Pete Hindle

I set myself a few goals regarding blogging after I got back on my feet. One of those was that I wanted to write more, and to write intelligently about topics that I find interesting, such as the uses of technology and science fiction. So far I’ve almost been keeping to a schedule.
What really slows me [...]

This is a small amusement (it’s not a game, it’s too stupid) where you click the mouse to make something happen. This stems from Jamie asking us how we could make the exercise of drawing a five-pointed pentagram ‘more evil’. Actually, correct me if I’m wrong, but I do believe that (in the West) the [...]

Recently, I had a meeting with both my supervisors and the two lecturers who run my course. This slightly-scary meeting was labelled in my diary as “super supervisory meeting”. These are my notes from that meeting.
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I’d like to say I’m looking forward to it, but it’s an unashamed truism in my family that we look gift horses in the mouth. In fact, we’d look any form of gift animal in the mouth, because animal dentistry is expensive. They just don’t see the positive sides.
Back when I had a tv, I [...]

This blog entry might not look like a lot, but there is a fair amount of words to chew through in the linked files.

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These files relate to the ongoing work of Unnamed Laboratory, and to my coursework within the Digital Media unit. As such, they are here as much for reference as for reading. If [...]

As part of my research, I’ve been maintaining a list of Hackerspaces, Medialabs, and other related initiatives. But the problem of storing the data about them is one of storing it in a useful manner – how can I create a relational database of my research?
Thankfully, I have two database experts on hand. My parents [...]

I’m going to take a break from my review-writing and talk about some history.  About three years ago (2005), around this time of year (January), I had an interview for the UK’s highest educational establishment, the Royal College of Arts.
Back then, I was really interested in making interactive art pieces. In some ways, I still [...]