Ian Malcolm
@ianmalcolm.bsky.social
Melbourne-based writer, editor and proofreader for books, publications and web.
Game designer from Star Wars on NES to Need For Speed: Shift on iOS, with dozens of titles in between.
Bass, uke and low whistle player. Unrepentant folkie.
Game designer from Star Wars on NES to Need For Speed: Shift on iOS, with dozens of titles in between.
Bass, uke and low whistle player. Unrepentant folkie.
We could infinitely recur! 😜
Repot with an iconic ficitonal band.
Repot with an iconic ficitonal band.
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
We could infinitely recur! 😜
Repot with an iconic ficitonal band.
Repot with an iconic ficitonal band.
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
Lovely! We have just the one rose bush, seen here intertwined with our only grapevine.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Lovely! We have just the one rose bush, seen here intertwined with our only grapevine.
Slimmer pickings at the op shop today, but found a Ross Noble double-DVD and a hardcover Bryson I hadn't seen before -in excellent condition - coincidentally both published in 2010.
#books #dvd #comedy #PhysicalMedia
#books #dvd #comedy #PhysicalMedia
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Slimmer pickings at the op shop today, but found a Ross Noble double-DVD and a hardcover Bryson I hadn't seen before -in excellent condition - coincidentally both published in 2010.
#books #dvd #comedy #PhysicalMedia
#books #dvd #comedy #PhysicalMedia
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A few days ago I finished 'Amongst Our Weapons' by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social. I love how every successive entry in the Rivers of London series evolves - characters, world building and the mechanics of magic in-universe are always changing and building on previous outings. Highly recommended! 💙📚
November 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A few days ago I finished 'Amongst Our Weapons' by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social. I love how every successive entry in the Rivers of London series evolves - characters, world building and the mechanics of magic in-universe are always changing and building on previous outings. Highly recommended! 💙📚
My name is Ozymandias, Queen of Queens: Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 AM
My name is Ozymandias, Queen of Queens: Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Last night wound up doing a double-feature for #spooktober; the OG 'House on Haunted Hill' along with... 'Carry On Screaming'... 🤪
So now the two have now become a gestalt entity in my mind, wherein Vincent Price and Kenneth Williams are having a sort of arch camp-off, and it's oddly glorious.
So now the two have now become a gestalt entity in my mind, wherein Vincent Price and Kenneth Williams are having a sort of arch camp-off, and it's oddly glorious.
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Last night wound up doing a double-feature for #spooktober; the OG 'House on Haunted Hill' along with... 'Carry On Screaming'... 🤪
So now the two have now become a gestalt entity in my mind, wherein Vincent Price and Kenneth Williams are having a sort of arch camp-off, and it's oddly glorious.
So now the two have now become a gestalt entity in my mind, wherein Vincent Price and Kenneth Williams are having a sort of arch camp-off, and it's oddly glorious.
Quote with a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Quote with a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
Out walking the dog this afternoon when we heard the rumble of thunder and looked up to see this. Now back at home as it absolutely buckets down.
#melbourne #weather
#melbourne #weather
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Out walking the dog this afternoon when we heard the rumble of thunder and looked up to see this. Now back at home as it absolutely buckets down.
#melbourne #weather
#melbourne #weather
Popped into the local op shop at lunch today on a whim and my finds were distinctly timey-wimey flavoured.
#DoctorWho #books 💙📚
#DoctorWho #books 💙📚
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Popped into the local op shop at lunch today on a whim and my finds were distinctly timey-wimey flavoured.
#DoctorWho #books 💙📚
#DoctorWho #books 💙📚
Upon reflection, I've come to realise that GenAI is absolutely fantastic and I will be making daily use of it from now on.
October 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Upon reflection, I've come to realise that GenAI is absolutely fantastic and I will be making daily use of it from now on.
Popped into a local op shop during lunch for a quick browse, and thought I'd come up empty-handed for a change, til I spotted this on a bottom shelf on the way out.
Mine for the princely sum of $4 - appears to be brand spanking new/unread too - bonus!
#IainMBanks #TheCulture #books 💙📚
Mine for the princely sum of $4 - appears to be brand spanking new/unread too - bonus!
#IainMBanks #TheCulture #books 💙📚
October 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Popped into a local op shop during lunch for a quick browse, and thought I'd come up empty-handed for a change, til I spotted this on a bottom shelf on the way out.
Mine for the princely sum of $4 - appears to be brand spanking new/unread too - bonus!
#IainMBanks #TheCulture #books 💙📚
Mine for the princely sum of $4 - appears to be brand spanking new/unread too - bonus!
#IainMBanks #TheCulture #books 💙📚
My #LastFourWatched movies could best be summarised collectively as… actually I’m not sure. Erratic? 😜🤷♂️
#movies
#movies
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My #LastFourWatched movies could best be summarised collectively as… actually I’m not sure. Erratic? 😜🤷♂️
#movies
#movies
What's a great movie image that is ingrained in your head? 🎥
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
What's a great movie image that is ingrained in your head? 🎥
I swear my kids will remember that Thomas ep as their first horror ever watched.
That, or the similar-vibed ep where an engine that derailed too much was converted to a sentient boiler, never to move again, as punishment.
And yep, "LLMs are people" folk likely think peek-a-boo makes you vanish. 🙄
That, or the similar-vibed ep where an engine that derailed too much was converted to a sentient boiler, never to move again, as punishment.
And yep, "LLMs are people" folk likely think peek-a-boo makes you vanish. 🙄
October 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I swear my kids will remember that Thomas ep as their first horror ever watched.
That, or the similar-vibed ep where an engine that derailed too much was converted to a sentient boiler, never to move again, as punishment.
And yep, "LLMs are people" folk likely think peek-a-boo makes you vanish. 🙄
That, or the similar-vibed ep where an engine that derailed too much was converted to a sentient boiler, never to move again, as punishment.
And yep, "LLMs are people" folk likely think peek-a-boo makes you vanish. 🙄
Bit academic given it’s GenAI slop, but if anything it’s a shitty approximation of 3.5” floppies, rendered too thick.
The metal cover on Zips is tiny relative to the rest of the case, with no “slot” like a 3.5”. Zips are also tapered at that end, unlike the slop image ones.
Just GenAI bollocks. 🤷♂️
The metal cover on Zips is tiny relative to the rest of the case, with no “slot” like a 3.5”. Zips are also tapered at that end, unlike the slop image ones.
Just GenAI bollocks. 🤷♂️
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bit academic given it’s GenAI slop, but if anything it’s a shitty approximation of 3.5” floppies, rendered too thick.
The metal cover on Zips is tiny relative to the rest of the case, with no “slot” like a 3.5”. Zips are also tapered at that end, unlike the slop image ones.
Just GenAI bollocks. 🤷♂️
The metal cover on Zips is tiny relative to the rest of the case, with no “slot” like a 3.5”. Zips are also tapered at that end, unlike the slop image ones.
Just GenAI bollocks. 🤷♂️
Today's op shop (aka charity shop/thrift store, for UK/US folk) treasure haul.
Only Forward by @ememess.bsky.social (OG 1994 edition, replacing a copy loaned out 25 years ago and never seen again), a Palin travel book I've not read, and three DVDs not on my streaming services. All for $13. 😎
Only Forward by @ememess.bsky.social (OG 1994 edition, replacing a copy loaned out 25 years ago and never seen again), a Palin travel book I've not read, and three DVDs not on my streaming services. All for $13. 😎
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Today's op shop (aka charity shop/thrift store, for UK/US folk) treasure haul.
Only Forward by @ememess.bsky.social (OG 1994 edition, replacing a copy loaned out 25 years ago and never seen again), a Palin travel book I've not read, and three DVDs not on my streaming services. All for $13. 😎
Only Forward by @ememess.bsky.social (OG 1994 edition, replacing a copy loaned out 25 years ago and never seen again), a Palin travel book I've not read, and three DVDs not on my streaming services. All for $13. 😎
Just checked the letterbox and found this waiting for me - woohoo! (And still nursing fond memories of the gig last Saturday night.) 😎
#NotDrowningWaving #AusMusic
#NotDrowningWaving #AusMusic
September 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Just checked the letterbox and found this waiting for me - woohoo! (And still nursing fond memories of the gig last Saturday night.) 😎
#NotDrowningWaving #AusMusic
#NotDrowningWaving #AusMusic
Sorting through some photos of our trip to Queensland last year and found this one taken at Hervey Bay, looking NW towards the 868m long Urangan Pier on a dramatic sky day.
#photography #landscape
#photography #landscape
September 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Sorting through some photos of our trip to Queensland last year and found this one taken at Hervey Bay, looking NW towards the 868m long Urangan Pier on a dramatic sky day.
#photography #landscape
#photography #landscape
Just finished watching Flash Gordon for the first time since the 1980s...
... and it was glorious. I'd honestly forgotten how wonderfully bonkers it all is - my memory reduced to a few quotes preserved in the titular Queen song.
The scenery-chewing Brian Blessed was right: Gordon is indeed alive.
... and it was glorious. I'd honestly forgotten how wonderfully bonkers it all is - my memory reduced to a few quotes preserved in the titular Queen song.
The scenery-chewing Brian Blessed was right: Gordon is indeed alive.
September 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Just finished watching Flash Gordon for the first time since the 1980s...
... and it was glorious. I'd honestly forgotten how wonderfully bonkers it all is - my memory reduced to a few quotes preserved in the titular Queen song.
The scenery-chewing Brian Blessed was right: Gordon is indeed alive.
... and it was glorious. I'd honestly forgotten how wonderfully bonkers it all is - my memory reduced to a few quotes preserved in the titular Queen song.
The scenery-chewing Brian Blessed was right: Gordon is indeed alive.
Traffic cones all round! 😂
September 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Traffic cones all round! 😂