Welcome to www.JamesKite.com

For those who use this website address to access my section on Zazzle, there is a link on the top right hand side of the page that will allow you to visit the shop and browse the t-shirts. In the meantime, the website is slowly being revamped to provide a unified front for providing those interested in what I do easier access to my online presence.

The latest addition has been a recent focus on uploading video of the panoramas to youTube. Though the footage is bare bones, the eventual goal is to learn the tricks of the trade (so to speak) and create a better experience for people over time.


IAmA on Reddit

I will be running an IAmA on Reddit on Friday 6th April 2012 at 9pm (Sydney - Australia) for those interested.

To ensure I cover as many questions as possible (assuming there will be much interest) I will drop by Saturday to complete any questions I miss (Sunday as a final look in) due to it being Easter weekend so who knows when people may be on.

You will be able to access the thread initially via http://r.jameskite.com during the IAmA (the domain will then point at the JamesKite "community" I set up which I am currently using as a place holder prior to the IAmA)


SOPA & PIPA

Obviously I am all for copyright laws as I try to work out how to build my own delusional empire, but the USA's approach to online piracy as represented by SOPA & PIPA is incredibly dubious and from what I have read...open to abuse on a level that should concern anyone. Consider this, the damage existing powers the USA government has managed to bring against wikileaks in their bid to protect "National Interests"...extend this ability to disrupt and damage websites to the corporate sector.

It isn't rocket science.

The power of these bills is the power to control the internet on a global level by way of targeting service providers that may service the internet at large by circumventing foreign laws & jurisdiction.

Then again, if the American government wants to be more like China & North Korea...who am I to argue?

If nothing else, the situation does provide cartoonists and comedians ample dirt to sling.








Panorama Ballpoint Pen Drawings
  1. [ y ] Ned Kelly: Last Man Standing 28 Jun 1880
  2. [ y ] Eureka Stockade: Rise & Fall 3 Dec 1854
  3. [ y ] Christmas
  4. [ y ] Australian Royal Flying Doctors Founded 1928
  5. [ y ] Captain Cook: Sailing into Botany Bay 29 Apr 1770
  6. [ y ] A History of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 24 Jun 1978-11
  7. [ y ] Year of the Rabbit: Hide & Seek
  8. [ y ] ANZAC Nov 1914-16
  9. [ y ] The History of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 28 Jul 1923 - 19 Mar 1932
  10. [ y ] “Said Hanrahan” by John o’Brien 1921
  11. [ y ] Draconic Wrath
  12. [ y ] The Necronomicon
  13. [ y ] Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith 9 Feb 1897 – 8 Nov 1935
  14. [ y ] Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club Founded 1907
  15. [ y ] “Waltzing Matilda” by Banjo Patterson 1895
  16. [ y ] The Rats of Tobruk 10 Apr-Nov 1941
  17. [ y ] Ash Wednesday 16 Feb 1983
  18. [ y ] The Sinking of HMAS Kuttabul 31 May 1942
  19. [ y ] Cyclone Tracy 24 Dec 1974
  20. [ y ] Sir Douglas Mawson & the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14
  21. [ y ] The Rum Rebellion 1808-10

    22. * This is a listing in order of creation, non-Australian depictions are highlighted in a different colour.
    y = youTube link to clip showing panorama