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Thank you for visiting!Who am I? Well I've always found it hard to write any description of myself,
but for now I'll leave it at this:Some Welshy/Indian designery type.
My aim? To provide some originality in the future, while I
try to overcome an addiction to the net / technology.I'll leave with you my favourite word:
Links to some of my soft print t-shirt designs.
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- May 20, 11Here's a map of my planned trip back to Umeå to see the degree show and talks at the Design Institute. It's been three years since I left the Introduction to Industrial Design (IID) course, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see the graduation work of my far more talented class mates and friends who stayed on for their Masters courses.
I just though I'd share my planning map since I've tried to follow a more interesting route than just flying direct. This was partly due taking the train is greener, but mainly because this journey seemed so much cooler & interesting (anything to not use Ryanair again :). Hopefully I'll feel the same way after all the hours on the tracks.
I managed to fit in a trip to Twickenham on the way, just couldn't pass up a chance to see the IRB Sevens tournament. Hopefully Wales will do me proud - annoyingly I couldn't make the first competition day (especially since so many friends will be there then) but hopefully Wales will get through in the main competition on Sunday. It would be so annoying to be stuck there alone with smug English people all around if that didn't happen!
Hopefully I can put my neat new camera into good use and post plenty of pics along the way. I'll have no excuse to get plenty of reading done either.Ps. Thanks to 'The Man in Seat 61' for the much needed travel advice. - May 20, 11
The other day the movie "The High and the Mighty", 1954 was on TV (I love Film 4 and TCM). I didn't pay much attention to it, just enough to realise that it must have been one the fist 'disaster' Hollywood movies, playing on the newness of commercial airlines appeal back in the 50's. The funny thing about this movie is how many 'characters' they manage to squeeze onto the plane, each getting his/her own speech time to hopefully get you to care whether they live or die on this supposedly doomed flight.
To cut a long story short (I still haven't watched the whole movie) I was struck by the Professor's story. Check out his speech to fellow scientists, obviously involved in the testing of atomic missiles. Watching the original clip it's easy to make fun of the overly dramatic acting and melo-dramatic music but the thought of global destruction was many peoples minds.
Science as a study of nature is all well and good, but it's what you do with the knowledge that counts. I hope you find something interesting about the Professor's dilemma from these clips (there isn't a video clip available to share, but I found it better to read it than have the overly dramatic music in the background).
Scientist:Prof. Flaherty. Welcome.
Professor:
Are we to believe you are at last resolved to abandon the arts and return to science?
If so, we rejoice.
We have sorely missed your help, and advice.You're doing all right.
Scientist:
You'll find out how to blow up the world all by your little selves.
It won't be long now and blooie. Congratulations.Professor, we all appreciate the fact that you've been under enormous strain.
Professor:
We deeply regret that a man of your calibre no longer sees fit to cooperate with us.Cooperate?
Scientist:
I had a seat on a nice little campus even if I wasn't making much money, or my students didn't know what I was talking about. And I played pretty good golf and I slept nights.
I was happy because I figured it was still God's business to monkey around with the universe.
He can fix a star so it'll burn for a billion years.
Keep going and you'll find out how to burn one up in a minute.
Did any of you ever bother to look at the lagoon out there?
It's beautiful and blue, and the people around it are brown and kind and they did know how to laugh and sing. Only now all the fishes in the lagoon are dead.
And the people are scared forever. They don't sing anymore.
You found a way to blow out a window 65 miles away from the impact point.
Only, suppose there's a mother standing in that window with a baby in her arms?Professor, I suggest you go to your tent and rest for a while.
Professor:
I'll arrange transport back to the States for you at the earliest possible moment.Yeah, do that.
I want to find a shepherd in the hills or a mountain in the mist, and paint their picture, before it's too late. - May 20, 11
- May 20, 11Here's a poem sent to me by Emma, who heard me give the talk posted previously. It sums up the frustration that stuff has in modern life. Oh for freedom from things, things, things :)Things! Things! Things! On the table, on the floor, Tucked away behind the door; On the shelves and on the chairs: Dangerously on the stairs. Bureaus crammed and closets filled, Boxes packed and boxes spilled: Bundles everywhere you go, Heaps and piles that overflow Of Things! Things! Things!Things! Things! Things! Things of value, worthless trash; Things preserved or gone to smash, Ancient things and things just bought, Common things and things far sought. Things you mean to throw away, Things you hope to use some day: Cellar, attic, all between One exasperating scene Of Things! Things! Things!Things! Things! Things! Things that take our precious time; Hold us from the life sublime, Things that only gather dust, Things that rot and things that rust; Things that mold and things that freeze: Things that harbour foul disease, Things that mock us and defy, Till at last we grimly die Of Things! Things! Things!Things! Things! Things! Let me cease to be their fool, Let me fly their crafty rule! Let me with unsparing knife Cut their canker from my life! Broad and clear and all serene Let me make my mansion clean From Things! Things! Things!Amos R. WellsI mentioned the 'Story of Stuff' before, I thought I might as well post it here:
- May 20, 11And we're back.
We left on Sunday, August 8th to run a school of English at a small school in Novi Sad, Serbia.
When I say 'run', it was more like playing loads of games with some great students, all local to the beautiful Novi Sad (it really is a hidden gem - please visit if you have a chance, a highlight is wandering the streets in the evening where young and old share a great night out).
We'll post a video round up of our experiences soon but I just wanted to share these videos until then.
On the last evening of the school we did a little presentation of the UK & Wales (Linroy proudly represented the British Virgin Islands as well).
I did a little section on the Welsh language and couldn't resist sharing the infamous/famous LlanfairPG name as an example of 'everyday Welsh'. Rugby obviously got a mention and it was great to see the locals appreciate Gareth Edwards Baabaas try - even though they barely knew what the sport was before.
Before we gave out freshly baked Welsh cakes at the end of the presentation - we wanted to show them this classic Two Ronnies sketch on the 'easy' way to learn English:
Unfortunately, only a few students got it - we forgot how different the alphabet is prounced here (not to mention their Cyrillic!).
Luckily we didn't show this next clip - no one would have got it!
Thanks to everyone for making this trip awesome, we may go back next year (there's sure to be many better pics to share soon, these are just some of Eiddon's pics, too lazy to take my won). - May 20, 11Finally got round to cleaning up the audio of a recording of a talk given for Carmathen Church on 3rd July (sorry about the audio quality, it's the best I can manage).
Key text:This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
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'Story of Stuff' - http://www.storyofstuff.com/ - May 20, 11Welcome to my section of the AG website (we're not sure where we're headed, just praying that Jesus is leading the way). If you're new to Christianity, don't know anything about Jesus or have become disullusioned by your own 'religious' experiences, I hope we can share the amazinlgy simple and powerful truths that we're learning on our journey.
There was this amazing perfomer, writer and broadcaster from the valleys by the name of Rob Lacey. He had an amazing story to share on his path to use his wonderful creative skills to tell Jesus's story and lessons in a modern setting. Rob sadly passed away in 2006 but not before he managed to finish the radically relevant interpretation of the Bible called 'Word on the Street'. I only just found out today that the website of the publisher that detailed some his work has been removed, but luckily I saved this brilliant excerpt from the back of the book to share with you today*. I guess we're all trying to be part of Jesus's 'Liberation movement'! :)The 2 Minute Bible, Rob Lacey
*I don't want to break any copyright issues, just trying to share some of Rob's effort to de-mystify the Bible. Please buy the book by Zonderman if you're interested, I don't have the rights for this excerpt.1st off,
nothing… but God
and off,
God
starts it all up and
WHAP!
Stuff everywhere.
The snake does some word twisting
Adam and eve fall for it
God
Kicks them out of heaven on earth
Death strolls in
They make babies
But the evil/good ratio goes through the roof
God
Turns the flood taps on
“waterworld!”
Only noah’s family and the animals survive
To see the rainbow
“Never again” quote God
More babies
Then Abraham –
The 1st jew
And his boys
Isaac, Jacob and Joseph
400 years on
the Jews are a nation
but just slave labour for Pharoah
Then God waves them out of Egypt through the red sea into the dessert via 10 plagues
Moses downloads the contract –
The big ten rules
The Jews break them all
Grumbling round the desert
for 40 years
once Joshua gets them into a land with milk and honey on draught
king David sorts out the giant goliath between recording his great compilation
Solomon comes out with some wise one-liners
then naff king after naff king
Messing up the people
Elijah and the other couriers can’t stop the rot
So God lets the Babylon army
Trash Jerusalem
And the Jews are carted off
As slave labour
Again
Daniel gets to sleep
with the lions
Isaiah predicts a liberator
Esther stops a holocaust attempt
and, 70 years on,
the jews trek back to do construction work in Jerusalem
But no shift in attitude:
More idol promises
wind God up.
So he stops
talking to them for 400 years.
dot
dot
dot
Enter Jesus the Liberator
good with hammer and nails
but he takes a career change at 30
and kicks off a 3 year
“heaven on earth” tour
with his mobile miracle clinic
and loads of stories
and questions
his team 12 love it
the religious suits don’t!
Dodgy trial
punishment beatings
public execution
-more hammers and nails
2 days later he’s back
having sorted out death
He’s launching the
Jesus Liberation movement
via Paul Benson
His foreign rep.
who’s sending out loads of emails
updating people on what it means that
Jesus came back to do
The sequel:
‘With God in us
We can bring heaven on earth
bit by bit’
all ending up with Jonno’s general memo
on how things are going to get
wrapped up:
The snake gets bbQd
The Jesus liberation movement get limitless life
Heaven on earth
Absolutley! - Mar 09, 10
This is absolutely fascinating. Through studying nature, Michael Pawlyn shows how we can use biomimicry to go beyond sustainable design to restorative design, to the point where deserts can be reclaimed!
Thanks to the wonderful Do Lectures. - Jan 15, 10
A very very belated happy new year to you - the crazy winter seems to be over, actually saw some green stuff on the ground today. This will be my first post of the 'onesies' and I hope you find it interesting.
At the moment I'm just trying to sum up my short experience of being being part of the Street Pastor movement, for a talk in church tomorrow (check the link if you've never heard of SP's). I was searching through some of the notes taken during the training course and I thought this poem, about listening, really summed it all up. I sometimes get frustrated by not being able to help out, but I'm realising that the best thing I can do most of the time is to simply listen - it's amazing how many people come up to us who just want to share their story. I've learned that it really is a privilege to be trusted to share complete strangers struggles. We don't have all the answers but just being there can make a world of difference.
Enough of me, check out the poem (no idea how old it is)-Could you just listen?
"When I ask you to listen and you start giving advice, you have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problems, you have failed me - strange as that may seem.
Listen! All I ask of you is that you listen, not to talk or do, just hear me. Advice is cheap.
When you do something for me that I can, and need to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy: but when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel no matter how irrational, then I ca stop trying to convince you to get down to the business of understanding it.
Irrational feelings make sense when we understand what's behind them. And when that's clear, the answers are obvious and I don't need advice. Perhaps that's why prayer is so important for some people - God listens and stays with us but doesn't give advice all the time or try to fix things. god listens and gives us the power to work things through for ourselves, but I need you to be there with me too.
So please, just listen. If you want to talk, wait a few minutes for your turn and I'll listen to you."
Anonymous - Nov 04, 09I've finally organised my Spreadshirt shop into it's own site, where you can now customise you're own clothing using my little designs. Have fun! (btw 'siop' means shop in Welsh. Yes, I like being awkward :)Oh and don't forget, there's a 15% discount between 9th and 23rd of November. There's never been a better time to try out the site ;)
- Oct 09, 09I've been obsessed this week, I've finally found an outlet for some t-shirt ideas that have been lying around on my mac. The amazing thing is that all I need to do is upload a design and it only gets made when someone wants to buy - so they're specially made for you. The only shame is that it gets made in Germany, but that's not too far away and I guess I might find some European customers. I only have a few designs for far, but there will hopefully be more soon.
I'd love to hear your opinions of the designs - hopefully they'll appeal to someone in the future. Next step is to get some samples and take some model shops - never been interested in the 'fashion' industry but this could be fun!
P.s. It's a long story but I call my shop and website 'chwech' because it's an idea I've had for a business philosphy for sometime. Basically, chwech means six in Welsh. I hope to be creative/busy for 6 days a week and enjoy a great break for more important things on Saturdays. - Sep 25, 09
...hopefully capitalism won't, again.
The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Capitalism's Enemy - Michael Moore www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Protests - Sep 17, 09
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Playing for Change album on iTunes (the album with videos for the same price). - Sep 14, 09
Seeing and reading about the drive and initiative of Emily Pilloton (Project H founder) has truly humbled me. I have yet to recieve a copy of her book, but I've been following her progress since her articles on Inhabitat. And now within a year Emily has founded an organisation that is the answer to all the worries I had while studying Industrial Design/Product Design. Basically taking the 'product' out of design. Read this wonderful article on the release of Emily's book 'Design Revolution' and see what I mean:
A Design Revolution Hits the Road.
All this at my age and within the last year! (While I've um.... done nothing. I must some how join the ranks of Project H designers!)
http://projecthdesign.org/ - Sep 14, 09
While having trouble uploading an interview my brother edited to Youtube the other day, I re-found the wonderful Vimeo. I'd forgotten this is where quality video creativity on the net is shared. One of the first videos I found was a recent animation graduates work. After seeing this video I had to visit her website, and I was stunned by her wonderful illustrations and paintings. I'm finally appreciating the amazing dedication and skill that such artists share. I'd almost forgotten as well, the fun illustration blog Drawn.ca where there's regular updates of inspiration on all kinds of illustration.
Back to the animation, by Lois van Baarle (Loish.net), the atmosphere is mesmerising, especially with the sound. Watch out for the whale!
Trichrome Blue from Lois van Baarle on Vimeo.
(Lois's portfolio site is genius, and thanks to her I've found a brilliantly simple flash tool to put on my own site (simpleviewer). Now if only I had some decent drawings to share, I'd be happy with work even half as good as hers. It's all so bright and and full of life!) - Aug 26, 09
Hugging still isn't natural to me, but seeing this guy hug strangers is somehow magical. These videos are 2 years old but this website has been set up since: freehugscampaign.org
Simple acts like this really can make peoples days (just a bit annoying that only the people in the US can download the free song). - Aug 19, 09
This Norwegian guy (OneMillionGiraffes) is doing something completely pointless but it's really fun and creative so I decided to help out in a tiny way. I do have lots of other work to be doing but I don't follow reason well and just wanted to try it out... and by the way, I love bull clips!
Why don't you have some fun and join in the Giraffe challenge? - Aug 17, 09
Hi, for some reason I thought I'd share some Parkour, instead of talking about the trip I've enjoyed over the last weeks (the Alps are stunning!).
The first Freerun championships were held in London last week, and amazingly I found this out from my mum! There was an interview with a freerunner on Radio 4's Today show which really shows that the interest is now everywhere.
Here's the video that David Belle made for the BBC in 2002. I think he's the founder of the 'sport', I hope that it won't ruin how poetic the idea of breaking free from the 'street' really is.
By the way, I think Jackie Chan was the first 'free runner' :) - Jul 11, 09
I've been admiring the cool Welsh clothing store and their philosophy for ages. But all their products have been way too expensive for me, so finally this time I managed to check their sale in time and got some groovy recycled polyester shorts. This is the tag that i just ripped off the back of my new summer kit :) (click to enlarge)
Maybe you can catch something in their sale howies.co.uk - Jul 06, 09
... but that what makes life living :)
I honestly never heard of Charles & Ray Eames before, I feel embarrassed. Their creative philosophy is wonderful. After sll these years and 'design' is finally starting to make sense to me.
And these Finnish Designers seem to show how Industrial Design is meant to be done. Industrial, Design (In that order). - May 20, 11I've done it before, but some reason this time it was really complicated. At last it's all sorted, ryanair doesn't make it easy but this should be interesting :)Luckily I'll get to Umea in time for a rugby game. I've not played in ages, but I'm really looking forward to it. I'm not sure what will happen there but I just knew I needed to visit. The design school exhibition is sure to be very interesting, I'm always amazed by the creativity of the students I met last year, even more so their dedication.Umea is where I learned that you can learn more from your classmates than your teachers.
- Apr 23, 09Hi, just thought I'd share a podcast with you that was inspirational to me. I gave another talk (I hope this doesn't become a habit :S) on Saturday and I mentioned this radio programme that I heard in the car last week. Tuning into Radio 4 is working for me :)Basically the report on 'Crossing Continents' was about a simple radio show by young children who have become a ray of light through huge suffering. Swaziland is being decimated by HIV and so a radio programme that isn't scared to tackle taboos is very brave and much needed. Have a listen:Swaziland: The Kingdom of Kids(It was amazing to hear of the North Wales school that is partnering with a Swazi school, Amen!)
- Mar 20, 09
The finale of Battlestar Galactica is being shown in the US tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to seeing how they resolve the crazily deep story.
If you haven't seen the series then you need to see it from the start, it'll take commitment but it's worth it. This week they had a conference with the show creators and actors at the UN, which shows how powerful the show really is.The forum lasted for about 2hrs so you don't have to see all of it, but it's great!Check out BSG at the UN (you'll need Realplayer).
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It’s hearting to see someone so young have the bravery to bare their soul. Humbling that @ChiChi_anais does is with so much talent.
Here it is guys!
Just click on the photo to head on over to the bigger version on my page.
Have fun!PRINTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT MY ZAZZLE STORE!
Click here to go straight to the product! :)
Sizes Available are:
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Large (23x34)Love is giving someone the power to destroy you, but trusting them not to.
Kandice Arriola (via orangekandy)Cool pattern drawn by the second hand on my watch (water got in after some body surfing in the rain).
“And don’t let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with judgment, and it seems that I can hear God saying to America, ‘You’re too arrogant! And if you don’t change…
Last night I looked upwards towards the heavens and marvelled at the millions of stars glistening like pieces of quicksilver thrown carelessly on to black velvet. In awe I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an amber chariot where the tethered bulks of Jupiter and Mars hang forever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at this wondrous sight, I thought … I’d better put a roof on this lavatory.
Les Dawson‘Can Stomp’, pre-match enterainment before QF3 between South Africa and Australia, Wellington. #rwc2011
Kitekite Falls on Flickr.
more photos to follow - once I can remember my card reader for the internet cafe.
- Wales vs France #rwc2011
Lost without Priestland.
Warburton unlucky with the red, Clerc slipped out of his hands. Warburton didn’t realise his own power, but it was a clean match until then and with no malicious intent, there was no need for the straight red.
Don’t forget how much a loss Adam Jones was, although Paul James didn’t let anyone down.
It just emphasises how important the missed opportunities were early on. Hook just can’t run a game, have to admit that the Welsh management have been right about him.
7 missed kick chances. Wish Halfpenny could take all the kicks, must be so hard to be expected to hit from such a distance on one off occasions.
France were there for the taking, like SA match Wales just didn’t take their chances.
Gutted. Not as much as the players tho, they gave everything. Heartbreaking seeing them fight through the tears to applaud the crowd.
I hope they get the reception they deserve when they return. Heroes one and all. The best ambassadors Wales have ever had.
One match to go though. If Warburton is banned then it would be interesting if Tipuric was called up, but unlikely I guess. Hope Priestland returns and Wales get to show some style vs the Aussies. All Blacks have to win tommorrow and thrash the French next Sunday. Forget the mind games, just put them to the sword!
Ps. Neutral crowds are rubbish! There must have been an awesome atmosphere at the Millennium. Can’t get my head around the stupid habit of the rwc crowds to try and do mexican waves. $500 for a ticket and you don’t want to watch the rugby?! Morons.
#rwc2011 Sam Our Captain - STUDIO VERSION Unofficial Welsh Rugby World Cup Song 2011 (by welshxtina) Gotta sing this on Sat night :
Still Celbrating on Flickr.
#rwc2011 Was more relief than celebration, but fav pic so far :)
#rwc2011 - Flash Haka in Wellington, NZ. Building up to the opening match of the Rugby World Cup, 2011.
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- May 03, 11
Some photos from the 3 games held at the Millenium Stadium yesterday. First time testing out the new cam, and I love the panorama feature. Took a couple videos as well, but don't know how to use or convert an .mts file yet.
Great to see Ammanford win again in the Plate, could have won by even more to be honest.
It seemed like Senghenydd had the whole village down to see their victory in the Bowl, while Pontypridd won the Cup again. Thought Aberavon didn't get a fair chance with the ref making some terrible calls. Ponty had by far the loudest supporters though, good fun! - Apr 26, 11
Mostly the 'The Arrival' on Aberavon beach and a bit of 'The Announcement' at the Civic Centre (I only wish I had tried out the camera before the weekend, sorry about the quality, lots of iPhoto fiddling to correct mistakes :S).
- Feb 17, 11
Walking Dewi on the same route for years and only now do I find this section of the river. If it hadn't been for the gap in the fence I would never have known about this little pool. Looks like a great place to paddle in the summer.
Even Cwmgors has is own little surprises :)-- Sent from my Palm Pixi - Feb 04, 11
I'm amazed by the bravery of the peaceful protestors in Egypt, and praying that they will be able to finally gain freedom, in the process becoming a shining light to middle East and the whole world.This tweet from Sharif Kouddous sums up the peaceful protestors can achieve by not letting prejudice dictate any decisions.
It's not much but maybe someone in Egypt will like it enough to print and wear it to help anyone seeing it remember that no matter your background, they can all strive for peace together.
- Jul 24, 10
This is the walk that Dewi takes me on when he's well behaved enough to be off the lead (which he won't be for a while since after the last pic he decided to run off into a field of cows and make me run after him while dodging cow 'pats' - little devil!).
- Jul 19, 10
Finally got round to cleaning up the audio of a recording of a talk given for Carmathen Church on 3rd July (*sorry about the audio quality, it's the best I can manage).
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. And this is
his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
*Audio cleaned up from a previous posting on an old blog now closed down.
Links:
'Story of Stuff' - http://www.storyofstuff.com/
- Jul 16, 10
Just testing out posting from my mobile. I've wanted to use email from my phone for ages but for some reason I just couldn't send. Luckily signing up for a Nokia Ovi email account seems to have fixed this.
Here's just a couple snaps from my first attempt at block carving (didn't really know what block printing was, but hopefully I'll get round to trying it out properly sometime).
So from now on I'm hoping to post more often on the go. Been feeling like a prisoner to my iMac for way too long.
Have a great weekend everyone, and to my brothers & sisters out there - Happy Sabbath! - Jun 04, 10
We went back to the Hay festival yesterday (or what should be Y Gelli fesitval) and heard Andrew Simms and David Boyle speak about their new book 'A New Economics'. It was an optimistic event, especially after all the disasters caused by the current economic system, to know that there are many ways to help us all survive on a planet of finite resources. Ending the session on very positive note, Andrew Simms gave us this quotation from the environmentalist Edward Abbey, proving that life is not measured by how much money you have. I couldn't resist making a poster of it (if only for my father since I still am very naive in how to get permission to print such things).
Here's hoping you all can enjoy a great weekend in the outdoors!
One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am — a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.
Edward Abbey From a speech to environmentalists in Missoula, Montana, and in Colorado, 1976 (Wikiquote).
- Jun 02, 10I've been working on up cycling left over Tetra Pak cartons for a while. Here's a design for a little coin pouch to collect the change that most wallets are quite awkward in storing. I hope you agree it's an elegant solution since there is no glue or tape needed, just a couple staples.To make your own coin pouch you can find a template for your carton below
- May 19, 10
That picture in the background of my web pages is taken from this viewpoint on the Blackmountain. It's a few miles away from home, we always bring visitors here, it's even better when a Cresci's ice cream van is there in the summer.
If you are ever travelling near by then make sure to take this diversion - you may recognise it from some Top Gear reviews - a beautifully winding road.
Take care and enjoy the A4069 across 'Y Mynydd Ddu' :)
- May 17, 10
Hello World!
After lots of playing about with other blog systems (I really wanted to use WordPress, but I couldn't get my feeble mind around all the coding for a custom theme. I was chuffed to just get by the famous '5 minute install'), I've finally gone with Posterous. It's beautifully simple, all I have to do is email this message and it gets posted straight away.
No excuses anymore, now I really have to start sharing some of my own work for once. I may be slow, but hopefully this site will be interesting for some of you in the days and weeks to come. It's no fun just consuming, I'm determined to get into the creating and sharing groove. Eif
