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Monthly Archives: May 2007
The value of made things
I’ve spent a couple of hours looking for a durable, high-capacity alternative for my iPod, and come to the conclusion that one simply doesn’t exist. A reasonably well constructed Flash-based mp3 player would suffice, were it not for the fact … Continue reading
Posted in art, arts_and_crafts, climate, consumption, electronics, environment, experience, inspiration, location, manufacture, recycling, reuse, society, speculative_tech, technology
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Coming out of Cowes, forwards
I’m back from our sailing trip, and I’m not dead. A few days ago this was all I was wishing for, really: ending up in the Solent in my post-influenza state would’ve left me a bag of shivers and rattling … Continue reading
Posted in boats, efficiency, employment, entertainment, experience, holiday, inspiration, occupation, technology, transport
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How storms whirl us off course
You can actually lose a whole week to quite minor illness, I’ve found. But I’ve been told by a few people that, from the stress I was feeling, I was probably fighting off this nasty bout of fevers and headaches … Continue reading
Crossed wires
Yesterday I woke with bike repairs in mind. I’d probably even dreamt about the frankly undesirable gear-cable fitting that was ahead of me. As I lay in bed, though, twinges in my lower spine—I am over 30, after all—prompted me … Continue reading
Posted in body, cycles, diary, exercise, experience, here, infirmity, location, neighbours, person, repairs, technology
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Your eyes can scan as badly as your stanzas
Walker Reading Technologies say there’s something unreadable about large blocks of text. Not only have they got research to prove it, but by an uncanny coincidence they have a product to reformat text on your screen so it’s readable! Say … Continue reading
Posted in art, computers, conversion, language, media, poetry, software, syntax, technology
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Karma CAMRA
I see one of the most tedious (yet admittedly pretty) gastropubs in Oxford has burnt down (from i_ludicrous). That’s what you get for causing havoc with your ley lines. How sad to see this happen once again. Oh, when will … Continue reading
Posted in body, environment, fluids, geography, hilarious_jokes, location, opinion, oxford, person, psychogeography
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One Sonnet Per Child
With perfect timing, rgl gave me a Trophy of Perpetual Futility immediately before cartoon heroine Girl gave cartoon curmudgeon Cat a Surprise Party. I’m sure he’ll be glad to know that every time I sit and contemplate my new mantlepiece … Continue reading
