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true Howard 2006-11-13T14:21:00+00:00 2006-11-13T14:27:03Z 2006-11-13T14:27:03Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-116342802365448636 <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html">What's cool: I saw via Technorati that Raph Koster, author of "A Theory of Fun", has linked to my blog (in the 'Hugo Meme') What's not so cool: I've now had a load of comment-spam, so I have now limited commenting to blogger members, and I have enabled word verification and moderation.</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/116324084395386036" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-11-11T10:25:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-11-11T10:27:23Z</modified> <created>2006-11-11T10:27:23Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/11/im-having-new-windows-installed.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-116324084395386036</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html"> I'm having new windows installed. Yesterday they replaced all the windows upstairs - they will do the ground floor on Monday. The work they have done so far seems to be good quality, but I was a bit annoyed that they have left this pile of old windows in the front garden when they left.</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/115130994184978961" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-06-26T08:18:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-06-26T08:19:49Z</modified> <created>2006-06-26T08:19:01Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/06/hugo-meme-after-moonshadow-and.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-115130994184978961</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html">Hugo meme, after Moonshadow and Sunkitten Which Hugo-winning novels have I read? (in bold) 2005 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke 2004 Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer 2002 American Gods, Neil Gaiman 2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling 2000 A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge 1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/114520302680553755" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-04-16T15:25:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-04-16T15:58:04Z</modified> <created>2006-04-16T15:57:06Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/04/i-first-developed-my-taste-for.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114520302680553755</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html">I first developed my taste for traditional swords-and-sorcery fantasy with the classics like T.H.White's Once and Future King, Tolkien, and Fritz Leiber's Swords series. There were so many authors jumping on the bandwagon in the 80s and 90s with fantasy trilogies that it became difficult to find the really good work. There has been some good work, and I did put together a list a couple of years</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/114375622020330323" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <link href="http://www.ttapress.com/index.html" rel="related" title="" type="text/html"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-03-30T22:03:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-04-02T10:14:48Z</modified> <created>2006-03-30T22:03:40Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/03/congratulations-to-my-friend-dominic.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114375622020330323</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html">Congratulations to my friend Dominic Green who has been nominated for a Hugo Award for his story "The Clockwork Atom Bomb". The story is currently available to download from Interzone Technorati Tags: dominic, hugo, interzone, story</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/114236706598344452" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <link href="http://consumingexperience.blogspot.com/2005/12/updated-multiple-word-technorati-tag.html" rel="related" title="" type="text/html"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-03-14T20:04:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-03-14T20:13:21Z</modified> <created>2006-03-14T20:11:05Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/03/via-daily-grind-and-gia-i-found-this.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114236706598344452</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html">Via The Daily Grind - and Gia, I found this Greasemonkey script to help add Technorati tags when creating a Blogger post.Tags: quernstone, gia, greasemonkey, technorati, blogger</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/114228062287835818" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-03-13T20:10:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-03-14T20:15:32Z</modified> <created>2006-03-13T20:10:22Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/03/john-crowley-is-one-of-my-_114228062287835818.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114228062287835818</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html"> John Crowley is one of my favourite authors - his "Little, Big" is one of my all-time favourite novels. His latest book is "Lord Byron's Novel - the Evening Land". According to Mary Shelley's introduction to Frankenstein, one evening in June 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley and Dr Polidori met at Villa Diodati near lake Geneva. After a ghost story, Byron suggested they all write a</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/114182125627806200" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-03-08T12:34:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-03-14T20:16:56Z</modified> <created>2006-03-08T12:34:16Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/03/wallace-woo-with-while-work-which-is.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114182125627806200</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html">Wallace Woo? " With while the work which is thought being many, just the excellent work! It is foreboding of hit! In simplicity operation colorful action! Furthermore every reproducing one town roundly completely The mini- game and collection et cetera such as thing and 2 human simultaneous cooperation plays which are full With the ?, the child together, you think long in coming from now! The</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/114104647050270856" rel="service.edit" title="Flickr Cambridge 1" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-02-27T13:21:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-03-14T20:17:49Z</modified> <created>2006-02-27T13:21:10Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/flickr-cambridge-1.html" rel="alternate" title="Flickr Cambridge 1" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114104647050270856</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html">Flickr Cambridge 1

Flickr Cambridge 1, originally uploaded by peter2403. Peter's photo of me taking a photo of him at the first Cambridge Flickr meeting - at the Fort St George yesterdayTags: flickr, cambridge, fortstgeorge

false Howard 2006-02-25T11:24:27+00:00 2006-02-25T11:24:28Z 2006-02-25T11:24:27Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114086666785891566 penjual

penjual, originally uploaded by Farl. "The ordinary becomes exotic to first time visitors of Bali. In here, the bamboo wicker, the heavy weighing scale, the strange fruit, the traditional robes- all add to the allure. As a frequent visitor to this magical place, I find Bali special for their way of life, on how they manage to keep the old and imbibe the new.Farl's photos give us a virtual

false Howard 2006-02-24T23:03:55+00:00 2006-02-24T23:03:55Z 2006-02-24T23:03:55Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114082223576161868 Old Rocker

Old Rocker, originally uploaded by notarivs. Black-and white street photos from Barcelona are only one style from Notarivs' work - go and have a look at some of his other photos in his stream

false Howard 2006-02-23T17:52:40+00:00 2006-02-23T17:52:40Z 2006-02-23T17:52:40Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114071716010438045 Noa

Noa, originally uploaded by carpeicthus. An excellent photo (as usual) from Ryan Brenizer, a New York photojournalist.

false Howard 2006-02-22T18:25:41+00:00 2006-02-22T18:25:41Z 2006-02-22T18:25:41Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114063274168152422 b l o k e s. . .XXXII

b l o k e s. . .XXXII, originally uploaded by dR. . .. Here's an example of dR...'s amazing style of (mostly B&W) children's portraits.

false Howard 2006-02-21T21:35:00+00:00 2006-03-14T20:19:26Z 2006-02-21T21:35:34Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114055773495055983 <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html">The Seven Basic Plots I'm about three-quarters of the way through Christopher Booker's "The Seven Basic Plots: why we tell stories" I never liked English Literature as a subject at school, but since then I've come to love mythology and fantasy fiction. The idea of Storytelling has some small relevance to my work as well. In the first part of the book, Christopher Booker explains his idea of the</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/114055693471305300" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <link href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hchalkley/" rel="related" title="" type="text/html"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-02-21T21:22:00+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-04-02T10:19:11Z</modified> <created>2006-02-21T21:22:14Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/photos-on-this-blog-when-i-started.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114055693471305300</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.html">Photos on this Blog When I started writing this blog I intended it to be notes about programming and software engineering, but I found that the level of confidentiality in my work means that I find it difficult to find anything I can safely write about. Since becoming more involved in photography, I decided to post some of my favourite photos from contacts on flickr. This serves a couple of</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/3376772/114055603137087471" rel="service.edit" title="The circle of life moves us all" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Howard</name> </author> <issued>2006-02-21T21:07:11+00:00</issued> <modified>2006-02-21T21:07:11Z</modified> <created>2006-02-21T21:07:11Z</created> <link href="http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/circle-of-life-moves-us-all.html" rel="alternate" title="The circle of life moves us all" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114055603137087471</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html">The circle of life moves us all

The circle of life moves us all, originally uploaded by neloqua. It's summer right now in Brazil, and Neloqua's colourful photos bring some much-wanted sunshine in February (and all year round!)

false Howard 2006-02-19T16:29:37+00:00 2006-02-19T16:29:37Z 2006-02-19T16:29:37Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114036657767659832 A rare smile

100_0353, originally uploaded by EAFAUPEL. My friend Elizabeth has just joined up to Flickr, and ahs posted a few photos from our skiing holiday last week. Here's a rare shot of Duncan's teeth!

false Howard 2006-02-16T16:50:59+00:00 2006-02-16T16:50:59Z 2006-02-16T16:50:59Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114010865964761208 The Forbidden Room

The Forbidden Room, originally uploaded by Mattijn. Dutch artist Mattijn has created a fascinating nightmare sequence of images: follow the sequence here

false Howard 2006-02-15T17:33:52+00:00 2006-02-15T17:33:52Z 2006-02-15T17:33:52Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-114002483230453251 Morning colors

Morning colors, originally uploaded by JoLoLog. An amazing desert landscape from Lorien & Joe (nspiration Point, Bryce Canyon Nationa Park Utah, USA)

false Howard 2006-02-14T17:52:21+00:00 2006-02-14T17:52:21Z 2006-02-14T17:52:21Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376772.post-113993954123894011 Nidderdale

Nidderdale, originally uploaded by hchalkley. One of my own photos, for a change - this has gained 1500+ views and 38 favourites in just two weeks. It's a (fairly heavily) processed version of a snap taken in Yorkshire last August. I wrote up the technique on the 2 minute photoshoip tricks wiki.

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