As it’s been a while since I’ve had a proper whinge at the Public View of something, I thought it was time that changed: Planned Obsolescence is something which I have despised ever since one of my English teachers at high school went out on a tangent and talked about our increasing consumerist culture (it [continued...]
Whilst browsing the local liquor store, as one often does of a Friday afternoon, I saw this peculiar advertisement. I know there are many cool and ingenious inventions out there – many of which we take for granted – but this one, I reckon, shows a certain creativity and blatant profiteering which I admire (the [continued...]
I’m not going to sit here and say I know everything. I might say it if we were in person, but declaring things like that on the Internet is just plain egotistical. But while I was wandering around the lovely city of Melbourne this afternoon I was struck by one of the most absurd sights [continued...]
The Eden Project was amazing! What a fascinating fusion between engineering and horticulture. The tropical ‘biome’ (it’s what you call them don’t ya know) is the biggest, and where most of my photos have been taken. Its atmosphere is kept between 60-80% humidity and about 30-35 degrees C, not the most pleasant atmosphere to be [continued...]
Jul 162006
The home of intellectual pursuits. Not likely, instead all we found were students who were glad to be rid of exams, going around in a punt with a stereo on. And this is where some of the greatest minds come from? The ability of the English to preserve historic buildings is laudable. Even though this [continued...]
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