September 2010
Quote of the month: "We live in a software world where every aspect
of our lives has an app, an option, a menu, a mouse, a button or a wi-fi,
gesture-based, motion controlled nunchuk." (Audio
Technology magazine, July 2010, p56, Mike Stavrou)
June 2010
'... it is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used.
It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively
it is arranged.' (Envisioning
Information, Edward R. Tufte)
March 2010
On 10 Mar 2010, the Asian elephant 'Mr Shuffles ' (Pathi Harn) was born
at Taronga Zoo in Australia http://babyelephant.taronga.org.au
...
My illustrations called Little
Elephants Raiding the Village and Boy
Capturing the Little Elephant – which accompanied a story that
I co-wrote – were inspired by little guys like 'Mr Shuffles' and
his cousin Luk Chai.
February 2010
Reviewing Understanding
Comics by Scott McCloud, after having read it a number of years
ago, reminded me of how it (amongst other artists/books) influenced
this project (note: only excerpts
of the project are available).
January 2010
Finally uploaded new shots to the web.
December 2009
No flowers to be seen.
November 2009
Scanned lots of shots of flowers and posted a few to the web.
October 2009
Took more shots of flowers with a macro lens.
September 2009
Took lots of shots of flowers with a macro lens.
August 2009
Updated index and photography sections (Flowers
01 and Flowers 02).
July 2009
Swine. Flew?
June 2009
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May 2009
May. Nothing to say.
April 2009
Almost time for a front page rejig!
March 2009 –
I entered a drawing in the Koko Black Drawing
Competition 2009. It was fun to meet the brief, and I really enjoyed
incorporating an Aztec and chocolate flavour (pun intended) into my
entry. European chocolate still rocks.
February 2009 –
Bushfires in Australia. Donate to: www.wildlifevictoria.org.au
and
www.rspcavic.org
03 January 09 –
Uploaded first tile
image ... the first picture for 2009 and a departure from photography
(time to pull out the paintbrushes).
01 December 08 –
Scanners. Film. Single Lens Reflex camera. How about starting the (semi-)
Slow Photography Movement?
15 November 08 –
Image of the month updated late. Why? The perils of film ... (hunting
things to photograph in order to use up the roll).
11 October 08
Good news everyone. You can now purchase select cards, prints and posters
at: http://www.redbubble.com/people/melissaholland
06 October 08
Image uploaded late. Why? Spring sun, Spring electrical storms and Spring
cleaning (happily) interrupted computery stuff.
31 August 08
September image loaded 1 hour ahead of schedule. Also, currently preparing
select photographs for sale on RedBubble – they have been popular
as gifts, so it will be interesting to see how people in the ether take
to them.
01 August 08
July's image has been eclipsed by the new image. Some shots have been
scanned for RedBubble.
02 July 08
So far, so good. Image of the Month uploaded on time and to budget for
two months in a row.
11 May 08
An even better day. This site went live.
08 May 08
A good day. Uploaded music
to MySpace.