Friday, 28 October 2011

Song of Storms - Music Box style


My brother gave me a music box kit for my birthday, which allows you to make your own melodies. You punch these little holes in a strip of card paper to make the notes, then pull it through the box with a little crank to play it... Which made me a balding musician with a crank-powered musical contraption...

Sort of like this guy. (err, nevermind... The clip has been removed from Youtube.)

At least, that's the first song that came to mind when thinking of something to make for it. So here it is - my first experiment with a music box - The Song of Storms, from Ocarina of Time. I swear it started raining as soon as I was done making this.

Hope you like it! There'll be more coming soon.

Friday, 14 October 2011

Being Sirious.

I am very disappoint.

You know what's disappointing? Waiting for months out of contract with a dying old phone, only to find that the "killer device" you've been waiting on is little more than a minor update to last year's tech - and that the competition already released a more powerful phone half a year ago.

Ironically the coolest feature of the device is a piece of software called Siri - but it's also the one that will make you look like the biggest tool as you argue with it over when to schedule your meetings.

Apple, you had a chance to win me over and you blew it, man.