Design
John Mauriello's Design Theory, Colani, and me!
Colani: Odd exceptional designer. Me: Odd unexceptional design student!
Humanist
"The Middle-Aged White Guys' Guide to Trans Rights" Podcast
A Dad's short—but heartfelt—attempt to be an ally to the trans community, in podcast form
Forest & Bird
SAY NO to mining Denniston Plateau
Save Denniston Plateau, it's too precious to dig
Travel
The USA becomes a fascist state
Trump’s new order on domestic terrorism really means fascism has arrived in the USA.
Character amnesia and the death of handwriting?
Have you forgotten how to write? I pretty much have, cursive lower case anyway! When I did my Product Design Diploma, for three years, it was a requirement that all submissions (not just drawings) were printed. I pretty much converted to upper case printing for all my writing and never
Greg Johnson Vine Street Stories 30th Anniversary Tour
It was great to see Greg's Vine Street Stories 30th Anniversary Tour, the album live plus more, so good. Also nice of him to sign my first release 30-year-old CD! Although I mostly listen to his 'Tilt Your Interior - The Whole Kit and Caboodle' (box
ANZAC
ANZAC Day, Great-Grandfather Ernest Theodore Bock, my Michael Palin's 'Great-Uncle Harry'
I recently 'read' Michael Palin's 'Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire': Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to me, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of the
To the Prime Minister regarding Cabinet Health Reshuffle | Christopher Luxon | Simeon Brown
Sent to the PM and Health Minister: Sent: Friday, 24 January 2025 14:45 To: Christopher.Luxon@parliament.govt.nz <Christopher.Luxon@parliament.govt.nz> Cc: Simeon.Brown@parliament.govt.nz <Simeon.Brown@parliament.govt.nz> Subject: Cabinet Health Reshuffle Dear Prime Minister, Congratulations on your
Automobile
It's 2025 and you cannot read Car Magazine U.K. in a web browser
Having read it, paper or digital, since February 1979 (right) I was sad to cancel my Car Magazine U.K digital subscription when they stopped supporting browser reading. You can only read the 'digital print' issues on Apple or Android devices. I am sorry to advise that our
Design
It's simple, when you know how | simplicity living . kiwi
It was great to visit the Simplicity Living Productivity Hub today and learn more about how they are building high quality affordable rental (they'll own), and rent to buy (they'll fund) housing that I own 0.0000[insert many more zeros]001% of via a portion
Andrew Powell And The Philharmonia Orchestra... A Sony D50, Forty years on...
I saw a Facebook post on an Alan Parsons Project (APP) group wishing Andrew Powell Happy Birthday and remembered a lifetime of entertainment. As an industrial design student in 1983/84 I was fascinated by the brand-new CD technology being launched at the time. Went to look at the first
Socially media influenced by Webworm's David Farrier!
Pink Hair, for a reason