Tag: optimism

  • Monsoon effects

    This is a recovered post, originally from 2012-07-10 The monsoon here in Nepal has been late in arriving, and not too convincing on arrival. Some valleys are still parched; seasonal...

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  • My office smells

    I walked in the door of my office this morning, having trod across the Old Aberdeen landscape. Rotting leaves, frozen ponds, barking dogs. Having heaved one sack each of papers...

    By Fomenting, people, Serendipity

  • Subversion, Conversion and so forth:

    I’m on the train home after an intense conference on using anthropological and design tools to thwart planned obsolescence. Another view of the conference used ThoughtMesh to build a picture...

    By Events, Fomenting

  • What, so what, what for?

    I discover with delight that my stated purpose here has aroused comment – over at Jinajik I’ve been chided for an apparent attack of despair. Now, Jinajik himself should know...

    By Fomenting, Serendipity

  • Blue Monday?

    Actually, I like blue. Apparently today is ‘Blue Monday’—when debt, grim weather and failed resolutions combine to produce the maximum depressive force on the rubbery huamn psyche. Well, I’m no...

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