tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306101172024-02-19T07:44:56.755+00:00excess memorymick stathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524127934838519796noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610117.post-6574414342664943592011-07-02T08:39:00.000+01:002011-07-02T08:39:25.893+01:00Blog has now movedI haven't used this blogger account for some time but I've recently become aware that folks are still visiting from time to time. If you'd like to see what I'm upto these days please go over to my new blog home at:<br />
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<b><i>http://blog.mickstatham.com</i></b><br />
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I'll see you there.mick stathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524127934838519796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610117.post-40998559893637481562010-09-16T17:31:00.002+01:002010-09-20T19:19:36.635+01:00Ch,ch,ch, changes<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For a while now I've been using Tumblr as a host for a couple of my other blogs, </span><a href="http://lunchtimelens.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lunchtime Lens</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://pickt.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pickt</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, and I have decided that the time is right to move Excess Memory over there also.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess that the reason most people keep a blog is so that they can have it read by as many folks as possible. And that's my problem. I don't really think that many people, if indeed any, stop by EM. And this lack of readership makes my efforts seem pointless. Yes, I enjoy writing these posts and for the most part, I'm primarily writing them for my own entertainment. But a little encouragement would be nice. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Tumblr blogs, on the other hand, have a healthy following which provides a great incentive to carry on with them (and a great ego boost too). Which is why, over the next couple of weeks Excess Memory will be moved over to </span><a href="http://excessmemory.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://excessmemory.tumblr.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> where, I hope, more readers will find my work.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, for those that do read this blog, please check over at:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">where EM will be making it's new home over the next few weeks.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Goodbye Blogger, it's been emotional.</span></div>mick stathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524127934838519796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610117.post-10152842882938572722010-09-12T06:00:00.000+01:002010-09-12T06:00:01.943+01:00Memento<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">M//009</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/12273190">TELEPHONEME | MK12</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/emkaytwelve">MK12</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.mick stathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524127934838519796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610117.post-81527641430407724032010-09-08T06:00:00.003+01:002010-09-08T06:00:00.574+01:00Follow that mouse<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm probably the last man to the party, as usual, but having found this great little application I'm completely hooked. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://iographica.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IOGraphica</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> visually records the paths and clicks of your mouse as you work creating unique results every time you use it. See for your self. These are just a few of my creations from the last couple of days.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 hour thirty minutes mouse activity.</span></div>mick stathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524127934838519796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610117.post-5294758399536238742010-09-05T20:10:00.000+01:002010-09-05T20:10:25.930+01:00Drum roll please...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so the revamp of my portfolio web site, </span><a href="http://www.mickstatham.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.mickstatham.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, is finally finished. After what seems like an absolute age, all the pages, links, images and waffling have come together to complete a shiny new, minimal, gridy site. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not an HTML coder or a professional web site designer, that's why I use </span><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/?promoid=BPDEC"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dreamweaver</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, a great program once owned by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Macromedia</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but now part of the </span><a href="http://www.adobe.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adobe</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> family. That said, I'd like to think that I know my way around when it comes to being able to tweak Dreamweavers code when necessary. For instance, as the art page contains rollovers which don't operate on mobile devices, I slipped in an extra line of code to allow mobile devices using iOS, Android etc. to go to a different page that doesn't use the rollover effect. I've also had the Devils own job getting the site to behave in IE8, Safari and Google Chrome. IE8 seems to interpret HTML in peculiar ways but, in the end, I managed to tame it (unless you know different).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Above all I wanted this version of the site (which I believe is now version 5.0) to be simple. This time around it's just about the art and on this version, the photography. Everything is designed around a grid layout which makes it look crisp and hopefully will give the site a longevity so that any redesign will not now be needed for some considerable time.</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Through this project, photography is quickly becoming a minor passion. And, as with my print work, it's also something that I like to share. With that in mind I've compiled a small book, predictably titled 'Lunchtime Lens vol.1 - the photography of Micheal Statham' which is a collection of some of the best images from LtL so far. It's a 40 page soft cover book containing both colour and black and white samples of my work and sells for £14.95 (which is about €22 or $27) plus p&p.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If anyone is interested and would like a copy please click <a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1536699">here to buy</a>. </span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Single Man, based on the book of the same name by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Isherwood">Christopher Isherwood</a>, is set in paranoia fuelled days of the Cuban missile crisis during 1962. George Falconer (Colin Firth) is an expat English professor, now living in Los Angeles, who is struggling to come to terms with the loss of his partner. The weight of Falconers unbearable sadness permeates the entire film. I say that like it's a bad thing, but it isn't. There's no doubt from the viewers perspective that Falconer intends to end his loneliness by taking his own life. This opinion might be reached from witnessing his interaction with those around him. Perhaps it's because he appears to be getting his affairs in order. Or perhaps it's that he buys bullets for his old revolver. Yes, that would be the give away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But his attempts to shoot himself are thwarted by his obsessive compulsiveness, a scene which adds a little light heartiness to the melancholy. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the day unfolds (the story unfolds over a 24 hour period) we see falconer's interaction with others. Carlos, a Spanish prostitute, Kenny, one of Falconers students and Charley an ex lover and confidant played by Julianne Moore. By the end of that day, you get the impression that suicide might now be the second, if not the last thing on Falconers mind. Unfortunately the fates have other plans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perfectly cast, perfectly paced and perfectly adapted from the source. I urge you to see this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and Colin Firth dances only marginally better than he sings.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really don't know if I'm any good when it comes to taking photographs. I just know what I like. Following on from my <a href="http://lunchtimelens.tumblr.com/">Lunchtime Lens</a> project I found an instant gratification in taking 'snaps', something which I've not felt, creatively, for some time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and I'm considering cobbling together some kind of print on demand photo book, you know, just in case...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This weekend, Helen and myself will be attending the wedding of one of her work colleagues. It'll be an all day affair of hobnobbing with folks which we don't really know that well and it will culminate with Helen dragging a reluctant moi onto the dance floor. Oh, the embarrassment. But, I digress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Helen has been prepared for weeks, outfit ready and looking gorgeous as ever. I, on the other hand, rarely look gorgeous in anything. But the effort and intention is always there. This time I'll be sporting a medium grey suit, white shirt and dark grey, slim tie. I'll be doing all I can not to show up my beloved, at least in the couture stakes at any rate. With a bit of luck I might even give Don a run for his money.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does anyone know where I could acquire some charm at this late stage?</span></div>mick stathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524127934838519796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610117.post-51212956512944841192010-08-13T06:00:00.000+01:002010-08-13T06:00:01.460+01:00Memento<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">M//007</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, for the rest of us, there is help at hand. </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.thelogoclinic.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Logo Clinic</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is a <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> based site run by Graham Smith of </span><a href="http://imjustcreative.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">imjustcreative</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Graham is a U.K. based designer who:</span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://imjustcreative.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"is a freelance logo and identity designer with over 25 years experience in graphic design, reprographics, advertising, marketing, commercial print, typography and photography".</span></a></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so Graham knows his stuff and, if you're stuggling with your design, he is willing to cast an eye over your logo and perhaps you'll just be lucky enough to be given his expert advice.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you youngsters who have no idea what I'm referring to try <a href="http://thingstolookat.blogspot.com/2007/04/letraset-catalogue.html">this</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letraset">this</a> and <a href="http://www.ofolio.co.uk/?p=146">this</a>.</span></div>mick stathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524127934838519796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610117.post-59041305704657676092010-07-19T12:39:00.003+01:002010-07-19T22:15:40.311+01:00The new me<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For a couple of weeks I've been busily re-working my </span><a href="http://www.mickstatham.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">portfolio site</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. It's current incarnation is clunky and has a very 'I've got a copy of Dreamweaver and I'm going to use it' look about it. Time for a change. Time for a crisp, minimal, grid based design. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is a link to <a href="http://giam.typepad.com/the_branding_of_polaroid_/2010/04/my-product-identity-and-design-for-polaroid-19571977.html">'The Branding of Polaroid' </a>from <a href="http://giam.typepad.com/">Paul Giambarda's</a> blog. Paul was the brains behind the Polaroid branding way back in 1958. He's also a great photographer.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right, I'm all Polaroided out.</span></div>mick stathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524127934838519796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610117.post-90360762473047907362010-07-06T17:27:00.009+01:002010-08-12T10:31:58.350+01:00Click here for instant results.<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the past five months or so, I've been using my 30 minutes lunch break from the day job to snap a few photo's with my trusty iPhone. After a bit of messing around, accidental deletion and subsequent cursing, I post these on my photo blog, </span><a href="http://lunchtimelens.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lunchtime Lens</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. This is an exercise that serves two purposes; to get me out of that damn office and to help toward developing my obsessive collectors mentality.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One day, some time around the beginning of the 70's, my father bought home what was then the latest in photography tech. The 'Polaroid Swinger' (that's its name, not it's lifestyle choice). This was the first affordable instant camera to hit Britain. I'm not sure of the price but from research it would appear to have been about £9 ($19) and it was actually made on home soil. Oh, and it was only black and white, which today would be great for those grainy, moody shots.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, just like some entry level technology today, it was fiddly to use and temperamental. You couldn't leave the house with out a bag full of new film as it only shot ten or twelve pictures per pack. Walking along a sandy beach with this hanging by it's carrying strap was like having a brick swinging from your wrist. The pleasure came from the moment that you ripped the newly taken snap from the back of the 'Swinger' and waited those tantalising 30 seconds until you could peal the backing from the photo to reveal...that you'd cut of your mums head and wasted another exposure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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