I wrote a bluffer's guide to Matthew Barney's insane five-part epic art film after seeing it at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. It's so old that it used to live on my staff home page, back when staff could have home pages: then it fell off the net …

I love the proper names of stars, most of which are severely corrupted versions of Arabic originals, and one of my favourite books is R H Allen's Star Names - Their Lore and Meaning.

A few years ago I spent several months tweeting every star with a proper name, from Acamar …

I finally got around to getting a domain name. Hi, grab a feed, make yourself comfortable.

This site is a place for me to host or link to various projects which have been either scattered around the net, or languishing in a folder on my laptop for want of a …