mugwumpian mumbles

digging through the stacks

mugwump — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:26:09 +0000

Inspired by the internet, I’ve started making a point of looking for closely sequential photos at thrift and antique stores. The above is from my first find. Related posts:At the intersection of nostalgia and insincerity there was only pretention the ravages of pride livejournal gave me just what I wanted for x-mas Related posts:

Another gif(t) for you

mugwump — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:19:29 +0000

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John Gif Kennedy

mugwump — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:23:47 +0000

I think gifs are really able to bring life to old photographs.

I communicate solely via gifs

mugwump — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:41:18 +0000

A newfound love of gifs

I searched the news today, oh boy

mugwump — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:13:51 +0000

This is my legacy, as told by the Duluth News Tribune.

Random self-googling…

mugwump — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:49:11 +0000

Lead to an article about the Visible Means exhibition I was part of last year in Duluth. Here’s how I was described: “young Duluth painter Topher McCulloch’s funny gender-interrogating images” Awesome. Related posts:Visible Means opens in Duluth Art Attack I don't know how to tell you this, but… Related posts:

meme meme

mugwump — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:23:44 +0000

* Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.

* No captions. It must be like we’re speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.

* They must ALREADY be on your hard drive – no googling or flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you’ve saved there because it resonated with you for some reason.

* You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don’t want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like.

An entire life spent searching for stock photography

mugwump — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:38:43 +0000

t-minus three days

mugwump — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:04:25 +0000

chicago skyline

On Thursday I will have been in Chicago for one year. After a most rigorous job search, I have finally landed a job that is something akin to stable. It makes me quite happy. Now I just need make sure to stay on top of my outside art and creative output. And also some of that freelance business.

And then the next week I turn 24 and celebrate my three year anniversary with Matt. Ah. Adult life. I should find a focus for this big bloggy mess here.

The dance continues!

mugwump — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:42:45 +0000

Phase one of the reorganization is complete. Phase one is an interim phase. Accept no substitute. Supplies are limited. I have unified the design of MyrthCo and laid it onto a 960px 12 column grid, courtesy of the 960 Grid System. It’s a lot like Blueprint, but with a lot less (fewer? grammar!) options (i.e. columns).

I say this is interim because while I brought my portfolio pages over the new style, they will eventually be cleaned up even more and moved to tophermcculloch.com. I’m going to move away from the thumbnail/lightbox configuration in favor of straight up large images. More scrolling, less clicking. I’ll also have fewer examples but will discuss each more in depth. The new portfolio will be focused more on quality, less on quantity. Retooling my presentation is a big part of the next portfolio phase.

With the portfolioness moving to a new domain, MyrthCo will become more of an experimental playground. It’s still going to be my hub, which is why I’m keeping the SweetCron aggregate thing on the front page. I’ll start feeding more blog posts into it, and the new portfolio site will also be blog based. Whenever I post a new project, it’ll automagically be thumbnailed and tagged into the MyrthCoverse. I’m also going to reformat the blog that is associated with MyrthCo. It’s going to pool all my old deajournal and livejournal posts. It’s going to be an overly revealing memoir in process. As I work my way through the archives, I’ll edit entires and remove the most revealing. It’s a race to find the blackmail material!

This was rambly. Anywho, I’ve not tested the new design across all browsers and the CSS is still in progress. Let me know if you see weirdness. I’ll be tweaking as time progresses. Oh! And one of the ideas behind using the grid for the site is to use the same grid for all my sites, but make it modular so things look vaguely related but not the same.