Tag: sustainability

  • 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...

  • Open source at the blunt edge.

    Here is an object lesson in why free and open source software is a symbol of good ethics. The other day, I had a PDF sent to me by the...

  • speed

    The world’s fastest bike ride: 132 kilometres/hour. Wow. A pity Wired classified the article under ‘cars’.

  • 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...

  • Walking in step

    Weddling away last night when I should have been editing the Kāraṇḍavyūha and found a solidly optimistic essay on walkable urbanity . The argument there is not miles away from...