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Author Archives: Bill
150,000 Botanical and Animal Illustrations Available for Free Download from Biodiversity Heritage Library
January 31, 2020 – 7:54 pm
M1 Messenger – SDR Traveller
April 19, 2019 – 3:59 pm
An ultralight, all-weather EDC. Made from Expedition Grade Dyneema® for exquisite performance, with features stripped down to the bare essentials.
Source: M1 Messenger – SDR Traveller
An introduction to Wardley (Value Chain) Mapping
April 16, 2019 – 2:45 pm
Bits or pieces?: An introduction to Wardley (Value Chain) Mapping
— Read on blog.gardeviance.org/2015/02/an-introduction-to-wardley-value-chain.html
Burningman 2014 Roadtrip
September 25, 2014 – 1:46 pm
A fairly quick and dirty map of the roadtrip to and from Black Rock City this summer. I’ll try to improve this over the next few days, ideally at least changing the color!
The Empathic Civilisation
September 15, 2014 – 4:43 pm
Mirror neurons are just the beginning of a whole range of research going on in neuropsychology and brain research and in child development that suggests that we are actually soft-wired not for aggression and violence and self interest and utilitarianism that we are actually soft-wired for sociability ‘attachment’ as John Bowlby might have said affection, companionship, and that the first drive is the drive to actually ‘belong’. It’s an empathic drive.
Empathy is the invisible hand. Empathy is what allows us to stretch our sensibility with another so that we can cohere in larger social units. To empathize is to civilize, to civilize is to empathize.
1976 Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406
July 9, 2014 – 1:08 pm
Wood Furniture Embedded with Glass Rivers and Lakes
July 7, 2014 – 3:42 pm
My God, I want these so badly. Beautiful.
Table Topography: Wood Furniture Embedded with Glass Rivers and Lakes by Greg Klassen.
The pieces are completed with the addition of hand-cut glass pieces that appear to meander through the middle of each table. You can see much more of work here, and several tables are available through his shop.
The first Star Wars Trailer
July 7, 2014 – 3:35 pm
Note: no James Earl Jones voiceover, nor John Williams soundtrack. Still, must have made an impression!
The @ Symbol’s many names
June 16, 2014 – 5:42 pm
Bosnian: “Crazy A”
Dutch: “Monkey Tail”
Danish: “Elephant’s Trunk”
German: “Spider Monkey”
Hungarian: “Maggot” or “Worm”
Italian: “Snail”
Norwegian: “Curly Alpha”
Slovak: “Pickled Fish Roll”
Uzbek: “Doggy”
And more: Everything you’ve ever wanted to know and more about the @.
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