Courtesy of The Poke comes this little gem, designed by G. Nolst Trenité to test your pronunciation of English. There are a couple of challenging moments, even for those of us who like to think of ourselves modestly as master word smiths. Good luck! If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be [...]
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The trouble with words
Posted in culture, popular culture, tagged culture, english, english pronunciation, entertainment, language, words on January 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Wooden wonder – Levi van Veluw’s new automata
Posted in arts, culture, tagged artist, arts, automata, van veluw on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Automata are non-electronic moving machines that, in ancient times, were used either as toys, or idols or to demonstrate basic scientific principles. Art and design website Colossal carries images and a video of Dutch artist Levi van Veluw’s newest creation, in wood (originally sourced from Faith Is Torment). There is something fascinating and beautiful about [...]
Kodak: harking back to a golden – or rather silvered – era
Posted in culture, history, science, tech, tagged culture, film, history, kodak, tech, technology, the light farm on January 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
It is sometimes shocking to sit and think how quickly technology has come on in just a few short years. Photography is something I have always enjoyed, being brought up on Dad’s slides and even his own attempts to create a dark room in the attic. I remember my first Kodak camera with its stacked, [...]
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With far too many interests, I've never been known to be short of an opinion - to the infuriation of friends and family alike. As a result, over the years I've come to recognise that "contradictory" and "contrary" are not unfair descriptions of me.My Lib Dem politics, my doubt-stricken Christianity, my love of revolution, my fear of change, literature, art, music, writing, my fascination with new tech, gaming and MMOs, diabetes, my passion for poker, my disdain for gambling, Cornwall, Bavaria, the places that inspire and depress me, my relief in lonely countryside and my attraction to the cruel crush of the city: at some point it will all end up here.
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