Author Archives
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Subway jam session
This is great, but all I ever get on a train is one person talking to themselves, another shouting into his phone and the rest looking utterly miserable. Oh for a train ride like the one above. Love it when… Read More ›
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A photo, a meteor and an erupting volcano
So, you are sitting by a volcano and it erupts. A meteor then passes by and you happen to have your camera with you. That’s cool. More here.
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Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
In 1969 Leonard Cohen released a record entitled Songs From A Room. The fifth track on that album is “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy.” The song has become one of Cohen’s more popular ones; it has found its way onto… Read More ›
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In Flanders Fields
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There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in
The title of this article is my favourite line from my favourite Leonard Cohen song, which just happens to be my favourite song. It sums up so many things for me and gained more relevance when my father passed 2… Read More ›
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Photographer creates silhouettes from Star Wars toys
The above image is created with a toy. So clever.
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Newsweek recalls 125,000 copies of its souvenir Madam President issue
Newsweek and a partner that prints up special commemorative issues has been forced into an embarrassing recall, after it sent out 125,000 copies of its Madam President issue designed to celebrate Hillary Clinton’s win… More at The Telegraph. No one… Read More ›
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What Did Nietzsche Mean When He Wrote “God is Dead”?
The quote inspired an anxious 1966 Time magazine cover, and a preachy 2016 movie franchise that works hard to inoculate the faithful against atheism’s threatening seductions: “God is Dead,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche in his 1882 book of incisive aphorisms, The… Read More ›
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The Hamilton ODC X-03
Having supplied the wristwatches used in Interstellar, the hit 2014 movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, Hamilton recruited Nathan Crowley, the film’s production designer, to create a watch inspired by the movie. The result is the ODC X-03, a… Read More ›
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Microsoft Surface Book with Performance Base review
It’s expensive, the design is slightly odd, but it is very impressive in a variety of ways.
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