And this is part of why I love Melbourne

MÖBIUS from ENESS on Vimeo.

Stop-Motion Sculpture of the Day: “MÖBIUS” by award-winning Melbourne-based art and design practice ENESS is a “collaborative stop-motion sculpture” made up of 21 variously sized triangles.

ENESS elaborates:

MÖBIUS is a sculpture that can be configured into many cyclical patterns and behave as though it is eating itself, whilst sinking into the ground. The result is an optical illusion and a time-lapse of people interacting with the sculpture and moving through Melbourne’s landmark location throughout the day.

Filmed in and around Melbourne’s Federation Square.

(nicked from epic_wins)

Fanfiction meme days 23 and 24 , and something else.

The wonderful rivertempest pointed me at this animation, the "Prince's Story". Be warned - it's a four-hanky job.

*sniff* *sniff* *Iamnotasymp*

Ahem.

Back to the serious stuff.

23 – When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?

I mainly post to the Pit of Voles, although they have ratings restrictions, and while some people tend to ignore them, I wouldn't post my darkest fic there. The Petulant Poetess is another I will post more at. Stories posted there have to be edited by their people for grammar, canon, etc, and they're really tough about it, and that makes me feel inadequate so I've not put as many there as I should. But I fully acknowledge that my writing could do with the improvement, so I will put the sshg_exchange piece there. Which nicely leads to the next bit:

24 – Betaing – How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?

My dear husband is my main Beta, and thank goodness for that or a half a chapter would have been missing from the last one. Very short stuff I tend not to get anyone to check, because I can guarantee that as soon as it's up, all the errors will dance wildly about and yell at me to fix them :-)

AS to horror or dream, no, luckily. I've beta'd one for last year's LBB, and while there were mistakes, it was more because the author wasn't writing in English, and there weren't many. Less than mine, in fact. I've never beta'd anything that was written with terrible grammar, although I have beta'd a couple where the story itself wasn't great (trite dialogue, cliched scenes, just not engaging). My main trouble with that is it's often hard for me to pick why the story isn't working.

( All the questions behind the cut so that you don't get bored - but you can find them when you want them. )

And in other news, John Wood has died.

The English actor had one of those deep, slow voices that was made for villains. In Ladyhawke he was the evil Bishop. In War Games he was Stephen Falken, creator of the machine. And in Lady Jane he was Lord Dudley, who changed like the wind to keep in power.

But in Chocolat, he played Guillaume Blerot in a sweet and lovely romantic role, wooing Lesley Caron's aging widow. He was tender and caring, and so lovely.