Category Archive: technology

The test

The test

It all started out as a run of the mill eye test. A couple of years and it’s time for me to get my eye …

 

Two wheels good

Two wheels good

I had this breakthrough today when I decided that the bicycle is the greatest machine humanity has ever come up with. Sure, the wheel, the …

 

Correction

Correction

I cleaned the shower today. “Wow, big deal”, I hear you say. Quite reasonably so too, cleaning a shower is no big deal. It’s the …

 

363 – New geometries

363 – New geometries

Wellington provides some exquisite contrasts between the natural landforms – the hills and harbour, and the man-made architecture and engineering. Add in some art, and …

 

352 – Looking for the face

352 – Looking for the face

From mirror after mirror, No vanity’s displayed: I’m looking for the face I had Before the world was made. — W. B. Yeats Peter Trevelyan’s Mimetic Brotherhood definitely looks …

 

351 – Dragon gates

351 – Dragon gates

Dragon gates? Maybe the designer was inspired by the sword blade cabbage tree leaves, or by palms, or ferns or who knows – to me …

 

348 – Orinoco flows

348 – Orinoco flows

Wellington has a very good selection of sculpture on display in public settings. This water and neon sculpture isn’t especially thrilling during the daylight, but …

 

312 – Reflection

312 – Reflection

How do we get better at what we do? What if we’re pretty good already? What if we’re actually very good at what we do? I …

 

307 – Pure gold

307 – Pure gold

How completely beautiful. This afternoon I took the pear and quince juice my sister Gillian brought us and made jelly. Jam is good, but jelly …

 

300 – Right angle

300 – Right angle

How we seek the right angle. I don’t mean the 90o kind of right angle, I mean the kind of edge to get things done. …