The Geecologist

The Power Of Geography

The Power Of Geography

Oct 22, 2022 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 2 comments

The political union of 1707 had been preceded by a natural one over 400 million years earlier. England was attached to a small continent called Avalonia, drifting northwards across the ocean. At the same time, several thousand kilometres away, Scotland was heading...
The Castle of Crossed Destinies

The Castle of Crossed Destinies

Oct 16, 2016 | Fiction | 0 comments

There was also a time when, wandering through museums, I would stop to face and question the Saint Georges and their dragons. The paintings of Saint George have this virtue: you can tell the painter was pleased to have to paint a Saint George. Because Saint George can...
What killed the Neanderthals?

What killed the Neanderthals?

Dec 30, 2014 | Featured, Geekery, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

Credits to Luke Mitchell, published as Our Earth Has Endured Five Mass Extinctions: Here Comes The Sixth in Adbusters. In 1739, Captain Charles Le Moyne was marching four hundred French and Indian troops down the Ohio River when he came across a sulphurous marsh...
Joyful Noise Recordings

Joyful Noise Recordings

Nov 18, 2012 | 2012, 2013, 2014, Toons | 0 comments

Joyful Noise Recordings. Joyful Noise Recordings. Need I say more? Alright, so I’ll give it a shot. I’ve always been aware that some record labels are pretty good and clearly run by people with similar (and therefore obviously excellent) taste in music to...
Hugs for Monsters IE6 messages

Hugs for Monsters IE6 messages

Feb 18, 2010 | Geekery | 0 comments

I imagine the fame Joe of Hugs for Monsters fame has garnered from these IE6 splash pages is probably doing his head in a bit by now (sorry Joe!) The problem is, he said what sooo many webbies were thinking and put it so succinctly. As I can’t find them on...