner were in london today as part of a whirlwind trip doing trade shows in scotland/dublin/london. They arranged for me to get into the trade only show and I got a sample Survival Kilt at a great price. They were friendly helpful and sized me correctly. Though i got a bit of a dissing for not wearing a UK on the day. Long live the Utilikilt.

well as everyone else is...

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:54:55 GMT

heres my feet up to the ankles in rare london snow

I made it in no problem - DLR to bank and walked to cowcross street.
I even had a seat - it was very pleasant - though post greenwich it was packed.

I'm slightly concerned about getting home.

all systems are GO!

thank heavens for the internet - which planned my route into work this morning
and this page which im keepin an eye on to get home...
http://www.dlrdaisy.co.uk/daisy/ban/ban02pid.htm

Lunchtime dominoes

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:01:28 GMT

Lunchtime dominoes
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

The rising sun, smithfields.

very cultured

LOLtorture

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:48:28 GMT

LOLtorture
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.

powerpoint on the mac is filled with cat torture clip art - who knew

President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:34:25 GMT

President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
Originally uploaded by mac morrison.