space • time • tech
- The small, real, original webThe ‘small’ web, the ‘slow’ web, or the ‘indie’ web – the non corporate, original style internet we knew and loved in the 90s and early 2000s (people just writing blogs and making their own websites) before corporations and algorithms seemed to move in and take everything over (Facebook, Twitter, etc), is still out there […]
- The importance of owning physical (and digital) media when possibleI wrote some about the continued popularity of physical media here in 2024, but I wanted to do one more post on it this year, to also feature some other formats, history, tips and tricks, and outright advantages of owning your own stuff. A quick note about some of the websites I’ll be linking to […]
Hails and Ales
- I did in fact buy a journalI wrote here the other day that as much as I liked documenting thoughts here on the blog, as well as the shorter thoughts and stupid things that pop into...
- Weekly release roundup (28/08/2026)Sorry this one is a little later. I completely lost track of the days. However, it’s now time to dive in to this week’s metal releases. Hails! Torturous Inception -...
1001 Other Albums
- A call for Dolly tributes for a collective Fedi postAll flags are flying at half-mast here at 1001 OA, in honour of our beloved Dolly Parton. We have Dolly’s 1974 album Jolene on The List and hadn’t yet gotten to it on the blog, but now… Dolly was such a force that I feel it’s inadequate to spotlight the album/her with just my own […]
- Alice Deejay – Who Needs Guitars Anyway? (2000, Netherlands)A spotlight on the single studio album from Eurodance project Alice Deejay, featuring a handful of young Dutch DJs and Judy (Judith Anna Pronk) on vocals.
der thomas
- Albums of my life: 1993AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAHA! The year is 1993 and I was still in Volksschule (elementary school). My main musical influences were Queen, David Hasselhoff, EAV and Jazz Gitti. Other than that, 1993 was a bit dire when it comes to albums that are very important to me, but let's see. Honourable mentionsCarcass - Heartwork is of course an […]
- Albums of my life: 1992Hey, kids, rock'n'roll. In this blog entry I will discuss my most important albums of 1992. Tick-tock, tick-tock. As alwas, let's start with... Honourable mentions Alics in Chains - Dirt - I tried so many times to get into AiC and especially this album and I always failed. I had to turn 41 to finally […]
The Reed and Pickup
- More thoughts on photo sharingIn my last post I tried to express my disillusionment with sharing photos online in the Enslopocene (the period in history where soulless tech bros have taught their fancy autocomplete to create slop). The trouble is, that sounded quite defeatist and I don’t think we humans should take this lying down. We need to keep […]
- PhotographyI’ve never been too far from a camera. Ever since my parents gave me a Miranda Sharpshooter for Christmas at the age of 8, I’ve had a succession of different cameras. As I reached my late 20s and early 30s, photography as a hobby became a much bigger part of my life. I completed a […]