Battle of Britain
Published November 25, 2008 | 
On June 18th, 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill made his famous quote, “”The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin.” The German plan was simple. Since they felt there was no good way to perform an amphibious assault on Britain, they would use their superior air power to beat the Brits into submission. Of course by September of 1940 they realized they had more than met their match. After being beaten back by the RAF which had less than half the number of planes and even fewer good pilots, Hitler postponed the invasion of Britain indefinitely. It was over these few late summer months where the RAF and the Supermarine Spitfire became something of a legend. Continue reading
Eastern Horizons Trailer
Published November 25, 2008 | Here’s the new Eastern Horizons Trailer. Preorder date is February 14th.
To keep up to date with all the Eastern Horizons news
head over to Bryan Smith’s EH blog at http://reelwaterproductions.com/eastern-horizons/
T4 Widescreen Clip
Published September 27, 2008 | 12mg video may take a few moments to load. Click the “play” button once the video loads to black screen.
You may have already watched the new This Is The Sea 4 promo clips over at CackleTV.com but here’s a little treat. Justine Curgenven has kindly allowed me to share with you guys a higher resolution, widescreen version here at Quix. I think the bit of extra wait for the download is worth it.
viddy this. . .
Published September 18, 2008 | 
Blue, blue, electric blue
That’s the colour of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue
- bowie
Happiness is a clean desktop. . . if only momentarily. After hours days and weeks of zipping emails back and forth Justine and I were able to finalize the cover for her new DVD, “This is the Sea 4″ which will be released in just a few weeks. Designing a DVD cover is really a pretty crazy process, sort of like putting a 1000 piece puzzle together on the living room floor. You gather all the bits together and then figure out how they all go together, while at the same time trying to keep some consistency within the series, all while telling a bit of a story along the way. It’s something I do enjoy about graphic art; You are given a blank frame or blank screen, some general ideas and set loose on a path of discovery. The thing I fret about is doing justice to the all of Justine’s months of work contained on the inside.
Tricky, Touchy & Skunked
Published September 11, 2008 | 
From the mailbag comes an advert from SWA. Small World Adventures tells us that they wrote the book on kayaking in Ecuador. . (No, actually they did) Apparently they have a few spots open on their November itinerary. Never having heard of Small World Adventures I clicked the link through to their website. “Whitewater!. . . oh.” I could feel that weird out-of-oxigen sensation in my chest. Class 1V+/Class V-. Yikes! I was just about to bail out when I saw the heading. . “Not Convinced?” I thought, “nope.” and clicked. . .
Right there under “We Know the Good Spots” was this. . . “It can be tricky picking the right run when the water levels get touchy. Don’t sweat the high water, we’ll help you not get skunked.” “Tricky”!?, “Touchy”!??. . . “Skunked”!??? I found myself looking for the next “still not convinced?” button. I kept having visions of Adriene Levknecht dropping into a giant caldron of white froth. . But then I found the lodging page. Suddenly I was thinking I could just hang out there with Eduardo & Lily. I could spend quiet days weeding gardens or pealing potatos while we prepared for the brave adventurers’s return. In the evenings I could sit in a corner nursing a beer while listening to paddlers share stories of near death experiences and use words like “Tricky”, “Touchy”, & “Skunked”. Now of course if you’re really into whitewater you may want to check them out. (As for me, anything over class III and I’ll just watch from shore.)
Here’s an interesting look at Kayaking in Ecuador from Canoe & Kayak Magazine.
You’re sick of feeling numb
You’re not the only one
I’ll take you by the hand
And I’ll show you a world that you can understand
- three days grace
Symbology is a term which refers to the study of symbols and how they affect us culturally. It’s certainly been proven without a doubt that we humans can be amazingly enslaved by symbols. Images tend to stroke our need for a quick understanding of our environment. Flags, teams, icons, colors, almost anything can inspire loyalty or hatred simply by how we interpret them. Once defined most of us will never look back. “A picture is worth a thousand words. . “, “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. . .”, you know the jargon. Continue reading →