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