I feel for the person who secured their bike and then pottered off to work. I wonder if the first thing they did was laugh at the situation, maybe they tried to lift the fence, trying to summon hulk powers to save their bike. On another note- I wonder if they got an insurance payout? [...]
The faces in things.
April 24, 2009 –
I am sure there are blogs dedicated to finding faces in our environment. Occassionally I see them in sink overflows, male urinal water inlets or toilet flow managment type things in the ceramic moulds… Well. These images are of none of the above, I took them in a hotel in japan last year – if [...]
Gas burning red and orange
April 16, 2009 –
Dull but true. Took this pic the other morning of my gas hob. It was burning a mad orange for ages, like ten minutes, then I took this picture. It does not do the oddity justice as it had lost it’s luster by this point. I still have no idea as to why it was [...]
How to queue safely
April 7, 2009 –
Dublin, Ireland, March 2009. Apparently Dubliners need to be taught how to queue without incedent. Jokes aside, it seems to work, so much so I do not know why it is the british that are famous for queing, the Irish are exceedingly good at an orderly bus line.
The white chain of desire.
April 1, 2009 –
Oh how I have been enjoying my bike purchase of last summer. Everyone should have a bike and all that do should get coloured chains. Mine is white and is nice. In fact after 8 months of daily use it is still nice, and erm still white. It lasts it lasts!
Kinder eggs gave me a surprise
March 29, 2009 –
Surprise is what kinder promice. Man did I get one. The gift egg, container or whatever you call it- the yellow bit if you will. Well they have updated it! As I write I feel silly as why would I care, well I did and do. I am intereguied as to how they are made- [...]
Boxes hanging out on paris street corners
March 11, 2009 –
Walking in north east central Paris I noticed these waist high box people chilling out between shops and on corners. They did not bother me with their wares but all the same they caught my eye, no two dressed the same but all with the same style of leaning. Like a ‘gangsta’ walk but a [...]
Worlds shortest stairlift?
March 7, 2009 –
Making stairs usable. There are many ways of providing poloitically correct access to facilities. While many new developments think of this during conception with their many ramps and lifts older buildings need to retro-fit devices. This example of overkill is wonderful; I would like to believe that, a sprightly salesman is responsible for this motorized stairlift [...]
Help with facebook? Oh my.
March 7, 2009 –
Watch out you youngsters- this magazine may be bought for you by a slightly older person who thinks you ‘might like this’. Hee hee – of course it also will enable (empower?) the uninitiated with sections like ‘what is a wall and how do i write on it. What a load of bollocks. I cannot [...]
Rambling control. People control.
February 28, 2009 –
Crowd control and the movement of people can be controlled with different textured slabs so they can feel their way around but it can also be done with obstacles like walls. Every wall needs a hole or a door or an entrance but controlling the flow can be important. Over the last few months I [...]
Verrucas are boring
February 12, 2009 –
Yep. Boots (one of the largest UK chains) thinks that your adverage verruca needs tarting up. Rather than removing the skin based virus, modify it, make it look nice.
Blind faith.
January 27, 2009 –
Tokyo is no exception, it caters for the blind with bobbled slabs and beeping crossings. What I found facinating were the walking guides to take you in straight lines, mixed with bobble junctions. It looks like Lego road building sections or scalectrix track bits. The beeping on the streets were rather nice, I recorded them [...]
Roadwork preparation
October 31, 2008 –
These road markings were at the junction south of the river of Blackfriers Bridge London mid 2008. I thought they looked nice enough to stop and record in the morning on the way in to work. I am not sure what they mean, I am guessing the symbols and colours relate to different services, gas, [...]
My name in lights!
October 22, 2008 –
Dream come true? Shot of a building on Benjamin street next to farringdon station, London.
Stairmate
October 21, 2008 –
Usability is not limited to websites, making the physical environment easier to navigate is key to how we live and find input. I call this the 4th dimension -yes I am aware that this is popularily known as time but I think that is 5D. 4D is HOW we use the 3 dimensions preceeding it. [...]
Jesus hits ebay
September 25, 2008 –
I love god graphics, you see a lot of them on the net, here is my contribution- taken in Balham, London.