zero-waste

If anyone else is at all interested, a few weeks back I started another blog on the topic of my particular areas of thinking and interest, that is sustainable and open source design. For my own benefit but could be of interest. I should really put tangible interaction in there too - I keep finding inspiring stuff on that... There are already enough blogs on the web surely without me adding to the chaff.

I'm secretly quite happy that the success of my degree has basically come down to how quickly and well I can learn to sew. I am now about 7 hours in to my sewing career and its going quite promisingly, although I have an inkling that the thing may end up a coupla inches smaller than oringally planned...

Just me and a 'Pfaff' sewing machine (surprisingly little of that activity with it though) and my entire jazz collection which I'm wading through. So far we've had Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Brad Mehldau, Urban Connection, Miroslav Vitous, Miles Davis, Thelonious, Thelonious AND Art - moving on to just Art next, then maybe Art and Marsalis, then straight Marsalis, then back to the Davis I presume. I like to follow a fluid flow of players in my listening...

What I like about Thelonious is that, I'm sure entirely indeliberately, he hides little gems of genius within a whole heap of dire, blundering playing. In my humble opinion of course.

Make you rown Tory poster

She Only Says 'I Love You' When She's Drunk

Fantastic new theatrical experience coming to the Glasgow QMU Next Sunday and Monday, 24th and 25th April and in St. Andrew's on the 29th. Be there or be quadriequilateral

Intelligent plastics change shape with light

Intelligent plastics change shape with light - MIT News Office

Wow, how cool. Applications? Mapping wallets that automatically take strike and dip readings under certain lighting conditions? Or something less geeky?... Shoes whose (nice bit o rhyming) laces automatically undo under a certain invisible UV light, thus rendering the unsuspecting freedom fighter shoe less while fleeing... Cars with window blinds that automatically respond to sunlight but not street lights.... Protective packaging for , er, things that shouldn't be expoised to certain wavelengths. like paintings in museums. Arms that automatically slap any inconsiderate flash photographers in the theatre...
thats enough for me.

The Complete Guide to Isometric Pixel Art

The Complete Guide to Isometric Pixel Art Like it says... One to come back to.