ALT I'm sitting in front of an Atari ST and some modular synthesisers, in the cosy little nook that is my studio. An overlaid title reads "The Softsynth Used in 1980s Arcade Games"

ALT In the kitchen, slightly backlit, I look ominously off-camera as if at someone I've just impaled on my metal T-1000 arm. That's right, I'm being the T-1000 from Terminator 2, who in turn is being John Connor's foster mother. This is all Nina's work, her having made the arm and accompanying carton of Lady Lee milk out of cardboard. I just bought a white tank top and red-and-white blouse, and set up most of the shot here. Incidentally, this is one of the few films I've had on DVD with a descriptive service. It plays like a far-too-fast audiobook. So that's kind of neat.

ALT An overlaid title reads "How to play chess", over footage of me smiling over a chess board set up to play a game. Much studio clobber is off to the side. It's dark and cosy.

ALT Logical Chess: Move by Move is a popular chess book by Irving Chernev. Chernev replays over thirty games, explaining their every move in a thorough yet friendly, almost thrilling manner. He shares Staunton's charmingly anthropomorphic touch, with occasional flourishes such as "Black removes the offending Pawn — fit punishment for the crime of weakening the position and betraying his King." Specifically, Logical Chess teaches the principles of positional play. Chernev recommends controlling, and preferably directly occupying, the middle of the board, as this increases the moves you can make, and therefore your potential attacking opportunities. As a result, given your opponent should be wise enough to generally avoid moving a piece to an attacked square, this limits their possible moves, hindering their pieces' development.