https://anorthernman.netlify.app/ The working notebook of Craig Stanley — writing, pictures, video and spoken word, music, experiments, and a directory of interesting things. en-gb https://anorthernman.netlify.app/blog/six-drawers/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/blog/six-drawers/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why this site is six sections and not a feed. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/music/tape-loop-for-a-slow-morning/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/music/tape-loop-for-a-slow-morning/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The wobble is the broken deck, not a plug-in. Left in. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/labs/field-checker/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/labs/field-checker/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A script that walks every rendered page and checks real computed text colours against real backgrounds. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/images/tyne-in-fog/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/images/tyne-in-fog/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Shot on the way to a job that got cancelled while I was standing there. Better morning for it. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/blog/labelling-the-wrong-turns/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/blog/labelling-the-wrong-turns/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Keeping the mistakes, marked, rather than quietly deleting them. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/directory/a-pattern-language/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/directory/a-pattern-language/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kept for the structure as much as the content: 253 numbered patterns, each one stating plainly how sure the authors are that it is right. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/video/notes-on-working-slowly/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/video/notes-on-working-slowly/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A short talk given to a room of about forty people, most of whom were in a hurry. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/music/north/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/music/north/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Six voices, each drifting slightly out of tune with the others. It never repeats and it never quite resolves. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/blog/one-red-used-loud/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/blog/one-red-used-loud/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT What red is for, and what it is not for. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/images/contact-sheet-no-3/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/images/contact-sheet-no-3/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kept because the ratio is the honest part. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/video/reading-the-long-form/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/video/reading-the-long-form/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Reading an unpublished piece aloud to find out where the sentences break. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/labs/drag-physics-sketch/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/labs/drag-physics-sketch/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Throwable panels with momentum and friction. Fun, and not obviously useful. https://anorthernman.netlify.app/directory/the-whole-earth-catalog/ https://anorthernman.netlify.app/directory/the-whole-earth-catalog/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every entry has a price, a supplier, and a paragraph of somebody's actual opinion. No entry is there because it filled a gap.