WSET Level 2 Award in Wines
After a bit of a break I jumped back into the WSET wine course and secured my level 2 award. I’d decided that I probably wouldn’t pursue the level 3…
Continue readingAurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country?!
A quick weekend away saw us head to Bowral, a town I’d never actually visited. I put this down to my lack of interest in cricket and not being a…
Continue readingAdditional Scenes Behind The Scenes
Jim Clark has put together a short video showing parts of the development of the Curse of Monkey Island scenes we have put together over the past year – if…
Continue readingPuerto Pollo at Dawn
Jim Clark and I have just released a shiny new Monkey Island Ambience track. This one was inspired by a small piece of concept art found in the CMI manual….
Continue reading2 Years of Cooking With BuzzMoo
Last night we celebrated two years of “Cooking With BuzzMoo” on Twitch. In some ways it feels like much longer than that. And I still wonder what I’m actually doing…
Continue readingKurt Schwitters Midjourney
I’m not an art scientist but it seems to me that Kurt Schwitters would have had something to say about AI generative art. He saw machines as “abstractions of human…
Continue readingEnchanted Lands – Volume 3
The long awaited third installment of Enchanted Lands has been released. It’s an ambient tapestry of tone and texture, exploring themes both old and new. You should definitely check it…
Continue readingBroulee Briefly
We had the opportunity to take a week off and decided to head to Broulee prior to the Easter and school holiday rush. I hadn’t been down there for quite…
Continue readingMore tomatoes? Yes please.
It’s been a weird season in the garden. My tomatoes performed poorly. So poor in fact that I basically gave up on them half-way through. Other gardening-inclined friends of mine…
Continue readingYour Tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker!
The Icefall Plains on Hoth has seen a surprising amount of visitors despite the inhospitable environment. The bitter cold as tested the resolve of Imperial and Republic forces alike…
Continue readingStarWars Ambience – Jawa Workshop
Somewhere past the Jundland Wastes, a Jawa community has established a semi-permanent settlement. Homes, markets and a large workshop mark an area of territory that is relatively safe from Tusken…
Continue readingDo Androids Dream of Dinner?
After the success with our first ChatGPT recipes, I went all-in on the concept and ended up putting together a little eCookbook. It’s now available on Amazon in Kindle format….
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