Ross Churchley

Recent photos

A pair of blue and silver trains travel along a curved elevated railway track.

An empty subway tunnel extends into the distance. The closest part of the tunnel is illuminated by a blue LED or a blacklight. The rest of the tunnel has white lights spaced at intervals.

Raindrops streak down a window, obscuring a view of the train tracks ahead. The light suggests that the sun may be setting soon in clearer skies to the right of frame.

A subway train is stopped at a platform. Red lights mark the edge of the platform, and the elliptical ceiling is half-illuminated.

A model train on an elevated track passes a green signal light.

Spacious seats in the interior of an original 1960s bullet train.

Recent blog posts

Five round stars in pink, blue, green, yellow, and purple, arranged in a rough line under the word "glimmerized!"

Glimmerized

A colour palette for my projects

Lots of Bluesky butterfly logos arranged in a grid and fading in from top to bottom. The first row of seven butterflies are labeled 140; the second fourteen butterflies are labeled 280; the last two rows of 15 butterflies are labeled 300.

The 300-character spike

An analysis of Bluesky post lengths

A fountain topped with a cloud and a sword, but which could also be viewed as some sort of cute gremlin

Gee, that's random: Japan

A collection of curiosities from our trip

Freshly painted origami paper of various colours hang to dry

Origami museum

Photos of a paper-dye workshop

A Japanese sign attached to a telephone pole points to a fire hydrant below

Japanese fire infrastructure

The hydrants are underground

A plastic box adorned with a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

Hanafuda

The original Nintendo game

Recent crafts

A brightly-coloured painting depicting a distant mountain under a purple, red, and pink sky.

A seagull in blue ink stamped on top of a watercolour wash suggestive of a cloudy sky

Calligraphy describing U+0294 LATIN LETTER GLOTTAL STOP

A pink, purple, and blue flower screen printed onto paper.

A watercolour painting of a blue sky, purple mountains, green foothills, and a blue river flowing towards the viewer

Calligraphy describing U+0026 AMPERSAND

Recent notes

Are irrationals unreasonable?

The ancient Greek word for "irrational number" is hard to translate

T.T.T.

Poem by Piet Hein

Code

Book by Charles Petzold

Tea if by sea

Each language drinks "tea" or "cha" depending on ancient supply lines

Five o'clock melodies

Japan's pleasant emergency alert tests

Randomized PIN pads

Some terminals are scrambled for security